8.9 BEST NEW SHOW Knuckles’ zany buddy comedy is worth digging into on Paramount+ By: Justin Harrison Idris Elba and Adam Pally's chemistry anchors the consistently hysterical and well-choreographed miniseries.
8.7 BEST NEW SHOW Step right up to The Big Door Prize Season 2 By: Tim Stevens AppleTV+’s feel-good supernatural comedy returns with a willingness to be messier and more complicated.
4.0 Reviews The Spiderwick Chronicles casts a lackluster spell on Roku By: Clint Worthington Roku's adaptation of the fantasy book series tries to piggyback off a Disney+ acquisition, but stumbles when casting its own spell.
Reviews Is the A.I. in Late Night With the Devil a big deal? By: Gena Radcliffe Not really, but it's part of an issue that's becoming bigger & more concerning.
6.8 Reviews Rebel Moon: Part Two – The Scargiver’s ponderous lore leaves a mark By: Justin Harrison The second installment of Zach Snyder's Netflix epic science fiction series' bombast and humanity get dragged down by molasses-slow lore and portent.
Features Four Questions with Manhunt’s Damian O’Hare Damian O'Hare discusses craft, research, and the importance of a good mustache to realizing his role in Manhunt.
9.0 BEST NEW SHOW Conan O’Brien Must Go (to Max), and you must follow By: Clint Worthington The comedian travels the world, and leaves a trail of laughs and mayhem in his wake.
6.6 Reviews Franklin secures America’s future, far too slowly By: Tim Stevens Michael Douglas proves a good surprise in the titular role but AppleTV+'s Franklin can’t overcome its pacing issues.
8.5 BEST NEW SHOW Max’s new series The Sympathizer reflects on Vietnam through media and memory By: Clint Worthington Park Chan-wook and Robert Downey Jr. expertly adapt Viet Thanh Nguyen's novel about war, identity, and cultural consumption.
9.0 BEST NEW SHOW Prime Video’s Fallout is a Vault-Tec-approved glance at the apocalypse By: Lauren Coates Strap on your Pip-Boys, boys and girls, Amazon's done it again.
2.0 Reviews Baghead is a dreary, derivative snooze By: Gena Radcliffe This dull horror retread should be hidden away in a basement too.
10.0 BEST NEW SHOW Netflix’s Ripley soaks its shades of grey in delicious black and white By: Clint Worthington Steven Zaillian crafts a methodical, darkly funny adaptation of the Patricia Highsmith novel, with Andrew Scott at his chilly best.
7.0 Reviews Música hits a few flat notes By: Tim Stevens Rudy Mancuso makes the transition from YouTube to feature film with uneven results.
9.0 BEST NEW SHOW Sugar brings new flavors to Los Angeles noir By: Tim Stevens AppleTV+ gets strange with a Colin Farrell in their film-obsessed new LA-noir crime drama.
8.0 BEST NEW SHOW Star Trek: Discovery Season 5 sees the series die as it lived: in good company By: Andrew Bloom The series’ last batch of episodes comes with all the ups and downs fans have come to expect over the past five seasons.
5.8 Reviews No les bons temps rouler in Parish By: Tim Stevens Parish, AMC’s Giancarlo Esposito-led crime drama, has nothing new to say and yet takes so much time to say it.
6.3 Reviews Palm Royale is no day at the beach By: Tim Stevens An undeniably impressive cast can’t overcome the empty spectacle at the heart of Palm Royale, AppleTV+’s period dramedy.
Features The Best and Worst of X-Men: The Animated Series With X-Men '97 continuing to deliver thrills in its second week, we offer this best and worst list can guide those who want to look back.
5.5 Reviews Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire is Godzilla minus soul By: Clint Worthington The MonsterVerse's latest is the stupid Saturday morning cartoon counterpoint to last year's Oscar winner
4.0 Reviews Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire struggles to materialize By: Lauren Coates We ain't afraid of--or laughing at--no ghosts in Sony's frosty attempts at reviving the franchise.
8.5 BEST NEW SHOW X-Men ’97 forces your childhood to grow up on Disney+ By: Clint Worthington Disney revives the fan-favorite Fox cartoon for its now-adult fans, running headfirst into grown-up issues and anime-inspired action.