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‘VisionQuest’ Proves Marvel’s At Its Best When It’s Not Afraid To Rewrite The Past | Review
Since the official television branch of the Marvel Cinematic Universe launched in 2021, the TV side of the franchise has had its ups and downs. But WandaVision, Agatha All Along, and the conclusion of this television trilogy, VisionQuest, are proof that a Marvel TV show can deftly mix superhero action with thoughtful explorations of grief and identity to great effect. Put simply, VisionQuest is Marvel TV at its best.
‘Other Mommy’ Breaks The #1 Horror Movie Monster Rule | Review
Jessica Chastain is terrifying in the trailer for Other Mommy, the 2026 horror film based on Josh Malerman's Incidents Around the House. Indeed, her initial appearance as the titular monster struck fear in the hearts of moviegoers seeing the trailer ahead of The Odyssey this summer. Unfortunately, the footage shown in that first look is about as scary as Other Mommy gets. That's because it bucks a classic horror convention a little too often — and the film is less terrifying because of it.
18 Years Later, ’Avatar: The Last Airbender’s New Revival Is What The Franchise Needs | Review
Paramount's Avatar: The Last Airbender lineup is growing with Avatar: Seven Havens, and the new spin-off is the revival the franchise so desperately needs. The original Nickelodeon show remains one of the best fantasy offerings of the 21st century, and it's returned multiple times over the years to varying degrees of success. The Legend of Korra followed first from 2012 to 2014, telling the tale of the next Avatar. Meanwhile, Netflix's live-action adaptation and Paramount's Avatar Aang movie expanded the IP more recently.
Ben Affleck’s New Netflix Crime Movie Is a Misguided Throwback Thriller | Review
"Ben Affleck the Director" and "Ben Affleck the Movie Star" are back. Though neither is at the peak of their powers in Animals, they deliver a perfectly adequate blend of throwback thriller and contemporary guilty pleasure that's bound to be a Netflix chart-topper.
‘The Social Network’ Meets ‘Oppenheimer’ in Aaron Sorkin’s Defanged Facebook Thriller | Review
It's more apparent than ever: Christopher Nolan has wormed his way into the minds of filmmakers. On paper, Primetime, Digger, and now The Social Reckoning have little in common beyond releasing back-to-back. But they share one obsession: the mythic hero who loses control of his creation after unleashing it on the world.
Jane Austen’s Classic 215-Year-Old Novel Remake Sacrifices Book Accuracy For Modernity | Review
The new Sense and Sensibility has big shoes to fill, as Jane Austen's novel is one that's been adapted numerous times already, including in Ang Lee's classic 1995 film and the BBC's 2008 miniseries. Because the book is so frequently brought to the screen, Georgia Oakley's 2026 adaptation has the unenviable job of setting itself apart from everything that's come before. It won't be the most faithful take, nor the most iconic, so it must find a new way of standing apart from the others.
For Better and Worse, ‘Verity’ Is as Unhinged and Messy as the Book | Review
All thrillers demand some suspension of disbelief, but Verity requires more than most — and that's both a point in the Colleen Hoover adaptation's favor and one of its most frustrating qualities. Based on Hoover's novel of the same name, Verity does everything an adaptation should. It hits the source material's most important beats, makes changes that enhance the story, and pays attention to the details. Unfortunately, its fidelity works against it as much as it works for it.
Tom Cruise’s Return to Serious Movies Is a Mess | Review
If Birdman and Megalopolis shared a child, it might end up something like Digger. Alejandro González Iñárritu brings the cascading, rambunctious intensity he's known for, and Tom Cruise delivers an unhinged presence not unlike Michael Keaton's in Birdman. But there's something bigger here; there's more at stake: a multi-layered epic that can't seem to decide if it's a satire, a drama, or something far more meta and self-aware.
‘Avengers Endgame: Encore’ Ruins the Original to Save the MCU’s Future | Review
When it released seven years ago, Avengers: Endgame was a nearly perfect ending to the Marvel Cinematic Universe as it existed then. The film was an excellently composed and lovingly crafted capstone on over a decade of cinematic storytelling that was built by more than 20 movies and hundreds of creatives. Avengers Endgame: Encore, the re-release of Marvel's film with new footage, tears down that original ending because it's the only way forward for the MCU.