The State of Scary TV
‘The Returned’ and ‘Ash vs Evil Dead’ join ‘The Walking Dead’ in offering high-quality horror.
November 5, 2014
What Ever Happened to Just Going Away? Clay Aiken and the Case Against Losers
Losers deserve respect, when losers act accordingly. And are self-aware. And understand where they are wanted, where they are needed, and where they are not allowed. Because if there’s one thing a loser needs to know about his or herself, it’s that they are a loser.
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‘The Gambler’ Director Rupert Wyatt on How to Pull Off a Remake (Plus: the Premiere of the Movie’s Trailer)
Rupert Wyatt’s ‘The Gambler’ bears a striking resemblance to its predecessor, whole moments seemingly lifted from James Toback’s original script. But put side by side, the remake and the ’74 film resemble a double helix, intertwined and antithetical. We spoke to Wyatt about his film, one of the year’s few character-driven studio features, and its relationship with the original.
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The Real 1989: Echosmith on the Slow-Burning Hit ‘Cool Kids’ and the Upside of Not Fitting In
While Taylor Swift references the ’80s in the title of her latest album, ‘Cool Kids’ better represents what music from that time actually sounds and feels like, while also capturing the singular sensation of adolescent awkwardness as only real-life awkward adolescents can.
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Undead and Loving It: How Did AMC’s Flagship Show Suddenly Get So Good?
‘The Walking Dead’ doesn’t need to be good. But suddenly, surprisingly, it very much is.
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Is Harmony Korine Making the Mainstream Leap With Jamie Foxx and Benicio Del Toro?
God bless Harmony Korine. Somehow a lifetime of infamous, death-defying overconsumption and maddening, logic-defying movies have led him, at the age of 41 … to being a big-time Hollywood director?
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Till Death Do Us Part (With Our Money): How ‘Gone Girl’ Has Kept on Rolling at the Box Office
Maybe you’ve played this game lately. You sit down and browse movie times on Google (or if you’re over 65, in the paper). You cross-reference reviews on Rotten Tomatoes, check out a trailer or two, and then text your movie-nerd friend for his “must-sees.” Finally, you give in: “Fuck it, I’ll just see ‘Gone’ Girl again.”
Read moreNovember 4, 2014
Spotify, Taylor Swift, and Why Spotify Doesn’t Need Taylor Swift to Sing Taylor Swift on Spotify
You don’t need Taylor to listen to Taylor on Spotify. Here’s the deal.
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Star Track: What Do You Think of Chris Pine Now?
The birth of a beautiful new character actor, or just a very strange year for Captain Kirk?
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Give Reese a Chance: The Ongoing Comeback of an American Bitter-Sweetheart
Whatever it is we’re looking for from her — sure signs of womanliness, grit, talent, pleasure — seems fair to anticipate in a star.
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Christian Bale Is Out. So Should We Be Worried About the Steve Jobs Movie?
Bale’s out! Let’s panic!
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November Book Recommendations: ‘Yes Please’ and ‘Not That Kind of Girl’
Thoughts on the new books from Amy Poehler and Lena Dunham.
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The Moment Podcast: Brian Koppelman and Marcus Lemonis
Marcus Lemonis, star of hit CNBC show ‘The Profit,’ on his secrets to making good decisions and why it’s easier for him to give than to receive.
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Q&A: Flea of the Red Hot Chili Peppers Talks ‘Low Down,’ Playing a Junkie Jazz Musician, and His Acting Career
The bassist, whose own stepfather was a jazz musician and heroin addict, plays a trumpeter and friend of the jazz pianist Joe Albany.
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Pop in a Hopeless Place: Calvin Harris and EDM’s Hair Metal Phase
For two years, the “when will it bust?” question has been driving the EDM narrative in the music press.
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Hollywood Prospectus Podcast: ‘The Walking Dead’ and ‘Homeland’
Chris Ryan and Andy Greenwald discuss ‘The Walking Dead’ and ‘Homeland.’
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