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tv
A disappointing
Doctor Who
special highlights the weaknesses of the show’s current era
By Caroline Siede
January 2, 2021 | 2:48am
tv
RuPaul’s Drag Race
kicks off season 13 with goops and gags, courtesy of “The Pork Chop”
By Kate Kulzick
January 2, 2021 | 2:30am
tv
Sabrina grapples with loneliness in an uneven
Chilling Adventures of Sabrina
By Lisa Weidenfeld
January 1, 2021 | 2:00pm
tv
An inessential
Vikings
makes desultory moves in a game we've stopped playing
By Dennis Perkins
January 1, 2021 | 1:00pm
tv
The crew fights back as
Discovery
heads into its endgame
By Zack Handlen
December 31, 2020 | 3:00pm
tv
A new
Chilling Adventures of Sabrina
finds Sabrina up to some new antics with her friend, Sabrina
By Lisa Weidenfeld
December 31, 2020 | 2:00pm
tv
Poorly executed flashbacks plague
The Stand
By Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya
December 31, 2020 | 2:00pm
tv
Yearly Departed
is a moderately fun way to say good riddance to 2020
By Saloni Gajjar
December 30, 2020 | 2:00pm
tv
In its return,
Vikings
pulls its characters from the brink, only to send one over again
By Dennis Perkins
December 30, 2020 | 1:00pm
tv
An improved second season of
His Dark Materials
stumbles a bit at the finish line
By Myles McNutt
December 29, 2020 | 3:00am
tv
Cobra Kai
karate chops its way back to broad, dumb fun with an improved season 3
By Alex McLevy
December 28, 2020 | 8:01am
tv
Death To 2020
offers an unnecessary summary of a miserable year
By Zack Handlen
December 27, 2020 | 12:00pm
film
Robert Rodriguez goes back to the kids’ table with the sweet but chintzy
We Can Be Heroes
By Jesse Hassenger
December 25, 2020 | 8:00am
tv
Everything goes wrong on a messy
Star Trek: Discovery
By Zack Handlen
December 24, 2020 | 3:00pm
tv
The Stand
finds more solid ground in “Pocket Savior”
By Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya
December 24, 2020 | 2:00pm
tv
Next
goes out with a bang
By Gwen Ihnat
December 23, 2020 | 3:30am
tv
After elevating its storytelling,
His Dark Materials
has a bit of a letdown in the season's penultimate hour
By Myles McNutt
December 22, 2020 | 3:00am
tv
Shondaland’s
Bridgerton
rips the bodice right off
By Gwen Ihnat
December 21, 2020 | 8:00pm
film
The moving Irish family drama
Herself
puts hardship and hope on equal footing
By Anya Stanley
December 21, 2020 | 6:20pm
film
Vanessa Kirby simmers with grief in the loud but hollow
Pieces Of A Woman
By Beatrice Loayza
December 21, 2020 | 4:00pm
film
There’s not enough action (or Wonder Woman!) in
Wonder Woman 1984
By Katie Rife
December 21, 2020 | 6:00am
tv
Look, we're also shocked Frank is the most interesting part of this week's
Shameless
By Myles McNutt
December 21, 2020 | 3:00am
tv
Kristen Wiig closes out
Saturday Night Live
's 2020 with some of the same old favorites
By Dennis Perkins
December 20, 2020 | 11:08am
tv
No one’s ever really gone in a mostly satisfactory
Mandalorian
