In the colorful new trailer for Tim Burton‘s reimagined Dumbo, Michael Keaton’s charismatic businessman V.A. Vandemere exploits the talents of the titular flying elephant. The clip opens with circus crew member Holt Farrier (Colin Farrell) awaking to find the newborn beast. “What is that? A face only a mother could …
Read More »Taken Aback: Liam Neeson's Racist Revenge Fantasy Sparks Outrage
Liam Neeson is facing criticism after the actor admitted he fantasized about committing a racially motivated murder after a friend of his was raped. Speaking to The Independent during a junket for his latest vengeance-laced action film Cold Pursuit, Neeson told the story for the first time: Upon returning home …
Read More »'True Detective' Recap: Pride and Prejudice
You might say that tonight’s episode of True Detective — “The Hour and the Day” — goes out with a bang. Hunted by a lynch mob that wrongfully (and racist-ly) believes him to be a child-killer, Brett “Trashman” Woodard booby-traps his home using techniques he learned in ‘Nam. The landmine …
Read More »'The Kid Who Would Be King' Review: Harry Potter Meets Harryhausen
Let’s say you’re a kid, growing up in England’s middle-class suburbs circa right now. You’re not popular — in fact, it’s safe to say that most of your fellow students would characterize you as a dork, a geek, possibly a dweeb … and that’s if they’re being polite. But you’re …
Read More »The 'Broad City' Gals Say Goodbye
Ciao, Broad City. After a brilliant and gut-busting run, Ilana Glazer and Abbi Jacobson are heading into the final season of their groundbreaking Comedy Central show about two twentysomething BFFs living large in NYC, helping each other explore the worlds of pegging, FOMO and going to Whole Foods on drugs. …
Read More »'Wayne' Review: A Fast And Furious Road-Trip Story That Sometimes Skids Out
The hero ofWayne, a 16-year-old with an angry streak (Mark McKenna), beats up a high school bully with a trumpet, bike-locks a stranger’s abusive boyfriend to a parking meter by the neck and crucifies an evil construction foreman with his own nail gun. Other weapons of destruction used by or …
Read More »'The Good Place' Recap: Heaven Can Wait
A review of tonight’s The Good Place, “The Book of Dougs,” coming up just as soon as I’m four Oreos from Heaven… Despite the Jeremy Bearimy of it all and the Forties fashions, the show has always had a very contemporary notion of the afterlife. Trevor, Shawn and the rest …
Read More »'The Upside' Review: French Feel-Good Comedy Gets Hart-Felt Remake
We need to talk about Kevin, don’t we? In one of those odd coincidences of timing, we’re getting The Upside, a buddy dramedy that the stand-up comedian/mega-movie star/tireless showbiz workhorse Kevin Hart signed up for a little over four years ago; shot two years ago; saw premiere in Toronto in …
Read More »Sandra Oh, Andy Samberg to Host 2019 Golden Globe Awards
Sandra Oh and Andy Samberg have been tapped to host the 2019 Golden Globe Awards, which will broadcast live from the Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles on January 6th via NBC, Variety reports. Oh and Samberg previously teamed to host the 2018 Primetime Emmy Awards. “Sandra and Andy are the …
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