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In this week's reviews, the most beautiful MCU is also the worst, Pablo Larraín gives Princess Diana the 'Jackie' treatment, and robots and agents run on faulty programming.
In this week's reviews, Edgar Wright enters an evocative, giallo-inspired portal to '60s London, horror gets elevated, and Joanna Hogg continues her semi-autobiographical journey.
It's Two-mothée Chalamet week as the young star stars in a half-finished but rousing take on Frank Herbert's sci-fi classic and Wes Anderson's latest. Also: 'Halloween Kills' does not slay.
The Last Duel is another instance of the actor's fearless commitment to playing toxic, often villainous men.
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GQ
The Last Duel is another instance of the actor's fearless commitment to playing toxic, often villainous men.
Across 12 films and counting, the timeline of the Halloween films has gotten increasingly confusing. Here's how all the sequels connect (or don't) to each other.
Fifteen years and five films later, Daniel Craig's run ends with No Time to Die. How does his tenure stack up?
Cry Macho is the latest charming entry in a shockingly adventurous late period.
If Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings is your first exposure to the Hong Kong legend, congratulations! There’s a rich back catalog to catch up on.
Like many of the best haunted house movies, The Night House reinvents the idea of the haunted house.
“It’s the middle of the night, you're in Antwerp, Belgium and Jean-Claude Van Damme's stuntman is leaving you with a bunch of weird undergarments,” says Simon Helberg of shooting Annette with director Leos Carax.
You know “Respect,” “Natural Woman” and “Rock Steady.” As a new biopic starring Jennifer Hudson hits the obvious notes, try these equally brilliant deep cuts.
The strangest, most remarkable, and moving Kilmer facts covered in Val.
The Kurt Russell classic is a masterclass in using science fiction to reflect the world around us.
The veteran actor is playing a good guy again for once, in Peacock's new medical drama opposite Alec Baldwin.
No Sudden Move is another entry in one of film's greatest crime ouevres.
Evil is back for a wild second season of supernatural madness and deeply sincere moral queries.
The new TV series continues the focus on the stranger pockets of the MCU that began with Guardians of the Galaxy.
The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It is the latest entry in a horror franchise that's become one of Hollywood's most reliable successes.
The gems that got overshadowed by direct-to-streaming releases, and where to find them.
Barry Jenkins's lingering close-ups of his characters gazing direct to camera are powerfully intimate.
The charming and hilarious Ed Helms–Michael Schur series is setting a standard for Native-American representation on TV.
She invented her beloved Arrested Development role virtually single-handedly, and her 60-year career is full of similar transformations.
The two monsters share a tangled history of eccentric genius and intellectual property that culminates in this week’s Godzilla vs. Kong blockbuster.
Zack Snyder's Justice League may be the peak — or nadir — of a formula that’s come to dominate movies and TV.
The actor is a serious Oscar contender with The Mauritanian, and has the Netflix series The Serpent on the horizon.
Several movies will be looked at as representative of Trump's presidency but none more so than Us.
The actor's roles, including his iconic turn as James Bond, showcased a suppressed darkness.
The Ringer
Thirty-seven years before Denis Villeneuve tackled Frank Herbert’s sci-fi classic, another distinguished director produced his own fascinatingly unique adaptation.
Some reflections on working at a movie theater 30 years ago, things left behind, things lost, and hours spent watching films like 'V.I. Warshawski'
The reasons ‘Space Jam: A New Legacy’ was made are also the reasons there are hardly any films about sports anymore
Rodney Ascher’s latest documentary, ‘A Glitch in the Matrix,’ is a mind-bending exploration of the widespread belief that everything can be reduced to lines of computer code. But the director isn’t new to the ways humans try to find order amid life’s mysteries.
With a failed release due to the pandemic, a muted critical reception, and a twisty narrative that demands multiple viewings, Christopher Nolan’s 2020 film has all of the elements that eventually lead to niche fandom.
CBS All Access’s ‘The Stand’ makes an argument for the former, but the truth is: Both have struggled at times to adapt the prolific author.
It’s a story of director versus screenwriter, legend versus fact—and it’s the foundation of David Fincher’s latest film, ‘Mank.’
The liquid gushing from veins in movies like ‘Dawn of the Dead’ and ‘Suspiria’ hardly resembles the real stuff. The reason why might boil down to laundry.
Netflix’s new take on ‘Rebecca’ is not the first film to be overshadowed by the original work of the Master of Suspense.
Aldous Huxley’s groundbreaking work of science fiction has long puzzled Hollywood.
The creation of the NC-17 rating in 1990 appeared to be a new horizon for art house film. So what happened?
Vulture
Examining the 91-year-old director’s prolific and unpredictable career behind the camera.
The new streaming service is full of hidden gems from the U.K.
Though the whole series is fun to watch, some Godzilla movies are better than others.
