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HBO Westworld: Who Cares About the Man in Black?
Three Atlantic staffers discuss “Vanishing Point,” the ninth episode of Season 2.
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Warner Bros. Tag, You’re Not It
This “based on a true story” caper involves an epic game played by a group of overgrown men-children—but it’s not weird or self-aware enough to be a comedy classic.
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Disney / Pixar Incredibles 2 Is a Masterful Action Movie
Brad Bird’s long-awaited Pixar sequel is exhilarating to watch, even if its many heady ideas sometimes clash with one another.
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Lucy Nicholson / Reuters Can Hollywood Kill the Casting Couch?
The country’s biggest actors’ union has struck a deal to eliminate the kind of private auditions that can lead to abuse.
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Universal The Ballad of Ray Arnold
In praise of Jurassic Park’s most unheralded hero, the technician played by Samuel L. Jackson, 25 years after the film’s release
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HBO Westworld: Ghost Nation, Revealed
Three Atlantic staffers discuss “Kiksuya,” the eighth episode of Season 2.
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Global Road Entertainment Hotel Artemis Wastes Its Cult-Classic Potential
Drew Pearce’s futuristic thriller comes from the John Wick mold but lacks that film’s exhilarating action.
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A24 The Close-to-Home Horror of Hereditary
Ari Aster’s debut film stars Toni Collette as a mother besieged by fears of a family curse.
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Focus Features The Quietly Radical Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood
A new documentary, Won’t You Be My Neighbor?, explores the legacy of a beloved children’s TV entertainer, and the trends he hated within his own medium.
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HBO Westworld: Strike the Match
Three Atlantic staffers discuss “Les Écorchés,” the seventh episode of Season 2.
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The Orchard The Slick but Empty True Crime of American Animals
Bart Layton’s film tells the story of a real-life robbery that went badly wrong—while mixing in interviews with the actual perpetrators.
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Hollywood Pictures / Allied Filmmakers The Dazzling Failures of Super Mario Bros.
The grimy adaptation of Nintendo’s video game was bad, but in fascinating ways that no studio would allow a potential franchise film to be today.
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ABC Why ABC Finally Had to Cancel Roseanne
Following months of defending the show’s star, the network ended the wildly popular revival after its namesake sent a racist tweet.
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Disney / Lucasfilm With Solo, Has Star Wars Fatigue Set In?
The latest entry in Disney’s franchise disappointed at the box office in its opening weekend, suggesting even the best-recognized brands aren’t invincible.
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HBO Westworld: From Cradle to Grave
Three Atlantic staffers discuss “Phase Space,” the sixth episode of Season 2.
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HBO The Tale Is a Searing Investigation of Past Abuse
The documentarian Jennifer Fox’s film, debuting on HBO, interrogates an early sexual relationship and the troublesome power of memory.
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Netflix Jason Bateman’s Tired Defense of Jeffrey Tambor
In excusing his Arrested Development castmate’s verbal abuse of Jessica Walter, the actor showed how Hollywood has justified bad behavior for generations.
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Fox The Dour Resurgence of Cable, Deadpool 2’s Antihero
The gun-toting cyborg, played by Josh Brolin, is a product of the forbidding, over-the-top comic-book storytelling that dominated in the early 1990s.
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NBC What Didn’t Work in Season 43 of Saturday Night Live
This year, the show ended with a typically mediocre, guest star–laden Donald Trump sketch—but it needs to be bolder in the future.
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HBO Westworld: A Cut Above
Three Atlantic staffers discuss “Akane No Mai,” the fifth episode of Season 2.
