Podcasts12/11/20Dec 11SavePodcasts12/11/20PodcastsThis Christmas, look beyond the classics to some more offbeat holiday moviesA.A. Dowd and Katie Rife16It’s mid-December, and for many people, that means the Christmas season is in full swing. Far be it from us at The…
Newswire12/10/20Dec 10SaveNewswire12/10/20NewswireWhoopi Goldberg and Tyler Perry are making Sister Act 3 for Disney+Katie Rife6Disney is throwing out plans for nostalgic sequels and live-action reboots like a divorced dad trying to buy his…
Newswire12/10/20Dec 10SaveNewswire12/10/20NewswireHayden Christensen will return as Darth Vader in Disney+'s Obi-Wan Kenobi seriesKatie Rife90Disney is announcing a flurry of new Star Wars live-action TV projects this afternoon, among them an Obi-Wan Kenobi…
Contest12/9/20Dec 9SaveContest12/9/20ContestWant to see Promising Young Woman early and for free? Better hurryKatie RifeIt may seem like a lifetime ago that Promising Young Woman debuted to intense buzz at the Sundance Film Festival,…
Reviews12/9/20Dec 9SaveReviews12/9/20C-Reviews2020 gets its Serenity with the epic “WTF?” of Wild Mountain ThymeKatie Rife110There are bad movies, and then there are the mystifyingly bad ones. These are the films that are stuck in the…
Best Of12/9/20Dec 92Best Of12/9/20Best OfThe best movie scenes of 2020A.A. Dowd, Allison Shoemaker, Alex McLevy, and 16 more72Any movie can achieve a moment of greatness. We’re talking about those few minutes that stick with you for a…
Interview12/8/20Dec 8SaveInterview12/8/20InterviewBlack Bear’s Aubrey Plaza breaks down one of the best performances of the year—her ownKatie Rife23December 2020 has a lot of people thinking about Aubrey Plaza in a new way. Famous for her comedic portrayals of…
TV Reviews12/4/20Dec 41TV Reviews12/4/20BTV ReviewsThe Mandalorian loses control as season 2 rockets towards a finaleKatie Rife433Parents, this is why you never leave your adopted magic baby unattended while he’s channeling the Force, even for a…
Recommends12/4/20Dec 4SaveRecommends12/4/20RecommendsLingua Franca brought a moving immigrant story to NetflixKatie Rife3Watch This offers movie recommendations inspired by new releases, premieres, current events, or occasionally just…
Reviews12/4/20Dec 4SaveReviews12/4/20B-ReviewsRachel Brosnahan is a moll on the run in refreshingly feminine gangster yarn I’m Your WomanKatie Rife18There’s a point in many gangster dramas where the wife, whether she be a shining symbol of redemption, a…
Podcasts12/4/20Dec 41Podcasts12/4/20PodcastsThe line between movies and TV got blurrier in 2020A.A. Dowd, Katie Rife, and Danette Chavez1Once upon a time, movies and television were mortal enemies, and pretty easy to tell apart, too. But the lines that…
Reviews12/3/20Dec 3SaveReviews12/3/20A-ReviewsFrances McDormand finds a new life on the road in the sublime NomadlandKatie Rife8Unless the political landscape changes significantly over the next few years, the number of Americans facing an old…
Preview12/3/20Dec 31Preview12/3/20PreviewWonder Woman, George Clooney, and Pixar bring the blockbusters home this ChristmasA.A. Dowd, Katie Rife, William Hughes, Jesse Hassenger, and 1 more43It’s the final month of 2020, and we’re not much closer than we were all year to getting back to the status quo of…
Once In A Lifetime11/26/20Nov 261Once In A Lifetime11/26/20Once In A LifetimeYou can go home for the holidays this year, if only in a Lifetime Christmas movieKatie Rife4You don’t have to actively hate Christmas to be a Scrooge in a Lifetime movie. All you have to say is, “It’s not my…
TV Reviews11/25/20Nov 251TV Reviews11/25/20TV ReviewsHBO reclaims its true-crime crown with 5 tales of murder, mayhem, and mysteryKatie Rife15Next to its streaming competitors, HBO is a dinosaur. The original pay-cable network will celebrate its 50th…
Best Of11/24/20Nov 24SaveBest Of11/24/20Best Of6 gifts for all the cinephiles in your life, from Fellini to Friday The 13th Katie Rife17Cinephiles tend to be a fragile lot to begin with, but going almost a year without seeing a movie in the theater has…
Best Of11/23/20Nov 23SaveBest Of11/23/20Best Of7 gifts for the buzzer-beating, bodega-visiting, truth-seeking TV loverDanette Chavez and Katie Rife2Holiday gatherings will look very different this year (they should all be virtual for obvious reasons), but trading…
Contest11/20/20Nov 20SaveContest11/20/20ContestWe've got (virtual) tickets to see Riz Ahmed in Sound Of Metal, early and for freeKatie Rife4Riz Ahmed has been getting positive buzz for his performance in Sound Of Metal, and rightfully so—he’s the glue…
TV Reviews11/20/20Nov 201TV Reviews11/20/20BTV ReviewsAn evil plan comes together as The Mandalorian treads more familiar groundKatie Rife293To say that Star Wars properties have some tricky balancing acts to pull off is an understatement. There’s the…
TV Reviews11/20/20Nov 20SaveTV Reviews11/20/20CTV ReviewsFX’s Black Narcissus remake is pretty, but uninspiringKatie Rife34The opening credits for FX’s latest miniseries pointedly read, “based on the novel by Rumer Godden.” Which is true: B…