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games Innerspace: Beautiful, Rapturous and Painfully Disorienting
By Cameron Kunzelman January 23, 2018 | 12:00pm
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games Prepare for the Apocalypse with the Great Board Game Wasteland Express Delivery Service
By Keith Law January 23, 2018 | 10:30am
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tv An impressively female-centric Supergirl goes where no man has gone before
By Caroline Siede January 23, 2018 | 5:00am
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tv The Alienist is already haunted by what came before
By Genevieve Valentine January 23, 2018 | 3:10am
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tv With HBO’s murderous Mosaic, Steven Soderbergh assembles one of the best miniseries of the year
By Alex McLevy January 22, 2018 | 5:30pm
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tv Divorce faces the adolescent fallout
By Gwen Ihnat January 22, 2018 | 5:00am
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tv The Chi fails to cover new ground in its repetitive third episode
By Ashley Ray-Harris January 22, 2018 | 4:00am
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tv Look, we have no idea what the hell Shameless is doing right now, either
By Myles McNutt January 22, 2018 | 3:00am
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tv Burnham meets the Emperor and Discovery finds a new groove
By Zack Handlen January 22, 2018 | 2:30am
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tv A rock-solid Jessica Chastain powers a fine Saturday Night Live
By Dennis Perkins January 21, 2018 | 9:31am
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tv Gilmore Girls starts to unravel in spectacular fashion
By Gwen Ihnat January 20, 2018 | 10:45pm
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tv Time travel musings muddy an overstuffed Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D.
By Alex McLevy January 20, 2018 | 3:00am
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music Fall Out Boy resets, sort of, on the delayed Mania
By Kyle Ryan January 19, 2018 | 9:50pm
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music First Aid Kit, They Might Be Giants, and 5 more albums to know about this week
By AV Club Staff, Sean O'Neal, Alex McLevy, Erik Adams, Gwen Ihnat, David Anthony January 19, 2018 | 6:00pm
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film Nicolas Cage tries to kill his kids (and a pool table) in the pitch-black horror comedy Mom And Dad
By A.A. Dowd January 19, 2018 | 4:05pm
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tv Frustrations boil over as Top Chef sprints toward the halfway mark
By Randall Colburn January 19, 2018 | 6:10am
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tv As the season winds down, Great News allows its entire ensemble to shine
By Vikram Murthi January 19, 2018 | 6:05am
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tv Will & Grace pulls off an emotionally effective episode about Will’s ex
By Gwen Ihnat January 19, 2018 | 5:30am
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tv Arrow and its heroes shake it all off in a solid episode
By Allison Shoemaker January 19, 2018 | 5:28am
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tv How To Get Away With Murder jolts back into action with a million flashbacks
By Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya January 19, 2018 | 4:45am
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tv Scandal raises more questions in a slow return from hiatus
By Ashley Ray-Harris January 19, 2018 | 4:33am
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tv Portlandia begins its final season with an empathetic satire of aging punks
By John Hugar January 19, 2018 | 3:33am
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tv The Good Place in the Bad Place is fucking great
By Dennis Perkins January 19, 2018 | 2:00am
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film The Final Year is both a love letter and gut punch to the Obama presidency
By Josh Modell January 18, 2018 | 9:30pm
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film The low-rent Heat clone Den Of Thieves gives Gerard Butler his best role in ages
By Ignatiy Vishnevetsky January 18, 2018 | 8:05pm
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tv A returning Riverdale struggles in its attempts to move forward
By LaToya Ferguson January 18, 2018 | 9:21am
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tv American Crime Story premieres with a new murder, and a new approach
By Pilot Viruet January 18, 2018 | 4:30am
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tv Happy! and Nick realize they need each other in 'Scrap Yard of Childish Things'
By Andrea Reiher January 18, 2018 | 4:00am
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tv Modern Family's lust for life is surprisingly effective
By Kyle Fowle January 18, 2018 | 3:40am
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tv A dull Vikings plods along with speechifying and unworthy men
By Dennis Perkins January 18, 2018 | 3:01am
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tv A killer game of Hangman makes for inarticulate X-Files
By Zack Handlen January 18, 2018 | 2:00am
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film John Hawkes gets his Coen brothers on in the appealingly generic Small Town Crime
By Katie Rife January 17, 2018 | 11:10pm
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film Chris Hemsworth takes on the Taliban in 12 Strong, a war movie that’s more ho-hum than gung ho
By Ignatiy Vishnevetsky January 17, 2018 | 8:40pm
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film Forever My Girl is barely a love story, but it wants you to swoon anyway
By Jesse Hassenger January 17, 2018 | 5:00pm
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tv The Flash speeds through the trial of the fastest defendant alive
By Allison Shoemaker January 17, 2018 | 4:22am
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tv Black Lightning’s series premiere gives us the mature, nuanced superhero show we need
By Kyle Fowle January 17, 2018 | 3:00am
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tv This Is Us throws every last care away, goes to the mall... today!
