A Rude, Rebellious Emma Thompson Gets Her Own ‘Slow Horses’
The best thing that can be said about Down Cemetery Road is that its crumminess is so immediately apparent that viewers will have every early warning to check out from ...
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The Brilliant ‘Liberation’ Sheds Its Clothes to Get to the Naked Truth
When Susannah Flood first appears on stage in Liberation, it is in the guise of Lizzie, the author of the play we are about to watch. We immediately like her; ...
Romy & Michele Are Back—But You May Want to Skip the Reunion
It is sharply excruciating to watch a group of talented people try to make a bad musical work. The singing sounds a strain, the dancing looks lackluster, the joins in ...
This X-Rated ‘Dracula’ Is the Wildest Version You’ll Ever See
A.I. is vampiric in Dracula—and so too is our modern culture of depraved sex, violence, and exploitation, all of which prove juicy targets into which writer/director Radu Jude sinks his ...
‘Shelby Oaks’ Is Every Horror Film You’ve Ever Seen, Rolled Into One
On the basis of Shelby Oaks, critic-turned-filmmaker Chris Stuckmann has seen a lot of horror movies, and he jams bits and pieces of every last one of them into his ...
Emma Stone and Jesse Plemons Stun in the Year’s Timeliest Gonzo Satire
Emma Stone has been on an extraordinary hot streak as of late, highlighted by her stellar work in Showtime’s The Curse and her Oscar-winning turn in 2023’s Poor Things. That ...
‘The Hand That Rocks the Cradle’ Gets a Modern Scream Queen Remake
There’s something about Maika Monroe’s eyes that has come to signal a certain psychological acuity in the horror movies that have become her specialty over the years. Whether she’s playing ...
We Deserve More From ‘Nobody Wants This’ Season 2
The success of Nobody Wants This seemed to take everyone by surprise last year, even its creators. Maybe it shouldn’t have; the series teamed up millennially beloved TV stars Kristen ...
Tessa Thompson Storms Into the Oscar Race With ‘Hedda’
With a mischievous glean in her eye that suggests she delights in twisting people into knots, Hedda Gabler (Tessa Thompson) is a woman not to be trifled with in Hedda, ...
HBO’s New ‘It: Welcome to Derry’ Series Completely Ruins Stephen King’s Epic
A seminal work of modern horror, It is an epic of friendship, suffering, and evil—on a personal, societal, and supernatural scale—that forever turned clowns into figures of unspeakable terror. Twice ...
