Heist movies tend to operate by a narrative rule of three: You show the preparation; you detail the execution, bit by painstaking bit; and you map out how the criminals and/or their crew get away with it, or don’t. The Delinquents, Argentine writer-director Rodrigo Moreno’s left-of-center contribution to the genre, …
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Omar Ayuso, who shares the same name as his character, is a pillar of the teen telenovela Elite. He’s been around since the first season of Netflix’s Spanish hit, captivating viewers via his tender romance with heartthrob Ander, played by Arón Piper, and the jarring disapproval his character faces in …
Read More »'Bosch: Legacy' Is Still Rock Solid Dad TV
In an upcoming episode of Bosch: Legacy Season Two, private investigator Hieronymus “Harry” Bosch (Titus Welliver) asks a favor of a couple of colleagues from his days as an LAPD homicide detective. Their exchange is terse and extremely one-sided in favor of the self-righteous Bosch. As he walks away, Christina …
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THIS POST CONTAINS spoilers from the seventh season of Big Mouth. Season Seven of Netflix’s Big Mouth begins where the penultimate season ends: the cast of pubescent middle schoolers arrive at high school exploring the PDA-filled halls, meeting the gospel-singing B-High Quee-Choi, and participating in a classic food fight. Although …
Read More »'Dr. Death' Season 2 Teaser Presents a Medical Horror That's Even Scarier Than You'd Expect
This is not us. At least it shouldn’t be us, according to the message in the teaser for the second season of Dr. Death, which features former This Is Us star Mandy Moore and actor Edgar Ramírez. The season, which premieres on Peacock on Dec. 21, focuses on the fraudulent …
Read More »Marlon Wayans Says He is Being Unfairly Prosecuted After Airline Employee Racially Targeted Him
Marlon Wayans says he is being unfairly prosecuted for disturbing the peace after a luggage dispute this past summer at Denver International Airport and alleges an airline employee targeted him because of his race, according to The Associated Press. This past June, a United Airlines gate agent allegedly stopped the …
Read More »Jon Stewart, Cate Blanchett, Joaquin Phoenix, and More Call on Biden for Ceasefire in Gaza and Israel
Fifty-five celebrities, including Cate Blanchett, Jessica Chastain, Joaquin Phoenix, Jon Stewart, and Michael Stipe, have signed an open letter to President Joe Biden asking him to “call for an immediate de-escalation and ceasefire in Gaza and Israel before another life is lost.” Specifically, they would like to see an end …
Read More »Burt Young, Oscar-Nominated 'Rocky' Actor, Dead at 83
Burt Young, a former boxer who played the role of Paulie in six Rocky films alongside Sylvester Stallone and received an Oscar nomination for supporting actor for his performance in the 1976 original, has died at the age of 83. He died on Oct. 8 in Los Angeles, his daughter, …
Read More »Will Smith Calls Relationship With Jada Pinkett Smith a 'Sloppy Public Experiment in Unconditional Love'
Will Smithopened up about his “tumultuous” relationship withJada Pinkett Smith, who recently revealed they were separated for six years before the infamous 2022 Oscars slap. The actor joined his wife onstage during her visit to Baltimore’s Enoch Pratt Library promoting her new memoirWorthy. “I just really wanted to come out …
Read More »'Neon' Is Netflix's Reggaeton Answer to 'Entourage'
On Entourage, the central tension always involved the question of whether Vince was gonna do the movie. Only there was never really any tension, because of course Vince was gonna do the movie — or, if he didn’t, things would in some other way work out just fine for him, …
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