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Iconic source material, big budget, top talent. So what gives?
Adapting a beloved novel is not easy—let alone one as distinctly stylized, tonally bipolar, and relentlessly digressive as Don DeLillo’s seminal work of postmodern literature, 1985’s White Noise. Jack (or, J.A.K., as he’s known at school) Gladney’s first-person account of a year at the College ...
Baz Luhrmann creates a mythology of his own, crafting Elvis’ childhood as a sort of superhero origin story and it’s poignant and beautiful.
Elvis was larger than life. Never before or since had there been a single artist with such considerable cultural impact, who single-handedly shaped music and popular culture in the 1950’s whose influence can still be felt today, 45 years after his death. ...
More films like this and it’ll be to mediocrity and beyond.
The idea behind Lightyear is simple. It’s the movie that Buzz Lightyear from Toy Story is based on. The movie opens with this preamble, stating that Lightyear was Andy’s favorite movie, which is a little bit meta because there are now actually ...
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It’s a brutally frank look at the life of the model and host.
In Runaway Model, Joey Mead gives readers a hard, unflinching look at her life outside of the glare of the spotlight. Some might wonder what else a person who’s lived most of her life in the public eye and who’s done countless ...
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The gorgeous black-and-white movie defies the conventions of what it means to love.
Svetlana Cvetko enjoys films where nothing happens. The award-winning immigrant director and cinematographer likes sitting through cinéma vérité and slice of life feature films, which explains a lot about Show Me What You Got, her monochromatic exploration of polyamory with a charismatic trio of ...
Nine short stories convey triumph and kindness, malice and deception.
Everybody’s Strange is a collection of nine short stories that shine a light on people grappling with inner struggles, triumphs, and defeat. Without being moralistic or righteous, it offers a sharp reflection of the human condition with its surreal and bizarre narratives. The ...
He was merciless toward the late Jerry Krause.
Everybody remembers where they were and what they were doing during the 1998 NBA Finals. It was the culmination of what Chicago Bulls coach Phil Jackson coined “The Last Dance,” knowing that it was the team’s final shot at the championship.The Last ...
The new season premieres on Netflix today, November 16.
There is a moment early in the series where a character tells up-and-coming drug lord Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo about his counterparts in Colombia, with whom he could possibly ally himself. One, he is told, is all about emotion; the other group is more ...
The new season was released on October 19.
First, let’s have a moment of silence for Iron Fist. Despite the second season being arguably better than most of Marvel Netflix’s current slate, it simply may not have been enough to recover from the damage done by an abysmal first season, ...
