Reviews
-
‘Hunters’ Season 2 Review: A Campy, Clunky Hunt for Hitler Brings Prime Video Series to a Close
The Prime Video series lets its ensemble shine more in this second and final season, but the series finale leaves something to be desired
-
‘No Bears’ Review: Jafar Panahi Continues to Create Powerful Art, Even When Officially Banned
The Iranian auteur crafts what might be his most powerful work yet in exile, one that addresses his own shortcomings as well as his country’s sanctions against him
-
‘Saint Omer’ Review: White Supremacy in France Takes the Stand in Murder Trial
Documentarian Alice Diop makes a riveting fiction debut with this courtroom drama of a Senegalese woman on trial for infanticide
-
‘Sick’ Review: Pandemic-Set Horror Movie Can’t Quite Hack It
The thriller, co-written by Kevin Williamson, will debut on Peacock
-
‘A Man Called Otto’ Review: A Cranky Hanks Heads a Blah Humbug of a Movie
Marc Forster directs this American adaptation of “A Man Called Ove”
-
What’s New on DVD/Blu-ray in January: ‘Bergman Island,’ ‘The Return of Tanya Tucker,’ Jackie Chan and More
Alonso Duralde highlights the month’s major physical-media releases — because on Netflix, nothing lasts forever
-
‘Velma’ Review: HBO Max’s Edgy, Gratuitous Animated Series Goes Horribly Wrong
Mindy Kaling stars as the “Scooby-Doo” character in this extremely R-rated, off-putting prequel
-
‘House Party’ Review: Comedy Reboot Offers Mostly Mediocrity With One Flash of Brilliance
Returning to the well of the 1990s hit franchise, the film features one sequence that provides a glimpse into the mad whirl it might have been
-
‘Shin Ultraman’ Review: The ‘Shin Godzilla’ Team Revitalizes Another Japanese Pop-Culture Icon
There’s no winking retro to this new spin on the TV hero (who dates back to the 60s), just a cleverly updated 21st-century take on the material
-
‘Plane’ Review: Gerard Butler Action Saga Remains in the Upright Locked Position
Butler and Mike Colter go bang-bang in a by-the-numbers movie that should have played it more seriously or more gonzo
-
‘The Last of Us’ Review: Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey Are Perfect in HBO’s Faithful Adaptation
The post-apocalyptic drama series will appeal to gamers and non-gamers alike
-
‘Alert: Missing Persons Unit’ Review: New Fox Procedural Packs on the Clunky Exposition
Scott Caan and Dania Ramirez lead the hourlong drama series about a specialized division of the Philadelphia Police.
-
‘Mayfair Witches’ Review: AMC Series Puts a Gothic, Sexy Twist on Anne Rice’s Books
Alexandra Daddario leads the latest AMC adaptation of Rice’s novels, this time focused on witches
-
‘Devotion’ Review: Jonathan Majors Pilots a Drama That’s Searing on Racism But Rah-Rah About War
The planes (and the score) soar in this Korean War picture, but its reason for being is Majors’ performance as a real-life Black flying ace
-
‘The Pale Blue Eye’ Review: Murder Mystery Puts Young Edgar Allan Poe on the Case
Harry Melling (as Poe) and Christian Bale lead an impressive ensemble in Scott Cooper’s atmospheric whodunit
