A British kid of Pakistani descent finds salvation and inspiration in the music of Bruce Springsteen in the trailer for the upcoming film, Blinded By the Light, set to arrive August 14th. Gurinder Chadha (Bend it Like Beckham) directed the film and Sarfraz Manzoor wrote the script, which was based …
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While Orange Is the New Black is a deftly written and widely beloved show, as some former prisoners have suggested, it’s not an 100% accurate representation of life inside the penitentiary system. Next month, however, Netflix will provide an in-depth look at a real American prison with the launch of …
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Seth Bullock and Al Swearengen find themselves up against a familiar foe when George Hearst returns to bring the new state of South Dakota into the modern age in the new trailer for Deadwood: The Movie, premiering May 31st on HBO. The film sequel to the beloved Western is set …
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Jane the Virgin star Gina Rodriguez shines in her totally delightful Netflix comedy Someone Great, written and directed by Jennifer Kaytin Robinson. In addition to everything else Someone Great is — a break-up comedy, a killer soundtrack, a girls-together-outrageously romp — it’s a movie about music fans, people who live …
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Early in her Saturday Night Live monologue, host Emma Stone asks to check the sound levels on the microphones. “BTS is here!” she casually notes, and the crowd erupts into furious screams of excitement. That was both a cheap way to generate heat but also a not-so-subtle message to the …
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Trailer-wise this week, we saw: Twitter go batshit over the ‘Joker’ teaser, featuring Joaquin Phoenix as the world’s most famous supervillain; a first look at Jim Jarmusch‘s all-star zombie movie; clips for two returning series; more Zac Efron as Ted Bundy; and Kristen Stewart as one half of the most …
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“Abby’s is filmed in front of a live outdoor audience,” co-star Neil Flynn says at the start of each episode of this charming new NBC comedy about an unlicensed bar run by the title character (Natalie Morales) in her backyard. (It’s shot on the same studio back lot as Wisteria …
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A review of this week’s Brooklyn Nine-Nine, “The Honeypot,” coming up just as soon as I wear a single Windsor knot… If the Nine-Nine cast weren’t already overpopulated, Chelsea Peretti’s departure might have been an opportunity to bring in a new regular civilian aide character to shake up some of …
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When Robert Rodriguez first saw James Cameron‘s “art reel” for a live-action version of Yukito Kishiro’s comic Battle Angel Alita in 2005, he recalls his jaw hitting the floor. “I’ve known Jim since before Desperado,” the director says over the phone, referencing his 1995 postmodern-Western/action movie. “I remember visiting him …
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The world’s greatest explorer and a lonely Sasquatch named Susan trek around the world in the charming new trailer for the animated film, Missing Link, out April 12th. The new film stars Hugh Jackman as the explorer, Sir Lionel Frost, and Zach Galifianakis as Susan, the titular “missing link” creature. …
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