We’re roughly halfway through His Dark Materials’ first season now. Time for some serious voice-over exposition, don’t you think? “Witches hear the immortal whispers of those who pass between the worlds,” intones an unidentified voice at the start of the fantasy epic’s latest episode (“The Lost Boy”). “They speak of …
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A review of this week’s Watchmen, “An Almost Religious Awe,” coming up just as soon as I’m strapped to a chair in an abandoned JC Penney… Dr. Manhattan, I presume? It’s easy to understand why some fans of the Watchmen comic were skeptical of this show’s existence and its structure …
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Trevor Noah suggested a possible link between President Donald Trump‘s unconventional hospital visit and the ongoing impeach inquiry on The Daily Show Monday. Over the weekend, Trump made an unannounced visit to Walter Reed Medical Center for what the White House called his annual physical, even though it was coming …
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Stephen King legendarily hated the classic 1980 film Stanley Kubrick made of The Shining — a fact that made it hard for writer-director Mike Flanagan to get King’s seal of approval to film Doctor Sleep, the bestselling 2013 sequel to his haunted-hotel magnum opus. Besides, readers of the novel may …
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“My god, you will ruin the good name of Dickinson!” This is Edward Dickinson (Toby Huss), father of Emily (Hailee Steinfeld), in the debut episode of the Apple TV+ series that bears their family moniker. Dickinson is a mess, albeit an entertaining one. But it’s unlikely to ruin the good …
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Timothée Chalamet plays an immature prince thrust upon the English throne after his father’s death in the intense new trailer for The King. Joel Edgerton and Robert Pattinson co-star in the historical drama, which hit theaters October 11th and debuts November 1st on Netflix. “A new chapter of my life …
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Who watches the Watchmen? We do! Tonight, HBO debuted Damon Lindelof’s adaptation (or sequel, remix, whatever) of the legendary comic book by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons. I reviewed the show and interviewed Lindelof, and now it’s time to discuss the series premiere, “It’s Summer And We’re Running Out of …
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Ethan Hawke plays a parolee who becomes the unlikely guardian of an abandoned baby in the new trailer for Adopt a Highway, set to hit theaters and on-demand services November 1st. The clip opens with Hawke’s character, Russ, getting released from prison after serving 21 years for a third strike …
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Robert Forster, the longtime character actor who experienced a career resurgence after his Oscar-nominated performance in Quentin Tarantino’s Jackie Brown, has died at the age of 78. The actor’s publicist confirmed to the Hollywood Reporter that Forster died Friday at his Los Angeles home following a battle with brain cancer. …
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Jimmy Fallon subjected Priyanka Chopra Jonas to the Hot Ones challenge with the help of Hot Ones host Sean Evans on The Tonight Show. After asking the actress if she’s familiar with the show, Jonas responds, “He almost killed my husband.” The duo then taste various spicy hot wings as …
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