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Jennifer Coolidge on Channeling Her Pandemic Anxieties Into the Sharp Satire of ‘The White Lotus’
Features • Published on July 2021
There’s a sense of delayed appreciation in the way actor Jennifer Coolidge is receiving much-deserved acclaim for her performance in HBO’s “The White Lotus.” Since the late ‘90s, Coolidge has been…
‘Snake Eyes’ Looks Slick While Firing Recycled Action Rounds
Features • Published on July 2021
“Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins” is yet another example of a dilemma all too common with new, glossy action movies. In essence it’s made for two particular viewers: Fans of the “G.I.
M. Night Shyamalan’s ‘Old’ Distorts Time for a Thriller Both Exciting and Thoughtful
Features • Published on July 2021
It is already common to fear the future or feel uncertainty about what is to come in life. Now imagine having to live it all in one day. That’s the intriguing narrative seed…
‘Ted Lasso’ Season 2 Scores Another Goal With Its Feel-Good Charms
Features • Published on July 2021
The second season of “Ted Lasso” begins with a rather violent death. Not of a person, but of an unfortunate canine that gets in the way of a soccer ball during an…
Gael García Bernal Rose to the Challenge of M. Night Shyamalan’s ‘Old,’ but Says One Role Still Eludes Him
Features • Published on July 2021
For over two decades now, Gael García Bernal has trotted the globe, making films of international scope or leaving his mark on the era of Peak TV. Now Bernal finally enters that…
Nicolas Cage Is At His Most Memorable in Uniquely Original ‘Pig’
Features • Published on July 2021
Whenever Nicolas Cage appears in a new film there tends to be either eye rolls or eyebrows arched in befuddled curiosity. Ever since his action star streak from the ‘90s flamed out,…
‘Roadrunner’ Captures Anthony Bourdain’s Global Travels and Inner Struggles
Features • Published on July 2021
There are many moments in the “Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain” documentary where friends of the late Anthony Bourdain describe him as a romantic. The same could be said about…
‘Space Jam: A New Legacy’ Overflows With Digital Mayhem That Outgames LeBron James
Features • Published on July 2021
“Space Jam: A New Legacy,” the sequel to a popular title from a little over two decades ago, is a rather mixed undertaking. The market is overloaded with sequels and the 1996…
‘McCartney 3,2,1’: Paul McCartney Sits Down With Rick Rubin to Let the Beatles’ Music Tell the Story
Features • Published on July 2021
There have been countless documentaries, specials and books produced about the Beatles. They remain the most influential band of all time. What makes Hulu’s docuseries “McCartney 3,2,1” different is how it allows…
Gillian Jacobs and Director Leigh Janiak Tell Us How They Tapped Into What Spooks Them to Make Netflix’s ‘Fear Street’ Trilogy
Features • Published on July 2021
Netflix’s “Fear Street” film trilogy defines pure genre fun. Based on the books by R.L. Stine, they stick to the famous author’s style of easy scares and teenage humor. A major difference…
Mindy Kaling’s ‘Never Have I Ever’ Season 2 Returns to the Drama and Hilarity of Teen Life
Features • Published on July 2021
There will never be a generation that finds it easy to endure high school. It doesn’t matter how much more diverse American society becomes, being a teenager is the eternal crucible of growing…
‘American Horror Stories’: ‘AHS’ Spinoff Promises Different Tales Packed With Melodramatic Scares
Features • Published on July 2021
Why settle for one Ryan Murphy horror series when you can have two? Streaming exclusively via FX on Hulu, “American Horror Stories” spins off from the maverick producer’s acclaimed cult hit…
Sydney Sweeney and Brittany O’Grady on Becoming a Pair of Mean Girls for ‘The White Lotus’
Features • Published on July 2021
Actors Sydney Sweeney and Brittany O’Grady give the instant impression of being fun and joyous. It speaks to their talents considering the dark, tense moments they manage to conjure in HBO’s…
HBO’s ‘The White Lotus’ Is an Exotic Getaway That Satirizes American Privilege
Features • Published on July 2021
Imagine taking a vacation with every representative of American privilege, with all of its arrogance and capitalist obsessions, in a lush locale. That’s precisely the experience of watching HBO’s new limited series “…
Jake Lacy and Alexandra Daddario on Tapping Into the Dark Side of High Living for HBO’s ‘The White Lotus’
Features • Published on July 2021
In HBO’s six-part limited series “The White Lotus,” hell can be a comic opera of simmering tensions. A group of privileged Americans arrive at a Hawaiian resort, the White Lotus, where all…
Questlove Wants His Stirring ‘Summer of Soul’ Documentary to Inspire Social Consciousness
Features • Published on July 2021
The making of Hulu’s documentary “Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)” began, as many risky endeavors must, by taking chances. For the highly accomplished Questlove, this…
Netflix’s ‘Atypical’ Ends With Touching Moments and Predictable Goodbyes
Features • Published on July 2021
“Atypical” is now one of the latest Netflix titles to get axed just as it was reaching a good stride. Charming and light, but not without heartbreak, this series about an autistic…
‘Black Widow’: Scarlett Johansson Exits MCU With Classic Espionage Suspense
Features • Published on July 2021
“Black Widow” stands apart from the rest of the Marvel Cinematic Universe in various ways. It gives a great female character a stronger treatment than in previous titles, while at the same…
‘Monsters at Work’ Returns to the World of ‘Monsters, Inc’ for Fresh Laughs and Worthy Messages
Features • Published on July 2021
Pixar’s “Monsters at Work” returns to the world of “Monsters, Inc.,” the beloved Disney-Pixar movie that premiered in 2001. But this series brings with it a fresh tone that also explores some…
Tim Robinson Gives ‘I Think You Should Leave’ Season 2 an Even More Absurd Dose of Manic Laughs
Features • Published on July 2021
“I Think You Should Leave” lets Tim Robinson bask in being funny for its own sake. Satire and politics are hard enough to do, but just being genuinely funny is an…