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‘Snowfall’ Season 2 Starts Connecting the Dots Between Street Drugs and the CIA
Features • Published on July 2018
The subterranean layers of history fuel FX’s “Snowfall” as it enters a second season. The dots are starting to connect as the various storylines from the first season…
‘Unfriended: Dark Web’ Turns Skype Session Into Silly Bloodbath
Features • Published on July 2018
“Unfriended: Dark Web” isn’t even trying. It is the latest horror film to use something its viewers are probably all familiar with as a spook device, in this…
Not Even a Hurricane Can Stop Denzel Washington in ‘The Equalizer 2’
Features • Published on July 2018
“The Equalizer 2” finds Denzel Washington returning as that angel of death we’ve seen many times in action movies. He lives alone, is…
‘Suits’ Season 8 Shifts Gears With New Office Mergers and Standoffs
Features • Published on July 2018
USA’s “Suits” is back from a short vacation for an eighth season recovering from the loss of its big stars, Meghan Markle and Patrick J. Adams. Markle of…
‘Come Inside My Mind’ Traces the Life and Explosive Energy of Robin Williams
Features • Published on July 2018
The new HBO documentary “Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind” is a celebration of the great actor and comedic genius. It functions as more of a tribute, covering…
‘Don’t Worry, He Won’t Get Far on Foot’ Follows Cartoonist’s Journey from Addiction to Recovery
Features • Published on July 2018
What does it take to change a person? That is one of the big questions in “Don’t Worry, He Won’t Get Far on Foot,” which recounts the life…
‘Eighth Grade’ Captures the Trials and Tribulations of Being Thirteen
Features • Published on July 2018
“Eighth Grade ” brings it all back. Few films can be said to truly capture a generation, this one does. The very feeling of being in middle school…
‘Skyscraper’ Finds Dwayne Johnson Climbing Into an Inferno of Action Absurdity
Features • Published on July 2018
There are certain rites of passage for muscled movie heroes. They must drive fast, be capable of scaling enormous buildings, jump through spinning propellers, engage in combat and save families for untold movie…
Danny Elfman Talks Crafting Music for Gus Van Sant’s ‘Don’t Worry, He Won’t Get Far on Foot’
Features • Published on July 2018
Danny Elfman has composed scores for characters large and small. From the baroque symphonies of Tim Burton’s “The Nightmare Before Christmas” and “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” to major motion…
‘Harlots’ Season 2 Throws Scoundrels Behind Bars as Vendettas Heat Up
Features • Published on July 2018
The second season of Hulu’s “Harlots” returns to the grime and corruption of 1700s London, as the aristocrats purchase flesh for fun and women find themselves crushed under…
HBO’s ‘Sharp Objects’ Reveals Dark Family Secrets Amid Hunt for Killer
Features • Published on July 2018
Camille Preaker is one of those personalities we sometimes come across in life. Scarred by experiences and forever haunted by past events. She is at the center of “Sharp Objects…
Jerry Seinfeld Rides Into Netflix With ‘Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee’
Features • Published on July 2018
After nine seasons on Crackle, Jerry Seinfeld brings “Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee” to Netflix. More of a social experiment than a sitcom, this series…
Netflix’s ‘Sacred Games’ Journeys Into the Hard Streets of Mumbai
Features • Published on July 2018
Streets draped in shadows, crooked cops hiding in the corners and thugs meeting deadly fates. This is the stuff hardboiled noir is made out of. Netflix’s “Sacred Games”…
‘Whitney’ Chronicles the Grand and Haunting Story of Music Icon Whitney Houston
Features • Published on July 2018
The incandescent rise and tragic fall of a pop icon becomes the stirring narrative of the new documentary “Whitney.” Here is the story of Whitney Houston, gifted with…
‘Ant-Man and The Wasp’ Surpasses Original With Eye-Popping Style
Features • Published on July 2018
Sit down, relax, put on your 3D glasses and just let this fun ride take you away. “Ant-Man and The Wasp” is one of the summer’s great entertainments.
‘Ant-Man and The Wasp’ Cast and Director Talk Combining Marvel Thrills With Quantum Physics
Features • Published on July 2018
Marvel’s “Ant-Man and The Wasp” achieves that rare feat of being a sequel that outdoes the original. A joyous extravaganza, it is one of the summer’s great entertainments.
‘The First Purge’ Turns Dystopia Into Urban Mayhem
Features • Published on July 2018
“The First Purge” is the latest movie to bring a franchise to that inevitable point signaling plot exhaustion, the prequel. Blumhouse Productions rewinds the clock in its highly…
Amazon’s ‘A Very English Scandal’ Devilishly Tells True Story of Sexual Scandal and Murder Plots
Features • Published on June 2018
In this age of scandal it’s impressive to see the scale of other naughty happenings from a more conservative time. Amazon’s 3-episode “A Very English Scandal” dramatizes one…
‘Three Identical Strangers’ Tells Gripping True Story of Triplets and a Dark Adoption Experiment
Features • Published on June 2018
Imagine discovering that your life until the age of 19 was partly a lie, and connected to some scientific scheme. The new documentary “Three Identical Strangers” begins as…
‘Sicario: Day of the Soldado’ Aims for Standard Drug War Action
Features • Published on June 2018
“Sicario: Day of the Soldado” returns to the ominous borderlands fueled by crime and despair first explored in 2015’s Oscar-nominated “Sicario.” It continues the earlier film’s themes of…