Is there a message to be found in the video for Taylor Swift’s “…Ready for It?” As our first responders aptly noted, the video, directed by Joseph Kahn, makes a hash out of the visual designs of various sci-fi franchises: the orb thing from Prometheus, Blade Runner’s kanji-pockmarked claustrophobic nightlife, other … stuff. It’s not really important what’s a reference to what. What counts is whether the video has anything coherent to say on its own, and how that narrative, if it exists, functions in the larger process of Revamping Taylor Swift’s Image for a New Album.
The Boys Department of Dirty Tricks Season 4 Episode 1 Editor’s Rating 3 stars *** «Previous Next» « PreviousEpisode NextEpisode » The Boys Department of Dirty Tricks Season 4 Episode 1 Editor’s Rating 3 stars *** «Previous Next» « PreviousEpisode NextEpisode » This week, The Boys creator Eric Kripke announced that the fifth season of the show — presumably airing sometime in 2025, barring another strike — will be its final one.
The Coen brothers’ new movie, Inside Llewyn Davis, follows its fictional title character (Oscar Isaac) as he haplessly maneuvers through the New York folk scene of the early sixties. These are some of the musicians who helped inspire the film.
Mumford & Sons
New York Magazine: T Bone Burnett recruited Marcus Mumford to contribute to the film’s soundtrack. Were you familiar with his band? Joel: I can’t say I knew it really well, but we certainly knew it.
Most movie posters these days are Photoshopped hack jobs barely worth a second glance, but a series of clever new Lionsgate posters demand a double take. At first, they seem like conventional one-sheets for the studio’s spring and early summer slate (which includes the comedy The Big Wedding and the Tyler Perry films Temptation and Peeples), but a closer look reveals an unnerving detail: Overlaid on the posters is a silhouette of the animal-masked killer from Lionsgate’s August 23 horror movie You’re Next.
Saget on a season-one episode of Full House, “Danny’s Very First Date,” in 1988. Bob Saget became famous for starring in a very popular sitcom that did not let the public see the full breadth of his skills as a comedian.
As Danny Tanner, the widowed father on ABC’s TGIF classic Full House, Saget, who died unexpectedly on January 9 at the age of 65, was amusing and affable.
The Gilded Age Some Sort of Trick Season 2 Episode 2 Editor’s Rating 4 stars **** «Previous Next» « PreviousEpisode NextEpisode » The Gilded Age Some Sort of Trick Season 2 Episode 2 Editor’s Rating 4 stars **** «Previous Next» « PreviousEpisode NextEpisode » Okay, I rewatched the first episode of Downton Abbey to figure out what Gilded Age is missing, and the answer is LIFE.
L-R: Anna Friel and Louisa Krause. The first season of Starz’s The Girlfriend Experience was one of the boldest premium-cable projects in years, a half-hour drama with the same title as a film almost nobody saw: a 2009 Steven Soderbergh indie feature about an escort moving through a world of obnoxious finance guys. The TV version had nothing to do with the movie save for the choice of an escort as protagonist.
I don’t dislike The Big Bang Theory. In fact, I’ve found it’s a decent enough sitcom to accompany me in various settings of my life: the elliptical at the gym, in-flight entertainment on long plane journeys, and background sound for sick days. But I’m not here to convince you to add CBS’s crown prince of comedy to your gym or sky travel watch list. In fact, you don’t have to watch the humans at all if you decide to tune in.
The Newsroom Oh Shenandoah Season 3 Episode 5 Editor’s Rating 3 stars *** «Previous Next» « PreviousEpisode NextEpisode » The Newsroom Oh Shenandoah Season 3 Episode 5 Editor’s Rating 3 stars *** «Previous Next» « PreviousEpisode NextEpisode » In recapping the final season of The Newsroom these past few weeks, I feel I’ve found myself in the middle of a volatile war.
Streamliner At your service. Streamliner At your service. Residents of the United Kingdom have universal health care, The Great British Baking Show, and, soon, something else for the rest of the world to envy: daily third-party ratings for Netflix programs. The U.S.-based streaming giant has officially joined the Broadcasters’ Audience Research Board, which means that starting next month, its programs will be included in the ratings company’s daily and weekly reports estimating how many viewers are watching various networks and platforms as well as individual titles.