It’s strange to think of Mario as an underdog. Although he’s been depicted as vaguely blue-collar since his first appearance over 40 years ago, Nintendo’s mascot has always been decidedly super. And despite having had more professions than Johnny Sins, his most notable role is also his simplest: he’s a …
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Ralph Fiennes as a kinky, authoritarian chef. Nicholas Hoult as his food-influencer sub. Anya Taylor-Joy’s wide-eyed final girl. The director of Succession. These are but a few of the ingredients to The Menu, a piquant class-warfare satire that’s now streaming on HBO Max. Director Mark Mylod’s film follows new couple …
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Bow down to Princess Peach. On Tuesday, Illumination released the second trailer for the Super Mario Bros. Movie and gave a first look at both Mario’s silly, long journey to face Bowser, along with Anya-Taylor Joy slaying her role as Peach and Seth Rogen taking on Donkey Kong. “There’s a …
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Reservations at Hawthorne are notoriously hard to get. It only seats 12 guests (at $1250 a head) and does a single multi-course dining service per evening. Located on an island that also houses the staff and provides the bulk of the ingredients, it’s considered the best dining experience in the …
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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. …
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