Credit where credit’s due: The Loudest Voice, Showtime‘s seven-part miniseries about the rise and fall of Fox News chairman/alleged chronic sexual harasser Roger Ailes, is dedicated to living up to its name. From the moment that Russell Crowe‘s jowly, handsy version of the political consultant-turned-conservative kingmaker shows up in a …
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No pun intended, but imagine a world in which no one has ever heard of the Beatles or any of their songs. That’s the clever premise behind Yesterday (out June 28th), the new film directed by Danny Boyle (Trainspotting, Slumdog Millionaire) and co-written by Richard Curtis (Four Weddings and a …
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A young bride is forced to survive her new family’s outrageous tradition in the bloody and funny trailer for Ready or Not, out August 23rd. The film stars Samara Weaving as Grace, who marries into the wealthy and strange Le Domas family. But after her wedding to Alex Le Domas …
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John Oliver warned against the dangers of medical devices on Last Week Tonight, lobbying for a more transparent approval process for products like surgical mesh and hip replacements. “The medical device industry is huge,” he said on Sunday’s main segment. “They constitute a $156 billion market in the U.S., and …
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For this month’s streaming offerings: Martin Scorsese revisits a key tour in Bob Dylan’s career; the Jonas brothers offer fans a peek into their most intimate moments; Adam Sandler’s partnership with Netflix continues; and water-cooler series as Black Mirror and The Handmaid’s Tale return to the programming calendar. Here’s what …
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You do not spend six seasons crafting a character like Girls‘ Marnie Michaels — ambitious, artistic, self-centered, self-defeating, romantically confused, musically inclined, very flawed, very human — without leaving a certain impression on viewers. And if you’re smart like Allison Williams, you then find a role that takes advantage of …
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Breaking Bad star Aaron Paul will join Westworld‘s upcoming third season, as previewed in a new trailer for the sci-fi Western series. The teaser, aired before the Game of Thrones finale, shows Paul’s character moving through a futuristic world before coming face to face with Dolores (Evan Rachel Wood) in …
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A review of the two-part Brooklyn Nine-Nine Season Six finale, “Sicko” and “The Suicide Squad,” coming up just as soon as I send you an eye-rolling gif from The Durrells in Corfu… Nine-Nine has a tradition of ending its seasons with cliffhangers that upend the series’ status quo. Season One …
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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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