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'Cuckoo' Is a Real Horror Trip With One of the Most Unique Plots in Recent Memory

Sara Clements — Sat, 10 Aug 2024 17:57:46 -0500

Cuckoo is the kind of horror film whose opening minutes have its audience questioning what they just witnessed, immediately building intrigue with bubbling questions that you can't wait to be answered. But does Cuckoo actually answer these questions? There's no...

What Does Dan Stevens Know About the Set of 'Euphoria'? Sounds Like a Lot

Lainey Bobainey — Sat, 10 Aug 2024 13:00:00 -0500

Promoting his film Cuckoo, in which he co-stars with Euphoria's Hunter Schafer, Dan Stevens had some not-too-kind words about the alleged experience on the set of the HBO series. And when he says "By all accounts," I'm assuming that he's...

The Sinister but Familiar Layer Missing from the Ballerina Farm and Tradwives Debate

Emma Chance — Fri, 09 Aug 2024 15:30:00 -0500

If you want to understand the internet term "Tradwives," just ask Republican vice presidential candidate JD Vance: "If your worldview tells you that it's bad for women to become mothers but liberating for them to work 90 hours a week...

No, Your Least Favourite Musician is Not an Industry Plant

Kayleigh Donaldson — Fri, 09 Aug 2024 15:00:00 -0500

It's hard to make it in the music industry. Corporate entities control so much of what we hear and how we listen to it. It's expensive to tour and get your work out there independently, and it's only gotten harder...

'A Good Girl's Guide to Murder' Offers Plot Twists but Little Logic

Nate Parker — Fri, 09 Aug 2024 14:30:00 -0500

Pippa Fitz-Amobi (Emma Meyers) has a guilty conscience. The whole town believes that five years ago, Sal Singh killed his girlfriend, Andie Bell, before taking his own life. Only Pippa knows she told an upset Sal where to find Andie...

Ahead of Its Third Season, Is HBO's Horny Financial Drama 'Industry' Worth Investing In?

Dustin Rowles — Fri, 09 Aug 2024 14:00:00 -0500

HBO's Industry kicks off its third season this Sunday, and for the unfamiliar -- that's probably most people -- the series is something akin to Billions crossed with Euphoria and a Bret Easton Ellis novel. Set in London's Canary Wharf,...

Can We Put All Memes to Orchestral Music From Now On Please?

Petr Navovy — Fri, 09 Aug 2024 13:20:00 -0500

It was the joyful cry of many a meme-loving Aussie--and indeed of meme connoisseurs worldwide: 'Gentlemen, this is democracy manifest!' The short news clip of an eloquent, outraged gentleman with a sonorous voice getting arrested outside of a Chinese restaurant...

Jenna Ortega Wishes She Could Say What She Really Thinks

Emma Chance — Fri, 09 Aug 2024 12:40:00 -0500

Jenna Ortega has been making the most of her rising star lately, promoting Wednesday season 2 and Beetlejuice 2. Most recently, she talked to Vanity Fair about cancel culture, because there comes a time in every actor's life when they...

Is the ‘It Ends With Us’ Drama Ryan Reynolds’s Fault?

Emma Chance — Fri, 09 Aug 2024 12:00:00 -0500

OK, so: yesterday I told you about the drama going on regarding the cast of It Ends With Us. Basically, none of the cast follows Justin Baldoni on Instagram, who directed the movie and starred opposite Blake Lively as her...

Three Trailers: Chalamet Is An Icon, Dinklage Is A Bad Man, And Ejiofor Breaks Our Hearts

Jen Maravegias — Fri, 09 Aug 2024 11:30:00 -0500

Bob Dylan is one of the few musical artists I can honestly say I've been a fan of all of my life. The first concert I saw was the Bob Dylan concert my father took me to at Radio City...