Doctor Who takes on some familiar foes in the new trailer for Season 12 of the long-running British sci-fi series, which will premiere with a two-part special, “Spyfall,” January 1st, 2020 on BBC America and BBC One. The new season finds Jodie Whitaker reprising her role as the 13th Doctor, …
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Lyra Belacqua may be just a kid, but she knows people. And polar bears. In this pivotal episode of His Dark Materials (titled “Armour” for reasons that soon become apparent), Lyra and her army of Gyptians arrive at the remote Northern village of Trollesund. It’s like a snowy version of …
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Janelle Monáe stars in the upcoming thriller Antebellum, from the producers of Get Out and Us. The minute-long preview doesn’t provide much insight into Antebellum’s top-secret plot, instead offering a foreboding series of images and sounds blending modern-day technologies and the pre-Civil War period — with Monae’s Veronica caught between …
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This streets-of-New-York cop drama — shot in Philly, which should tell you something is off — has all the ingredients: adrenalized action, gritty atmosphere and a ready-to-rock cast, led by the Black Panther himself, Chadwick Boseman. How do you screw that up? The prosecution offers as Exhibit A. The skilled …
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When an iconic British character is played by a new actor, the easiest way to deal with the transition can be to acknowledge it head-on. On Her Majesty’s Secret, the first James Bond film made without Sean Connery, opens with newbie George Lazenby getting ditched by the beautiful woman whose …
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Kate McKinnon‘s Elizabeth Warren impersonation received its biggest Saturday Night Live spotlight yet with a cold open sketch that found the Democratic presidential hopeful explaining her Medicare for All plan during an Iowa rally. “Hello, it is good to be here. Look at me, I am in my natural habitat: …
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If Saturday Night Live episodes were named like installments of Friends, this episode would be called “The One With the Giggles.” With Chance the Rapper the biggest offender, everyone had a hard time keeping it together for the majority of the episode. That laughter was part of an overall shaggy …
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HBO’s upcoming drama Watchmen, debuting October 20th, is at once a huge deviation from the 1986 comic book that inspired it and a faithful sequel. It takes place 34 years after the events of the comic, many of its characters are brand new — as is its thematic focus on …
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Stephen King discussed the impetus behind his 2013’s novel, Doctor Sleep, the sequel to his 1977 novel The Shining, which has been adapted into a film of the same name that opens on November 8th. Director Mike Flanagan and Ewan McGregor joined King for a behind-the-scenes interview for Entertainment Weekly. …
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A review of this week’s The Deuce, “They Can Never Go Home,” coming up just as soon as I charge you one wig for half of my pie… The title phrase of “They Can Never Go Home” comes up quickly, a warning Mike gives to Reg as they and Vince …
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