Reviews1/14/21Jan 141Reviews1/14/21B+ReviewsSome Kind Of Heaven finds darkness beneath the sunny surface of a retirement communityA.A. Dowd16Note: The writer of this review watched Some Kind Of Heaven on a digital screener from home. Before making the…
Reviews1/13/21Jan 131Reviews1/13/21C+ReviewsThe star-powered COVID drama Locked Down is nearly as annoying as, well, lockdownA.A. Dowd29Locked Down, the new surprise HBO Max movie directed by Doug Liman and written by Steven Knight, is not the first…
Preview1/7/21Jan 7SavePreview1/7/21PreviewDenzel Washington and Liam “King Of January” Neeson kick off an uncertain year for moviesA.A. Dowd and Jesse Hassenger12This January is lighter on schlock than normal. But then, it’s lighter on movies in general. While a few are…
Inventory1/4/21Jan 41Inventory1/4/21InventoryGetting our hopes up: The A.V. Club’s 14 most anticipated releases of 2021Erik Adams, William Hughes, Alex McLevy, Laura Adamczyk, and 3 more58After the year we’ve all had, it feels like courting disaster to pin any hopes on a wide release that wasn’t…
For Our Consideration12/30/20Dec 30SaveFor Our Consideration12/30/20For Our ConsiderationPromising Young Woman makes smart, devious use of Bo BurnhamA.A. Dowd37This article contains major plot revelations from Promising Young Woman.
Reviews12/18/20Dec 182Reviews12/18/20B+ReviewsAnthony Hopkins delivers the most heartbreaking performance of his career in The FatherA.A. Dowd13Note: The writer of this review watched The Father on a digital screener from home. Before making the decision to…
Podcasts12/18/20Dec 18SavePodcasts12/18/20PodcastsClosing the year with our favorite movies of 2020A.A. Dowd and Katie Rife1Yesterday, The A.V. Club posted its list of the best movies of 2020. That was, of course and as it always is, a…
Best Of12/18/20Dec 181Best Of12/18/20Best OfThe A.V. Club’s favorite games of 2020William Hughes, Alex McLevy, Randall Colburn, and 6 more64God, that was a weird one, huh?
Best Of12/17/20Dec 171Best Of12/17/20Best OfThe best films of 2020: The ballotsA.A. Dowd, Katie Rife, Charles Bramesco, Mike D'Angelo, and 8 more11Don’t trust anyone who says it’s impossible to make a best movies list in 2020. There were plenty of films to like…
Best Of12/17/20Dec 172Best Of12/17/20Best OfThe best films of 2020A.A. Dowd, Katie Rife, Jesse Hassenger, Beatrice Loayza, and 8 more162For one blissful month, it seemed like the defining moment of movie culture this year might be the most joyful one,…
Reviews12/11/20Dec 11SaveReviews12/11/20B-ReviewsTom Hanks is the conscience of a divided nation in the old-school Western News Of The WorldA.A. Dowd66Note: The writer of this review watched News Of The World on a digital screener from home. Before making the…
Podcasts12/11/20Dec 11SavePodcasts12/11/20PodcastsThis Christmas, look beyond the classics to some more offbeat holiday moviesA.A. Dowd and Katie Rife16It’s mid-December, and for many people, that means the Christmas season is in full swing. Far be it from us at The…
Reviews12/9/20Dec 9SaveReviews12/9/20B+ReviewsFarm life is beautiful and brutal in Gunda, a wordless documentary BabeA.A. Dowd12Decades of anthropomorphizing nature documentaries have conditioned viewers to look for characters to root for in…
Best Of12/9/20Dec 92Best Of12/9/20Best OfThe best movie scenes of 2020A.A. Dowd, Allison Shoemaker, Alex McLevy, and 16 more72Any movie can achieve a moment of greatness. We’re talking about those few minutes that stick with you for a…
Best Of12/7/20Dec 71Best Of12/7/20Best OfThe best movie trailers of 2020A.A. Dowd31We all needed something to look forward to in 2020. That’s what movie trailers provide, isn’t it? They’re a glimpse…
Reviews12/4/20Dec 4SaveReviews12/4/20B+ReviewsBlack Bear is two dramas in one, and Aubrey Plaza is great in both of themA.A. Dowd35Note: The writer of this review watched Black Bear on a digital screener from home. Before making the decision to…
Podcasts12/4/20Dec 41Podcasts12/4/20PodcastsThe line between movies and TV got blurrier in 2020A.A. Dowd, Katie Rife, and Danette Chavez1Once upon a time, movies and television were mortal enemies, and pretty easy to tell apart, too. But the lines that…
Reviews12/3/20Dec 3SaveReviews12/3/20BReviewsMads Mikkelsen gets smashed on life (and booze) in the day-drinker drama Another RoundA.A. Dowd30Note: The writer of this review watched Another Round on a digital screener from home. Before making the decision to…
Preview12/3/20Dec 31Preview12/3/20PreviewWonder Woman, George Clooney, and Pixar bring the blockbusters home this ChristmasA.A. Dowd, Katie Rife, William Hughes, Jesse Hassenger, and 1 more43It’s the final month of 2020, and we’re not much closer than we were all year to getting back to the status quo of…
Preview12/2/20Dec 2SavePreview12/2/20PreviewDeftones, Rico Nasty, and 10 more albums we can't wait to hear in DecemberAlex McLevy, Shannon Miller, Randall Colburn, and 2 more17You will not be missed, 2020. The past year will certainly go down as one of the most generally shitty in memory,…