Alice Diop’s Saint Omer is a movie about a trial. But it is not strictly concerned with the question of innocence or guilt as a problem of the law. Far more complex, the movie finds, is the problem of how we should feel about the moral authority of the question …
Read More »Inside the Controversial Docuseries Examining the Dark Side of 'Glee'
Ryan Murphy’s Glee was an inexplicable phenomenon in its early years. A darkly comedic musical series set in a high school glee club didn’t sound like it would pull nearly 10 million viewers an episode, but the show was a runaway success for Fox from the start. In the decade …
Read More »'Sick': 'Scream' in the Time of Covid
Give Kevin Williamson credit: The screenwriter behind the Scream series isn’t afraid to recycle his greatest hits. His new addition to the slasher-film canon opens on a young man named Tyler (Joel Courtney) wandering the aisles of a cleaned-out supermarket. It’s April 3rd, 2020. Covid-19 cases are exponentially rising. Most …
Read More »Kevin Spacey Pleads Not Guilty to Additional Sexual Assault Charges Ahead of London Trial
Kevin Spacey pleaded not guilty to seven additional charges of sexual assault Friday ahead of the actor’s trial in London this summer. In May 2022, Spacey was hit with five sexual assault charges tied toaccusations that he assaultedthree men between 2005 and 2013. Although Spacey pleaded not guilty to those …
Read More »Ezra Miller Pleads Guilty in Vermont Burglary Case, No Jail Time
Ezra Miller pleaded guilty to misdemeanor unlawful trespass Friday following a plea deal stemming from an incident where the actor was accused of stealing bottles of alcohol from a neighboring home in Vermont. Miller was previously being charged with both burglary into an occupied home and petit larceny, and faced …
Read More »'Yellowjackets' Preps for Supernatural Psychotherapy in Season 2 Trailer
Friday the 13th just got even more unsettling as Showtime unveiled the long-awaited trailer for Season 2 of Yellowjackets. The series, returning to the platform on March 24, laid the foundation for paranormal chaos lurking in the shadows during its gripping first season. Now, the ensemble cast braces for the …
Read More »Andy Dick Arrested for Public Intoxication and Failing to Register as Sex Offender
Comedian Andy Dick was arrested Friday morning for public intoxication and failing to register as a sex offender. The Riverside Sheriff’s Department announced Friday afternoon that they had received a call of a person with “signs of being under the influence of alcohol” in Lake Elsinore. Dick was arrested “without …
Read More »Michael Bay Denies Killing a Pigeon While Shooting Netflix Film in Italy
A dead bird has director Michael Bay in trouble with Italian authorities. The filmmaker is currently facing charges for allegedly killing a pigeon while he was shooting Netflix’s 6 Underground in Rome, the TheWrap reports. On Thursday, Michael Bay denied having killed the bird, which is considered a protected species, …
Read More »Ashton Kutcher, Reese Witherspoon Go From Lovers to Friends to Something Else in 'Your Place or Mine' Trailer
Friends to lovers is a tried and true romantic comedy trope. But in the trailer for Netflix‘s Your Place or Mine, Ashton Kutcher and Reese Witherspoon – rom-com royalty, really – flip the script, going from lovers to friends with the potential for something more to bubble to the surface. …
Read More »'Plane' Is the Frontier Airlines of Action Movies
Good evening, this is your captain speaking. Welcome to Trailblazer Flight 119, departing Singapore for Tokyo. If you’re wondering why tonight’s flight is not particularly full, it’s because we’re traveling on New Year’s Eve. (And if you’re wondering why a not-particularly-full theater is programming what feels like a relic from …
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