579 posts tagged ‘entertainment culture’
John Waters and David Lynch really love Lana Del Rey
AV Club,
Lana Del Rey has many, many fans, including the staff and patrons of a Florence, Alabama Waffle House, the administration of NYU, and the Recording Academy, who just nominated her 2023 album Did You Know That There’s a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd for five Grammys. Unsurprisingly, the artist—who penned the line “When you… Read more...
Fantastic Mr. Fox is the best Thanksgiving movie
Thanksgiving gets totally bulldozed by Christmas, doesn’t it? There are certainly far fewer shows and movies to watch to get in the spirit of the thing. Sure, we’ve got some Thanksgiving episodes and a handful of films explicitly or tangentially about the holiday, including the beloved-but-dated classic Planes, Trains… Read more...
Squid Game: The Challenge should not be a thing
If you’re brave enough to press play on Netflix’s Squid Game: The Challenge, prepare to be disappointed and, even worse, bored. The reality series is an utterly dragged-out, inauthentic mess that takes all the wrong lessons from the 2021 South Korean hit that inspired it. The takeaway from Squid Game should not be… Read more...
Wish review: This kingdom really needs some magic
It was probably inevitable that Marvel’s world-building virus would infect its Disney host. But it’s still startling to see how urgently the new Disney animated fairy tale Wish attempts to retcon 86 years of disparate animated features into something like a shared universe—one where Peter Pan, Thumper, and Pinocchio… Read more...
Every Ridley Scott movie ranked, including Napoleon
It’s been nearly five decades since Ridley Scott’s first feature film, The Duellists, hit theaters, and now, even well into his 80s, the legendary filmmaker shows no signs of slowing. Napoleon, his latest feature, is as grand and intense as anything else in his long career, and it demonstrates just how adept Scott… Read more...
Daisy Ridley Teases Her Unexpected Star Wars Movie
Gizmodo,
David Tennant teases a wild climax to the Doctor Who anniversary specials. Get a new look at Colin Farrell’s return as the Penguin. Muppets Mayhem is no more, but Black Mirror will returns for more. Plus, Cobra Kai prepares to return to filming. Spoilers away! Read more...
Miracle Workers has worked its final miracle for TBS
After four time-hopping seasons of costume changes and genre-smashing lunacy, Miracle Workers is no more. TBS has canceled the series, which concluded its fourth and final season, “End Times,” in August, with stars Daniel Radcliffe, Steve Buscemi, and Geraldine Viswanathan getting their Fury Roadon in a postnuclear… Read more...
Chris Columbus has 900 boxes of old Mrs. Doubtfire footage, wants to make a documentary with it
Before he died, Robin Williams supposedly stipulated in his will that Disney was not allowed to repurpose unused recordings of his performance as the Genie in Aladdin for new movies involving the Genie, which Disney apparently got permission to ignore for its “Once Upon A Studio” anniversary short. And now that that… Read more...