The Staircasephoto: hbo max Though hardly a new trend, TV shows based on real events have been a reliable source of attention and accolades for TV networks and streaming services recently, and as that trend continues, a similar trend has popped up in its wake: people getting made that fictionalized TV shows are not emotionless,…
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David Tennant and Catherine Tate Return for Doctor Who’s 60th Anniversary
picture: BBC BBC you have confirmed that Doctor Who‘s 60th anniversary celebration in 2023 will see David Tennant and Catherine Tate return as the 10th Doctor and Donna Noble. Although Tennant and Tate have regularly teamed up for audio adventures with Big Finish since their exits from the series in 2010’s “The End of Time”the…
In “Auntie Diaries,” Kendrick Lamar Tells The Story of His Two Trans Relatives, But Did He Have to Include So Many Homophobic Slurs?
photo: Christian Bertrand (Shutterstock) After five years, Kendrick Lamar finally blessed eagerly awaiting fans with a new project with the release of “Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers.” While many have been quick to claim their favorite tracks like “Purple Hearts,” featuring Summer Walker and Ghostface Killah, and “United Grief,” the album’s opening track, another…
‘The Royals have become a spectacle…and that’s as dangerous as it is interesting’
He doesn’t mention the Duke and Duchess of Sussex by name, though I feel their spirits hang in the air. “They have [the Royals] become a spectacle and that is dangerous as well as interesting”, he says. “It allows us to get closer [to them], but it’s also dangerous if it becomes too much of…
Kendrick Lamar and cars both go flying in new video for “N95”
The promotional push for Mr Morale And The Big SteppersKendrick Lamar’s first (non-soundtrack) album in five years, continues to appear this weekend, with Lamar releasing an intense new video for “N95”today. The song, the second track on the first volume of the new album, seems to be all about reflecting on the weird places our…
The CW’s 2022 Cancellations Because of Mergers and Streaming
picture: The CW For fans of the CW’s original programming, it’s a been rough couple of days. Not only have fan favorites like Legends of Tomorrow and bat-woman been abruptly canceled, earlier this week the network bid farewell to other series including Naomi Charmed, and Roswell, New Mexico. There’ll still be some original content coming…
Norwegian Superpowered Kids Horror Movie Review
picture: IFC Midnight After moving to a new home—a cluster of apartment towers surrounded by forests, quieter than usual thanks to the summer holidays—bored young Ida (Rakel Lenora Fløttum) welcomes friendship with a similarly aged neighbor, Ben (Sam Ashraf). But The Innocentsa brutal yet elegant investigation into the extremes of psychopathy and empathyis hardly your…
Keith Thomas’ Stephen King adaptation
Zac Efron and Ryan Kiera Armstrong in Firestarterpicture: Ken Woroner/Universal Pictures With any subsequent adaptation, the hope is that a story improves on the version that preceded it—or at least feels as though it’s offering up a unique vision, an additional layer that makes the new adaptation purposeful in its insistence upon treading old ground….
My Chemical Romance releases first new song in eight years
Gerard Way performing with My Chemical Romancephoto: Simone Joyner (Getty Images) Perhaps youhe most beloved and revered of the mid-2000s emo boom, My Chemical Romance released its first new song in eight years today. “The Foundations Of Decay” reunites The Black Parade for another round of screamingsinging, twinkly guitars, and judd judd metalcore breakdowns. Yup,…
Eight nature books to change your life
The memoir explores how each bird sighting is a step for the author to find her own voice, as well as a step in her family’s challenging journey. Each new bird seen is also a “moment of peace” amid the turmoil of her mother’s worsening mental health crisis. Craig is also the founder of Black2Nature,…