The SympathizerRecap: War Games

The Sympathizer Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. The penultimate episode ofThe Sympathizeropens with a series of quick cuts. Hardly any of the shots linger for longer than a few seconds. The Captain is descending the hill behind the General to greet the insurgent refugee army. The camera jerks around to emphasize the Captains growing panic. Life is a suicide mission, Bon tells the Captain....

May 19, 2024 · 3 min · 438 words · Jennifer Kirby

Yorgos Lanthimos and Jesse Plemmons Love Their Filmmaking Cult

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. Yorgos Lanthimos:It should feel like were being interrogated. Its very intense in here. Im like, How did he just put out another movie?Y.L. :Well, Ill tell you. I know at the press conference you mentioned Caligula as inspiration for this. That started many years ago, right after we finishedThe Killing of a Sacred Deertogether. Like, one man having such control over another mans life....

May 19, 2024 · 3 min · 534 words · Nicholas Navarro

Zoinks! The Scooby-Doo Gang Faces Off onSNL

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May 19, 2024 · 1 min · 17 words · Ashley Davis

Rumours’ Goofy Political Satire Has a Giant Glowing Brain

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. This review was originally published on May 18, 2024 out of the Cannes Film Festival. We are recirculating it now thatRumoursis in theaters. The lordly Charles Dance plays the U.S. president and doesnt bother hiding his British accent. Alicia Vikander plays the president of the European Union as a feral witch muttering nonsense prophecies in Swedish....

May 18, 2024 · 1 min · 177 words · Steven Mcdonald

The Curious Case of theStereophonicCast Recording

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. What makes a band immortal? What keeps a musical legacy burning brightly when the hit parade dies down? Theres gotta be a style and story. The bands legacy is internecine drama igniting musical chemistry. Its serenading tens of thousands with pained verses while rolling your eyes at the heartbreaker at stage left. Exhausted ballads from the folk-rockers in this tinderbox pay respect to the real-world catalog they cant touch....

May 18, 2024 · 1 min · 192 words · Aaron Lewis

BabesRevels in the Grossness of Pregnancy

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. Theirs is a familiar dynamic the tone of the film skews moreBroad CitythanBetter Things thoughBabesoffers a twist. ButBabes main focus is on gestational humor, often at the expense of the characters emotional development. If not actively chosen and affirmed, its easy for those relationships to just atrophy. More Movie Reviews Tags:

May 17, 2024 · 1 min · 66 words · Holly Harrington

Billie Eilish Is Serving Something Spicy for ‘Lunch’

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. Get ready for the e-sleuths to be all over who Claire is. (Coincidentally, shehasbecome friendswith Clairo recently.) Ill run a shower for you like you want, Eilish sings, grinning. Last year, I realized I want my face in a vagina, she added. Yeah,thatcomes through on Lunch: You need a seat? Ill volunteer, Eilish sings to her interest at one point....

May 17, 2024 · 1 min · 104 words · Rachel Stevenson

Can You Handle Another Bennifer Breakup?

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. A rep toldPeopleand other outlets that he was busy filmingThe Accountant 2in Los Angeles. Sure, filming an action sequel isanexcuse, but not quite an airtight one. So, what else do weknow? Lets start with a fact,fromPeople: Jen and Ben were last pictured together on March 30. The couple has been pictured apart, though andperE! News, both werestillwearing their wedding rings as of May 16....

May 17, 2024 · 4 min · 755 words · Patricia Armstrong

Doctor WhoRecap: Pray Son or Thought Daughter

Doctor Who Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. Doctor Whowants to drop the MIC … the military-industrial complex, that is. This week, former showrunner Steven Moffat has returned to write an episode. Meanwhile, the Biden administration is reportedlyplanninga new $1 billion arms sale to Israel. The episode title is used in three different ways. It takes a few deaths before we get there, though....

May 17, 2024 · 3 min · 453 words · Ryan Goodman

IFLooked Like a Surefire Bomb. Now It’s on Track to Win Opening Weekend.

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. My impression wasmeh, says an executive from a rival studio who attended the Paramount presentation. I didnt think it looked terrible, but also not terribly memorable or inspired. But Cinemacon can just be an in-room reaction. There are movies that crush there that never open and vice versa. All of the tracking metrics are really pretty high....

May 17, 2024 · 1 min · 117 words · Lori Clarke

Kathleen Hanna Is a Riot

The Bikini Kill singer mined decades of trauma and joy to write her new memoir. Shes grateful she made it to the other side. Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. Her prose cuts and shimmers, particularly when shes describing the music she made from the inside out. Singing has never stopped being the tiny tornado I most want to be in, she writes....

May 17, 2024 · 9 min · 1713 words · Veronica Bernard

Mary & GeorgeFinale Recap: George Gets His

Mary and George Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. Were at the finale, and George is being just the worst. Remember when he was mopey, emo George? Well, Im still undecided about long hair. Does it work for him? Would everything work for Nicholas Galitzinebecause of his face? Its very weird watching a historical drama and experiencing the dramatic irony of knowing how this will all end....

May 17, 2024 · 3 min · 467 words · Heather Lee

Nikki Glaser’s Jokes Need No Disclaimers

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. Youre like, What the fuck?! Im over here trying! Its not wildly out of the norm in the context of Glasers act. Her material often gravitates toward macabre and risque topics that might warrant a content warning in non-comedy contexts. Its a misdirect that allows her to zoom out on the larger trope she wants to tackle....

May 17, 2024 · 1 min · 140 words · Tina Brown