It’s an interesting time for a movie about a large snake. The keystone of the subgenre is 1997’s J-Lo-starring classic Anaconda, which received an official sequel last year in the form of a meta-comedy. It’s not difficult to hit success in the animal attack film. The recent successes of
When Yellowstone, Taylor Sheridan’s defining New West drama, ended in December 2024, it left more than just a legacy. It left questions, top among them was what would become of the Dutton dynasty and the stories audiences had followed for five seasons. Answers arrived quickly. Paramount announced
Cosmo Jarvis won’t be sailing with the gods after all. The Shōgun and Warfare star has exited Christopher Nolan’s upcoming epic The Odyssey. Jarvis was originally lined up to join an all-star cast that includes Matt Damon, Tom Holland, Zendaya, Charlize Theron, Robert Pattinson, and Anne
Academy Award Winner Allison Janney can elevate any project she is in. So knowing that much, I jumped into Lou (which has been riding high in Netflix's Top 10 All Week) prepared to at least, enjoy her performance. And that is pretty much exactly all I got out of this action
George Carlin told perhaps the greatest joke on football ever told in his 10/11/1975 SNL monologue, where he contrasted the pastoral nature of baseball with the warlike sport of football. To quote one segment among many, “In football the object is for the quarterback, also known as the field
The term "crowd pleasing" or "crowd pleaser" has found itself layered with some derogatory undertones among critic circles. Broad appeal seems immediately discounted, as if populist filmmaking is somehow lesser than when compared to auteurs and hidden indie gems. I've always maintained that there
The Apothecary Diaries gives our lovably incompetent quack doctor some character development in Ep. 54 "The Paper Village". We even get to meet his family, who seem a lot less incompetent than he is, but are all more or less just as lovable. Mostly. Alas, even his family has a black sheep in it,