In the intriguing new trailer for The End of the F***ing World Season Two, Alyssa (Jessica Barden) moves emotionless through ordinary life while being trailed by a mysterious new character. The dialogue-free clip, set to a brooding acoustic cover of Billy Idol‘s “White Wedding” by Graham Coxon, plays out as …
Read More »Ewan McGregor Says Years of Lying About Reprising 'Star Wars' Role Was 'Embarrassing'
Ewan McGregor noted the difference between acting and lying when it came to his years of fibbing about reprising his Star Wars role as Obi-Wan Kenobi. “You get paid to act,” the actor quipped during his appearance on Ellen on Tuesday, adding that he was embarrassed about having to lie …
Read More »Bryan Cranston on 'El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie'
(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 …
Read More »'The King' Review: Timothée Chalamet, Bard Out of His Skull
The sound of Shakespeare turning in his grave shouldn’t deter you from taking a chance on The King, starring Timothée Chalamet as Prince Hal, the lad dragged reluctantly into playing his own game of thrones. An amalgam of the Bard’s history plays — Henry IV, Parts 1 and 2, and …
Read More »Annie Wilkes Loses Her 'Cock-a-Doodie' Cool in 'Castle Rock' Season Two Trailer
Gird your cock-a-doodie loins: Annie Wilkes has found herself waylaid in Castle Rock and she has enough syringes to go around. The official trailer for season two of J.J. Abrams and Stephen King’s Hulu series Castle Rock has dropped and it focuses mostly on the sinister nurse from King’s 1987 …
Read More »'The Politician' Review: Electoral Satire Gets a Vote of No Confidence
“I will do better at appearing more authentic from now on,” Astrid (Lucy Boynton), girlfriend to high school hero River (David Corenswet), says early in The Politician, after he suggests sex with her feels fake. River insists that she needs to be more authentic, not just appear that way. “I …
Read More »'SNL' Hired Bowen Yang, But It Still Has a Diversity Problem
UPDATE: SNL has announced that Shane Gillis will not be joining the cast after all. It should have been a slam dunk. On Thursday morning, NBC announced the addition of three new cast members for Saturday Night Live’s 45th season. Among the trio was Bowen Yang, an SNL staff writer …
Read More »'Leaving Neverland,' 'Springsteen on Broadway' Win Creative Arts Emmys
Springsteen on Broadway and Leaving Neverland were among the winners of Creative Arts Emmy Awards Saturday, while Beyoncé was shut out in all six categories her concert film Homecoming was nominated in. Leaving Neverland, HBO’s two-part documentary detailing two men’s sexual abuse allegations against Michael Jackson, won the Emmy for …
Read More »'Ready or Not' Review: Here Kills the Bride
What a decadent blast to watch a comic takedown of the rich done with the rude energy of a horror thriller and the courage of its own manic anti-marriage convictions. Directed with ferocious flair by Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett (part of the fright collective Radio Silence) from a game-on …
Read More »Travers: Peter Fonda, The Easiest Rider of Them All
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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