TV amp; Movies Reviews

Something’s wrong with Agnes. It’s hard to pinpoint, at first. She’s got a lot going on. Agnes is smart, wicked funny, and, given she’s just been promoted to a full-time English professor at the college where she works, what you might traditionally characterize as successful. It’s the same northeastern liberal …

There will be only one real spoiler in this review of The Bear Season Four, but it’s something revealed within the first few minutes of the premiere, and it’s impossible to talk about the restaurant drama’s return without digging into this. So if you don’t want to know whether the …

Riri Williams, who suits up as the titular heroine of the new Marvel Cinematic Universe series Ironheart, insists that her plans are much grander than flying around in a suit of armor inspired by Iron Man’s. Her technology, she boasts, will transform the world, and will be, as she says …

Horror sequels tend to operate on a rinse-and-repeat cycle: You loved it when Michael/Jason/Freddy/Ghostface/Chuckie did the thing. Now here’s them doing it for the second time. Or the third. Or the 10th. Occasionally, creators get ambitious and/or ridiculous — hey, let’s do a crossover! And then send one of them …

Pixar has a knack for coming up with good opening salvos, and Elio, the animation company’s latest movie, kicks off with a strong one. When we meet the 11-year-old kid, voiced by Yonas Kibreab, who gives this sci-fi dramedy its title, he’s nestled under a commissary table and in state …

A lot can happen in 20-plus years: careers can rise and fall, empires can crumble under their own weight, cult fan favorites can give birth to money-minting franchises, a minor horror subgenre can suddenly become ubiquitous. When director Danny Boyle and screenwriter (and future director) Alex Garland dreamed up 28 …

When one starts watching Adult Swim’s Common Side Effects, it’s easy to feel confused about exactly what it is. Is it a comedy? A thriller? A drama? A sci-fi epic? A bizarre drug trip? After a while, though, it becomes clear that the answer to all those questions is the …

The average Formula One vehicle averages about 130 mph, though with the right person behind the wheel, you can push it up to 250 mph. (Don’t try this at home, kids.) You also need a great piece of machinery, of course, and a professional crew making sure that everything runs …

The first episode of Smoke, a new Apple TV+ miniseries about an arson investigator (Taron Egerton) and a cop (Jurnee Smollett) teaming up to catch two unrelated serial arsonists, opens with the dictionary definition of “creativity.” This is the sort of device that suggests anything but creativity is to be …

The average Formula One vehicle averages about 130 mph, though with the right person behind the wheel, you can push it up to 250 mph. (Don’t try this at home, kids.) You also need a great piece of machinery, of course, and a professional crew making sure that everything runs …