The State of Scary TV
‘The Returned’ and ‘Ash vs Evil Dead’ join ‘The Walking Dead’ in offering high-quality horror.
March 24, 2015
We Want to Believe: ‘The X-Files’ Is Officially Coming Back
Fox is getting the alien-chasing, conspiracy-loving band back together. But is it a good idea?
Read moreOnly the Very Best Screenshots of Ben Mendelsohn Wearing the World’s Most Majestic Fur Coat in the New Western ‘Slow West’
The only person we’re interested in right now, after watching the trailer for ‘Slow West,’ is Ben Mendelsohn in his amazing fur coat.
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‘Clear’ As Mud: HBO’s Riveting Scientology Documentary
Will the Sundance sensation ‘Going Clear’ change the way Americans view Scientology?
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First Impressions: The Debut of ‘The Late Late Show With James Corden’
The new late-night show is just as charming, earnest, and cute as you’d expect.
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Career Deconstruction: Is Will Ferrell in Decline?
Has it really been seven years since ‘Step Brothers’?
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Take Two: Van Morrison’s ‘Duets’
Van Morrison is back, with a little help from his friends.
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Life of the Parties: On the Brilliant Direction of ‘Looking’
Getting the characters drunk or rolling at a club is an easy way to shove them at sex partners, each other, or both.
Read moreMarch 23, 2015
‘The Walking Dead’: Rick Finally Loses His Sh-t
Rick’s break was inevitable. And we all saw it coming.
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‘The Last Dragon’ 30 Years Later: A Glowing Glory of Kung Fu, Magic, and Progressive Racial Politics
As silly a movie as it is, ‘The Last Dragon’ handles the issue of race with a deftness that not many movies have ever pulled off.
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SXSW Film Fest Superlatives: Rock Docs, Yuppie Nightmares, and a Ghost in Your iPhone
A tour through Austin’s menagerie of left-field movie options.
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‘Looking’ for Complexity: Why HBO’s Great Show Can’t Seem to Break Out
Taking in the likely end of HBO’s excellent, understated drama about gay life in San Francisco.
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WHERE MY ROGUE NATION ARMY AT?
Ethan Hunt is the American James Bond. If you’re mad that none of the movies make sense, you’re doing it wrong.
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‘The Andy Greenwald Podcast’: The Cast of ‘Looking’ Discusses the Season Finale
The cast of HBO’s ‘Looking’– Jonathan Groff, Frankie J. Alvarez, and Murray Bartlett — joins Andy Greenwald to discuss the show’s second-season finale and its future.
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Weekend Box Office Winners & Losers: Shailene Woodley (In-)Surges Past Sean Penn
‘Insurgent’ and ‘Cinderella’ thrive, while ‘The Gunman’ shoots blanks.
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