The Best PG-13 Movies to Watch With Your Kid
My oldest son and I have a tradition every Sunday afternoon: we watch a movie that his younger brother isn’t old enough to see yet. We started with the Toho…
The Best Documentaries Currently Streaming on Netflix
Documentaries have had a moment over the past few years, and it’s not surprising: In a world in which “facts” are as malleable as an editable Facebook post, docs offer…
20 Prime Video Original TV Shows You Should Be Watching
Like Amazon itself, Prime Video can sometimes feel like the Wild West: a proliferation of TV and movies from every era, none of it terribly well-curated. There’s a lot there,…
21 Truly Terrible Movie Moms to Make you Feel Better (or Worse) About Yours
It’s that time of year again: The day when we all pretend that every mother is a shining saint, a glorious martyr, a perfect vision of feminine virtue that wraps…
10 Movie Trilogies That Actually Stuck the Landing
Though it’s unlikely we’ll soon truly be seeing the last of the Guardians of the Galaxy, trailers for the third film in the franchise are promising us “one last ride”…
12 Deleted Scenes That Made Their Movies Better
Superman 2 – Lois shoots a gun at Clark Restored Scene: Lois shoots Clark. There’s a (very) long version of the story of the dual production of Superman: The Movie…
26 New TV Series Everyone Will Watch This Year
Image: The Sandman promotional image/Netflix Look, let’s be real: Pandemic notwithstanding, we’re not going to the movies like we used to. A lot of the kinds of dramas we used…
10 Movies to Watch If You Hate Christmas
If you’re deeply suspicious of the “joy” and “togetherness” espoused by Christmas-marketeers, skip It’s a Wonderful Life and watch Melancholia instead. In Lars Von Triers’ hopeless, fascinating meditation on mental…
35 Movies That Scarred Us for Life As Kids, According to Lifehacker Readers
A decade or so ago I made the (poor) decision to rewatch this movie while under the influence. As my memories suggest, there’s not a great amount of difference between…
What’s New on Disney+ November 2021
Screenshot: Hawkeye/Disney+ There’s plenty to disagree about when it comes to the Marvel Cinematic Universe—I’m a Thor and Doctor Strange apologist myself—but until recently, it seemed like all of fandom…