A very good dog who was involved in the raid that led to the death of ISIS leader Abu Baker al-Baghdadi is set to visit the White House, and Trevor Noah has some thoughts on why President Trump is so excited. “I’m not surprised that Trump invited the dog, because …
Read More »'Motherless Brooklyn': The Story Behind Edward Norton's 20-Year Noir
Edward Norton is fidgeting with the Western-style pearl snaps on his white collared shirt. You wouldn’t call it a tic — though nervous tics are one of many deeply researched subjects he’s able to wax about at a moment’s notice. It’s more like a subconscious tell that he’s about to …
Read More »Vin Diesel Reveals Cardi B Has Joined the Cast of 'Fast 9'
Cardi B will appear in the upcoming 9th installment of the Fast & Furious franchise. Star Vin Diesel shared the news in an Instagram video shot on the movie’s set, in which he and Cardi discuss their excitement over the long, challenging production. In the video, Cardi is in costume, …
Read More »'The Good Place' Recap: Welcome to Easy Street
A review of this week’s The Good Place, “Chillaxing,” coming up just as soon as I get Timothée Chalamet to go out into the sun… One of the challenges of writing a show where the story explicitly keeps repeating itself is to find new ways to tell it each time. …
Read More »Best Movies and TV to Stream in Oct: A 'Breaking Bad' Movie, 'Modern Love'
This month, Netflix hauls out the big guns: a claustrophobic nightmare from a legendary horror scribe, a quasi-revival of an era-defining TV hit, a teen drama set after the apocalypse (or is it an apocalypse drama with teens?) and a double shot of Paul Rudd. Also on deck: an eerie …
Read More »'The Laundromat' Review: Power, Corruption and A-List Celebrities
Remember when Steven Soderbergh retired from moviemaking? There was a brief moment when the 56-year-old writer-director declared he was done trying to jam his square-peg projects into a one-size-fits-all landscape. The guy who helped kickstart the Sundance Revolution, who reinvented himself via a meta-masterpiece (we’re talking about Schizopolis and yes, …
Read More »'Midway': Nick Jonas Portrays Fighter Pilot in Trailer for World War II Film
Midway, Roland Emmerich’s action-packed account of the Battle of Midway during World War II, released a new trailer on Thursday. The film is in theaters November 8th, Veteran’s Day Weekend. Based on real events, Midway centers on the war in the Pacific Theater following the attacks on Pearl Harbor, in which …
Read More »A Peasant Farmer Resists Nazi Germany in Terrence Malick's 'A Hidden Life' Trailer
An Austrian farmer refuses to fight for the Nazis in World War II in the tense new trailer for Terrence Malick’s upcoming film, A Hidden Life, which opens December 13th A Hidden Life is based on real events and stars August Diehl as Franz Jägerstätter, an Austrian peasant farmer and devout …
Read More »Watch Elites Stalk Strangers for Sport in Wild New Trailer for 'The Hunt'
Hilary Swank orchestrates an annual competition where elites try to track and kill everyday citizens in the new trailer for The Hunt. The movie hits theaters September 27th, and marks the latest offering from Blumhouse, the production company behind horror films like Get Out and The Purge. The Hunt centers around twelve …
Read More »Shannen Doherty Will Return to '90210' to Honor Luke Perry
Shannen Doherty has decided to return to 90210 to pay tribute to her late castmate Luke Perry. Although she was initially reluctant to step back into the shoes of Brenda Walsh on BH90210, a reboot of the Nineties teen soap opera Beverly Hills, 90210, the actress came around to the …
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