Following an uproar, Delta has decided to add the same-sex love scenes featured in Rocketman and Booksmart back into the films. The airline’s decision comes just days after Booksmart director Olivia Wilde tweeted that she had watched an edited version of her film on a flight where the scenes featuring …
Read More »'His Dark Materials' Review: A Fantasy That Keeps Too Many Secrets
Lyra Belacqua, the young heroine of His Dark Materials, spends a lot of time in the new HBO fantasy epic asking adults to explain what is happening to her and those around her, and why. The adults either try to change the subject or awkwardly tell Lyra that she’s not …
Read More »'Terminator: Dark Fate' Review: Sarah Connor Saves the World (and the Franchise)
Any Terminator fan can tell you that Sarah Connor — former waitress, mother of the anti-machine-resistance messiah, all-around survivalist badass — stops Skynet from turning the world into a dystopic junkyard and saves 3 billion lives at the end of 1991’s Terminator 2: Judgment Day. Her faith in her fellow …
Read More »HBO Max to Launch in May 2020 Featuring Original and Classic Offerings
WarnerMedia announced the official launch date of HBO Max during a livestream event on Tuesday. The new streaming subscription service will make its debut in May 2020, offering a slate of new original programming alongside beloved classic offerings. During the event, the company announced the service would offer 10,000 hours …
Read More »Werner Herzog's Villain Narrates the New Trailer For 'The Mandalorian'
Disney+ has shared a second trailer for The Mandalorian, the streaming service’s debut Star Wars show, and the new footage amps up the action. The clip features a voiceover from filmmaker Werner Herzog, who is one of the series’ stars, and showcases the Star Wars universe post-revolution. Pedro Pascal plays …
Read More »Watch Dogs Fall in Love Over Spaghetti in New 'Lady and the Tramp' Trailer
Disney‘s live-action remake of 1955 animated classic Lady and the Tramp will arrive as part of the launch of Disney+ on November 12th and there’s a new trailer to excite fans for its debut. In the latest trailer, the two beloved dogs find romance over that iconic plate of spaghetti …
Read More »Jennifer Lopez Is a Divine Queenpin in 'Hustlers'
A Best Actress Oscar nomination for Jennifer Lopez? You better believe it. Her see-it-to-believe-it performance in Hustlers is that dazzling, that deep, that electrifying. At the Toronto Film Festival, where art films get the most attention, this glitzy true-crime knockout about New York strippers who take their drooling Wall Street …
Read More »John Oliver Explains the Stupidity of the Filibuster on 'Last Week Tonight'
The Democratic primaries have already given Americans plenty of big promises, with candidates like Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren hoping to pass bills for programs such as Medicare For All and affordable housing. But as John Oliver pointed out on Sunday’s episode ofLast Week Tonight, no matter who ends up …
Read More »Tom Holland, 'Avengers' Co-Stars Talk Spider-Man Split From Marvel Cinematic Universe
Tom Holland, Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige and some of the stars of the Marvel Cinematic Universe opened up at Disney’s D23 expo about the Spider-Man split between Sony and Marvel Studios. Holland – who played Peter Parker in five MCU films despite Sony owning the classic superhero – didn’t …
Read More »New 'Twin Peaks' Box Set Collects Entire Story, Adds New Interviews
A new, exhaustive box set, Twin Peaks: From Z to A, will collect all of the puzzle pieces of David Lynch‘s quintessential northwestern mystery. The set, available only on Blu-ray, includes all three television seasons and the prequel movie Fire Walk With Me, as well as the film’s deleted scenes …
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