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Apple’s Disclaimer uses sex and scandal to shape your perception of reality

Alfonso Cuarón’s Disclaimer is a gripping erotic thriller about the power stories have over us.

Charles Pulliam-Moore
Agatha All Along is a whimsical road trip through Marvel’s world of witchcraft

Disney Plus’ new WandaVision spinoff series steers clear of the franchise’s multiversal messiness to do its own thing.

Charles Pulliam-Moore
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Andrew Webster
The Listeners.

This one is a TV series from the BBC, but in just two episodes I was hooked. Rebecca Hall stars as a woman who suddenly starts hearing a low, persistent hum. The problem is that it seems she’s the only one who can. There are all kinds of physical side effects — bad sleep, nosebleeds, anxiety — but the real issue is the mystery of it all. Not only what the sound is, but why her?

Part supernatural story (maybe!), part tense family drama, I’m really itching to see where The Listeners goes after its great start.

A still photo of Rebecca Hall in The Listeners.
Image: TIFF
The Rings of Power season 2 is an even stronger expansion of Tolkien’s mythos

Amazon’s Lord of the Rings show continues to be phenomenal in ways that only a truly wild budget could make possible.

Charles Pulliam-Moore
Apple’s Sunny is a grief-stricken crime dramedy with a smile on its face

This dark comedy imagines a future where humanity’s bugs are robots’ special features.

Charles Pulliam-Moore
X-Men ’97 is Marvel’s omega-level nostalgia play

Disney Plus’ new X-Men animated series is a throwback to the days when comics adaptations could focus on their own stories instead of cinematic franchises.

Charles Pulliam-Moore
Netflix’s 3 Body Problem adaptation channels the book’s spirit but not its brilliance

Though David Benioff, D. B. Weiss, and Alexander Woo’s 3 Body Problem is impressive, it really feels like just an introduction to Cixin Liu’s deeper ideas.

Charles Pulliam-Moore
Pokémon Horizons: The Series is an evolutionary fresh start for the anime

Pokémon Horizons brings a refreshing new energy to the anime franchise by amping up the action and making the larger Pokémon world feel like a more cohesive place.

Charles Pulliam-Moore
Avatar: The Last Airbender is everything that’s disappointing about Netflix’s live-action cartoon shows

Netflix’s live-action Avatar has its heart in the right place, but its pacing and uneven performances leave a lot to be desired.

Charles Pulliam-Moore
Halo season 2 feels less like a video game — in a good way

Unlike the previous season’s pilot, Halo’s season 2 premiere shows you don’t need a bunch of video game details to tell a video game story.

Ash Parrish
Amazon’s Mr. & Mrs. Smith series is a clever interpolation of the classic spy fantasy

The Mr. & Mrs. Smith series starring Donald Glover and Maya Erskine cleverly reworks the original movie’s spy fantasy into a layered drama about relationships.

Charles Pulliam-Moore
Echo brings the best of Netflix’s Marvel era energy to Disney Plus

Disney Plus’ Echo limited miniseries feels like the studio’s first successful attempt at matching the energy that made Netflix’s Marvel shows great.

Charles Pulliam-Moore
Pokémon Concierge is a beautiful reminder to take some time off

Netflix’s new stop-motion Pokémon series from Dwarf Animation Studio is on the shorter side of things, but each episode is a gorgeous testament to the power of relaxation.

Charles Pulliam-Moore
Netflix’s Yu Yu Hakusho needed more time in the spirit world

No thank you for waking me up.

Ash Parrish
Squid Game: The Challenge is a morbid LARP trapped inside a reality TV show

The most dystopian thing about Netflix’s new Squid Game reality show is how much fun its contestants seem to be having.

Charles Pulliam-Moore
Loki’s season 2 finale dug deep to find meaning in all of Marvel’s madness

Loki’s second season goes out with a big, existential bang that gives the god of mischief a glorious but confusing new purpose at the center of Marvel’s multiverse.

Charles Pulliam-Moore
Invincible season 2 is a thoughtful step toward a bigger universe

The second season of Amazon’s Invincible series feels plugged right into Hollywood’s current obsession with multiverses, but it’s taking notes directly from its classic comic’s source material.

Charles Pulliam-Moore
Netflix’s Captain Laserhawk is a postmodern acid trip through Ubisoft history

Captain Laserhawk: A Blood Dragon Remix plays like a joyride through Ubisoft’s vast library of classic video game IP.

Charles Pulliam-Moore
Apple’s new Godzilla series crushes its biggest challenge

Apple TV Plus’ Monarch: Legacy of Monsters series kicks off with a surprisingly compelling set of new perspectives that make a familiar story feel fresh.

Charles Pulliam-Moore
The Rick and Morty season 7 premiere gets right to moving on to bigger, better things

The Rick and Morty season 7 premiere makes quick work of dealing with the elephant in the room and getting back to business.

Charles Pulliam-Moore
The Fall of the House of Usher is Mike Flanagan’s most ambitious horror story yet

Flanagan’s latest Netflix series returns to horror-tinged family drama, but with a larger scope.

Andrew Webster
Loki season 2 is a quirky timeline cleanse before the next big Marvel event

Loki’s second season feels like the MCU making a valiant attempt at getting its multiverse together.

Charles Pulliam-Moore
Castlevania: Nocturne is a revolutionary epic that does the franchise’s best games justice

Netflix’s newest Castlevania animated series reworks elements of the franchise’s best games into an epic history lesson about freedom and the French Revolution.

Charles Pulliam-Moore
Peacock’s John Wick prequel series, The Continental, shoots itself in the foot

Despite its strong action choreography and solid conceit, Peacock’s new John Wick prequel series shoots itself right in the foot with one inexplicable casting choice.

Charles Pulliam-Moore
Apple’s The Changeling is a haunted fairy tale about the joys and nightmares of new parenting

Apple’s adaptation of Victor LaValle’s The Changeling transforms the novel into an even more chilling tale about the things that keep parents up at night.

Charles Pulliam-Moore
Netflix’s One Piece is the rare anime adaptation that gets all of the important things right

Netflix’s One Piece succeeds where other live-action anime adaptations have failed by understanding its limits and knowing how to work within them.

Charles Pulliam-Moore
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Andrew Webster
Good Omens season 2 is a lovey-dovey shipper’s delight

The second season of Amazon and the BBC’s Good Omens adaptation joyously marches into familiar yet unexplored territory with a love story that feels like it was crafted with Neil Gaiman fans in mind.

Charles Pulliam-Moore