finale
By Mike Vanderbilt
December 18, 2020 | 7:47pm
film
Tessa Thompson shines in the old-school Hollywood romance
Sylvie’s Love
By Vikram Murthi
December 18, 2020 | 4:00pm
film
Anthony Hopkins delivers the most heartbreaking performance of his career in
The Father
By A.A. Dowd
December 18, 2020 | 3:09pm
tv
The Watch
will disappoint
Discworld
fans—and maybe everybody else, too
By William Hughes
December 18, 2020 | 2:00pm
film
Michael Ealy has a fatal attraction to Hilary Swank in the entertainingly dumb noir
Fatale
By Jesse Hassenger
December 18, 2020 | 2:00pm
film
Armageddon is free family therapy in the Gerard Butler disaster movie
Greenland
By Ignatiy Vishnevetsky
December 17, 2020 | 11:00pm
film
The grim and grisly
Hunter Hunter
earns its unforgettable ending
By Randall Colburn
December 17, 2020 | 4:15pm
tv
Georgiou tries to mend her ways on a too-long
Discovery
By Zack Handlen
December 17, 2020 | 3:00pm
tv
The Stand
wavers at the beginning of the end of the world
By Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya
December 17, 2020 | 2:00pm
tv
Steve McQueen’s
Education
presents a moving history lesson on racial bias
By Jourdain Searles
December 16, 2020 | 2:00pm
film
Paul W.S. Anderson brings more video game mayhem to the big screen with
Monster Hunter
By Ignatiy Vishnevetsky
December 16, 2020 | 2:00pm
tv
It’s "A Good Day To Die" for
Big Sky
—even if just for the winter
By LaToya Ferguson
December 16, 2020 | 10:20am
tv
The Stand
is an admirably bold, often messy adaptation of Stephen King’s post-apocalyptic epic
By Randall Colburn
December 15, 2020 | 4:15pm
tv
The sky is falling on another great season of
The Expanse
By Zack Handlen
December 15, 2020 | 3:00pm
tv
His Dark Materials
cuts a new window into Coulter's worldview in another standout episode
By Myles McNutt
December 15, 2020 | 3:00am
film
Promising Young Woman
is eye candy with a razor blade inside
By Katie Rife
December 14, 2020 | 8:30pm
tv
Netflix’s
Tiny Pretty Things
has sex on the mind but little else
By Shannon Miller
December 14, 2020 | 5:00pm
music
Taylor Swift’s deeply affecting
evermore
continues
folklore
’s rich universe-building
By Annie Zaleski
December 14, 2020 | 3:45pm
tv
Shameless
continues to test the viability of a no-stakes final season
By Myles McNutt
December 14, 2020 | 3:00am
tv
Timothée Chalamet amiably pals around with Pete Davidson on a middling
Saturday Night Live
By Dennis Perkins
December 13, 2020 | 11:27am
film
Tom Hanks is the conscience of a divided nation in the old-school Western
News Of The World
By A.A. Dowd
December 11, 2020 | 10:30pm
tv
Lines get blurred as
The Mandalorian
goes deep undercover
By Katie Rife
December 11, 2020 | 8:36pm
film
The first movie inspired by the pandemic is here, and it sucks
By Ignatiy Vishnevetsky
December 10, 2020 | 9:00pm
tv
Georgiou takes the lead in a curious
Star Trek: Discovery
By Zack Handlen
December 10, 2020 | 3:00pm
tv
NBC’s
Dr. Seuss’ The Grinch Musical!
