Review: The Google Nest Hub Max is an interesting…if early…device
Among smart displays, the Nest Hub Max is a good option, with thousands of compatible devices to build out your smart home.
On Oct 27, 2019 by Jill Duffy
‘Little Miss Sumo’ is a poetic and powerful look at female wrestlers in Japan
The brief documentary shows the beauty, pain, and dreams that come with being one of Japan’s best female sumo wrestlers.
On Oct 25, 2019 by Brenden Gallagher
Review: Call of Duty Modern Warfare is the tense, intimate thrill the series needed
The Modern Warfare reboot is a much-needed injection of the intimate, tense action heroics that made the original a defining experience.
On Oct 24, 2019 by Joseph Knoop
Netflix’s ‘Prank Encounters’ is just ‘Punk’d,’ 15 years too late
The scare tactics in ‘Prank Encounters’ are pretty underwhelming. So is the acting.
On Oct 24, 2019 by Audra Schroeder
‘BoJack Horseman’ hints at a brutal reckoning in its final season
These characters are on a season-long collision course, with BoJack at the center.
On Oct 23, 2019 by Bryan Rolli
‘Stage Fright’ is a therapeutic lens into Jenny Slate’s weird world
Slate’s debut comedy special shows us an artist working through it.
On Oct 22, 2019 by Audra Schroeder
Review: The Outer Worlds is so much more than ‘Fallout in space’
In this sprawling, surprising adventure, conversations are often better than combat.
On Oct 22, 2019 by AJ Moser
In Netflix’s ‘Upstarts,’ Silicon Valley CEOs are the good guys
The film’s sentimental approach to startup culture falls flat.
On Oct 21, 2019 by Brenden Gallagher
Netflix’s ‘Unnatural Selection’ breaks down the pros and cons of biohacking
The docuseries gives a compelling crash course on a thorny issue.
On Oct 21, 2019 by Eddie Strait
‘The Laundromat’ sacrifices narrative for artistic experimentation
Steven Soderbergh’s latest feels as interested in the stylistic choices it employs to tell its story as the story itself.
On Oct 21, 2019 by Chris Osterndorf
If you have doubts about HBO’s ‘Watchmen,’ give it more time
Episode 1 introduces a politically dubious concept, but the series changes a lot as it progresses.
On Oct 20, 2019 by Gavia Baker-Whitelaw
Netflix’s ‘Eli’ is a satisfyingly nasty blend of haunted houses and medical horror
‘Eli’ plays with horror conventions to develop fresh scares along with familiar tropes.
On Oct 19, 2019 by John-Michael Bond
‘Uncut Gems’ brings a high-stakes gambling risk to life
The Adam Sandler-led film is now streaming on Netflix.
On Oct 18, 2019 by Michelle Jaworski
‘Bully. Coward. Victim.’ dives deep into the life of an ‘evil’ man
Roy Cohn’s life and all of its complexities are on full display.
Paul Rudd acts his tail off in Netflix’s ‘Living With Yourself’
It’s a smart TV comedy drenched in existentialism.
On Oct 18, 2019 by Tess Cagle
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