7.1 Reviews Happy Gilmore 2? More like Nostalgic Gilmore, amirite? By: Tim Stevens Adam Sandler's easy-to-anger golfer is back in a nostalgia exercise that can't quite hide the passages of time.
8.1 BEST NEW MOVIE In Oh, Hi! modern dating’s greatest horror is being misunderstood By: Sarah Gorr As messy as the relationship at its center, Oh, Hi! nonetheless clicks into truths about modern dating other films are too cowardly to touch.
2.7 Reviews The West Doesn’t Bring Out Ari Aster’s Best In Eddington By: Lisa Laman Ari Aster's latest feels like a half-baked attempt at updating the Western, leaving audiences with a limp film that parrots the past without insight.
9.3 BEST NEW MOVIE Sorry, Baby a triumph about existence after the unthinkable By: Lisa Laman Eva Victor's writing-directing-starring debut is a multi-faceted, nonlinear, and sure-footed breakthrough.
7.2 Reviews Eddington is hard to watch, harder to parse out By: Sarah Gorr Ari Aster’s Covid-19 Western holds up a mirror to American society, but it’s hard to imagine anyone actually wanting to look in it.
8.4 BEST NEW MOVIE Superman flies, not quite soars By: Tim Stevens The latest take on the Man of Tomorrow gets plenty right even as it can't stop overexplaining itself.
8.0 BEST NEW MOVIE These Heads of State might be a bit empty but they sure are a good time By: Tim Stevens Prime Video’s President/Prime Minister team-up actioner is very smart about how dumb it can be.
4.5 Reviews Jurassic World Rebirth suggests cinematic extinction ain’t so bad By: Lisa Laman The latest dino mash fails to mount a worthwhile argument against letting the Jurassic Park franchise become little more than dusty bones.
8.2 BEST NEW SHOW Where’s there’s Smoke, there’s an entertaining TV show By: Tim Stevens Dennis Lehane’s new series on AppleTV+ is a crackling good yarn powered by a delicious Taron Egerton turn.
8.0 BEST NEW SHOW Revival gives its source material a worthy new life By: Tim Stevens SyFy’s latest original series has an incredible hook and the thoughtful depths to back it up.
6.1 Reviews Echo Valley crushed by its two sides By: Tim Stevens AppleTV+’s family drama-cum-thriller can’t integrate its dual identities, thus failing at both.
8.4 BEST NEW MOVIE Predator: Killer of Killers can’t slay all its predecessors but stands tall among them By: Tim Stevens Dan Trachtenberg’s return to the hunter alien following Prey places him firmly in charge of the creature’s future.
8.0 BEST NEW SHOW Stick plays mostly for par By: Tim Stevens AppleTV+’s golf light comedy from Jason Keller is a solid if not exactly electrifying edition to the tour.
8.6 BEST NEW MOVIE An unpleasant but compelling climb to Mountainhead By: Tim Stevens Jesse Armstrong’s feature directorial debut returns to the uber-wealthy acting poorly genre with pointed nastiness.
6.6 Reviews The Better Sister could’ve been a better show By: Tim Stevens Prime Video’s soapy thriller is bogged down by too many plot elements.
6.8 Reviews Dept Q leaves you as cold as its case By: Tim Stevens Scott Frank’s newest Netflix series, co-created with Chandni Lakhani, can’t figure out what makes it interesting.
7.5 Reviews Adults still hasn’t quite arrived By: Tim Stevens FX’s portrait of Gen Z friendships, doesn't exactly mature but markedly improves the season progresses.
6.1 Reviews Fear Street: Prom Queen doesn’t deserve a crown or scepter By: Tim Stevens Netflix returns to the Fear Street brand with a not especially sharp slasher film.
5.8 Reviews Resist the temptation of Sirens song By: Tim Stevens Netflix latest tale of the upper crust is a mess buoyed by two strong performances
8.4 BEST NEW SHOW Welcome to Wrexham Season 4 entertains but can’t manage a clean sheet By: Tim Stevens FX's documentary series continues to profile the sometimes queasy relationship between sport, commerce, and celebrity.
8.8 BEST NEW SHOW Poker Face Season 2 dares you not to crack a smile By: Tim Stevens Back for a second season, Peacock’s Rian Johnson-Natasha Lyonne "howcatchem" continues to delight.