Movies

The first season of “Shrinking” felt a bit like a show trying to find its voice. Created by Bill Lawrence, Brett Goldstein, and Jason Segel, it was clearly a personal project for Segel, who threw himself into the role...

It’s hard to believe that an era is going to end this month. After January 2026, the Sundance Film Festival, still one of the key events on any film-lover’s calendar, will be leaving Park City, Utah, and heading to...

The opening heist scene in the stylish but convoluted “Steal” plays like a greatest hits montage of scenes from similar films and series. You got your overhead shots of the major metropolitan city—in this case, London—accompanied by the obligatory...

During her lifetime, Agatha Christie never hid her displeasure at the quality of film and TV adaptations of her novels. Though she herself wrote a letter in 1946 to legendary actress Joan Hickson saying, “I hope you will one...

“Star Trek” has always touted its desire to explore strange new worlds; what “Starfleet Academy” supposes is, what if college is the strangest world of all? Glib as that may sound, it’s the premise behind Paramount+’s latest (and potentially...

Every few years, another movie chases the iconic highs of “Die Hard,” but most fall short. I hear you shouting out your favorites. I’ll add a few here: “Con Air,” “Speed,” “Air Force One.” Some of you might even...

In the first five minutes of HBO’s “A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms,” the soaring title theme of its predecessors “Game of Thrones” and “House of the Dragon” trickles in, before abruptly cutting off, replaced by the sound of...

In the first five minutes of HBO’s “A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms,” the soaring title theme of its predecessors “Game of Thrones” and “House of the Dragon” trickles in, before abruptly cutting off, replaced by the sound of...