What if Rain Man was Batman? Sounds like the pitch for a comedy sketch that would have absolutely slayed in the summer of 1989. So it’s worth remembering that The Accountant, the 2016 action thriller that ran with that premise, was merely a preposterous crock and not some outdated outrage. …
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In the first episode of Daredevil: Born Again on Disney+, Karen Page (Deborah Ann Woll) teases best friends Matt Murdock (Charlie Cox) and Foggy Nelson(Elden Henson) about their tendency to indulge in nostalgia for the pre-gentrification days of Hell’s Kitchen. “Not nostalgia,” Foggy insists. “Reverence for the past, yet hope …
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In the official trailer for Gavin O’Connor and Bill Dubuque’s The Accountant 2, Christian Wolff (Ben Affleck) turns to a smart speaker to break down the difference between dressy casual and business casual. It helps him decide not to wear the black suit the system tells him makes him look …
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For Ava DuVernay, whose projects like 13th, Selma, and When They See Us challenge viewers to contend with the gut-wrenching racism that’s colored American history, Origin provides a more global perspective on racial inequality and its foundation within social hierarchies. “I try to make soul food with my movies, not …
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It is a truth universally acknowledged (or at least it should be by now) that America is a country founded upon — as well as cursed, colonized, and fertilized by — a bedrock of racism that continues to this day. Should you be unable to wrap your head around that …
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The Bear’s Cousin Richie, played by Ebon Moss-Bachrach, has come a long way from when viewers first met him as a curmudgeonly creature of habit who’s quick to fight his cousin, Carmy Berzatto (Jeremy Allen White), and his sous chef Sydney (Ayo Edebiri) at every turn. When Carmy returns to …
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This post contains spoilers for Season Two of The Bear, which is now streaming on Hulu. Late in the finale of this extraordinary season of The Bear, Sydney (Ayo Edebiri) runs out to the alley behind the FX dramedy’s eponymous restaurant to puke. She still has PTSD from the incident …
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Pete Davidson, a famous man who has dated some of the most famous women on the planet, expressed his incredulity over why people are so interested and invested in his dating life during an appearance on Jon Bernthal’s podcast Real Ones. “I’m in my 20’s, and I’ve dated people. And …
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