Sometimes, even the biggest stars can stumble, delivering performances that leave audiences cringing or confused. Bad acting can turn a promising project into a memorable flop, whether it’s wooden ...

April brings a massive wave of cinematic entertainment to HBO Max, offering subscribers an extensive collection of classic westerns, terrifying sci-fi thrillers, and highly anticipated modern features ...

In a country that’s increasingly hostile to women and our autonomy—piling on the loss of reproductive rights, the rise of violence against women, the backlash against the #MeToo movement, and the ...

Amanda Lohrey’s 10th novel, Capture, follows a clinical psychologist researching patients who say they have been abducted.

Welcome to Crosstalk, wherein A.V. Club writers discuss their varied (or unvaried, as the case may be) perspectives on a pop-culture topic. This time, with the first half of 2026 firmly in the ...

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‘The Naked Gun’ hopes to hit the comedy bull’s-eye in a Liam Neeson-led reboot, romance blossoms abroad in the Netflix adaptation of ‘My Oxford Year,’ visitors have a final chance to see a captivating ...

The "sentimental romance with an American dreamboat" sits uneasily with the "sharp-tongued urban grittiness" elsewhere in the film. But the real problem is that there is just too much going on: with ...