Joanna Hogg’s The Eternal Daughter is, among other things, a spiritual sequel to her exquisite recent films The Souvenir (2019) and The Souvenir Part II (2021). Those movies studied a fledgling filmmaker named Julie Hart, who, bearing some autobiographical resemblance to Hogg herself, wound her way through memories of dating …
Read More »Stephen 'tWitch' Boss, Dancer and Longtime Ellen DeGeneres Sidekick, Dead at 40
Stephen “tWitch” Boss, the dancer and television personality who spent years as Ellen DeGeneres’ DJ/sidekick on her daytime talk show, has died. He was 40. The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner confirmed that Boss died at a hotel or motel on Tuesday, Dec. 13, and that the cause of death …
Read More »Winnie the Pooh to Head Back to the Beginning in Adventurous Origin Story Prequel
When A.A. Milne’s Winnie the Pooh entered public domain in January earlier this year, the first large-scale use of his beloved comfort characters arrived in a film trailer featuring Pooh on a killing spree that was, well, not so comforting. At least now a group of former DreamWorks creators who …
Read More »Adam Driver Is an Ancient Alien Battling Dinosaurs in Wild New '65' Trailer
It’s aliens versus dinosaurs in the new trailer for the upcoming sci-fi thriller, 65. The new film stars Adam Driver as Mills, a space pilot chartering a long-range exploratory mission with an array of cryogenically frozen passengers. During the journey, Mills’ craft is hit by an asteroid and he lands …
Read More »'Kindred' Is a Time-Traveling Slavery Series That Fails to Do Octavia Butler Justice
In the new FX drama Kindred, a young Black woman named Dana finds herself time-traveling back and forth between Los Angeles in 2016 to a slave plantation in early 19th century Maryland. On some of these trips, Dana (Mallori Johnson) takes along Kevin (Micah Stock), a white man she has …
Read More »'Avatar: The Way of Water' Is James Cameron's Most Stunning Cinematic Journey Yet
Avatar: The Way of Water is a long time coming. The newest chapter in James Cameron’s spears-versus-guns, aliens-versus-predators epic has been planned all along, and its own sequel, Avatar 3, is already set for a 2024 release (the movies were filmed simultaneously). Avatar 4, partially shot, has been slated for …
Read More »Miles Morales Fights to Belong in the Spider-Verse in New 'Spider-Man' Trailer
A YouTube comment put it best: “What more could a huge Spider-Man fan want than to see so many Spider-Men in one shot?” On Friday, Sony Pictures released a deeper look at the return of Miles Morales in the official trailer for the animated Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse — and …
Read More »Adam Sandler's Comedy Genius to Be Properly Recognized With Mark Twain Prize
Adam Sandler will add another accolade to his mantle when he accepts the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor next year. The Mark Twain Prize is handed out by the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, recognizing those who’ve “had an impact on American society in ways similar …
Read More »Aubrey Plaza Knows What Harper and Cameron Really Did in That 'White Lotus' Hotel Room
Aubrey Plaza loves chaos — and she has her own messy insight into what really happened between Harper and Cameron in that hotel room at The White Lotus. In the penultimate episode of White Lotus last week, Plaza’s character Harper disappeared into a hotel room with her husband Ethan’s friend …
Read More »'Ginny and Georgia' Is Back With More Small Town Charm, Adolescent Angst, Murdering Moms
Ginny and Georgia — the Netflix series that asks, “What if Gilmore Girls, but the generational trauma isn’t comically poor parenting but murder?” — is back with a new trailer for its second season, premiering in early 2023. The show is centered around the relationship between the titular characters, young …
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