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music Dirty Projectors, Deafheaven, and more albums to know about this week
By The A.V. Club, Marty Sartini Garner, A.A. Dowd, Sean O'Neal July 13, 2018 | 2:00pm
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tv Jim Gaffigan turns near-tragedy into reassuring comedy in Noble Ape
By Dennis Perkins July 13, 2018 | 1:00pm
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games The High-End Board Game Rising Sun Could Use More Conflict
By Keith Law July 13, 2018 | 10:30am
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film Eighth grade sucks—Eighth Grade doesn’t
By A.A. Dowd July 12, 2018 | 9:35pm
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tv Castle Rock’s got plenty of Stephen King references, little of his storytelling chops
By Erik Adams July 12, 2018 | 7:00pm
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film The Night Eats The World is a zombie movie with more on its mind than brains
By Katie Rife July 11, 2018 | 10:30pm
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film The Rock’s Skyscraper promises stupid fun, but falls short
By Ignatiy Vishnevetsky July 11, 2018 | 8:35pm
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tv Hang on to your wigs: Harlots returns in even higher dudgeon
By Genevieve Valentine July 11, 2018 | 8:15pm
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tv The Handmaid's Tale ends a frustrating season on a frustrating note
By Allison Shoemaker July 11, 2018 | 5:00pm
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tv An action-heavy episode can't save The 100 from a familiar slump
By Kyle Fowle July 11, 2018 | 2:40am
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tv The Bold Type is pretty good, but Melora Hardin is great
By Allison Shoemaker July 11, 2018 | 1:00am
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film A helpless teen is banished to a country she doesn’t know in What Will People Say
By Mike D'Angelo July 10, 2018 | 7:40pm
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film Improbably but amusingly, Hotel Transylvania 3 notches a series best
By Jesse Hassenger July 9, 2018 | 3:00pm
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tv Ghosted's canceled heroes can't handle rejection
By William Hughes July 9, 2018 | 6:44am
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tv Jesse looks for a way out on an uneven Preacher
By Zack Handlen July 9, 2018 | 3:05am
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tv In Janet Mock's outstanding directorial debut, Pose soars to new heights
By Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya July 9, 2018 | 2:22am
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tv The Affair wanders along its circuitous relationship paths
By Gwen Ihnat July 9, 2018 | 2:10am
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tv Sharp Objects begins with a redemption story wrapped in a murder mystery
By Laura Bogart July 9, 2018 | 2:00am
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tv DuckTales goes on a super secret spy high adventure that's beyond compare
By Kevin Johnson July 7, 2018 | 4:10pm
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tv Sue and the bakers up their game as The Great British Baking Show takes on dessert
By Kate Kulzick July 7, 2018 | 2:00pm
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tv It's time for a joyous wedding and a tense family reunion as Steven Universe is "Reunited"
By Eric Thurm July 7, 2018 | 12:00am
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music Bjørn Torske, Bodega, and more albums to know about this week
By The A.V. Club, Alex McLevy, Ignatiy Vishnevetsky July 6, 2018 | 3:00pm
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film The creators of Eastbound & Down and Vice Principals go hunting for a plot in The Legacy Of A Whitetail Deer Hunter
By Ignatiy Vishnevetsky July 6, 2018 | 1:55pm
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tv Steven Universe has a tender, clarifying reconciliation with an old friend
By Eric Thurm July 5, 2018 | 11:45pm
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games I Wish Mario Tennis Aces Would Just Let Me Play Ball
By Holly Green July 5, 2018 | 11:12am
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tv Steven Universe helps Ruby find herself and ask "The Question"
By Eric Thurm July 4, 2018 | 11:15pm
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tv The Handmaid’s Tale takes an intriguing left turn at the 11th hour
By Allison Shoemaker July 4, 2018 | 4:00pm
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tv Sharp Objects is a gripping rumination on who perpetrates—and perpetuates—violence
By Danette Chavez July 4, 2018 | 3:00pm
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tv The Bold Type wrestles with having a broken keyboard—and white privilege—in a solid hour
By Allison Shoemaker July 4, 2018 | 1:00am
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tv Steven gets in Amethyst's head on a melancholy, funny Steven Universe
By Eric Thurm July 3, 2018 | 11:45pm
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film Just in time for Independence Day, The First Purge pulls more thrills from America's ills
By A.A. Dowd July 3, 2018 | 9:15pm
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film In a pop star’s life and death, Whitney finds an American tragedy
By Ignatiy Vishnevetsky July 3, 2018 | 8:45pm
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tv Steven Universe finds itself torn as the Crystal Gems try to process new information
By Eric Thurm July 2, 2018 | 11:45pm
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music Scorpion is a whole shitload of Drake
By Clayton Purdom July 2, 2018 | 6:30pm
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film Atlanta’s Lakeith Stanfield headlines the inventive, sometimes exhausting satire Sorry To Bother You
By Jesse Hassenger July 2, 2018 | 6:00pm
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tv Pose preaches kindness in its complex celebration of motherhood
By Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya July 2, 2018 | 3:08am
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tv Preacher finds itself in a hole, keeps digging
By Zack Handlen July 2, 2018 | 3:05am
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tv The Affair never fails to remind us that Helen and Noah are horrible people
By Gwen Ihnat July 2, 2018 | 2:00am
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tv A
satisfying, stylish finale erases some of Luke
Cage’s flaws
By Ali Barthwell July 1, 2018 | 4:30am
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tv With “Every Potato Has A Receipt,” it’s the end of the GLOW as we know it
By LaToya Ferguson July 1, 2018 | 2:30am
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tv With “Rosalie,” GLOW reluctantly prepares to say goodbye
By LaToya Ferguson July 1, 2018 | 12:30am
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tv Luke Cage finds its footing leading into the finale
By Ali Barthwell June 30, 2018 | 10:15pm
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tv With "The Good Twin," GLOW chooses to wrestle (and sing) like nobody's watching
By LaToya Ferguson June 30, 2018 | 9:30pm
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tv In “Nothing Shattered,” GLOW deals with the real repercussions of “that fake stuff on TV”
By LaToya Ferguson June 30, 2018 | 7:30pm
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tv GLOW’s sexy star snaps, when all she had to do was “Work The Leg”
By LaToya Ferguson June 30, 2018 | 5:00pm
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tv The nephews split up on three different mini-adventures for a silly but rewarding DuckTales
By Kevin Johnson June 30, 2018 | 4:35pm
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tv Tantalizing tarts temper The Great British Baking Show's half-baked challenges
By Kate Kulzick June 30, 2018 | 2:00pm
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tv Flashbacks
invigorate Luke Cage but don’t do
much for character development
By Ali Barthwell June 30, 2018 | 7:35am
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tv A
playful Luke Cage feels unbalanced, out of place
this late in the season
By Ali Barthwell June 30, 2018 | 3:45am
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tv Luke Cage invokes deep pain but doesn’t fully explore it
By Ali Barthwell June 29, 2018 | 11:05pm
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tv 1985 called, and GLOW would like us to know “Perverts Are People, Too”
By LaToya Ferguson June 29, 2018 | 11:00pm
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tv Luke Cage needs to rely on its more interesting characters instead of the well-trod plot
By Ali Barthwell June 29, 2018 | 10:05pm
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film A bitter divorcé stalks and terrorizes his family in the tense, disturbing Custody
By A.A. Dowd June 29, 2018 | 9:29pm
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tv As promised, GLOW's “Mother Of All Matches” delivers
By LaToya Ferguson June 29, 2018 | 9:00pm
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tv The “Concerned Women Of America” and GLOW really have some stuff to work out
By LaToya Ferguson June 29, 2018 | 7:00pm
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tv GLOW proves that a seat at the table isn’t all that glamorous
By LaToya Ferguson June 29, 2018 | 6:00pm
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tv GLOW returns, more or less ready to make history
By LaToya Ferguson June 29, 2018 | 5:00pm
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music Florence + The Machine, Gorillaz, and more albums to know about this week
By Katie Rife, Clayton Purdom, David Brusie, Sean O'Neal, Matt Williams, Gwen Ihnat June 29, 2018 | 3:00pm
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games State of Decay 2 Upgraded Itself to Death
By Cameron Kunzelman June 29, 2018 | 11:00am
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tv Confetti flies and butterflies fall on a fatal RuPaul’s Drag Race finale
By Oliver Sava June 29, 2018 | 5:10am
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film Leave No Trace is a moving return to backwoods drama for Winter’s Bone director Debra Granik
By A.A. Dowd June 28, 2018 | 10:40pm
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film Despite a great cast and gorgeous imagery, Woman Walks Ahead lags behind
By Katie Rife June 28, 2018 | 3:30pm
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tv The Expanse flies too fast into its season finale
By Zack Handlen June 28, 2018 | 2:35am
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film Well, at least Uncle Drew isn’t a feature-length Pepsi commercial
By A.A. Dowd June 27, 2018 | 8:50pm
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film Marvel takes a break with the zippy Ant-Man And The Wasp
By Ignatiy Vishnevetsky June 27, 2018 | 4:00pm
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tv Elisabeth Moss anchors a stirring The Handmaid's Tale that nevertheless spins its wheels
By Allison Shoemaker June 27, 2018 | 4:00pm
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tv You've definitely seen this episode of The 100 before
By Kyle Fowle June 27, 2018 | 3:25am
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tv Pinstripe and the green-eyed monster rear their gorgeous heads on The Bold Type
By Allison Shoemaker June 27, 2018 | 1:00am
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film Dark River elevates generic drama through the sheer force of its conviction
By Mike D'Angelo June 26, 2018 | 6:45pm
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games Life finds a “meh” in Jurassic World’s lackluster theme-park builder
By William Hughes June 26, 2018 | 6:00pm
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film The true story of Three Identical Strangers gets crazier at every turn—and then seriously disturbing
By Mike D'Angelo June 26, 2018 | 5:15pm
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games The Awesome Adventures of Captain Spirit Will Make You Cry