stink, stank, stunk
By Caroline Siede
December 10, 2020 | 5:25am
film
2020 gets its
Serenity
with the epic “WTF?” of
Wild Mountain Thyme
By Katie Rife
December 9, 2020 | 9:00pm
film
Farm life is beautiful and brutal in
Gunda
, a wordless documentary
Babe
By A.A. Dowd
December 9, 2020 | 4:05pm
tv
How Can You Mend A Broken Heart
shows there’s more to the Bee Gees than disco
By Gwen Ihnat
December 9, 2020 | 2:00pm
film
George Clooney returns with the strangely moving sci-fi melodrama
The Midnight Sky
By Jesse Hassenger
December 9, 2020 | 2:00pm
tv
Big Sky
continues to draw out its plot, all in the name of "Unfinished Business"
By LaToya Ferguson
December 9, 2020 | 9:00am
film
Narrative coincidences distract from
Farewell Amor
’s thoughtful immigration story
By Roxana Hadadi
December 8, 2020 | 9:00pm
film
Meryl Streep improvises on the ocean in Steven Soderbergh’s playful
Let Them All Talk
By Mike D'Angelo
December 8, 2020 | 8:00pm
film
Steven Yeun is a family man chasing the American dream in the soulful if lopsided
Minari
By Beatrice Loayza
December 8, 2020 | 6:10pm
tv
Alex Wheatle
is the
latest revelation from Steve McQueen’s
Small Axe
By Aramide Tinubu
December 8, 2020 | 2:00pm
tv
The introduction of the Subtle Knife is
His Dark Materials'
finest hour so far
By Myles McNutt
December 8, 2020 | 3:00am
film
A former pop star journeys
To The Ends Of The Earth
in Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s terrific new film
By Lawrence Garcia
December 7, 2020 | 7:30pm
tv
40 Years A Prisoner
is a potent reminder of the long road to criminal justice reform
By Robert Daniels
December 7, 2020 | 7:00pm
tv
HBO Max’s
House Of Ho
is a bleak portrayal of life as a crazy rich Asian
By Priyanka Bose
December 7, 2020 | 5:05pm
tv
Moonbase 8
's improvisational spirit shines in its satisfying final episodes
By Randall Colburn
December 7, 2020 | 5:00am
tv
Bryan Cranston brings familiar fatherly gravitas to the dour pulp of
Your Honor
By Dennis Perkins
December 7, 2020 | 4:00am
tv
A pandemic-fueled premiere suggests
Shameless
is still content to limp to the finish line in its final season
By Myles McNutt
December 7, 2020 | 3:00am
tv
Jason Bateman returns to host a low-key but pandemic-centric
Saturday Night Live
By Jesse Hassenger
December 6, 2020 | 8:04am
tv
The Mandalorian
loses control as season 2 rockets towards a finale
By Katie Rife
December 4, 2020 | 9:11pm
film
Rachel Brosnahan is a moll on the run in refreshingly feminine gangster yarn
I’m Your Woman
By Katie Rife
December 4, 2020 | 6:00pm
tv
Euphoria
shines brightest in its stripped-down special episode
By Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya
December 4, 2020 | 5:55pm
tv
The Great British Baking Show: Holidays
focuses on charm over polish for season three
By Kate Kulzick
December 4, 2020 | 5:36pm
film
Black Bear
is two dramas in one, and Aubrey Plaza is great in both of them
By A.A. Dowd
December 4, 2020 | 3:35pm
tv
Red, White And Blue
doesn’t offer any answers to brazen systemic racism, and it shouldn’t
By Shannon Miller
December 4, 2020 | 12:00pm
tv
The Unicorn
gets topical with some help from director Matthew A. Cherry
By Danette Chavez
December 4, 2020 | 4:16am
film
Hackneyed tearjerker
All My Life
plays like an adaptation of a “Live, Laugh, Love” sign
By Carlos Aguilar, Carlos Aguilar
December 3, 2020 | 5:00pm
film
Frances McDormand finds a new life on the road in the sublime
Nomadland
By Katie Rife
December 3, 2020 | 4:00pm
film
Mads Mikkelsen gets smashed on life (and booze) in the day-drinker drama
Another Round
By A.A. Dowd
December 3, 2020 | 3:35pm
tv
Star Trek: Discovery
gets better the more it widens its horizons
By Zack Handlen
December 3, 2020 | 3:00pm
tv
Hulu’s
Hardy Boys
cracks the case of the welcome reboot
By Gwen Ihnat
December 3, 2020 | 2:00pm
