Nick Offerman is a good dude to have around when a movie shows danger signs of descending into sentimental drool. Hearts Beat Loud beats that curse because the actor has always been allergic to bullshit. In Brett Haley’s Brooklyn-set family fluffball, the formerParks and Recreationstar plays Frank, a widower who …
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Roseanne co-star Sara Gilbert reflected on the series’ cancellationand its overall legacy following Roseanne Barr‘s racist tweet during Monday’s episode of The Talk. “I would like to say this has been a very difficult week,” said the show’s co-host. “A lot of people have been hurt by this. I will …
Read More »Johnny Depp Hunts Notorious B.I.G.'s Killer in First 'City of Lies' Trailer
Johnny Depp portrays real-life LAPD detective Russell Poole, one of the lead investigators into the murder ofNotorious B.I.G., in the first trailer for the upcoming film City of Lies. The film isthe latest project to examine the Ready to Die rapper’s drive-by shooting death, with the trailer arriving on what …
Read More »'Book Club' Review: Four Screen Legends, 'Fifty Shades,' One Bad Movie
Four female friends think they can spice up their book club, and maybe their love lives, by wallowing in the kinky prose of E.L. James’Fifty Shades of Grey.That’s the premise of this life-after-60 comedy, and there’s not a doubt in the world that it’s a pleasure to bask in the …
Read More »Margot Kidder: Lois Lane Gets Personal in 1981 Rolling Stone Cover Story
Margot Kidder came to Morocco looking for adventure. She hadn’t intended to get into trouble. But not unlike Lois Lane, the comic-book heroine she plays in the Superman movies, she’s prone to dive into things and winds up paying the price. You might say she lacks caution. Kidder was unaware …
Read More »'Solo' Review: 'Star Wars' Hero's Origin Story Plays It Way Too Safe
Attention Harrison Ford: You don’t have to lose your shit. Alden Ehrenreich holds up his end of the bargain playing the young version of Han Solo, your iconic, smartass space cowboy. Yes, the movie ride delivered by Solo: A Star Wars Story is more mild than wild, a pleasant way …
Read More »Watch 'Avengers: Infinity War' Play 'Guess the Avenger' on 'Kimmel'
Jimmy Kimmel Live‘s weeklong celebration for Avengers: Infinity War continued Tuesday with five more cast members – Scarlett Johansson, Dave Bautista, Mark Ruffalo, Danai Gurira and Tom Hiddleston – playing the game “Guess the Avengers” and talking about the new blockbuster. The five actors were asked questions like guess which …
Read More »Oscars 2018: 10 Nominees Long Overdue for a Win
Back in 1982, Randy Newman picked up his first two Oscar nominations, for an original song and score for the movie Ragtime. Twenty years – and over a dozen more noms – later, Newman eventually brought home an Academy Award, for the Monsters, Inc. tune “If I Didn’t Have You.” …
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