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Ella McCay is hitting theaters this holiday season, and it marks director James L. Brooks' first feature film in 15 years. Known for romantic dramedies with biting wit, Brooks' latest project fails to live up to his great works such as Broadcast News and As Good as It Gets. The new film takes place
Dear readers, how in the world is it already December? Our crop of fall 2025 movies are in the endgame now, with just days separating us all from the wonder of both Avatar: Fire and Ash, and the entirety of what 2026 has to offer. But what better time is there for blockbusters, awards hopefuls, and
I have to admit that when it was first announced, writer/director James L. Brooks’ picture Ella McCay, I wasn’t terribly impressed. The Simpsons co-creator’s first film since 2010’s How Do You Know, early talk of a woman dealing with politics and family dramedy just hadn’t sparked
The trailer for A24's The Drama does a great job of keeping things intentionally vague. We meet Charlie (Robert Pattinson) and Emma (Zendaya), a couple about to get married who seem like they know everything about each other… until they very clearly don’t. One drunken night at dinner with
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The last few episodes of HBO's The Pitt have been a whirlwind of activity. Though not covered here, the show ran the gamut from staff assaults to ICE's appearance. The latter was a prescient addition to the storyline given the current climate in America, and something the show portrayed correctly.
When Margaret Atwood returned to Gilead almost 35 years later, with her book The Testaments, the sequel to her seminal The Handmaid’s Tale, they said she could never match its genius. The story more than matched her 1985 dystopian classic, winning the 2019 Booker Prize, feeling horrifically timely
