This post contains spoilers for the Season Three premiere of The Bear, as well as spoilers for when certain scenes appear again later in the season. All of Season Three is now streaming on Hulu. Calling this article “The Bear Season Three premiere explained” perhaps feels like we’re missing the …
Read More »Jeremy Allen White Plans to Do His Own Singing in Bruce Springsteen Movie
Jeremy Allen White is preparing to embody Bruce Springsteen in forthcoming film Deliver Me From Nowhere and the actor has confirmed he hopes to do his own singing as the Boss. Speaking on the red carpet of the premiere of the third season of FX series The Bear, White told …
Read More »A Cold Case Gets Hot Again in the New Trailer for 'A Good Girl's Guide to Murder'
Pip Fitz-Amobi is officially on the case in the new trailer for Netflix’s upcoming series adaptation of the young adult mystery novel A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder. The new show stars Emma Myers (known for playing Enid Sinclair on Wednesday) as Pip, a 17-year-old in small-town England re-investigating a …
Read More »Tom Hanks and Robin Wright Getting Digitally De-Aged Isn't Even the Craziest Thing About the 'Here' Trailer
If you wanted to see what Tom Hanks and Robin Wright looked like about, say, 30 years ago in a film directed by Robert Zemeckis, there would, of course, be an obvious movie to watch: Forest Gump. But if that somehow wasn’t enough, Zemeckis has fired up the de-aging technology …
Read More »'Daddio' Asks the Question: What If 'Taxi Driver' Was a Gender Studies Course?
Like bartenders and baristas, cab drivers can hypothetically double as therapists — service workers who lend an ear for listening and a shoulder for crying. Keep the meter running long enough, and maybe you’ll unburden yourself straight into a breakthrough. At least, the movies’ romantic version of an old-fashioned taxi …
Read More »Bill Cobbs, Prolific Character Actor in 'The Bodyguard,' 'Night at the Museum,' Dead at 90
Bill Cobbs, the prolific and versatile actor known for performances in films such as The Brother From Another Planet, Night at the Museum, and The Bodyguard, has died. He was 90. A member of Cobbs’ family confirmed his death on Facebook, saying the actor died “peacefully” at his home in …
Read More »Steve Martin Interrupts Martin Short on First Night Guest Hosting for Kimmel
On his first night as guest host for Jimmy Kimmel Live on Monday, actor Martin Shortasked sidekick Guillermo Rodriguez, “What would Jimmy usually do right now?” “He would be talking about Donald Trump,” Rodriguez replied. “Well, I guess you can’t go to Outback Steakhouse without ordering the Bloomin’ Onion,” quipped …
Read More »'Supacell' Gathers Together Reluctant Superheroes to Fight Evil. We've Been Here Before
In the new Netflix drama Supacell, a group of young Black men and women from South London discover that they have superpowers. One is now strong enough to smash open a cash machine with his bare hands, while another can run from London to Edinburgh in only a few seconds. …
Read More »Gena Rowlands Diagnosed With Alzheimer's Disease
Celebrated actress and honorary Academy Award recipient Gena Rowlands has been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease. Rowlands’ son, the director and actor Nick Cassavetes, revealed the news while speaking with Entertainment Weekly about the 20th anniversary of his film, The Notebook. In the movie, Rowlands famously played the older version of …
Read More »'Janet Planet' Is the Last Word on Complicated Mother-Daughter Dynamics
“Hi. I’m going to kill myself if you don’t come and get me.” It’s hard to gauge the seriousness of the threat, given that the speaker is an 11-year-old girl named Lacy (Zoe Ziegler), the delivery is simultaneously end-of-the-world apocalyptic and stunningly casual, and the time and location is a …
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