Miles Surrey

The summer of 2022 gave us the debut season of House of the Dragon, the final season of Better Call Saul, and the third season of The Boys, but while those shows arrived with plenty of fanfare, a dramedy about the ins and outs of a professional kitchen sizzled in the spotlight. You can track the meteoric rise of The Bear in the many ways the FX series has permeated the mainstream: Phrases like “Yes, chef!” have entered the lexicon, the show’s lead actors have headlined everything from magazine c…

Watch enough slasher movies, and identifying all the familiar tropes starts to feel like second nature: the car failing to start, phones running out of juice (or there’s no service), sex becoming a death sentence, characters making the ill-fated decision to split up, a seemingly vanquished killer suddenly springing back to life. More than any other horror subgenre, slashers tend to adhere to a formula—so much so that there’s a whole franchise dedicated to satirizing them. But just because slashe…

If Peak TV officially plateaued last year, then 2024 has been a window into what the medium’s future might look like: fewer shows, potentially fewer streaming services, and a return to cable-style bundles. But even as the industry continues to contract, there’s still great television to be had if you know where to look, whether it’s a historical epic set in feudal Japan, a psychological thriller shot in stunning black-and-white, or a travel series where an iconic comedian is roasted by locals at…

FX’s ‘Shogun’ reigns supreme and ‘The Bear’ isn’t far behind on the "comedy" side. Watch out, HBO.

The sole superhero movie of the summer will almost certainly boost an up-and-down box office, but that success would be based on a mirage

In an entertainment landscape dominated by IP, ‘Alien’ is one of the few series that gives artists the space to put so much of themselves into the work

Season 2 of Amazon’s ‘Lord of the Rings’ series doesn’t have to compete with ‘House of the Dragon,’ unlike the first time around. But ‘Rings of Power’ might have bigger problems than a mere rivalry with HBO.

You’re probably familiar with the idea of feel-good movies. But sometimes you need a film that’s designed to drag down your mood. Enter the Bad Vibes Movie Canon, a celebration of the best feel-bad cinematic experiences of the past 24 years.

The Olympics were a rousing success for the streamer, but it’s still lacking signature scripted series. Can two new genre offerings—‘Teacup’ and ‘Hysteria!’—move the needle?

Ahead of ‘Venom: The Last Dance,’ let us pay tribute to a radical work of performance art that has gone underappreciated in its time