Dev Patel busts out the armor and a very big sword for a trying quest in the new trailer for The Green Knight, set to hit theaters this summer. Directed by David Lowery (A Ghost Story, The Old Man and the Gun), The Green Knight is based on the 14th-century …
Read More »'Troop Zero' Review: It's the Snobs Versus the Slobs, Girl Scout-Style
It’s 1977 in Wiggly, Georgia, and Christmas Flint (moppet extraordinaire Mckenna Grace) is pining for a purpose. The nine-year-old lives with her widower dad (Jim Gaffigan), who everyone calls “Boss Man,” in something like a rural, commune-like trailer park. She has a reputation around school as a weak-bladdered “Wetsy Betsy,” …
Read More »Golden Globes 2020: 'Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood,' 'Fleabag,' 'Succession' Win Big
Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood, 1917, Fleabag and Succession picked up the biggest prizes at the 2020 Golden Globe Awards. Once Upon a Time picked up three awards in total — the most for any film — including Best Movie Musical or Comedy, while filmmaker Quentin Tarantino won Best …
Read More »Christopher Nolan Unveils Mysterious Trailer for Time-Bending Thriller 'Tenet'
Jonathan David Washington gets wrapped up in a time-twisting mission to save the world in the new trailer for Christopher Nolan’s new film, Tenet, out July 17th, 2020. Nolan has offered little info about the plot of Tenet, and while the new trailer provides a few illuminating details, much of …
Read More »Scarlett Johansson on 'SNL': 3 Sketches You Have to See
Look, sometimes an entire episode is a big swing and a miss. It happens. It’s somewhat surprising that it happened while Scarlett Johansson hosted, because her previous five hosting gigs have yielded consistently solid episodes. But that’s the nature of the Saturday Night Live beast: Some weeks everything just sorta …
Read More »John Mulaney Auditions Kids to Join 'Sack Lunch Bunch' in Netflix Special Teaser
John Mulaney auditions a bunch of kids to join his Sack Lunch Bunch in the first teaser for the comedian’s upcoming Netflix-bound musical comedy special. Despite a previously announced guest list that includes David Byrne, Jake Gyllenhaal, Natasha Lyonne and more, the teaser focuses entirely on the kids and Mulaney’s …
Read More »'A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood' Review: A Movie as Open-Hearted as Mister Rogers
For fans of the late Fred Rogers — though if you’re a fan, you can really only call himMisterRogers — A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood seems like a setup for a letdown. See, it’s not really Fred’s movie. Yes, Tom Hanks is there to play the gentle, soft-spoken host …
Read More »'Mad About You' Revival: Banter, Bickering, and Boredom
Before there was Must-See TV, there was Mad About You. Twenty-five years ago this fall, NBC assembled the foundation of what would be one of the best and most popular programming blocs in TV history. Seinfeld was already entrenched at 9 P.M., while Mad About You — a sitcom starring …
Read More »Elizabeth Banks' Crew of Woke Angels Rescue Latest 'Charlie's Angels' Reboot
Does the fact that this unwanted update of the Charlie’s Angels franchise is less awful than expected make it worth seeing? In the devalued world of the current multiplex, maybe so. It’s hard not to appreciate the feminist, Time’s Up spark that director-producer-writer-actor Elizabeth Banks brings to material that has …
Read More »Trevor Noah Blasts Trump's TV Address Following Death of ISIS Leader
The Daily Show‘s Trevor Noah blasted President Trump for his comments following the death of ISIS leaderAbu Bakr al-Baghdadi — including the idea that the terrorist “died like a dog,” which Trump claimed Sunday during a nationally televised address. al-Baghdadi died during a U.S. raid in Northwestern Syria, with American …
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