Trevor Noah brought on several guests toThe Daily Show on Tuesday night for a roundtable discussion on the recent protests against police brutality and what demonstrators’ calls for “defunding” or “abolishing” the police actually mean. Black Lives Matter Co-founder Patrisse Cullors noted that the movement to end systemic racism in …
Read More »'The First Time' With Actor Dylan Minnette
13 Reasons Why star Dylan Minnette appeared onRolling Stone‘s “The First Time” interview series to reminisce about the show and his career as an actor. The controversial teen drama’s final season was released on Netflix last week, and Minnette hopes that its themes around mental health have a lasting impact …
Read More »Hong Chau's True Grit
“People often say that my characters carry a quiet strength about them, and I get that in life, too, from people,” says Hong Chau with a laugh. “Like, before I was an actor, they would say, ‘Oh, you’re quiet, but I can tell that you’re tough.’” That cool tenacity is …
Read More »'We Are Freestyle Love Supreme' Doc to Debut on Hulu in June
UPDATE: Hulu will now premiere the documentary We Are Freestyle Love Supreme July 17th, 2020. The documentary’s original June 5th release was postponed earlier this month in a show of solidarity with ongoing Black Lives Matter protests. “Today our country, our world struggles to reach an end to this systemic …
Read More »'Upload' Review: A Familiar Trip to TV Heaven
Early in Amazon Prime Video’s new sci-fi comedy Upload, a character explains that her grandmother is in heaven. “Which one?” she’s asked. The question makes sense within the context of the near future depicted in Upload, where tech companies can — for the right price — digitize human consciousness and …
Read More »'Valley Girl' Musical Remake Transports Us Back to Eighties L.A.
Orion Classics has released the first trailer forValley Girl, a remake of the 1983 Martha Coolidge teen rom-com of the same name. This adaptation, directed by Rachel Lee Goldenberg, is a musical film, slated for a May 8th release on digital platforms. Jessica Rothe and Josh Whitehouse are our new, …
Read More »'The Trip to Greece' Trailer: Old Friends Reunite for One Last Culinary Voyage
Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon reunite for another sojourn through Europe in The Trip to Greece, the fourth installment in the British actors’ culinary and comedic travelogue series. Ahead of the fourth film’s stateside arrival on video-on-demand and (potentially) movie theaters on May 22nd, IFC Films has shared the official …
Read More »'Better Call Saul' Recap: Silver Linings
A review of this week’s Better Call Saul, “Bagman,” coming up just as soon as my strip steak is marinating in a secret blend of herbs and spices I call Old El Paso… “That’s the price.” —Jimmy If last week’s “JMM” gave us the Better Call Saul equivalent of Walter …
Read More »'Wonder Woman 1984' Postponed Because of Coronavirus Pandemic
The release of Wonder Woman 1984 has been pushed back, while the release dates for other movies, including an adaptation of Lin-Manuel Miranda‘s musical In the Heights, have been called off with plans to reschedule, Variety reports. Wonder Woman 1984, the sequel to the 2017 blockbuster, was set to hit …
Read More »Women Shaping the Future: Uzo Aduba on Finding Validation in Hollywood
On March 4th, Rolling Stone hosted its second annual Women Shaping the Future event, celebrating, raising, and honoring the influential female voices in culture. The event was the first to take place at the new Edge venue in Hudson Yards, which overlooks New York City. To kick of the intimate …
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