Staff Picks: A hero-free Hollywood satire and another round for Mojito fiends

The A.V. Club - Oct 11, 2026

For this week's Staff Picks, TV critic Saloni Gajjar heads west for a Hollywood satire starring an unlikable Simp, and staff writer Matt Schimkowitz blazers up for a new cut of Michael Mann's Miami Vice.

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