Reviews

Let’s party like it’s 1989. Much in the way 2020’s Bill & Ted Face the Music arrived with Keanu Reeves on a cultural upswing, Coming 2 America, the sequel to...

It isn’t hard to find people with interesting things to say about Christopher Wallace, the late rap titan better known as The Notorious B.I.G., or Biggie Smalls. He’s been widely...

In August 2020, Disney took the opportunity to unload The New Mutants, an X-Men spinoff that was shot back in 2017, but repeatedly delayed and shelved until it emerged as...

Be thankful for small favors: The new movie Tom & Jerry does not re-imagine the famous cat-and-mouse enemies from countless cartoon shorts as photorealistic CG creations. Though the movie isn’t...

[Ed. note: This review originally appeared in conjunction with Night of the Kings’ premiere at the 2020 Toronto International Film Festival. It has been updated for the film’s theatrical and...

Some of board gaming’s smallest genres are also some of its most interesting, and that’s certainly true of dating games. The genre goes all the way back to the 1960s,...

Frankly, the playbook for success in America sucks. You’ve heard it before: eat or be eaten, hustle hustle hustle, move like a shark, the competition is working while you’re sleeping....

Prestige dramas have largely followed two parallel paths during the past 20 years. On one track are shows grounded in realism but given a bit of lofty escapism thanks to...

In the opening minutes of the new CW series Superman & Lois, Superman (Tyler Hoechlin) narrates the story of his life so far. As a baby, he was sent to...

No one asked for the Pong Cinematic Universe, but the PC game qomp is here to provide it anyway. It may be one of my favorite games of the year...