Space-age rom-com Fly Me To The Moon fails to launchA clunky, unfocused script keeps Scarlett Johansson and Channing Tatum's spark from becoming a flameByCindy WhitePublishedJuly 9, 2024
July's best Blu-ray and 4K UHD releases: Challengers, The Fall Guy, The Boy And The Heron, and Risky BusinessAlso coming home this month: I Saw The TV Glow, The Zone Of Interest, the 4K debut of Anchorman: The Legend of Ron…ByCindy WhitePublishedJuly 4, 2024
10 books you should read in July, including new Chuck Tingle and a Gravity Falls book for adultsAlso, there's new fiction from Taffy Brodesser-Akner, Rainbow Rowell, and a Jessica Jones crime novelByCindy WhitePublishedJuly 4, 2024
20 of our favorite subversive action filmsFrom martial-arts classics to cult gems to modern masterpieces, these movies pushed the action genre to bold new…ByCindy WhitePublishedJuly 1, 2024
What's your essential piece of queer pop culture?To celebrate Pride Month, The A.V. Club staff is recommending our favorite queer projectsBySaloni Gajjar, Drew Gillis, Matt Schimkowitz, Emma Keates, Tim Lowery, Jen Lennon, Jacob Oller, and Cindy WhitePublishedJune 25, 2024
The 25 best films of 2024 (so far)At the mid-year mark, we celebrate the best the big screen has had to offer, ranging from tennis triads to a Furiosa…ByJacob Oller, Murtada Elfadl, Cindy White, Brent Simon, Matthew Jackson, Matt Schimkowitz, Luke Y. Thompson, Leigh Monson, and Manuel BetancourtPublishedJune 24, 2024
The 20 best TV shows of 2024 (so far)Gutting romances! Bloody epics! Cinematic feasts! Here are the series that have most wowed The A.V. Club this year.ByTim Lowery, Saloni Gajjar, Matt Schimkowitz, Emma Keates, Mary Kate Carr, William Hughes, and Cindy WhitePublishedJune 20, 2024
Universal is resurrecting its Dark Universe... as a theme-park landThe film franchise may never have taken off, but the upcoming land based on Universal’s classic monsters sounds…ByCindy WhitePublishedJune 20, 2024
Thelma review: A sweet action comedy that spans the generational divideJune Squibb proves it’s never too late to be the hero of your own storyByCindy WhitePublishedJune 19, 2024
The Imaginary review: Anime imagines a bright future beyond GhibliThe new animated film from the creators of some of your favorite Studio Ghibli films is a warm-hearted celebration…ByCindy WhitePublishedJune 17, 2024
Every Pixar film, ranked from worst to bestNow that Inside Out 2 is out, where does it fall in our countdown of Pixar's 28 animated features?ByCindy WhitePublishedJune 14, 2024
Inside Out 2 review: An emotional support movie for those who still have faith in PixarThe Inside Out sequel may be Pixar’s best film in years, but that’s not really saying muchByCindy WhitePublishedJune 13, 2024
What’s next for Netflix Animation?A look at the streamer's upcoming animation slate, including Zack Snyder’s take on Norse mythology, a new Wallace &…ByCindy WhiteUpdatedJune 13, 2024
Young Woman And The Sea is a winning biopic, so why does it feel like Disney's trying to sink it?Daisy Ridley didn’t spend nine days freezing her ass off in the Black Sea to be treated with such disrespectByCindy WhitePublishedJune 5, 2024
10 books you should read in June, including Questlove's hip-hop memoir, a reality TV history by a Pulitzer Prize winner, and a new romance from Brynne WeaverBeach weather is just around the corner, so here are a few books to take with you while you're soaking up the sunByCindy WhitePublishedJune 3, 2024
Flipside review: A poignant self-portrait of a filmmaker's midlife crisisChris Wilcha weaves the loose threads of his abandoned projects into a documentary greater than the sum of its partsByCindy WhitePublishedMay 31, 2024
Rest easy Hacks fans, Deb and Ava will be back for season fourThe Emmy-winning half-hour comedy starring Jean Smart and Hannah Einbinder just completed its third season on MaxByCindy WhitePublishedMay 30, 2024
Raising the stakes: the 25 best vampire TV shows, rankedSee where the likes of Buffy, True Blood, and Interview With The Vampire land in our killer countdownByJen Lennon, Cindy White, Bryan Reesman, Saloni Gajjar, Mary Kate Carr, William Hughes, Gil Macias, Robert DeSalvo, Jenna Scherer, Hattie Lindert, and Gabrielle SanchezPublishedMay 29, 2024
Is there any point in trying to make sense of Mad Max’s timeline?George Miller glosses over some pretty important details in the Mad Max franchise. But does it matter?ByCindy WhitePublishedMay 27, 2024
Thelma The Unicorn review: If only this film were as ambitious as its protagonistThe new animated feature from the creators of Napoleon Dynamite barely manages to clear the low bar it sets for…ByCindy WhitePublishedMay 22, 2024