This story evaluates a product, business, service, or new and newsworthy media (film/TV, music, books, and video games) based on the writer’s experience and material criteria.
While reviews are based on a writer's opinions, the tone should stay objective, avoid second person (you), and never use first person (I, me, my).
Music reviews should always use the Immersive Half-Photo template. Other reviews should always use the single sidebar template unless the media is rated R, TV-MA, or an equivalent. In these cases, advertisers may not like the content, so use a Full Width template.
The featured image must be 1:1 and set to appear beside the story. Alternatively, the featured image can be set to not appear on the page if the writer prefers a 2:1 inline image above the article.
Officially released posters, presser photos, and object photos (like album art and book covers) fall under Fair Use for reviews and can be sources for images.
Recommendations on whether to buy, use, or experience the topic of the review should not use any rating system (number of stars, thumbs up or down, etc.)
The word "review" and the medium of the review topic (e.g., video games, horror film, books) should be in the tags.
To be timely, reviews should always be published within 30 days of opening day or day of release.