Ted Lasso reviews
In the finale, the team comes together to achieve their ultimate goal but shows signs that they may be drifting apart moving forward.
Is it safe to say that Nate has gone to the Dark Side?
Rebecca and Ted confront their parental baggage in a heartfelt episode that leaves a bunch of threads dangling.
A Beard-centric episode is cleverly structured and proves Ted Lasso can (and should) break formula from time to time.
The AFC Richmond members face difficult challenges that can’t be deflected with quick, feel-good zingers. They need to actually get vulnerable.
Our guy Roy needs to give Keeley some space. And Nate, our other guy, needs to find some humility.
Roy is back and AFC Richmond is finally winning again, but now the conflicts continue to turn further inward.
An episode full of loving send-ups to rom-coms puts everything that is great about Ted Lasso on full display.
The Ted Lasso crew avoid all the usual pitfalls of a Christmas episode to crystallize everything that makes a feel-good comedy so great.
Sam’s first taste of stardom challenges his ethics as Jamie learns what it means to be a good teammate.
The vibes are still good for the AFC Richmond crew, but how long can they get by on tie games?
What could have been a mean bit of dark humor to open the season turns out to be a reminder of how moving this show can be.
Fargo reviews
If there’s a moral to this season it’s not that crime doesn’t pay — it’s that crime only pays for some.
Who saw that coming? No, seriously, could anyone have seen that coming?
Season four’s oddest episode is as wild a departure as this series has ever attempted.
An episode filled with origin stories finds all sorts of ways to complicate our feelings toward its colorful criminals.
The drama between the Faddas and the Cannons is getting more complicated by the minute.
An episode that feels like a tipping point delivers the first high-level casualty of the Fadda-Cannon conflict.
While Loy sits and makes plans, Josto’s staying busy, albeit in ways that may not benefit his long-term survival.
Will Doctor be able to keep the operation together in the war that’s about to arrive? Will anyone?
We’ve now gotten the first small volley in what’s shaping up to be a full-on war between the Faddas and the Cannons.
A dense kickoff episode delivers a new setting, new characters, new conflicts, and some new (old) Coens reference points.
The Mandalorian reviews
The big reunion that we’ve been waiting for sets the stage for an even bigger reunion that we never expected.
The return of Migs Mayfield (Bill Burr) forces Mando to examine and confront his moral code in more ways than one.
Our hero acquires some unexpected, apparently not-dead allies in his mission, which nonetheless encounters some pretty serious setbacks.
A compact, samurai movie-inspired episode offers up a flood of new information about Mando’s Jedi companion, and even more Clone Wars connections.
Greef Karga and Cara Dune have been cleaning up the town, now featuring a bustling marketplace and schoolroom. But it’s not all peace and quiet.
In which the Child witnesses the miracle of birth (well, hatching) and maybe gets over his urge to eat the Frog Lady’s eggs. Maybe.
The Child may seem cute and vulnerable, but he can also be unpredictable and even dangerous (not to mention hungry).
Mando and Child travel back to Tatooine, where they check in with an old friend and meet a new “Mandalorian.”
TV Guide
Thoughts on faith are even better than the scares.
The adaptation is in no rush to tell its story
The Game of Thrones producers didn't blow this one.
Jason Sudeikis' Apple series continues to subvert expectations.
Amid a viral outbreak that destroys the world, nature finds a way.
The early episode are slow, but solid.
Five films show the strength of a community.
Set your phasers to "fun."
The return to the cult classic is as gorgeous as ever.
The Reveal
In this week's reviews, the most beautiful MCU is also the worst, Pablo Larraín gives Princess Diana the 'Jackie' treatment, and robots and agents run on faulty programming.
In this week's reviews, Edgar Wright enters an evocative, giallo-inspired portal to '60s London, horror gets elevated, and Joanna Hogg continues her semi-autobiographical journey.
It's Two-mothée Chalamet week as the young star stars in a half-finished but rousing take on Frank Herbert's sci-fi classic and Wes Anderson's latest. Also: 'Halloween Kills' does not slay.
Some reflections on working at a movie theater 30 years ago, things left behind, things lost, and hours spent watching films like 'V.I. Warshawski'
A column dedicated to watching a previously unseen movie chosen at random kicks off with late work by a Japanese master
The James Bond series brings the Daniel Craig era to a close. Meanwhile, in Iceland, a grieving couple forms an unconventional family.
Sometimes the bleakest of kaiju movies and visions of relentless zombie hordes are the best way sense of the world.
A look at the short reign of the perfect Bond for a generation that’s fallen between the cracks.
Miscellaneous
“We mourn a loss together, but we grieve alone.”
José Ramón Larraz’s (VAMPYRES) lesser known movie all but fell into obscurity.
The 1972 population-anxiety movie Z.P.G. shows why.
Tampering with the Earth has monstrous consequences.