54 posts tagged ‘oscar’
Sure, put Ke Huy Quan in a Star Wars, why not?
AV Club,
Star Wars has had a tough go of it in the last few years. Through a series of financially successful but divisive sequels that seem to diminish in quality with the release of every new Disney+ series, Disney’s Star Wars experiments in fan service and interconnectedness have worn people down (this writer specifically). … Read more...
Saltburn review: Barry Keoghan and Jacob Elordi seek racy thrills
The darkly comedic and corrupt whims of the wealthy are on full display in filmmaker Emerald Fennell’s racy thriller Saltburn. The cheeky provocateur’s follow-up to her Oscar-winning directorial debut, Promising Young Woman, Saltburn wages war on the stuffy British elite by way of a lower-class scholarship student,… Read more...
Taika Waititi "won't be involved" with Thor 5 despite "open relationship" with Marvel
After revitalizing the Thor movies with Thor: Ragnarok and swiftly burying them with Thor: Love And Thunder, Taika Waititi is putting the hammer down. Speaking with Business Insider, the director admits that he “won’t be involved” with the series’ next installment, but in his Waititian way, which is to say… Read more...
Greta Gerwig is obsessed with Love Is Blind
Stars: they’re just like us. Even Oscar-nominated directors get addicted to low-brow reality television shows, although Greta Gerwig may be consuming Love Is Blind slightly differently than the average viewer. In a new profile for Vanity Fair, the Barbie mastermind professes to be obsessed with Netflix’s hit dating… Read more...
The Gilded Age recap: Bertha’s big opera war hits a crescendo
Welcome back, Big Hat Hive! Instead of another millinery montage, however, this Sunday’s episode of The Gilded Age season two kicks off with an ode to another of the era’s great accessories: the finger sandwich. Yes, afternoon teas and luncheons abound this week, and they’re serving up more than just sliced… Read more...
The Marvel Cinematic Universe, ranked from worst to best
Conventional critical wisdom holds that the floor and the ceiling of the 15-year-strong Marvel Cinematic Universe are not so far apart—that in devising a recipe for success, the company has managed to avoid any outright disasters, even as its principle of quality-without-risk also more or less negates the possibility… Read more...