‘Grand Tour’ review: Colonialist past, vibrant present mix

A man holds a bouquet in the rain.

“Grand Tour,” the latest film from Portugal’s Miguel Gomes, is stuck in the past, beautifully so, and yet, the present keeps creeping in, insisting on making itself heard. But where other directors might look backward […]

‘The Studio’ review: Lampooning Hollywood showbiz with a bevy of stars

A man in brown suit looks at a woman in a white sweater holding a mug in her hands as they stand near a pool.

“Millions are to be grabbed out here,” Herman J. Mankiewicz wrote Ben Hecht in 1926, “and your only competition is idiots.” Here was Hollywood, in particular the picture business, and Hecht, a former journalist and […]

The Studio review: Apple’s star-studded comedy shines bright

Two women sitting in different chairs next to a man sitting in a chair in his own. The three of them are located on a film set.

Though movie studio heads are usually in the mood to pat themselves on the back around this time of year, it is always difficult to take the entertainment industry seriously when you stop to think […]

Review: ASAP Rocky returns to stage at Rolling Loud California

ASAP Rocky makes an entrance on a helicopter hoisted by a crane.

As usual, ASAP Rocky made a memorable entrance on Saturday night. Wearing dark sunglasses, walnut-sized diamond earrings and a T-shirt with a bulletproof vest printed on it, the rapper, style maven and professional wife guy […]

The Electric State review: it can’t hold a charge to save its life

A humanoid robot with a monitor for a head displaying an actual human face.

It is hard to describe how utterly joyless and devoid of imaginative ideas The Electric State is. Netflix’s latest feature codirected by Joe and Anthony Russo takes many visual cues from Simon Stålenhag’s much-lauded 2018 […]

A24’s Opus review: a stylish symphony of half-baked ideas

A man in a metallic coat and black trousers sitting in a chair next to a table in a room bathed in red light.

Opus, A24’s new horror-tinged thriller from writer / director Mark Anthony Green, has a lot to say about the symbiotic (and sometimes parasitic) relationship between entertainment journalists and celebrities. In the film’s story about reporters […]

Review: Candace Cameron Bure and Jesse Hutch win big at Movieguide Awards, hosted by Mario Lopez

Mario Lopez

Candace Cameron Bure. Photo Credit: Chris Schmitt Photography. The 2025 Movieguard Awards were hosted by Mario Lopez. Actors Candace Cameron Bure and Jesse Hutch were two of the night’s big winners. Mario Lopez kicked off […]

In Mayhem, Lady Gaga Is Refracted and Reborn: Review

In Mayhem, Lady Gaga Is Refracted and Reborn: Review

According to Lady Gaga, her seventh studio album, Mayhem, hinges on the fact that she considers herself a refracted artist. In an effort to create a portrait of kaleidoscopic light, the task at hand was […]

Lady Gaga makes some vintage moves on new album ‘Mayhem’: review

Lady Gaga makes some vintage moves on new album 'Mayhem': review

Mother Monster is Mother-ing again. Lady Gaga’s seventh solo studio album “Mayhem” — which was released to the delight of Little Monsters everywhere on Friday — returns the 38-year-old diva to the dance-in-the-dark moves of […]

Asus ROG Flow Z13 (2025) review: hold up, integrated graphics are good now?

Asus ROG Flow Z13 (2025) review: hold up, integrated graphics are good now?

The beefy Windows gaming tablet is back, and it’s done two things I thought impossible. It made me respect integrated graphics, and it convinced me a Windows tablet can be fun. The Asus ROG Flow […]