There’s a lot going on in Pose, the new FX drama that explores the origins of New York’s ball culture, but little of it feels superfluous. The opening sequence alone is packed with introductions, finery fit for queens, a heist, choreography—and every entertaining bit of it is significant. Not a single stitch is…
Based on a true story, American Animals follows four young friends (American Horror Story’s Evan Peters, Dunkirk’s Barry Keoghan, Glee’s Blake Jenner, and Jared Abrahamson) who plot to steal millions from Transylvania University in an ill-conceived attempt at rebelling against their suburban upbringings. At the…
Based on a true story, Bart Layton’s American Animals follows four young friends (American Horror Story’s Evan Peters, Dunkirk’s Barry Keoghan, Glee’s Blake Jenner, and Jared Abrahamson) who make an ill-conceived attempt to steal millions from Transylvania University, preoccupied with their value in the world and…
Based on a true story, Bart Layton’s American Animals follows four young friends (American Horror Story’s Evan Peters, Dunkirk’s Barry Keoghan, Glee’s Blake Jenner, Jared Abrahamson) who plot to steal millions from Transylvania University in an ill-conceived attempt at rebelling against their suburban upbringings. At…
The line that once clearly separated documentaries from fictional narratives has eroded so much that certain films are tricky to classify. Errol Morris’ Wormwood, for example, is generally considered to be a doc, even though much of its four-hour running time consists of actors performing scripted scenes. On the flip…
It’s hard to deny that the last two X-Men movies really sparkled in the scenes that showed off the superpowers of Evan Peters’ Quicksilver. Unlike the X-Men characters who view their powers as a burden, Peters plays his Quicksilver as someone who absolutely loves that he can move ridiculously fast, and that joy came…
Who is he: Quicksilver, a.k.a. Peter Maximoff
Sarah Paulson and Evan Peters are such integral pieces of the American Horror Story puzzle at this point that doing a season without them would be like having a day without sunshine, a pizza without cheese, or a serial killer without a spooky clown mask. Nobody’s interested in any of that, so it’s a good thing that…
“We rolling? The camera never stops, no matter what,” reality-show creator/producer Sidney Aaron James (Cheyenne Jackson) tells his crew. “Even if I tell you stop, keep rolling.” It’s a relief that American Horror Story: Roanoke has finally started playing its much-promised second reel, and an even bigger relief that…
Trust American Horror Story to build the house, then worry about what it rests on. When Edward Phillippe Mott (Evan Peters), an enviably rich man even by the standard of his plantation-owning peers, hauls another clutch of precious art to his nearly completed house—the very house Matt and Shelby Miller have learned to…
The end is upon us—that is, the end of teases and trailers for X-Men: Apocalypse. 20th Century Fox has released the so-called final trailer for Bryan Singer’s follow-up to Days Of Future Past, which pits Professor Xavier’s (James McAvoy) latest batch of gifted youngsters against Apocalypse (Oscar Isaac) and his Four…
Even in its finale, American Horror Story: Hotel can’t decide what it’s about. Is it Sally’s ordeal of overcoming addiction and loneliness, Liz Taylor’s heartwarming story about chosen family, or John Lowe’s cynical manipulation as he brings a pestering celebrity psychic to Devil’s Night? The tonal whiplash of “Be…
“The Ten Commandments Killer” opens by repeating last week’s action: Having led Det. John Lowe out of the psychiatric hospital, Wren dodges into the path of an oncoming truck. The driver insists he couldn’t have missed her, and he’s right. She stepped out toward the death that eluded her for so long. “She’s dead,” an…
“Take any piece you like,” James Patrick March (Evan Peters) tells the intruder he catches pocketing jewelry. “None of it has any meaning for me.” Like March with his possessions, American Horror Story is lavish with its storylines, allusions, and characters—and like March, it doesn’t seem to particularly prize any of…
While Jessica Lange has made it very clear that she’s had it up to here with Ryan Murphy’s ongoing exercise in turning a promising start into a chaotic mess, others have yet to give up on American Horror Story. Kathy Bates, for instance, has decided to double down on the bearded ladies and racist slaveowners by coming…
When has the attempted reanimation of a corpse ever ended well? Not quite a zombie movie, The Lazarus Effect explores the negative side-effects of messing with nature. Interestingly, Jiro Dreams Of Sushi director David Gelb steps out of his element here to take his first shot at a feature-length narrative film. Also…
I should’ve known it was nothing but an origin story.
Wes Bentley (The Hunger Games, American Beauty) will appear in a two episode arc of American Horror Story.  Scheduled to air on Oct. 21 and 28, FX’s two-part Halloween episode introduces Bentley as Eddie, a man from Kathy Bates’ past who seeks revenge.
