Conan O`Brien Farewell Conan, see you again soon Tonight marks the final episode of Conan on TBS. It’s not just the end of Conan O’Brien’s eleven year run as a late-night host on that network, it’s the end of his 28 year reign over late night comedy. As of the concluding of this By Sarah • Jun 24, 2021 03:40 pm
TV Updates Loki is not wasting time Spoilers Loki got off to a strong start, and this show has wasted NO time in its next two episodes. We’re already halfway through, which feels like not enough and just right. Not enough, because Loki is very good, the best of these Marvel shows so far and pretty By Sarah • Jun 24, 2021 11:32 am
TV Updates Are we really more body positive now than we were then? Warning for discussion of disordered eating/self-harm There are myriad reasons Physical is a tough watch, but the thing I keep coming back to the most is the relationship between Sheila (Rose Byrne) and Greta (Dierdre Friel). Their dynamic reminds me of a friendship in my past. From the By Sarah • Jun 23, 2021 03:13 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Idris Elba shows up in The Suicide Squad I neither loved nor hated the first trailer for The Suicide Squad, DC’s mulligan on their villain team-up movie, but the second trailer is definitely winning me over. I wasn’t super sold on Idris Elba in that first trailer, but this new trailer focuses on his character, By Sarah • Jun 23, 2021 01:55 pm
TV Updates Rose Byrne in Physical Warning for discussion of eating disorders/bulimia and self-harm Physical, the new Apple TV+ series starring Rose Byrne as an aerobics guru, is about as anti-nostalgic as a period piece can be (as someone born in the 1980s, it crushes my soul that this now qualifies as “period By Sarah • Jun 22, 2021 11:56 am
TV Updates Ted Lasso returns with his evil twin, Led Tasso I don’t know about you, but I really needed to see Ted Lasso burst into a room and shout, “The Ted Lasso welcome wagon has arrived!” this morning. Over the weekend, I completed a huge assignment, then promptly did…something…to my computer that wrecked the drive on which By Sarah • Jun 21, 2021 12:45 pm
TV Updates Will Ferrell and Paul Rudd enter dysfunctional therapy Podcast platform Wondery has cornered the market on long-form, true crime documentary podcasts that then become splashy TV series. First it was Dirty John, next it’s Dr. Death, and in November comes perhaps the splashiest of them all based purely on star power: The Shrink Next Door. Anchorman By Sarah • Jun 18, 2021 12:25 pm
TV Updates Jon Bernthal: Romantic lead at last, sort of Jon Bernthal has a very intense and intimidating screen presence. He broke out as loose-cannon Shane on The Walking Dead, is best known for playing the Punisher in the Netflix-Marvel shows—and maybe again in the MCU proper, there is a persistent rumor they’d like to keep By Sarah • Jun 16, 2021 12:25 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Screaming nonsense in The Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard In 2017, I called The Hitman’s Bodyguard “super, super dumb”, “charmingly sh*tty”, and “brainless, dumb-fun escapism at its best”. Through commitment to a dumb premise and solid chemistry between Ryan Reynolds and Samuel L. Jackson, The Hitman’s Bodyguard propelled itself to blockbuster status, an increasingly rare By Sarah • Jun 15, 2021 12:57 pm
Books Emilia Clarke wrote a menstrual comic One thing that blockbuster success affords artists is the opportunity to get REAL WEIRD without fear of economic reprisal. Some people use this to create fantastic art without worrying about commercial concerns (Prince, David Bowie, Robert Pattinson), while some people become paralyzed by the thing that made them rich and By Sarah • Jun 14, 2021 11:48 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Halle Bailey on the beach Cast your minds back a couple of years and recall that Halle Bailey, of Chloe x Halle, was cast to play Ariel in the live-action remake of The Little Mermaid. The film was delayed by the pandemic, having just begun rehearsals in London in early 2020 when everyone got By Sarah • Jun 14, 2021 10:17 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Jessica Chastain: Fake jaw for Tammy Faye Jessica Chastain somehow has no Oscars. Like Amy Adams, it feels like she should have at least one by now. But she has none. So, she is doing what anyone determined to win a goddamn Oscar does: donning prosthetics and playing a controversial historical figure. Chastain stars with Andrew Garfield By Sarah • Jun 10, 2021 12:31 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Steven Soderbergh assembles a new team When Steven Soderbergh puts together a team, he does not hold back. Ocean’s 11 features one of the great Cool Guy ensembles of the 21st century, including one of Hollywood’s great Cool Girls, Julia Roberts. And while everyone remembers the heat-seeking chemistry of George Clooney and Jennifer By Sarah • Jun 09, 2021 12:08 pm
TV Updates Loki bursts out of the gate, ready to play Spoilers With the debut of Loki, Marvel is now three series deep into their new Disney+ series slate, and a shared complaint between the first two series, WandaVision and The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, is that they both got off to a slow start. Well, not so Loki. Compared By Sarah • Jun 09, 2021 10:25 am
Equality Issues Ellie Kemper, cotillions, and romanticizing the antebellum South Last week, the internet lit up when a tweet about Ellie Kemper, alum of The Office, Bridesmaids, and best known as Kimmy Schmidt, told everyone about the time she was crowned the Queen of Love and Beauty at the Veiled Prophet Ball, held by the Veiled Prophet Organization, in St. By Sarah • Jun 08, 2021 11:00 am
Maple Leaf Shamier Anderson will square off with John Wick It seems incredible to me that we already have three John Wick movies. It feels like the first one just came out. It’s been seven years, though, since John Wick dropped (and six years since everyone discovered it on demand). Maybe it’s the Keanu time warp—we see By Sarah • Jun 07, 2021 12:39 pm