film
Isla Fisher gets her own
Enchanted
in the Disney Plus fairy tale
Godmothered
By Caroline Siede
December 2, 2020 | 5:00pm
film
The gripping
76 Days
chronicles the chaotic start of the COVID-19 outbreak
By Mike D'Angelo
December 2, 2020 | 3:35pm
tv
Selena: The Series
can’t capture the ground-breaking spirit of the Queen Of Tejano
By Kayla Sutton
December 2, 2020 | 2:00pm
tv
In
Big Sky
, no matter how hard you try, you can't keep "The Big Rick" down
By LaToya Ferguson
December 2, 2020 | 11:00am
tv
Next
veers into the bizarre with multiple John Slatterys and DIY shock therapy
By Gwen Ihnat
December 2, 2020 | 3:00am
film
Mayor
finds cringe comedy and dread in the business of running a Palestinian city
By Ignatiy Vishnevetsky
December 1, 2020 | 8:00pm
film
Don’t look for
Superintelligence
, or even mild cleverness, in Melissa McCarthy’s new sci-fi comedy
By Jesse Hassenger
December 1, 2020 | 6:00pm
film
An all-star cast goes to
The Prom
in Ryan Murphy’s insufferable Broadway adaptation
By Jesse Hassenger
December 1, 2020 | 3:00pm
tv
Big Mouth
season 4 shatters friendships and feelings, then embraces the pieces
By Emily L. Stephens
December 1, 2020 | 2:00pm
tv
Daddy issues multiply in
His Dark Materials
’ land of daemons and dust
By Myles McNutt
December 1, 2020 | 3:00am
tv
The future crashes into the past when SpaceX arrives on
Moonbase 8
By Randall Colburn
November 30, 2020 | 4:30am
tv
Walking Dead: World Beyond
finally gets good, just in time for the season finale
By Alex McLevy
November 30, 2020 | 4:25am
tv
The Undoing
offers up answers but not enough resolution in a car chase-filled finale
By Lisa Weidenfeld
November 30, 2020 | 4:22am
tv
Fargo
ends season four with no alarms and few surprises
By Zack Handlen
November 30, 2020 | 4:00am
tv
The Child has a name in a Kurosawa-influenced
Mandalorian
By Mike Vanderbilt
November 27, 2020 | 8:31pm
tv
The Great British Baking Show
says goodbye to the bubble with a genial, gentle “Final”
By Kate Kulzick
November 27, 2020 | 6:00pm
tv
My Psychedelic Love Story
is a slight tribute to Timothy Leary’s “Acid Queen”
By Vikram Murthi
November 27, 2020 | 2:00pm
tv
Star Trek: Discovery
remains stuck in orbit around itself
By Zack Handlen
November 26, 2020 | 3:00pm
tv
Kaley Cuoco takes a trip back to blue sky TV on
The Flight Attendant
By Danette Chavez
November 25, 2020 | 10:00pm
tv
A charming narrator and an inclusive group of suitors make
12 Dates Of Christmas
a gift
By Gwen Ihnat
November 25, 2020 | 4:00pm
film
Soul
is a sweet mash-up of earlier, deeper Pixar
By A.A. Dowd
November 25, 2020 | 3:30pm
tv
HBO reclaims its true-crime crown with 5 tales of murder, mayhem, and mystery
By Katie Rife
November 25, 2020 | 2:00pm
tv
With the twist in the rearview,
Big Sky
now has "Nowhere To Run"
By LaToya Ferguson
November 25, 2020 | 5:00am
tv
A fractured
Next
falls apart
By Gwen Ihnat
November 25, 2020 | 3:05am
film
Stardust
, the Bowie biopic without any Bowie songs,
is velvet garbage
By Ignatiy Vishnevetsky
November 24, 2020 | 8:57pm
film
Alan Ball’s
Uncle Frank
smothers a great performance with lazy condescension
By Allison Shoemaker
November 24, 2020 | 8:00pm
tv
Steve McQueen’s
Lovers Rock
is just the party 2020 needs
By Stephen Robinson
November 24, 2020 | 2:00pm
tv
The Crown
ends an era with an ominous Christmas
By Caroline Siede
November 24, 2020 | 2:00pm
tv
A muddled Magisterium raises doubts about
His Dark Materials
’ commitment to its source material
By Myles McNutt
November 24, 2020 | 3:00am
film
An unnecessary sequel to
The Croods
still has some prehistoric fun
By Jesse Hassenger
November 23, 2020 | 5:00pm
tv
Peacock’s charming
Saved By The Bell
knows exactly what to do with its IP
By Randall Colburn
November 23, 2020 | 2:00pm
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