Showing Up: Funny, Contemplative Indie Has Heart to Spare, Plus Michelle Williams
By Karen Gordon
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The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel Season 5: A Glimpse into Midge’s Future
ReviewJim SlotekThe Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Season 5, Amy Sherman-Palladino, Rachel Brosnahan, Alex Borstein, Michael Zegen, Marin Hinkle, Prime Video, Caroline Aaron, Kevin Pollak, Tony Shalhoub, 1960s, Wanda Sykes
Simulant: Like Blade Runner Only Differ... Nah, It's Like Blade Runner
By Chris Knight
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ReviewJim SlotekMovies derivative of Blade Runner, AI gone wrong, Simulant, April Mullen, Ryan Christopher Churchill, Jordana Brewster, Robbie Amell, Sam Worthington, Simu Liu, Alicia Sanz
Living With Chucky: The Killer Doll's Human 'Sister' Directs an Overheated Love Letter
ReviewJim SlotekLiving with Chucky, Kyra Elsie Gardner, Brad Dourif, Fiona Dourif, Tony Gardner, Alex Vincent, Don Mancini, Jennifer Tilley, David Kirschner, Lin Shaye, Marlon Wayans, Abigail Breslin, Documentaries
Gangs of Lagos: A Street Opera From the Mean Streets of Nigeria
Beef: New Netflix Series Unearths Dark Comedy from People Acting Very Badly
By Karen Gordon
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The Super Mario Bros. Movie: Let's-A-Go (Somewhere Else)!
By Chris Knight
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Air: An Inspirational Commercial for a Commercial? Shut Up and Take My Money!
ReviewJim SlotekNike Air Jordans, Air, Ben Affleck, Billion dollar sports merchandising, Michael Jordan, Matt Damon, Viola Davis, Phil Knight, Chris Tucker, Jason Bateman
Stranger Things: The Experience - The Ups and Downs of the Interactive Upside Down
Spinning Gold: A Complicated Music Figure, Through a Filmmaker Son's Upbeat Prism
By Karen Gordon
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Original-Cin Q&A: Unstable's Rob Lowe on Simpatico with his Co-Star Son and His All-Ages Fanbase
By Bonnie Laufer
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ReviewJim SlotekFather and son acting tandems, Rob Lowe, John Owen Lowe, Unstable, 9-1-1: Lone Star, The West Wing, Parks and Recreation, The Grinder, Netflix series, The Outsiders
Dungeons & Dragons: A Player’s Delight and a Gateway Drug for Non-Players
ReviewJim SlotekDungeons & Dragons, Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves, Fantasy, Jonathan Goldstein, John Francis Daley, Role-play, Chris Pine, Michelle Rodriguez, Regé-Jean Page, Justice Smith, Hugh Grant, Daisy Head, Chloe Coleman, Sophia Lillis, Adaptation, CGI
In Viaggio: The Travels of Pope Francis, Lots of Countries, Always Waving
Nam June Paik: Moon is the Oldest TV - Father of Video Art, Impactful and Enigmatic
A Thousand and One: Intense Sundance-Approved Family Drama Not Exactly as Shown
ReviewJim SlotekA Thousand and One, Family drama, Sundance Grand Jury Prize, A.V. Rockwell, Teyana Taylor, Will Catlett, Josiah Cross, Aven Courtney, Aaron Kingsley Adetola, New York
Tetris: Docudrama Reveals Unknown History about Ubiquitous, Fan-Favourite Game
A Good Person: Florence Pugh's Pill-Popping Journey is An Ordeal for All
88: Would-Be Thriller About Neo-Nazis in U.S. Politics Barely Feels Like Fiction
ReviewJim Slotek88, Political thriller, U.S. politics, Eromose, Brandon Victor Dixon, Naturi Naughton, Orlando Jones, Thomas Sadoski, William Fichtner, Kenneth Choi, Nazis, Neo-Nazism
The Lost King: Smart Fact-Based Historical Biopic Rewrites Shakespeare For Better
By Karen Gordon
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You Can Live Forever: Gay Teen Life in a Jehovah's Witness Village Where 'The Truth' is a Tight Fit
By Chris Knight
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