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Maggie Rogers Delivers Pop With Substance on Debut Album ‘Heard It In a Past Life’
Album Reviews • Published on January 2019
Maggie Rogers made a name for herself being the star student of a masterclass with Pharrell Williams. Anyone sensible who hears her breakthrough song “Alaska” can see why. Her new…
M. Night Shyamalan’s ‘Glass’ Dabbles in Superhero Mayhem
Features • Published on January 2019
“Glass” plays like a sequel attached to a prequel with a messy superhero romp thrown in at the end. 19 years ago director M. Night…
Revolution Stalks the Land in ‘Victoria’ Season 3
Features • Published on January 2019
Season three of “Victoria” literally opens with a bang as revolution overthrows the monarchy just across the Channel. Royalty makes for stale drama without a little scandal and…
Chevy Chase and Richard Dreyfuss Seek Stand-Up Glory in Netflix’s ‘The Last Laugh’
Features • Published on January 2019
Chevy Chase and Richard Dreyfuss are joining their peers in celebrating the defiant liveliness of their twilight years. Like Michael Douglas or Clint Eastwood, they…
Jimmy and Gretchen Prepare to Walk Down the Aisle in Final Season of ‘You’re The Worst’
Features • Published on January 2019
For its fifth and final season premiere, “You’re The Worst” attempts to pull at our heart strings with a trip back into 1990s rom-com nostalgia. Those old enough…
‘The Blacklist’ Season 6 Raises the Stakes by Putting Its Criminal Mastermind Behind Bars
Features • Published on January 2019
“The Blacklist” survives more than ever on the appealing charm of its main character. Raymond “Red” Reddington (James Spader) keeps giving this show…
‘Escape Room’ Gets Lost in the Maze of Its Own Absurdities
Features • Published on January 2019
So here is “Escape Room,” the first trashy horror offering of 2019 but instead of chills it only inspires the question, “why?” Why should we care for these…
The Baudelaire Orphans Escape Doom and Search for Answers in Final Season of ‘A Series of Unfortunate Events’
Features • Published on January 2019
“A Series of Unfortunate Events” has finally reached the end of the classic series of novels penned by Daniel Handler A.K.A. Lemony Snicket. This final season of one…
There’s Nothing Easy About Dating in Space in ‘The Orville’ Season 2
Features • Published on December 2018
Having crushes and pining for your ex don’t get any easier in space. “The Orville” begins its second season with romantic dilemmas we’ve seen many times before in…
‘Black Mirror’ Returns to Pull You Into the Diabolical Interactive Experience of ‘Bandersnatch’
Features • Published on December 2018
Charlie Brooker has decided to literally immerse viewers into the latest installment of his cult hit “Black Mirror.” No other show has captured with such…
John C. Reilly and Steve Coogan on Capturing the Highs and Lows of Comedic Legends ‘Stan & Ollie’
Features • Published on December 2018
“Stan & Ollie” recounts the latter days of the legendary comedy duo Oliver Hardy and Stan Laurel. Theirs was one of the great, early franchises in film comedy…
‘On the Basis of Sex’ Dramatizes Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Fight for Equality in Historic Case
Features • Published on December 2018
Before she made history by being selected to the Supreme Court, Ruther Bader Ginsburg had made a name for herself as a brilliant legal scholar and challenger of the country’s sexually discriminative legal…
Christian Bale Channels Power Hungry Dick Cheney in Adam McKay’s Brilliant ‘Vice’
Features • Published on December 2018
Dick Cheney’s shadow looms large over the last 40 years of American history in “Vice.” This sprawling, hilarious yet serious epic by Adam McKay…
Amazon’s ‘Vanity Fair’ Pairs Olivia Cooke With the Wicked Intrigues of Victorian English Society
Features • Published on December 2018
“Vanity Fair” is the series equivalent of a classic song that gets covered by different bands but never loses its appeal. This Amazon limited series is the latest…
Director Mimi Leder and Armie Hammer Dug Deep Into the Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsberg for ‘On the Basis of Sex’
Features • Published on December 2018
It is never easy being a pioneer. “On the Basis of Sex” recounts how Ruth Bader Ginsburg challenged the gender discriminative laws that defined much of American society…
‘Welcome to Marwen’ Reimagines One Man’s Battle With PTSD as a CGI Action Romp
Features • Published on December 2018
“Welcome to Marwen” doesn’t know if it wants to be a harrowing portrayal of a man’s recovery from trauma or an animated action romp. The story of…
Joanna Kulig Reflects on Capturing Doomed Love for Pawl Pawlikowski’s ‘Cold War’
Features • Published on December 2018
In “Cold War,” the new film by Oscar-winning Polish director Pawel Pawlikowski, a doomed love affair becomes a metaphor for the suffocation of…
Jason Momoa Becomes Deep Sea Royalty in Underwater Spectacle ‘Aquaman’
Features • Published on December 2018
“Aquaman” leaves your eyeballs quite exhausted after 2 hours and 22 minutes. Nearly every second seems dedicated to proving that every penny of its reported $200 million budget…
Ellen DeGeneres Riffs on Wealth and Fame in Netflix Special ‘Relatable’
Features • Published on December 2018
Ellen DeGeneres may be rich, she may be famous, and she no longer has to carry the weight of having come out as gay when it was taboo for celebrities…
Bruce Springsteen’s One-Man Show, ‘Springsteen on Broadway,’ Comes to Netflix
Features • Published on December 2018
Netflix has made the experience of “Springsteen on Broadway” available to all. When rock icon Bruce Springsteen decided to tell his story onstage the result was an immediate…