Thursday, July 4, 2019 at 11:18AM by Ben Miller
Director Rian Johnson can do what he wants these days. After helming a Star Wars movie, directors have the cache to explore different realms of entertainment. Johnson decided to go with Knives Out, an original story inspired by Agatha Christie murder mysteries. Let’s break it down with our Yes, No, Maybe So™ system...
Saturday, June 22, 2019 at 12:49PM by Nathaniel R
Aidy Bryant in "Shrill"
Voting is winding down for the year's Emmy nominations, which is why we've been sharing FYCs. If past years are any indication the nominee list will look nearly identical to last year's with the exception of shows/performances that are no longer eligible. Their slots will be filled by the new hits (it seems likely, for example, that Pose and Russian Doll and a couple of other freshmen series that got people talking for months on end, will receive attention). But looking over the ballots for performers, it becomes suddenly clear that NO ONE can watch this much television...
Thursday, June 13, 2019 at 1:15PM Team Experience will be sharing FYCs as the Television Academy votes on Emmy nominations over the next two weeks. Here's Ben Miller...
I have an appreciation for a skilled performer’s ability to shut up. Watch the scene in Doubt between Viola Davis and Meryl Streep. Once Davis gets going, Streep knows to step aside and let Davis do her thing. Fleabag creator and star Phoebe Waller-Bridge does the same thing with Kristin Scott Thomas in her standout scene in the third episode of Fleabag’s (pretty much perfect) second season.
After chasing down Thomas’ Belinda to take back an award, the main character spends some time drinking and flirting at a bar, listening to Belinda speak about the patronization of women in business. Then comes the speech --sit back and enjoy...
Wednesday, June 12, 2019 at 7:44PM Team Experience will be sharing FYCs as the Television Academy votes on Emmy nominations over the next two weeks. Here's Eurocheese
First thing’s first: If you haven’t been watching The Good Place, you’ve been missing out. The comedy is one of the most creative shows on TV today, where every episode feels like it can head in absolutely any direction. It’s genuinely surprising, fun, inspired, and a complete mind-fork. If you need to binge watch a show that will bring you pure joy, this is it. I say all this because this plea will have *spoilers*, so if you know nothing about the show, please just watch it.
The third season took a little bit of time to get going, but focusing on the “test” put before our heroes opened up a lot of opportunities for character growth...
Thursday, May 23, 2019 at 8:46AM by Samantha Craggs
The late great Gene Siskel had a litmus test: is this movie more interesting than a documentary of the same actors having lunch? In the case of Anne Hathaway and Rebel Wilson in The Hustle, the answer is a resounding no. The material keeps Hathaway at a fraction of her potential wattage, and Hollywood doesn't quite know what to do with Rebel Wilson yet.
The Hustle, in theatres now, is a remake of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, although the earlier film isn't required viewing. Hathaway plays Josephine Chesterfield, a skilled con artist with a too-affected British accent who uses her natural charm and willowy figure to swindle men out of money in a little French Riviera town. A police sergeant works with her – for a price, of course. And Chesterfield can pay it. She's made millions doing this.
In comes Wilson's Penny Rust, playing what we've come to know as the Rebel Wilson role...
