Reviews
SOPHOMORE SLUMP
YOU KNOW I’M NO GOOD
A NEW ERA
After a maligned few seasons, the beloved sci-fi series is back to win over new fans—and make history with its first Black Doctor. The result is a win for the franchise…mostly.
DIALED TO 11
Both brilliant and tacky, with its infrared visuals, skull-faced assassin, and women shooting fireworks out of crotches, Harmony Kornie’s latest is like nothing you’ve ever seen.
EASY RIDERS
The gorgeous, free-wheeling “Gasoline Rainbow” blurs the lines between fiction and reality.
TO DIE FOR
A knife salesman, two thieves, and a sweltering gas station provide the set up for “The Last Stop in Yuma County,” a film that ranks as the year’s most welcome moviegoing surprise.
MONKEYING AROUND
“Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes” boasts vigorous action and impressive CGI, but the retread of the franchise’s previous ideas is an unexceptional game of monkey see, monkey do.
LIFE OF THE PARTY
Shields, Benjamin Bratt, and Miranda Cosgrove star in Netflix’s “Mother of the Bride.” But the fun (though soulless) rom-com, money might just be the most well-developed character.
MAKING A MURDERER (PODCAST)
The new series may have a familiar premise, but a willingness to probe our fascination with true crime makes it a bona fide original.