By Caroline Siede January 17, 2018 | 3:00am
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film Studio Ghibli alums keep the company’s whimsical spirit alive with Mary And The Witch’s Flower
By Mike D'Angelo January 16, 2018 | 7:30pm
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tv The new American Crime Story is a worthy successor to O.J. anchored by a star-making performance
By Erik Adams January 16, 2018 | 4:00pm
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tv A two-hour season finale finds The Gifted at a crossroads where its best meets its worst
By Jesse Hassenger January 16, 2018 | 5:05am
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tv Supergirl’s return is stylish, confident, and full of new superheroes
By Caroline Siede January 16, 2018 | 2:00am
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tv Don’t worry about the crossovers—Black Lightning doesn’t need any other heroes
By Danette Chavez January 15, 2018 | 7:25pm
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tv Divorce kicks off season 2 by making it official
By Gwen Ihnat January 15, 2018 | 6:30am
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tv The Last Man On Earth repeatedly hits one morbid note in its winter finale
By Vikram Murthi January 15, 2018 | 5:45am
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tv A fitfully funny Simpsons comes tantalizingly close to takeoff
By Dennis Perkins January 15, 2018 | 4:31am
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tv The Chi explores black masculinity through its central characters in a gripping second episode
By Ashley Ray-Harris January 15, 2018 | 4:00am
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tv Girl power heals a broken heart on an empowering Bob's Burgers
By Brianna Wellen January 15, 2018 | 3:39am
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tv A solid Shameless can't fix the season, but it's an improvement nonetheless
By Myles McNutt January 15, 2018 | 3:00am
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tv Truths are discovered and old friends return on a fast-paced Discovery
By Zack Handlen January 15, 2018 | 2:30am
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tv Sam Rockwell’s moves can’t rescue a listless Saturday Night Live
By Dennis Perkins January 14, 2018 | 10:10am
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tv The April storyline is the worst thing Gilmore Girls ever did
By Gwen Ihnat January 13, 2018 | 10:30pm
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tv Heart and a lot of humor help the Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D. evade alien hunters
By Alex McLevy January 13, 2018 | 3:00am
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tv Crazy Ex-Girlfriend hits its 100th song, and it's hundo-p great
By Allison Shoemaker January 13, 2018 | 2:01am
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film Corporate training meets high art in the offbeat Dim The Fluorescents
By Ignatiy Vishnevetsky January 12, 2018 | 11:15pm
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film Taraji P. Henson’s Proud Mary is a great leading woman in search of a good movie
By Katie Rife January 12, 2018 | 8:10pm
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tv David Letterman returns to talk shows, with Barack Obama and a new thoughtfulness in tow
By Dennis Perkins January 12, 2018 | 4:45pm
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film The Inside remake is a cut below its insanely violent inspiration
By A.A. Dowd January 12, 2018 | 3:45pm
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tv Will & Grace takes an unfortunate page from the Three’s Company playbook
By Gwen Ihnat January 12, 2018 | 7:00am
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tv Katie and Greg succumb to temptation and Chuck leads a heist on a plot-heavy Great News
By Vikram Murthi January 12, 2018 | 5:55am
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tv It's all about beer, pretzels, and sausage as Top Chef celebrates Oktoberfest
By Randall Colburn January 12, 2018 | 5:55am
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tv The Good Place exhilaratingly tears it all down one more time
By Dennis Perkins January 12, 2018 | 2:00am
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games Gorogoa wants to get
you thinking about much more than its breathtaking puzzles
By Matt Gerardi January 11, 2018 | 2:00pm
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tv A health scare sees Modern Family musing on death (in a fun way!)
