& Categories TV January 23, 2020 “Star Trek: Picard” Goes Fine, But Not Boldly Patrick Stewart returns to his iconic role in a new Star Trek series in desperate need of a shakedown cruise.
& Categories TV January 19, 2020 “Nikola Tesla’s Night of Terror” Puts “Doctor Who” Back on Track Spurned inventors and a chilling villain make for one of the most coherent, moving episodes of Whittaker's tenure.
& Categories Movies January 7, 2020 “1917” Takes a Long, Thin Look at War Sam Mendes' WWI epic is an astounding technical achievement, but loses its soul on the way to razzle-dazzle.
D Categories TV January 1, 2020 Doctor Who Season 12 Premiere Recap: “Spyfall” Is a Masterful Caper The long-running BBC series returns for a rushed, flashy season premiere with an audacious twist that might just turn the show around.
& Categories Filmmaker of the Month Movies December 30, 2019 “Spectre” Loses Itself in the Ghosts of Franchise Past While Skyfall was a rousing success, Mendes' return to the Bond franchise, bogs itself down in tiresome lore and continuity.
B Categories Box Office Report Columns December 30, 2019 Box Office Report: “Star Wars” Stays On Top With $72 Million The closing chapter of the Star Wars sequel trilogy maintains a steady second-weekend box office haul.
E Categories Features TV December 29, 2019 Every Episode of “The Mandalorian”, Ranked From the first time we meet Baby Yoda to the final trek of the Razor Crest, we look back at the highs and lows of The Mandalorian's first season.
B Categories Box Office Report Columns December 23, 2019 Box Office Report: “Star Wars” Rises to a $175.5 Million Opener Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker rises to a forceful $175.5 million opening weekend at the box office, but it falters compared to previous episodes.
T Categories CIFF 2019 Festivals Interviews Movies Podcasts Right on Cue December 20, 2019 Tom Harper on the High-Flying Dangers of “The Aeronauts” The director of Wild Rose and The Aeronauts sits down to talk about his high-flying historical adventure, now available on Amazon Prime Video.
T Categories Columns Features Movies December 18, 2019 The Computerized Humanism of “Avatar”, Ten Years Later We revisit the underappreciated humanism of James Cameron's effects-driven blockbuster a decade after its release.
