In the third season of HBO’s True Detective, Mahershala Ali plays Arkansas state cop Wayne Hays, investigating the same child murder case across three eras: as a hotshot detective in 1980 whose troubled service in Vietnam is close in the past; as a family man looking to resurrect his career …
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A sexual assault accusation levied against Kevin Spacey last year has resulted in the actor facing felony charges for allegedly assaulting the teenage son of a Boston news anchor in 2016. In November 2017, anchor Heather Unruh accused Spacey of plying her 18-year-old son with alcohol before grabbing his genitals. …
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Die Hard is indisputably a Christmas movie, if not for the fact that it’s set during Christmastime. That’s enough, right? But purists would rather call it a cop flick, an anti-terror flick, a modern-cowboy epic (“Yippie-kiyay!”) or something to do with crime, since, you know, Bruce Willis is blasting baddies …
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Every Friday, we’re recommending an older movie available to stream or download and worth seeing again through the lens of our current moment. We’re calling the series “Revisiting Hours“— consider this Rolling Stone’s unofficial film club. This week’s edition: Tim Grierson on Oliver Stone‘s 2008 Presidential biopic W. George W. …
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Every Friday, we’re recommending an older movie available to stream or download and worth seeing again through the lens of our current moment. We’re calling the series “Revisiting Hours” — consider this Rolling Stone’s unofficial film club. This week’s edition: Alex Pappademas on Paul Schrader‘s 1978 working-class raunchcom/working-man’s crime drama …
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Brady Corbet’s knockout of a second feature (following 2015’s The Childhood of a Leader, about the growing pains of a fascist tyrant) damn near explodes off the screen. Yes, a movie about the traumatic childhood that formed a formidable pop diva might be too much for some people. But this …
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In the not too distant past — November 24th, 1988, A.D. — a moderately successful stand-up comedian named Joel Hodgson slipped on a jumpsuit. He then spent a few hours on a Minneapolis UHF station making fun of the terrible movies Invaders from the Deep and Revenge of the Mysterions …
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Netflix continues to prune its Marvel properties as, a week after the streaming service canceled Iron Fist, they announced Friday night that Luke Cage would not return for its third season. “Unfortunately, Marvel’sLuke Cage will not return for a third season. Everyone at Marvel Television and Netflix is grateful to …
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There’s thisthingabout Claire Foy’s face: It is constantly changing, highs and lows passing over it like a fast-moving storm. With the briefest of glances she conveys, instantly, the emotional temperature of the character she is playing. It’s a quality that makes Foy, 34, one of the most compelling actresses of …
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This week: Two Netflix shows drop official trailers; Adam McKay’s vice-president biopic now not only has a name but a sneak peek filled with Big Dick (Cheney) Energy; another cryptic Overlord clip; and a look at Clint Eastwood‘s late-breaking Oscar hopeful. All this, and Spider-Ham. That’s right. Spider-Ham. Chilling Adventures …
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