Netflix has released a new trailer for the second season of the Mexican thriller, Who Killed Sara?set to arrive on the streaming service on May 19th. The series is centered around Alex Guzman (Manolo Cardona), who is determined to find out who killed his sister, Sara (Ximena Lamadrid), after spending …
Read More »'Kevin Can F**k Himself' Sets Premiere Date
AMC has announced that its highly anticipated dark comedy Kevin Can F**k Himself will premiere Sunday, June 13th on the AMC+ streaming service, followed by a television premiere on Sunday, June 20th at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT on AMC’s cable channel. The series stars Annie Murphy — best known for playing …
Read More »'Gunda': An Intimate Portrait of a Sow's Life
Victor Kossakovsky’s Gunda is, in the barest sense, a film about a short period in the life of a pig. Gunda, the pig in question, is a Norwegian sow with disarmingly expressive eyes and, at the start of the movie, a fresh litter of squeaking piglets trampling over each other …
Read More »Anne Beatts, Original 'SNL' Writer, Dead at 74
Anne Beatts, one of the original writers on Saturday Night Live, has died at the age of 74. Former SNL cast member Laraine Newman first tweeted news of Beatts’ death Wednesday, “Our Anne- an OG SNL writer passed away yesterday.” Film producer and Beatts’ friend Rona Edwards confirmed the writer’s …
Read More »Justin Theroux Tries to Ditch the U.S. Government in New Trailer for 'The Mosquito Coast'
Apple TV+ has released a trailer for its upcoming thriller The Mosquito Coast, set to premiere April 30th. The show is based on Paul Theroux’s 1981 novel of the same name, and it actually stars the author’s nephew, Justin Theroux. Theroux plays Allie Fox, an idealist and inventor who suddenly …
Read More »'SNL': Maya Rudolph's Kamala Harris, Martin Short's Doug Emhoff Host Passover
Maya Rudolph’s Kamala Harris — alongside the first Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff, played by Martin Short — hosted a “Unity Seder” to celebrate the Jewish holiday of Passover on the Rudolph-hosted episode of Saturday Night Live. “This has been a difficult year for all of us, but I really do …
Read More »Revenge of the Nerd: Ayo Edebiri Breaks Out on 'Big Mouth'
Ayo Edebiri still remembers the first joke she ever told. She was in eighth grade and had just joined the improv team at herschool in Boston. She was an anxious, nerdy teen, fond of writing fan fiction about Jacob Black from Twilight eating hot dogs. Improv was not necessarily an …
Read More »'SNL': Weekend Update Tackles Stimulus Bill, CPAC, 'Frasier' Revival
Weekend Update tackled the House’s late-night passing of the Covid relief package as well as CPAC, the Frasier revival and the new Potato Head on the latest episode of Saturday Night Live. “Just like me when I’m drunk, Congress decided to spend a lot of money at 2:30 in the …
Read More »'The Vigil': The Dybbuk Stops Here
They are called shomers, folks who sit by a recently deceased family member or loved one, often in shifts, to watch over the body before burial. It’s a centuries-old Jewish tradition, designed to keep the soul of the dead safe from harm. Should a relative be unwilling or unable to …
Read More »'Saint Maud': Faith, Madness, A Holy Terror of a Horror Movie
“Forgive me my impatience, but I hope you’ll reveal your plan for me soon,” says a young woman, walking down a narrow alleyway in a seaside English town. Her name is Maud, the “saint” in the title of writer-director Rose Glass’s unsettling, undeniably awe-inducing debut, and she is talking to …
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