
Reviews: Tested and Rated
Films, series, documentaries and specials watched in full and judged plainly, with a runtime note and a clear sense of whom each will suit.


Where to Watch The Godfather Trilogy: Streaming, Rental, and Physical Options

How Movie Review Scores Are Calculated, Explained: Tomatometer, Popcornmeter, and Metascore
The two numbers that follow every new release are built on different mechanisms — a threshold count on Rotten Tomatoes, a weighted average on Metacritic. Here is what each one measures, drawn from the aggregators' own published criteria as of August 20, 2026.

What Named Critics Said About Sinners
How the critical and commercial reception of Ryan Coogler's 2025 original came together, with every reception point attributed to the outlet or aggregator that published it.

What Named Critics Said About Nickel Boys
How the critical reception of RaMell Ross's 2024 adaptation came together, with the reception attributed to the outlets and aggregates that published it.

Flow: What Named Critics Said About the Animated Oscar Winner
Gints Zilbalodis's wordless Latvian animation swept year-end awards — here is the attributed critical record behind it.