A biologist portrayed by Natalie Portman finds herself entering an ominous world in the new trailer for Annihilation, one that makes her husband (played by Oscar Isaac) seriously ill and possibly makes people go crazy, or worse. Based on Jeff VanderMeer’s novel of the same name, the first book from …
Read More »In Praise of 'American Vandal': TV's Sleeper Hit of the Year
Streaming services like Netflix often tend to work on a model which favors hype following instead of leading – for every Marvel property or proven commodity like Black Mirrorthat’s preceded by a blitz of hype, there are dozens of series that get released with little fanfare, banking on big leaps …
Read More »'House of Cards' Production Hiatus Extended Following Kevin Spacey Exit
UPDATE: Netflix announced Monday that production on House of Cards‘ sixth and final season will resume in 2018.“We are excited to bring closure to fans,” Netflix’s Ted Sarandos said of the eight-episode season in a statement to The Hollywood Reporter. It remains unclear whether Kevin Spacey‘s Frank Underwood will be …
Read More »Iranian Man Indicted for HBO Hack, Extortion Scheme
An Iranian man, Behzad Mesri, has been charged in the massive HBO hack and extortion scheme, NBC News reports. Mesri is accused of infiltrating HBO‘s networks and leaking internal company emails, as well as unreleased episodes and scripts for Game of Thrones, Curb Your Enthusiasm and Insecure. Despite the charges, …
Read More »Watch Spike Lee's Fearless 'She's Gotta Have It' Heroine Return
Spike Lee‘s free-spirited heroine Nola Darling returns in the new trailer for the series reboot of the filmmaker’s 1986 feature-length debut, She’s Gotta Have It. The show premieres November 23rd. Like Lee’s original film, the new show will chronicle Nola’s professional and romantic exploits as she juggles work as an …
Read More »'American Horror Story: Cult' Cuts Mass Shooting Scene After Las Vegas
American Horror Story: Cult has cut a mass shooting scene from Tuesday night’s episode following the shooting at a Las Vegas country music festival that left 58 people dead and over 500 injured. “In light of the tragedy last week in Las Vegas, Ryan Murphy and the producers of American …
Read More »Watch Dave Chappelle, Alec Baldwin Read Mean Tweets on 'Kimmel'
Dave Chappelle, Alec Baldwin, Jennifer Lawrence and more put on their emotional armor and took on the hate for the latest reading of Mean Tweets on Jimmy Kimmel Live Monday. Chappelle read a ferocious burn about his head not fitting his body anymore – “He forgot to exercise that milk …
Read More »See Lara Croft Discover Destiny in Action-Packed 'Tomb Raider' Trailer
As Lara Croft, Alicia Vikander (The Danish Girl) storms through a forest, leaps across a collapsing bridge and stares down a ravaging storm in the action-packed first trailer for the adventure film Tomb Raider, a reboot of the franchise launched in 2001 with Angelina Jolie in the title role. The …
Read More »Peter Travers on Harry Dean Stanton: 'The Coolest Dude in the Room'
“When I die,” Harry Dean Stanton told me once, “people are going to say, ‘I thought he was dead already.’” Typical Stanton – and atypically wrong. Though reports insist that the man actually has died at 91, avid moviegoers know he’s always been around when we needed a Stanton fix …
Read More »