Taylor Swift - The Life Of A Showgirl: The Encore [39] metacritic.com/music/the-lif… "These four songs sound like four Taylor Swift songs. But a Taylor Swift song can mean anything at this point." - Consequence

Animal Kingdom [83] is a Metacritic Must-See (free on Tubi; $4 VOD) metacritic.com/movie/animal-… #11pmspecial "It's a distinctive, ominous and hypnotic work of cinema." - Andrew O'Hehir, Salon

Reviews are in from the New York Film Festival premiere of Godzilla Minus Zero. See it in theaters November 6. metacritic.com/movie/godzill…

Friday Box Office (*Domestic Estimates): (1) Avengers: Endgame $11.2 mil (2) Primetime $8.5 (3) Heart of the Beast $7.5 (4) Resident Evil $6.9 (5) Forgotten Island $4.4 metacritic.com/news/upcoming…

New & Upcoming Video Games (with Metascores): metacritic.com/news/major-ne… Oct 6 - Gears of War: E-Day - Expect campaign reviews toward the end of next week. Any Metascore predictions for the full game?

Starman [70] is on Hulu: metacritic.com/movie/starman… "Starman contains the potential to be a very silly movie, but the 2 actors have so much sympathy for their characters that the movie... turns into one of 1984's more touching love stories." - Roger Ebert

Leon Bridges - Happiness Anytime [72] dropped today: metacritic.com/music/happine… "Their airy soul and disco-tinged electronica is grounded by Bridges’ impactful vocals, and the result is a marriage made in heaven." - Clash Music

S.W.A.T. Exiles is now on STARZ (reviews are in): metacritic.com/tv/swat-exile… "Moore is commanding and earnest as he steps back into Hondo’s shoes." - Variety's Aramide Tinubu

War: S1 is on HBO Thursday (and reviews are in): metacritic.com/tv/war/ "War deserves to bathe in the positivity it should garner for being the best British legal drama in years." - Gareth McLean, Radio Times

Julia Jacklin - The Gem [80] dropped today: metacritic.com/music/the-gem… "The Gem quietly dazzles." - Mojo

Taylor Swift - The Life Of A Showgirl: The Encore dropped today (and reviews are coming in) metacritic.com/music/the-lif…

Tom Morello - Everybody Gets Everything They Want [60] dropped today: metacritic.com/music/everyon… "You'll hear hints of his folky guise, The Nightwatchman, but scabrous rock is this album's bleeding heart." - Uncut

With the first 85 reviews lodged, Ace Combat 8: Wings of Theve has a Metascore of [PS5 - 87; PC - 86; XSX - 90] metacritic.com/game/ace-comb… "Visually spectacular, with gameplay that’s easy to grasp and instantly exhilarating." - Julien Chièze

The Great British Baking Show: Season 17 (aka Collection 14) is now on Netflix: metacritic.com/tv/the-great-… "Bake Off and Nigella are a match made in heaven. She brings glamour, intelligence and poise. And, of course, a hefty dollop of innuendo." - Anita Singh, The Telegraph

Ace Combat 8: Wings of Theve reviews are coming in NOW: metacritic.com/game/ace-comb… "Another Ace Combat, another showcase of perfection....Those emotions are intense, primal, and impossible to find anywhere else." - Power Unlimited Magazine

Transport Fever 3 reviews are coming in now: metacritic.com/game/transpor… "While Transport Fever 3 might feel familiar to OG fans of the series, it brings much deeper mechanics & a larger vehicle roster which makes it Urban Games’ most polished transport strategy game yet."- PCGamesN

Based on score predictions from our social followers, the aggregate Metascore prediction for Ace Combat 8: Wings of Theve is [81.3] metacritic.com/game/ace-comb… Check back in just under 3 hours to see how close we are...

Gilla Band - Pugnello [82] drops today: metacritic.com/music/pugnell… "Pugnello is the work of a band audibly – and thrillingly – out on their own." - The Guardian

Whitney [75] is on Paramount+ metacritic.com/movie/whitney… #11pmspecial "Whitney offers an informed and moving portrait of a complex, talented woman who was poorly understood, and often cruelly judged." - Gary Thompson, Philadelphia Daily News

Primetime is in theaters now: metacritic.com/movie/primeti… "It is a darkly comic and deeply disturbing look at the intersection of journalism and entertainment, of justice and exploitation." - Looper's Dominic Griffin