The State of Scary TV
‘The Returned’ and ‘Ash vs Evil Dead’ join ‘The Walking Dead’ in offering high-quality horror.
March 20, 2014
Girls in Hoodies Podcast: ‘Nymphomaniac: Vol. I,’ ‘Little Mermaid,’ and California Conspiracy Theories
The Girls talk about Lars von Trier’s ‘Nymphomaniac: Vol. I,’ Sofia Coppola’s ‘Little Mermaid’ adaptation, and conspiracy theories about the California transportation system.
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Increasingly Busy ‘True Detective’ Director Cary Fukunaga Signs Up for ‘Noble Assassin’
‘Noble Assassin’ is based on the true story of Robert de La Rochefoucauld (described as “James Bond before there was a James Bond”), a French aristocrat who joined the British Special Operations Executive during World War II after his father was imprisoned by Nazis.
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Five Things We Learned About ‘The Amazing Spider-Man 2’ From Its Special Sneak Preview
Essentially, it looks like director Marc Webb threw everything and the kitchen sink at this sequel. It’s as if every frame is jam-packed with details, backstory, and Easter eggs meant to reassure us all that the Spidey-verse has landed.
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Alison Brie and Adam Scott in Talks for ‘Sleeping With Other People’
It’s about “a womanizer (Jason Sudeikis) who befriends a serial cheater.” And then they fall in lurv.
Read moreMarch 19, 2014
Castingpalooza: Everyone Gets a Pilot, Show, or Movie!
Also in the Afternoon Links: ‘Broad City’ balls out to Drake, ‘Mad Men’ drops a new promo, and the timeline for ‘Star Wars: Episode VII’ is revealed.
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Do You Like Prince Movies? Podcast: The Careers of Aaron Paul and Alec Baldwin
Alex and Wesley discuss the cultural resonances of the MH370 story, plus TV actor turned would-be movie star Aaron Paul and would-be movie star turned TV actor Alec Baldwin.
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We Went There: An Intimate ‘Food’ Party With Kelis and KCRW
Backed by an 11-piece band crowded onto the small stage of the Apogee Studio — producer Bob Clearmountain’s, plush, brick-walled recording space tucked away on an anonymous industrial block in Santa Monica — Kelis made good on her word and proceeded to feed us, and feed us, and feed us with the warm, gooey soul that characterizes ‘Food.’
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They Get the Girls, But We’re Smarter: Modern Baseball, the Wonder Years, and Rock’s Sacred Uncool
Lately the record that’s been scratching my particular itch is ‘You’re Gonna Miss It All,’ the second album by a sorta pop-punk, kinda emo, and occasionally folky rock band from Philadelphia called Modern Baseball. Ridiculously young (the members are between 20 and 23 years old) and barely out of the all-ages basement show circuit, Modern Baseball writes songs about universal subjects (most notably romantic angst and existential malaise) that feel like goofily trenchant generational snapshots.
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The Andy Greenwald Podcast: Fox Chairman Kevin Reilly
Kevin Reilly, chairman of the Fox Broadcasting Company, joins Andy Greenwald to discuss killing pilot season, the agony of canceling shows, and the future of the industry.
Read more‘The Giver’ Trailer: Jeff Bridges’s Gift Is Finally Ready for Us
Bridges and Meryl Streep have brought the mother of all modern young-adult dystopia novels to the screen, 20 years after it came out.
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Q&A: Shailene Woodley Will Defend Native Hawaiians, Fight Mediocrity, and Not Be the Woman Everyone Wants Her to Be
During a whirlwind press tour, Shailene Woodley spoke to Grantland about ‘Divergent,’ sticking to her off-road course, and what might be the root of our eventual dystopia.
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Who Else Wants to Slap King Joffrey’s Smug Face Right Off the Newsstand?
Totally honest question: Is it OK to want to punch a magazine cover?
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‘True Detective’ Season 2: What’s the ‘Secret Occult History of the U.S. Transportation System’?
Series creator Nic Pizzolatto gave some insight into what kind of crimes could build on the momentum of Season 1, stating that plenty of conspiracies spring to mind if “you’ve been reading about the last 40 years of Southern California government.”
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‘Justified’ Recap: A Heavy ‘Weight’
On this week’s ‘Justified,’ the Crowes drive the story engine, with Raylan and Boyd and Ava’s tribulations interspersed throughout; some crucial dropped threads pick back up; and Danny and Dewey get nicknames!
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After Harold Ramis’s Death, Director Ivan Reitman Departs ‘Ghostbusters 3’
“I’d rather just produce this ‘Ghostbusters,’” says Reitman, who directed the franchise’s original pair of films, as well as ‘Stripes’ and ‘Meatballs.’ “I told them I thought I could help but let’s find a really good director and make it with him.”
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