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Ethan Anderton

Ghostbusters: Afterlife Review: The Spirit Of A Wonderful Amblin Movie Gets Trapped Under Clumsy Nostalgia

Ghostbusters: Afterlife hits theaters this weekend, and though our resident Ghostbusters fan found plenty to enjoy, they walked away ultimately disappointed.

Chris Evangelista

Licorice Pizza Review: Alana Haim Is A Revelation In Paul Thomas Anderson's Wonderful Trip Back To The 1970s

Paul Thomas Anderson has another winner on his hands with Licorice Pizza, and Alana Haim's acting debut is just incredible.

Hoai-Tran Bui

King Richard Review: Will Smith Rules The Court In A Standard-Issue Sports Drama

Will Smith shows off his acting chops in a by-the-numbers sports biopic about the father of Serena and Venus Williams. Read our King Richard review.

Hoai-Tran Bui

Doctor Who: Flux Trips Up And Gets Trippy For Once, Upon A Time

The third episode of Doctor Who: Flux is a trippy journey into several timestreams, and too many subplots.

Kieran Culkin, Matthew Macfadyen and Sarah Snook

Shania Russell

Succession Season 3 Power Rankings: Daddy Roy Goes Piss-Mad In Retired Janitors Of Idaho

The Roys are working on borrowed time, just like the poor rabbit of Kendall Roy's kids. But who comes out on top this week?

Danielle Ryan

Cowboy Bebop Review: A Jazzy, Heartfelt Adaptation With Fun To Spare

Cowboy Bebop plays like a mash-up: all your favorite parts been rearranged into something that's a little old, a little new, but still 100% Cowboy Bebop.

Josh Spiegel

Encanto Review: A Sweet But Formulaic New Disney Adventure

There's a lot to like in Encanto, Disney's Colombia-set animated musical, but it highlights the limitations of the Disney storytelling house style.

Ethan Anderton

Jonathan Majors Has Charisma To Spare In An Excellent Saturday Night Live (And Taylor Swift Was There Too)

Jonathan Majors hosted SNL, and he brought the goods for a mostly great episode. Taylor Swift also got in on the fun in the night's best sketch.

Chris Evangelista

Rocky IV Director's Cut Review: Say Bye To Paulie's Robot, Say Hello To A (Mostly) Better Movie

Sylvester Stallone's new Rocky IV: Rocky vs. Drago The Ultimate Director's Cut trims the '80s cheese for something more down-to-earth.

Hoai-Tran Bui

Tick, Tick... BOOM! Review: Lin-Manuel Miranda Turns An Artist's Lament Into A Joyous Love Letter

Lin-Manuel Miranda makes a spectacular feature directorial debut with Tick, Tick... BOOM! with Andrew Garfield dazzling in the role as Jonathan Larson.

Josh Spiegel

Home Sweet Home Alone Review: A Perversely Enjoyable And Surprising Subversion

Home Sweet Home Alone feels like a Home Alone movie for people who don't like Home Alone movies and it kind of works?

Josh Spiegel

Clifford The Big Red Dog Review: He's Big, He's Red, He's Forgettable

We live in a post-Paddington world, so there really isn't an excuse anymore.

BJ Colangelo

Olaf Presents Review: Josh Gad Shines In The Best Frozen Spin-Off Yet

Olaf Presents is a series of animated shorts carried squarely on the shoulders of Josh Gad and his ability to do impressions. And it works.

Hoai-Tran Bui

Doctor Who: Flux Lets Jodie Whittaker Finally Take Charge In The Exciting War Of The Sontarans

Jodie Whittaker's Thirteenth Doctor finally comes into her own in the thrilling second chapter of Doctor Who: Flux, War of the Sontarans.

Shania Russell

Succession Season 3 Power Rankings: Who Is The Lion In The Meadow?

It was a very tough week for every character whose last name is "Roy," and a very good week for characters played by Adrien Brody.

Joshua Meyer

Eternals Spoiler Review: A Cosmic Superhero Family Dispute Where It's Complicated, Real Complicated

Marvel gets mythic with the ambitious and cosmic, but often confounding Eternals. Read our Eternals spoiler review.

Chris Evangelista

Red Notice Review: Dwayne Johnson And Ryan Reynolds Bumble Through Netflix's Glossy, Lifeless Action Movie

The star power of Dwayne Johnson, Ryan Reynolds, and Gal Gadot isn't enough to save the bland Red Notice.

Chris Evangelista

Finch Review: Tom Hanks Travels The Post-Apocalyptic Wasteland With A Very Good Dog And A Very Good Robot

Tom Hanks is great, as usual, in the touching sci-fi film Finch, about a dying man who builds a robot to watch over his dog.

Jeremy Strong, Fisher Stevens, Dagmara Dominczyk

Shania Russell

Succession Season 3 Power Rankings: There Are No Winners In The Disruption

Everyone's a loser in this week's episode of Succession, The Disruption. But a few characters — and director Cathy Yan — came out better than others.

Jeff Ewing

Last Night In Soho Spoiler Review: A Technically Astonishing And Often Muddy Horror Tale

If you've seen Edgar Wright's new movie, join us for a trip deep into spoiler territory to talk about what works and what doesn't.

Hoai-Tran Bui

Doctor Who: Flux Doubles Down On Spectacle And Set-Up With A Tricky Premiere, The Halloween Apocalypse

The premiere episode of Doctor Who: Flux was full of cosmic spectacle, but was also saddled with messy set-ups of too many plot threads.

Chris Evangelista

The Deep House Review: The Directors Of Inside Revitalize The Haunted House Movie By Sinking It Underwater

The Deep House, from the directors of Inside, relocates the traditional haunted house movie underwater with scary success.

Kalyn Corrigan

Sweetie, You Won't Believe It Review: An Uproarious And Chaotic Slapstick Caper [Telluride Horror Show 2021]

Kazakhstani horror-comedy Sweetie, You Won't Believe It is a funny, gory ride that might be the most chaotic movie of the year.

Kalyn Corrigan

The Medium Review: This Exorcism Movie Will Haunt You To Your Core [Telluride Horror Show 2021]

A shaman strives to save her niece from a darker kind of possession in Banjong Pisanthanakun's chilling horror movie The Medium.

Kalyn Corrigan

The Sadness Review: One Of The Most Horrifying Movies Of Any Year [Telluride Horror Show 2021]

Pandemic-era zombie horror The Sadness depicts a terrifying and uncomfortably familiar vision of a world crumbling under the impact of a lethal virus.

Chris Evangelista

Paranormal Activity: Next Of Kin Review: The Franchise Gets A Facelift With This Fright-Free Tale

Paranormal Activity: Next of Kin tries to breathe new life into the franchise, with very lackluster results.

Jeff Ewing

Star Trek: Prodigy Review: A Lovely Series Skewed Towards A New Generation

Star Trek: Prodigy is a strong entry point for younger audiences who are new to Trek, but might hold less interest for established fans.