Actress Julia Garner slips into the skin of a scammer in the first trailer for Shonda Rhimes’ latest Netflix series Inventing Anna. The nine-episode limited series, which premieres on Feb. 11, follows the story of Anna Delvey — the former New York socialite who pretended to be a billionaire German …
Read More »Joe Exotic Was a Stripper, And Other WTF Moments From 'Tiger King 2'
When Netflix executives scheduled the release of a seven-part docuseries on the wild world of private exotic animal zoos (or, more accurately, the people who run them) to debut on March 20, 2020, little did they know that they were contributing to what would become a cultural phenomenon. Of course, …
Read More »The Live-Action 'Cowboy Bebop' Takes an Anime Classic Into the Stratosphere
Like catching a roadrunner without getting an anvil dropped on your head, adapting animated stories into live action is a high-risk endeavor. There are so many things you can do with relative ease in the former medium that create enormous difficulties in the latter. It’s not just about spectacle and …
Read More »Surprising No One, Joe Rogan Defends Dave Chappelle: 'His Jokes Are Just That: Jokes'
Joe Rogan defended his friend Dave Chappelle amid the controversy surrounding his new comedy special The Closer on the latest episode of the podcaster’s The Joe Rogan Experience. Chappelle has been accused of being transphobic by the LGBTQ community and the streaming service’s transgender employees over the special, which includes …
Read More »Watch Halle Berry Embody MMA Star in 'Bruised' Trailer
Netflix has released the first trailer for upcoming film Bruised, directed by and starring Halle Berry. The film, in select theaters on November 17th and streaming on November 24th, marks the actress’ directorial debut. Berry stars as fierce MMA fighter Jackie Justice, “a fighter who reclaims her power, in and …
Read More »What to Watch in April: 'Thunder Force,' 'Them' and Michael B. Jordan's Tom Clancy Thriller
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. We’ve spent a year inside watching our televisions and, as the world opens up and the weather warms, most of us are eager to step out a bit. …
Read More »How 'The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel' Misses the Real Story of Elisa Lam
If you watch enough true crime documentaries on streaming platforms, you start to notice a template emerging. There are the moodily lit reenactments, complete with perky voiceovers from the victim’s diary or blog, written during happier times. There are the journalists and “experts” on the case (more often than not, …
Read More »'Bridgerton': What If Shondaland, but Balls and Corsets
It is a truth universally acknowledged that wherever Shonda Rhimes hangs up her shingle, juicy television follows. Even when the proceedings border on being silly enough to interrupt our suspension of disbelief, the fact remains that we’re having too much fun to care. Bridgerton, the first series out of the …
Read More »Iraqi Fighters Try to Beat Back ISIS in New Trailer for 'Mosul'
Netflix has released a harrowing new trailer for Mosul, its upcoming film about an elite group of Iraqi soldiers trying to take down ISIS, set to arrive on November 26th. The film is loosely based on a 2017 New Yorker article about the fight to defeat ISIS after it took …
Read More »Dolly Parton Is an Angel Spreading Holiday Joy in 'Christmas on the Square' Trailer
Dolly Parton is an angel attempting to save a town in Christmas on the Square, a new musical out on November 22nd via Netflix. The trailer features Regina Fuller (Christine Baranski), a Scrooge-type woman who tries to evict the residents of her hometown and sell the land to a mall …
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