In The Report, Adam Driver plays Daniel Jones, a real-life Senate staffer who spent years working in a basement office on a 7,000-page Senate Intelligence Committee report concluding that the CIA’s post-9/11 use of torture in interrogations was not only inhumane but entirely ineffective — only to discover powerful forces …
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So what’s hitting the airwaves this holiday season? There’s a new series from Idris Elba; the revival of a queer cult classic, a night of charity hosted by a wicked Broadway legend; and a reverent salute to a titan of golden age television. Plus: The gajillionth version of Dicken’s Christmas …
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(This post contains spoilers for El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie, which Netflix released last week.) Since El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie was announced, one question has been at the forefront of every Breaking Bad fan’s imagination: Would Bryan Cranston reprise his role as Walter White? Walt dies at …
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The Easy Rider himself, Peter Fonda, was pushing 80 when he passed away early Friday morning — it was respiratory failure due to lung cancer that took him out. But that gamechanging 1969 movie made him immortal, freezing him in time as Wyatt, the stoned biker chasing an elusive freedom. …
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Raphael Bob-Waksberg was trafficking in the missed connection before you even knew he existed. Back in 2013, before his animated show BoJack Horseman haunted our laptops, an anonymous message was posted on New York Craigslist under the rubric of “Missed Connection—m4w.” The post tells the old story of a man …
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There are plenty of pejoratives you can hurl at the Oscars — self-important, overlong, old-fashioned, out-of-touch — but in recent years, you can’t complain that they’ve lacked for drama. With the adoption of the preferential ballot in 2009, which asks Academy members to vote for Best Picture with a ranked …
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Best Motion Picture, Drama Bohemian Rhapsody Black Panther BlacKkKlansman If Beale Street Could Talk A Star Is Born Best Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy Green Book Crazy Rich Asians The Favourite Mary Poppins Returns Vice Best Television Series, Drama The Americans Bodyguard Homecoming Killing Eve Pose Best Television Series, Musical …
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The first time many Americans encountered Penny Marshall on their television sets, it was in this commercial for Head and Shoulders. The ad’s main selling point is meant to be the luxurious blonde mane of Marshall’s co-star, Farrah Fawcett. But there’s something in the dry exasperation with which Marshall responds …
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The Toronto International Film Festival just closed a diverse and dazzling edition, which introduced enough Oscar contenders for Best Actress to fill the category twice over. Remember when it was a stretch to find just five worthy contenders? Time is truly up for the Hollywood attitude that women have to …
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The Handmaid’s Tale just concluded its second season in incredibly frustrating fashion. Thoughts on the finale, and the season as a whole — with full spoilers throughout — coming up just as soon as I listen to Oprah Winfrey and Bruce Springsteen on my car stereo… Some stories are meant …
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