By Kyle Fowle January 11, 2018 | 4:05am
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tv Happy! meanders its way to Nick's revelation
By Andrea Reiher January 11, 2018 | 4:00am
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tv The Magicians prepares for a big quest with bunnies, kids' books, and a great...friend
By Lisa Weidenfeld January 11, 2018 | 3:20am
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tv War brings plenty of gore and removes all subtlety on a dispiriting Vikings
By Dennis Perkins January 11, 2018 | 3:01am
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tv The X-Files has style to burn in "This"
By Zack Handlen January 11, 2018 | 2:00am
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film If only every January thriller were as smart-dumb as Liam Neeson's The Commuter
By Ignatiy Vishnevetsky January 10, 2018 | 8:10pm
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film Jack Black and Jenny Slate can’t find the satire in The Polka King’s goofy true crime
By Jesse Hassenger January 10, 2018 | 7:20pm
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tv Philip K. Dick’s Electric Dreams is at its best when it's more human than human
By Alex McLevy January 10, 2018 | 6:00pm
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games Save the Netherlands from Flooding in the Board Game Pandemic: Rising Tide
By Keith Law January 10, 2018 | 1:30pm
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tv This Is Us heads to therapy to discuss some very meta issues
By Caroline Siede January 10, 2018 | 3:00am
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tv A dull Runaways finale hints at a much more exciting series to come
By Vinnie Mancuso January 9, 2018 | 8:15pm
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film Lover For A Day is the latest relationship study in shades of gray from Philippe Garrel
By Mike D'Angelo January 9, 2018 | 6:15pm
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film The charming Paddington 2 is the rare live-action kids' movie adults can bear
By Ignatiy Vishnevetsky January 8, 2018 | 11:14pm
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tv Batman and some flying monkeys briefly elevate a so-so Ghosted
By William Hughes January 8, 2018 | 6:58am
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tv The Simpsons brings in Ed Sheeran to parody La La Land, forgets about Lisa
By Dennis Perkins January 8, 2018 | 4:00am
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tv The Chi paints a broad picture of Chicago in a promising pilot
By Ashley Ray-Harris January 8, 2018 | 4:00am
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tv Fred Armisen stars as a cannibalistic serial killer in a flashback episode of The Last Man On Earth
By Vikram Murthi January 8, 2018 | 3:05am
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tv Shameless needs to cut to the feeling soon to get its season back on track
By Myles McNutt January 8, 2018 | 3:00am
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tv A new Star Trek: Discovery finds the show struggling to go forward
By Zack Handlen January 8, 2018 | 2:30am
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tv Jess may not have been the best Gilmore Girls boyfriend, but he’s definitely the best ex-boyfriend
By Gwen Ihnat January 6, 2018 | 8:30pm
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tv Fights, action, and deaths spur Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D. into high gear
By Kevin Johnson January 6, 2018 | 4:50am
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tv Rebecca falls into old patterns, but Crazy Ex-Girlfriend does not
By Allison Shoemaker January 6, 2018 | 2:10am
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tv Steven Universe spends two intense episodes in space with a new Lars and an old fusion
By Eric Thurm January 6, 2018 | 12:00am
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film Shelved for years, the eerie Before I Wake offers a welcome alternative to the usual January jump scares
By Ignatiy Vishnevetsky January 5, 2018 | 4:30pm
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tv Nick Offerman helps Will & Grace get its groove back in season 9’s first perfect episode
By Gwen Ihnat January 5, 2018 | 5:30am
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tv Top Chef sings a song of ice and fire as the chefs take to the snowy Denver wilderness
By Randall Colburn January 5, 2018 | 5:30am
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tv Carol tries to bring Katie and Greg together on a sweet Great News
By Vikram Murthi January 5, 2018 | 4:30am
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tv The Good Place returns with a mostly successful game of chicanery and faith
By Dennis Perkins January 5, 2018 | 2:00am
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film The dark and creepy gets dull and creaky in Insidious: The Last Key
By Ignatiy Vishnevetsky January 4, 2018 | 9:00pm
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tv The latest Modern Family is a showcase for the cast's physicality
By Kyle Fowle January 4, 2018 | 4:25am
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tv In preparation for the coming war, Vikings plays chess, poorly
By Dennis Perkins January 4, 2018 | 3:01am
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tv The X-Files re-returns, and it's not as bad as it might've been
By Zack Handlen January 4, 2018 | 2:00am
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film In Between shines a light on sexism, but risks trivializing it
By Mike D'Angelo January 3, 2018 | 5:00pm
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music Jeff Rosenstock puts all his nervous energy to work on the vital POST-
By David Anthony January 3, 2018 | 4:40pm
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tv The world is ending and everyone is kissing in an all-over-the-place Runaways
By Vinnie Mancuso January 2, 2018 | 8:00pm
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tv Lucifer kicks off the New Year with a blast to the past
By LaToya Ferguson January 2, 2018 | 11:45am
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tv Three cuckoos try to shake things up as The Gifted heads toward the end of season one
By Jesse Hassenger January 2, 2018 | 4:10am
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tv She’s Gotta Have It leaves questions unanswered in a disappointing
finale
By Ali Barthwell December 30, 2017 | 9:00pm
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tv Never get on the wrong side of Gilmore Girls’ Emily
By Gwen Ihnat December 30, 2017 | 6:00pm
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tv Steven Universe puts the band together and resolves its big emotional conflict with an assist from Kevin
By Eric Thurm December 30, 2017 | 12:00am
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tv Black Mirror ends its fourth season with a dud
By Zack Handlen December 29, 2017 | 10:00pm
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tv The future will not stop until you're dead on a lean Black Mirror
By Zack Handlen December 29, 2017 | 8:00pm
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tv A transition episode fails to get Shameless out of its mid-season rut
By Myles McNutt December 29, 2017 | 6:00pm
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tv Big Brother is love on a satisfying Black Mirror
By Zack Handlen December 29, 2017 | 6:00pm
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tv Nothing stays forgotten on Black Mirror
By Zack Handlen December 29, 2017 | 4:00pm
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tv Black Mirror explores the downside of parental controls
By Zack Handlen December 29, 2017 | 2:00pm
