Guy Ritchie’s two-and-a-half-decade career as a filmmaker has been a bit of a mixed bag, and that’s being generous. No one really wants to be pigeonholed, but the fact is that some artists are especially suited to one particular genre, and they do their best work when they stick to it. For Ritchie, that genre is…
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Sometimes, escapist media works best when it presents a vision of a world that’s somewhat close to the one someone is trying to run away from, but without any of the real-life stressors that make that situation so taxing. (This writer watched a lot of Veep in November 2020, for example.) In an interview with The A.V.…
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Zoë Kravitz’s long-awaited directorial debut finally has a trailer. Blink Twice, which Kravitz co-wrote with E.T. Feigenbaum, stars Naomi Ackie, Channing Tatum, Christian Slater, Simon Rex, Adria Arjona, Kyle MacLachlan, Haley Joel Osment, Geena Davis, and Alia Shawkat. Of course, the horror film was originally titled…
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We already knew the entertainment industry has more or less become a technocracy, but hearing about it still feels surreal. Sadly, all the human entertainment execs can do these days is lay down mere mortal ideas on the altar of the almighty algorithm, enslaved to the whims of whatever ones and zeroes say will be…
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The logline for Netflix’s upcoming film, Atlas,reads, “Atlas Shepherd (Jennifer Lopez), a brilliant but misanthropic data analyst with a deep distrust of artificial intelligence, joins a mission to capture a renegade robot with whom she shares a mysterious past. But when plans go awry, her only hope of saving the…
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Another Taylor Swift album cycle, another barrage of broken records for music’s conquering titan. According to Variety, Swift has already sold 700,000 vinyl copies of The Tortured Poets Department, breaking the record for weekly vinyl sales in just three days. By the time the week is out, she’ll have broken the…
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Anne Hathaway is adding her own story to the growing archive of all the ways Hollywood was an even bigger minefield for women before the Me Too era. As she goes back to her rom-com roots in upcoming boy band fantasy The Idea Of You, Hathaway recalled how chemistry tests used to look a lot different than they do…
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In Apple TV+’s star-studded show Palm Royale, picking out a favorite performer isn’t easy considering it features Kristen Wiig, Allison Janney, Laura Dern, Carol Burnett, Leslie Bibb, and Ricky Martin. So it’s no wonder Josh Lucas, who co-stars in the dramedy, agrees that it’s a “comedy lab” of sorts. The actor holds…
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Given the past few episodes, I was expecting more of a showstopper-style finale in which a bunch more characters would die, or maybe someone would seek some kind of retribution for Mariko’s death. But no. This is more of a denouement of an episode, a processing of things, and a subtle setting-up of the future to come…
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It was the first day of Donald Trump’s hush-money trial, and while we don’t have much to say about the allegedly sleepy, flatulent-laden proceedings, Jon Stewart sure did. Appearing on tonight’s Daily Show, Stewart took out his red pen and gave the media a big, fat “F” for its first day of coverage. It turns out that…
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Some parents offer support through positive affirmation. A simple “Good game, sport,” or “Great work, kiddo,” can really help keep any young person from the devil’s temptations. Positive reinforcement builds confidence, and confidence creates success. That’s the American way, but it’s not the way of Patrick…
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Mila Kunis isn’t returning to Wisconsin to put a foot in dumbass Eric’s ass. The third Meg Griffin told ET that she and Ashton Kutcher are not appearing on the next season of That ‘90s Show. After she and her husband “did our thing” and “introduced our son in the show,” she’s getting the hell out of the Midwest.
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No one has the confidence of Jerry Seinfeld. His supreme belief in himself oozes out of every mundane premise, slight irritation, and the half-cocked smirk that graces his lips when he comes upon one of his many hilarious observations. Every time a mere mortal raises the pitch of their voice and questions, “What’s the…
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