‘Rent-A-Pal’ Mistakes Dark For Deep In A Cheap ‘Videodrome’ Riff [Review]
Brian Landis Folkins looks so broken in “Rent-A-Pal” it’s a wonder he’s actually in one piece. His body sags and his face sinks, eyes sulking under a pair of glasses.…
Chloé Zhao’s ‘Nomadland’ Is As Vast As The American Landscape It Travels [Venice Review]
In almost no way does Chloé Zhao‘s quiet, enormous, deep breath of a movie, “Nomadland,” resemble “Blade Runner.” Except there’s this one moment: an outstanding speech in a film as…
The Boys’ Antony Starr Talks ‘Crazy Bananas’ Scene With Homelander and [Spoiler]: ‘It’s Appalling But Hilarious’
In the episode, the supe flew off to a cabin to reunite with… Madelyn Stillwell?! While Elisabeth Shue did return to reprise her role, it was actually Doppelganger who was…
NFL Season Opener Draws 19.3 Million Viewers on NBC, Down 13% From 2019
The NFL season kicked off on Thursday night, dominating the television ratings for the evening while still seeing a decline from the opening game in 2019.
Ewan McGregor Is “More Excited” About The ‘Obi-Wan’ Series Than He Was For The Final Two ‘Star Wars’ Prequels
It has been more than 15 years since the release of Ewan McGregor’s final appearance in a “Star Wars” film, with ‘Revenge of the Sith.’ But the actor is set…
‘Cup of Cheer’ Trailer Spoofs Cheesy Hallmark Christmas Movies
The Hallmark Christmas movie has become a genre unto itself meant to comfort people with its tales of workaholic white women coming to a small town, finding a hunky guy,…
Game of Thrones cast and crew members honor Diana Rigg
Diana Rigg’s colleagues pay their respects, including Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Game of Thrones writer Bryan Cogman, former James Bond George Lazenby, and more.
‘Coastal Elites’: TV Review
Bette Midler, Dan Levy, Issa Rae, Sarah Paulson and Kaitlyn Dever star in HBO’s 90-minute series of pandemic-themed monologues from Paul Rudnick.
‘Penguin Bloom’: Naomi Watts Succumbs To Ableist Tropes & Overwrought Metaphor In Glendyn Ivin’s Film [TIFF Review]
“Mom’s not the same person she once was,” narrates adolescent Noah Bloom (Griffin Murray-Johnston) over the coda of “Penguin Bloom.” He continues, “She’s not the person she wanted to be,…
‘In Between Dying’: Fleeing Death And Finding Love In Azerbaijan [Venice Review]
“In Between Dying” is a dreamlike story of personal transformation from rising Azerbaijani director Hilal Beydarov. With a fast-growing body of work that blends fiction and documentary, Beydarov is singlehandedly…