11 posts tagged ‘sam barsanti’
Monsieur Spade shows its hand, The Curse delivers an unforgettable finale, and more from the week in TV
AV Club,
It kind of goes without saying, but here we go anyway: Humphrey Bogart’s portrayal of Dashiell Hammett’s genre-defining private detective character Sam Spade in the 1941 noir classic The Maltese Falcon is one of the all-time great movie performances. Bogie’s brooding gumshoe is vulnerable and cynical at the same time,… Read more...
January 2024 TV preview: True Detective, Echo, and 15 other big shows to watch
Damn, January comes out swinging with its loaded TV content. After a somewhat lackluster December, this new year is immediately busy with a lot of highly anticipated shows. True Detective is back after five years, with none other than Jodie Foster leading the charge. Marvel kicks off 2024 with Echo. Ted makes its way… Read more...
Meme-ready Joker: Folie À Deux photos, Barack Obama's favorite films of 2023, and more of this week's top news stories
Joker: Folie À Deux director Todd Phillips offered up a little holiday gift to everyone earlier this week in the form of two new photos from his Joker sequel, and while it’s nice(?) to see ol’ Arthur Fleck again through a little window, Phillips’ second photo seems like an even nicer gift—if only for its meme… Read more...
Year-end roundtable: What's next for television after a weird 2023?
In a series of special year-end roundtable discussions, The A.V. Club looks back at some of the stories that made the biggest impact on pop culture in 2023. Read more...
Year-end roundtable: Warner Bros. Discovery's 12 months on fire
In a series of special year-end roundtable discussions, The A.V. Club looks back at the stories that made the biggest impact on pop culture in 2023. Read more...
Mad about Mario, Freddy, and bloaters: Here's why video game adaptations finally clicked in 2023
In a series of special year-end roundtable discussions, The A.V. Club looks back at the stories that made the biggest impact on pop culture in 2023. Read more...
The week in TV: The Crown weighs heavy, and The Curse comes to life
[Editor’s note: This review contains spoilers of the first episode of Scott Pilgrim Takes Off.] Read more...
Peacock's Ted takes shots at both Peacock and itself in first teaser
To quote The A.V. Club’s Sam Barsanti, “Who was the first person to walk into a movie studio executive’s office and say ‘it’s like a movie for kids, but it has a hard-R rating,’ and does that person now have more money than God?” Whether or not that evil genius was actually Seth MacFarlane or not, he’s certainly the… Read more...