When Peacock announced plans to fulfill Community’s “Six seasons and a movie” promise last month, a few key cast members were absent from the reunion plans, notably Donald Glover and Yvette Nicole Brown. While fans of the cult series assumed that artist also known as Childish Gambino was likely too …
Read More »'Atlanta' Recap: Donald Glover Takes Aim at Tyler Perry
A review of this week’s Atlanta, “Work Ethic!” coming up just as soon as I develop a tolerance to grits… The last time Atlanta put Donald Glover into heavy prosthetic makeup, it was to play the unnerving title character of the incredible “Teddy Perkins” episode. That one was a commentary …
Read More »Kevin Spacey's Lawyers Call Anthony Rapp's Claims an Attempt to 'Raise His Own Profile' in Trial Opening Statements
Over two years after actor Anthony Rapp first filed a civil lawsuit against Kevin Spacey over an alleged sexual assault that occurred in 1986, opening statements in the trial took place Thursday in a Manhattan courtroom. “What happened to Anthony is something that never should have happened,” Rapp’s lawyer Peter …
Read More »'Amsterdam' Is a Throwback, a Warning — and a Beautiful, All-Star Mess
Name an actor — almost any working actor you can think of — and there is a fairly good chance they are in David O. Russell‘s Amsterdam. Christian Bale, the intense thespian who’s done his best work with the equally all-or-nothing-at-all auteur? No surprise that he’s front and center here. …
Read More »'I Knew Something Was Wrong': Anthony Rapp Testifies at Kevin Spacey Civil Trial
Actor Anthony Rapp testified about the 1986 incident at the center of his lawsuit against Kevin Spacey on Friday in a Manhattan courtroom on the second day of the civil trial. Rapp, who was 14 at the time of the alleged encounter with a 26-year-old Spacey, first alleged in 2017 …
Read More »'Triangle of Sadness': Vomit and Shit and Class Warfare, Oh My
The saying goes that we should “eat the rich,” but after watching the long, central set piece of Ruben Östlund’s Triangle of Sadness, in which a crowd of financially overstuffed yachters slip-n’-slides through volcanic sprays of liquid shit and pools of their own vomit, who has the appetite, really? One …
Read More »Jared Leto to Method Act His Way Into Biopic of Late Fashion Designer Karl Lagerfeld
Fresh off his stint as a vampiric villain in Morbius, Jared Leto has set his sights on his next acting role. Leto will star in film about fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld, and will co-produce the project alongside the House of Karl Lagerfeld. “Karl has always been an inspiration to me,” …
Read More »'Werewolf by Night' Finds the Middle Ground Between MCU Fanatics and Horror Nerds
In the dead of night, at a remote mansion tucked far away from prying eyes, a group of men and women convene. They’re appearances are all the more ghastly by the room’s atmospheric lighting; some seem to have not slept or seen sunlight for days. Each person eyes the others …
Read More »New 'White Lotus' Trailer Teases a 'Series of Very Bad Decisions' in Italy
The family drama continues — but this time, the chaos is happening abroad. On Thursday, HBO dropped the trailer for the second season of The White Lotus, and the three-minute teaser leaves fans with more questions than answers about what’s to come. The trailer opens with Jennifer Coolidge arriving at …
Read More »Jennifer Lawrence's Soldier Struggles to Readjust to Civilian Life in 'Causeway' Trailer
Following its premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival, Apple TV+ has shared the official trailer for Causeway, the upcoming A24 drama that stars Jennifer Lawrence as a soldier struggling to readjust to civilian life in New Orleans after sustaining a traumatic brain injury during combat. Lawrence and Brian Tyree …
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