By Holly Green June 26, 2018 | 12:45pm
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film Emily Blunt isn’t all that’s missing from the needless Sicario sequel Day Of The Soldado
By Ignatiy Vishnevetsky June 25, 2018 | 9:00pm
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games The Sims 4: Seasons Should Feel Fuller Than It Is
By Holly Green June 25, 2018 | 3:05pm
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tv Luke Cage doesn't know what to do with its strongest characters
By Ali Barthwell June 25, 2018 | 3:30am
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tv Ghosted continues to prove that it never actually needed the ghosts
By William Hughes June 25, 2018 | 3:05am
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tv On Westworld, revelations come when you most expect them
By Zack Handlen June 25, 2018 | 2:31am
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tv Pose digs deep into fears and insecurities in another emotional, intimate episode
By Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya June 25, 2018 | 2:30am
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tv The past comes back to haunt Cole on The Affair
By Gwen Ihnat June 25, 2018 | 2:00am
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tv Preacher returns as Jesse comes home
By Zack Handlen June 25, 2018 | 2:00am
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tv Flawed characterization of the lead hurts Luke Cage
By Ali Barthwell June 25, 2018 | 1:20am
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tv Scrooge reunites with his ex, but both he and DuckTales misstep in their admiration
By Kevin Johnson June 23, 2018 | 4:30pm
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tv Luke Cage debases its characters and leaves us with blood on our hands
By Ali Barthwell June 23, 2018 | 2:30pm
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tv The Great British Baking Show is back, and not a moment too soon
By Kate Kulzick June 23, 2018 | 2:00pm
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tv Luke
Cage suffers a defeat and the series slows down to watch his fall
By Ali Barthwell June 23, 2018 | 12:00pm
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tv A
tremendous emotional scene sets high expectations for the rest of Luke Cage’s second season
By Ali Barthwell June 22, 2018 | 8:00pm
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music Don’t let the preposterous flood of major rap releases make you forget Jay Rock
By Clayton Purdom June 22, 2018 | 7:30pm
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music Nine Inch Nails, Kamasi Washington, and more albums to know about this week
By Matt Gerardi, Sean O'Neal, Colin McGowan, Kyle Ryan June 22, 2018 | 6:00pm
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tv Quick
pace and a mysterious villain make for a thrilling Luke Cage
By Ali Barthwell June 22, 2018 | 6:00pm
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tv Luke Cage reinvents itself along with its hero
By Ali Barthwell June 22, 2018 | 5:00pm
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tv Tears flow and tempers flare on an explosive Drag Race reunion
By Oliver Sava June 22, 2018 | 1:30am
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film The Catcher Was A Spy somehow squanders Paul Rudd as the 007 of baseball players
By Katie Rife June 21, 2018 | 7:45pm
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tv A brutal The Expanse finds weight in zero gravity
By Zack Handlen June 21, 2018 | 2:00am
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film The King brilliantly traces the life of Elvis to discover where the country went wrong
By Gwen Ihnat June 20, 2018 | 10:15pm
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film Robert Pattinson’s minor, offbeat Western Damsel has one great surprise up its sleeve
By A.A. Dowd June 20, 2018 | 9:30pm
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tv Luke Cage is the first Marvel show to top its first season
By Danette Chavez June 20, 2018 | 5:10pm
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tv On Yellowstone, the only thing unspoiled is the land
By Erik Adams June 20, 2018 | 4:05pm
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tv The Handmaid’s Tale continues to paint a dystopian future that reflects the present
By Allison Shoemaker June 20, 2018 | 3:00pm
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games The Board Game Merlin Is Startlingly Low on Magic
By Keith Law June 20, 2018 | 10:30am
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tv A brutal power struggle makes for a grim episode of The 100
By Kyle Fowle June 20, 2018 | 3:20am
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tv The Bold Type, boundaries, and the Ballad of Tiny, Fired Jane
By Allison Shoemaker June 20, 2018 | 1:00am
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music Everything Is Love is big enough for Beyoncé and JAY-Z both
By Clayton Purdom June 19, 2018 | 10:35pm
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film Festival favorite Araby is as unfulfilling as the life on the road it chronicles
By Ignatiy Vishnevetsky June 19, 2018 | 6:40pm
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film Boundaries drags Vera Farmiga on a road trip through quirky-indie-family clichés
By Jesse Hassenger June 19, 2018 | 4:15pm
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games It's Not a Problem if You're Not First in Onrush
By Cole Henry June 19, 2018 | 10:00am
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tv Supergirl’s third season finale cuts its losses and looks to the future
By Caroline Siede June 19, 2018 | 4:55am
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tv Reject ABC’s Proposal, reality TV for those who find The Bachelor too intellectual
By Alex McLevy June 18, 2018 | 1:00pm
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tv Ghosted tempts fate by taking the focus off Craig Robinson and Adam Scott
By William Hughes June 18, 2018 | 6:49am
