Rachel LaBonte

Since its creation in 2019, Disney+'s collection of original content could be best described as mixed. Though the streaming service has built its library on the shoulders of some of the most beloved properties in entertainment — Star Wars, Pixar, Marvel Studios — many of its original television shows have flown under the radar, or they've earned mixed reviews from fans and critics alike. For every breakout hit like Percy Jackson & the Olympians, Disney+ has released even more titles that prompte...

Back in 2011, network television looked radically different. Streaming hadn't yet taken over the TV space, and the big broadcast channels like CBS and NBC were still willing to give ambitious shows a chance. That year, the boldest effort came from ABC, which took several iconic fairytale characters — with special attention paid to their Disney counterparts — and brought them to life in a premise that was at turns creative and baffling. It was the fall's buzziest series, and it ultimately ran for...

In the very first scene of the new Mubi series Hal & Harper, the titular siblings (played by Cooper Raiff and Lili Reinhart, respectively) stare down at their father (Mark Ruffalo) as he lies unmoving and unresponsive on a bed. "Is he dead?" Hal asks. Honestly, it really seems like it, but before we can see for sure, the show cuts away. We are officially plunged into this family's extreme dysfunction. Across 10 episodes — most of which are only half an hour, save for the extra-long fi...

As Criminal Minds: Evolution season 1 comes to a close, AJ Cook opens up about her reaction to the finale and JJ's own character growth. Over the course of 10 episodes on Paramount+, the hit onetime CBS procedural has upped the stakes with a season-long case that found the Behavioral Analysis Unit tracking the mastermind of a serial killer network. Criminal Minds: Evolution concludes with a tantalizing tease that Elias Voit's (Zach Gilford) story isn't over yet, even though he is now in FBI cust...

Something remarkable happened to me while I was watching Chloé Zhao’s Hamnet. I went into my screening at the Toronto International Film Festival with high expectations, having heard so much praise out of the movie’s prior premiere at Telluride. Everyone I knew who had seen it had cried over it, but I have a history of not crying at movies. I don’t know why, I just don’t tear up easily. During the final scene of Hamnet, I went from calmly watching with a fair amount of investment to gasping f...

Since its release last weekend, Zach Cregger's Weapons has been the talk of Hollywood and Film Twitter. Its breakout success has prompted excitement from cinephiles, and many have praised the original concept, the tense scares, and the surprising comedy. You might be curious about it, but afraid to check it out on your own. Here's my advice to you, a horror newbie to the genre cautious. If you're like me, you're interested in horror... to a certain extent. Maybe there's a movie with a really...

If you're like me, Lindsay Lohan pretty much defined your childhood. The Parent Trap and Freaky Friday aired as constant reruns on what used to be ABC Family. Mean Girls was a sleepover staple, or, when you were too young to hear the words "fugly slut," Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen. Heck, I even remember watching Get a Clue on Disney Channel. Lohan was the A-list star of my generation, until she wasn't. Personal issues that, in the kindest terms, could only be described as tabloid fod...