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Alexander Skarsgard, made of wicker, smouldering
Alexander Skarsgård raises the bar for hot monsters in the darkly funny Wicker

Jacob Elordi's Frankenstein's monster's got nothing on this sexy basket

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Nocturne’s star-studded cast can’t save Apple TV’s misfired adaptation

Not even Stephen Graham and Zazie Beetz can save this tedious adaptation

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A close-up of the main character from the live-action Clayface movie
Clayface is a hollow horror blockbuster that wastes its best ideas

Yet another major misstep for James Gunn’s DC Universe

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Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2 finds something worth living for in Night City

An extraordinary ensemble and dazzling animation give the Netflix sequel a warmer, more hopeful heart

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Street Fighter is an incoherent, irredeemable mess

Not even Ryu can Hadouken his way out of this one

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Whalefall shows how hard it is to replicate The Martian

Strong performances can’t save this formulaic survival story

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Nobody asked for a Friday the 13th prequel show, but I kind of like it

Crystal Lake is a surprisingly fun exercise in IP management

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VisionQuest is the brilliant sendoff that Marvel's streaming era deserves

As the MCU retreats from Disney Plus, VisionQuest is a perfect bookend to an experiment that began five years earlier

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Brad Bird took 30 years to make Ray Gunn and it shows in every frame

Netflix's new adult animated adventure is a love letter to film noir, sci-fi, and Hollywood romance

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Avatar: Seven Havens destroys the world to create a brilliant new series

The Legend of Korra sequel is packed with mystery, action, and heart

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Mike Flanagan's Carrie reinvents a Stephen King classic, mostly for the better

The horror auteur behind The Haunting of Hill House and Doctor Sleep returns with his boldest adaptation yet, and mostly succeeds

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The cover art for the novel Astarion depicts the white-haired High Elf vampire with a knowing expression
Astarion's new Baldur's Gate 3 prequel story was doomed from the start

The book's author, T. Kingfisher, does her best — and mostly succeeds

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Digger is the most important movie of the century, but I can't tell you why

Tom Cruise puts on a hell of a show, but it's all undercut by some top-secret plot twists

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Adult Swim’s Anthony Bourdain anime is deliciously bloody fun

Get Jiro is best when it keeps the focus on food

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Godzilla Minus Zero is the best Godzilla movie of all time — until Takashi Yamazaki's next sequel

The director of Godzilla Minus One doubles down with his follow-up film in the best ways possible

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I Play Rocky is your dad's new favorite movie

There is a lot about I Play Rocky that is just "fine," but there's also a lot to love

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Forgotten Island tells a familiar story in a deliriously unfamiliar way

It's a vivid, exciting twist on a standard coming-of-age tale

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Resident Evil is a near-perfect horror movie about the absolute torture of playing horror games

I'm pretty sure Zach Cregger made Resident Evil just for me

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TIE fighters flying over clouds with a sky lit up in orange and yellow in Disney Plus’ Andor. In the distance you can see a speck that is Andor’s ship
Star Wars' newest Andor prequel is an absolute masterpiece

Ever been to Ghorman?

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Guy Ritchie tries too hard to recreate The Godfather in The Gentlemen season 2

The Netflix series is more ambitious and less funny

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