9.0 BEST NEW SHOW True Detective deftly navigates the weirdness of Night Country By: Justin Harrison Jodie Foster and Kali Reis shine as a pair of detectives investigating an increasingly surreal crime.
8.9 BEST NEW MOVIE Michael Mann fills Ferrari with all his sound and fury By: Justin Harrison Adam Driver does insightful, searching work as auto legend Enzo Ferrari in the filmmaker's study of a pivotal year in his life.
Features Six weird Christmas specials to make your season both bright & baffling By: Gena Radcliffe When you’re done watching the usual stuff, consider one of these very bizarre attempts at holiday cheer.
6.5 Reviews Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom is a silly, shallow bow for the DCEU By: Clint Worthington A decade's worth of superhero movies goes out with a big, stupid grin on its face.
5.5 Reviews The Iron Claw lets Zac Efron shine but pulls its punches By: Sarah Gorr Sean Durkin’s biopic about the Von Erich wrestling dynasty features stellar performances in a script that can’t quite find its footing.
Reviews Maestro is a visually stunning but emotionally reserved biopic By: Gena Radcliffe Bradley Cooper pays respectful homage to Leonard Bernstein in this lavish passion project.
8.0 BEST NEW MOVIE The Color Purple paints a picture of community By: B.L. Panther Blitz Bazawule's adaptation of the Alice Walker classic (and the Broadway musical) is a more joyful, celebratory film than its predecessor.
Reviews The Crown weighs heavy in its final six episodes By: Beau North Peter Morgan's royal drama shuts the book on the British monarchy in suitably uneven fashion.
7.3 Reviews Reacher Season 2 pummels you with a good time By: Tim Stevens The Prime series remains its big, fun, very violent self.
Features The 25 Best Films of 2023 The best films of the year include gritty crime dramas, auteurs returning with bold new works, and quirky comedies.
Features The 25 Best TV Shows of 2023 From aliens to vampires, this year's TV offered bittersweet goodbyes to acclaimed shows and bold debuts from new voices.
9.8 BEST NEW MOVIE The Zone of Interest presents the Holocaust with minimum spectacle and maximum terror By: Matt Cipolla The writer/director’s first feature in 10 years is a near-unclassifiable work, emotionally flattening yet fundamentally opposed to mining tension through its craft.
8.0 BEST NEW SHOW Doctor Who splits hairs in The Giggle and teases a bisected future By: Clint Worthington David Tennant's final(?) special as the Fourteenth Doctor is a giddy, overstuffed callback to the excesses of the Russell T. Davies era -- with a suitably overbaked guest star and a dashing preview of adventures to come.
8.1 BEST NEW SHOW Hulu offers something more interesting than the usual Culprits By: Tim Stevens The heist thriller series stays compelling even as it grows more typical.
8.0 BEST NEW MOVIE Poor Things is a weird & wonderful Frankenstein story By: Gena Radcliffe Yorgos Lanthimos directs a sumptuous adult fairy tale featuring Emma Stone at her very best.
Reviews Stamped from the Beginning illuminates America’s ongoing acceptance of white supremacy By: Peter Sobczynski The Netflix documentary uses historical evidence and modern scholarship to demonstrate racism's continued role in US society.
Reviews If only Obliterated suffered the fate its title suggests By: Tim Stevens Netflix’s action-comedy is deadly short on both.
Reviews Napoleon lacks the complexity to explore love or war By: Matt Cipolla Ridley Scott’s surprisingly hollow biopic of the French military commander falters as a character piece and comes shy of victory as an epic.
Reviews An unlikely friendship takes a dark turn in Eileen By: Gena Radcliffe Thomasin McKenzie & Anne Hathaway burn up the screen in William Oldroyd’s unsettling thriller.
Reviews Slow Horses Season 3 takes off on more of a trot By: Tim Stevens The AppleTV+ spy series retains its humor but gives viewers its most tightly plotted effort yet.
Reviews Wish for something less lazy from Disney By: Peter Sobczynski Kids deserve better than yet another dull, going-through-the-motions misfire.