Reviews

‘Andor’ Season 2 TV Review: A Thrilling Conclusion to the Prestige Series of the ‘Star Wars’ Television Canon [A]‘Andor’ Season 2 TV Review: A Thrilling Conclusion to the Prestige Series of the ‘Star Wars’ Television Canon [A]

‘Andor’ Season 2 TV Review: A Thrilling Conclusion to the Prestige Series of the ‘Star Wars’ Television Canon [A]

“We’re in a war. Not everyone knows it yet but it’s happening,” Cassian Andor (Diego Luna) tells Bix Caleen (Adria… Read More

April 21, 2025
‘Sinners’ Review: Ryan Coogler’s Survive-the-Night Vampire Epic Carries the Pulpy Ambition of an Assured Filmmaker [B+]‘Sinners’ Review: Ryan Coogler’s Survive-the-Night Vampire Epic Carries the Pulpy Ambition of an Assured Filmmaker [B+]

‘Sinners’ Review: Ryan Coogler’s Survive-the-Night Vampire Epic Carries the Pulpy Ambition of an Assured Filmmaker [B+]

It’s often remarked how the rise of the superhero industrial complex over the past 15 years has robbed audiences of… Read More

April 15, 2025
‘The Last of Us’ Season 2 Review: Love in the Time of Cordyceps [A-]‘The Last of Us’ Season 2 Review: Love in the Time of Cordyceps [A-]

‘The Last of Us’ Season 2 Review: Love in the Time of Cordyceps [A-]

“Swear to me that everything about the Fireflies is true.”  When we last saw Joel (Pedro Pascal) and Ellie (Bella… Read More

April 13, 2025
‘Black Mirror’ Season 7 Review: The Techno Series’ Take on AI Goes to Infinity but Not Far Beyond [B-]‘Black Mirror’ Season 7 Review: The Techno Series’ Take on AI Goes to Infinity but Not Far Beyond [B-]

‘Black Mirror’ Season 7 Review: The Techno Series’ Take on AI Goes to Infinity but Not Far Beyond [B-]

There aren’t souls in machines; there isn’t empathy inside a computer. The screens looking back at us will never give… Read More

April 10, 2025
‘The Amateur’ Review: Rami Malek Joins the Dead Wives Club in Stodgy, Data-Driven Thriller [C]‘The Amateur’ Review: Rami Malek Joins the Dead Wives Club in Stodgy, Data-Driven Thriller [C]

‘The Amateur’ Review: Rami Malek Joins the Dead Wives Club in Stodgy, Data-Driven Thriller [C]

Hollywood has long been obsessed with stories about ordinary men finding inner strength to do extraordinary things. Most often that… Read More

April 8, 2025
‘The Encampments’ Review: A Powerful Picture of Resistance and the Repression of Fundamental Rights at Columbia University [A]‘The Encampments’ Review: A Powerful Picture of Resistance and the Repression of Fundamental Rights at Columbia University [A]

‘The Encampments’ Review: A Powerful Picture of Resistance and the Repression of Fundamental Rights at Columbia University [A]

Some time from now — longer than it should be, but sooner than you think — people will look back… Read More

April 8, 2025
‘Hacks’ Season 4 Review: The LA-Set Late Night Season Finds Deborah and Ava in a War of the Words [B+]‘Hacks’ Season 4 Review: The LA-Set Late Night Season Finds Deborah and Ava in a War of the Words [B+]

‘Hacks’ Season 4 Review: The LA-Set Late Night Season Finds Deborah and Ava in a War of the Words [B+]

A good rivalry features two opponents so intent on causing damage to the others’ life that the only reasonable outcome… Read More

April 3, 2025
‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ Season 6 Review: The Revolutionary and Prescient Series Comes to a Thrilling Close [A]‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ Season 6 Review: The Revolutionary and Prescient Series Comes to a Thrilling Close [A]

‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ Season 6 Review: The Revolutionary and Prescient Series Comes to a Thrilling Close [A]

It’s been three years since the fifth season finale of The Handmaid’s Tale in which June Osborne (Elisabeth Moss) and… Read More

April 3, 2025
‘A Minecraft Movie’ Review: The Best-Selling Video Game of All Time Becomes Generic Building Blocks in Uninspired Adaptation [C]‘A Minecraft Movie’ Review: The Best-Selling Video Game of All Time Becomes Generic Building Blocks in Uninspired Adaptation [C]

‘A Minecraft Movie’ Review: The Best-Selling Video Game of All Time Becomes Generic Building Blocks in Uninspired Adaptation [C]

The troubled relationship between cinema and video games—namely, the former’s filmic interpretations of the latter—can often be distilled down to… Read More

April 2, 2025
Retrospective: Worst Picture/Best Picture – ‘Dirty Love’ and ‘Crash’ (2005)Retrospective: Worst Picture/Best Picture – ‘Dirty Love’ and ‘Crash’ (2005)

Retrospective: Worst Picture/Best Picture – ‘Dirty Love’ and ‘Crash’ (2005)

You know when someone smells the rotten milk and says "Oh god, this is horrible, smell this." And then you… Read More

March 28, 2025