Posts by Zach Dionne
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Q&A: The Black Lips’ Jared Swilley on the Band’s Middle Eastern Tour Doc, Their Wild Reputation, and How Metallica Stole Their Antarctica Idea
Four years ago, the Black Lips got run out of India after a messy performance. Guys made out onstage, guys strummed guitars with their genitals — pretty standard stuff for the Atlanta foursome that formed as rude high schoolers back in 1999. Over the course of six albums, the self-described “flower punks” have maintained their straightforward, […]
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X-Men: Apocalypse Is Up Next, Has a Release Date
Mutants aren’t immune to that nasty case of franchise-ification going around. Dr. Bryan Singer — three-time X-Men movie director, not an actual licensed medical professional — confirmed the news late Thursday, tweeting simply “#Xmen #Apocalypse 2016.” Various sources confirm a May 27 release date, giving the film a two-year turnaround after the recently rebooted Marvel […]
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Afternoon Links: Benedict Cumberbatch Can Be a Sex Genius, Too
Who’s greedy when it comes to Benedict Cumberbatch? We would’ve accepted him reading his own name with various emphases, but the generous fellow instead headed to Kimmel to orate the lyrics of R. Kelly’s new Black Panties track “Genius.” It’s gold.
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The Amazing Spider-Man 2 Trailer: Jamie Goes Electric
Spidey plummets through the sky, his suit rippling to show you it’s not all CGI this time. (It’s totally all CGI this time, but there will be ripples.) He busts a web. He catches a police car on his shoulders. If you expected subtlety from The Amazing Spider-Man 2‘s first trailer, you’re a noble soul. […]
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LeBron James and Kevin Hart Will Play Brothers in Ballers
LeBron went to Miami for one reason: to win a ring so he could finally get on Jordan’s level by starring in a timeless big-screen comedy. When it didn’t work out after the first year, mega-producer Brian Grazer put the movie on hold. Two NBA championships later, it’s back on — with Kevin “Major Stand-Up […]
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Afternoon Links: Fast 7 Has Pressed Pause
In the wake of Paul Walker’s death (revealed today to be “combined effects of traumatic and thermal injuries”), Fast & Furious 7 is going on indefinite hold. The movie was facing a tight turnaround to follow up this year’s successful sequel; the July 2014 release date will likely be rescheduled. A statement says NBCUniversal is […]
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IFC and R. Kelly Have New Trapped in the Closet Chapters Coming in 2014
Which kind of news is news even when there are almost no details? Trapped in the Closet news. IFC will debut an unspecified number of new chapters at a to-be-determined time (early?!) next year, the network announced today. Wesley Morris just called R. Kelly’s Black Panties an album that “reminds you how rarely R&B concentrates on the […]
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History Turns to Eli Roth for a Show About Jesus
History stuck to the script for its Bible miniseries and wound up reeling in 11.7 million viewers for the finale. Now the channel feels good experimenting with the source material a little, working with a trio of horror-meisters to develop a project detailing what Jesus secretly got up to between ages 13 and 30. “I […]
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Afternoon Links: Remembering 2013’s Movies With a Delicious Supercut
You missed a lot of great movies this year. There were plenty more you didn’t even know existed. But now’s the moment when your regret transmutes into sweet ecstasy, all while watching David Ehrlich and Film.com’s ultra-sleek countdown of Ehrlich’s favorite 25 films of the year. It’s engrossing enough that it almost doesn’t matter if you […]
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The Coen Brothers Are Writing a Movie Set in Ancient Rome
We’ve seen Jeff Bridges as an old-timey, eye-patchy U.S. Marshal, but how about the Dude as a chill citizen of history’s favorite empire? The Coen brothers are “plainly excited” about a new project they’re writing, “which they proudly explain is set in ancient Rome,” writes the Associated Press. “It’s like: Would you ever do a […]
