TV Updates Harvey and Sabrina are so cute it’s gross Lainey asked about the teen angst in Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, but there isn’t a lot of angst because Sabrina is in a happy, sickeningly cute relationship with Harvey Kinkle. Honestly, they’re so cute it’s gross. They do gross things like kiss and spin in circles. Really, By Sarah • Nov 05, 2018 03:24 pm
The Walking Dead The Walking Dead bait and switch SPOILERS FOR RICK GRIMES I quit watching The Walking Dead a few years ago and I HAVE NEVER BEEN HAPPIER TO QUIT A SHOW. I regularly lose interest in long-running TV shows—I like for things to end, eventually—but I have never felt the palpable RELIEF I felt after By Sarah • Nov 05, 2018 09:45 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Rami Malek in Bohemian Rhapsody Rami Malek is very good in Bohemian Rhapsody. As Freddie Mercury, legendary frontman of Queen, one of the greatest arena bands of all time, he struts and stalks his way through a hell of an impression that is prevented from becoming a true characterization only by the limits of the By Sarah • Nov 02, 2018 03:21 pm
Royals Prince Charles at work Yesterday Lainey wrote about Prince Charles’s Vanity Fair profile and how it is a rebranding, showing him in a kinder, more familial light. Sure, yeah, all of that. But did you catch the work shade?! One of the phrases lobbed at Prince William and Duchess Kate a lot is By Sarah • Nov 02, 2018 10:33 am
Sabrina’s Best Spells There is so much magic in Chilling Adventures of Sabrina. Some of it is Wiccan, some of it is practical, and some of it is the kind of thing Jack Parsons was doing when he wasn’t building rockets in the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. All of it is cool. But By Sarah • Nov 01, 2018 04:13 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Kiera Knightley is BONKERS in The Nutcracker The Nutcracker and the Four Realms is Disney’s live-action, non-ballet scramble of The Nutcracker. It’s the story you may know and might love, remixed for an alternate reality where children are entertained by elaborate Victorian fantasies, and I can’t wait for the sequel, The Velveteen Rabbit and By Sarah • Nov 01, 2018 02:27 pm
Rami Malek Why We Hired Bryan Singer: An Excuse Everyone is trying to get ahead of the Esquire exposé coming down the pipe about Bryan Singer. A couple weeks ago it was Singer himself preemptively stating the article is a hit piece, and now Fox is setting up their defense in case this thing blows up. There are unnamed By Sarah • Nov 01, 2018 10:32 am
TV Live Blog Henry Cavill’s luxurious mane Last month we learned that Henry Cavill will star in a Netflix series based on The Witcher, a fantasy book series and even more popular fantasy video game series. Thanks to the games, we have a visualization of the Witcher, Geralt of Rivia, as a grizzled, scarred man. But now, By Sarah • Oct 31, 2018 03:49 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Natalie Sometimes Back when she was campaigning for her Black Swan Oscar, I dubbed Natalie Portman “Natalie Never” because I couldn’t handle her cloying campaign persona. Over the years, though, I’ve mellowed toward Portman, and in the last year I’ve actually kind of liked her. It’s mostly thanks By Sarah • Oct 31, 2018 11:29 am
TV Updates Nicholas Scratch is absolutely the devil in Sabrina Whenever I watch a television show I am always on the lookout for the devil. There is always one character who is obviously the devil, it’s just a matter of whether or not the show is willing to admit that character is the devil. Ross Geller? The devil. Jim By Sarah • Oct 31, 2018 09:31 am
TV Updates Kiernan Shipka in Chilling Adventures of Sabrina In some ways, Netflix’s new Riverdale spin-off, Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, is similar to Sabrina the Teenage Witch, both being inspired by the same Archie Comics book. Sabrina Spellman is still a high school student living with her spinster aunts, she is half-witch, half-mortal, she has an adorable mortal By Sarah • Oct 30, 2018 09:51 am
TV Updates Richard Madden in Bodyguard First of all, in this household we only recognize one bodyguard and that is Frank Farmer. But recognized as one stressful motherf-cker is David Budd, protagonist of the BBC/Netflix show Bodyguard. Portrayed by Richard Madden in a life-after-Game-of-Thrones role, David Budd is a PTSD-afflicted veteran working as a private By Sarah • Oct 29, 2018 09:10 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Gerard Butler in Hunter Killer Before a screening of Gerard Butler’s new submarine thriller, Hunter Killer, I tried to guess which Gerard Butler clichés would make an appearance. I made the following guesses: • Gerard Butler will have an opportunity to kill someone but will not, proving his superior morality • Everyone will love and admire By Sarah • Oct 26, 2018 10:49 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Vox Lux Builds The Oscar machine for A Star is Born would have you believe that award season is over and they are going to walk away with everything, but it’s just October—award season is a little helpless baby at this point. We’re still solidifying the December release slate! We By Sarah • Oct 25, 2018 03:58 pm
Style Rami Malek’s Oscar odds I have seen Bohemian Rhapsody. I loathe it. I’ll have a full review as soon as I can wrangle my incoherent fuming into something more orderly, but I need a minute to just be in my feelings about how much I hate this movie. There’s a new trailer By Sarah • Oct 25, 2018 01:03 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Sandra Bullock’s in A Quiet Place but with eyes What a great day to be trying to go about your normal routine like nothing is happening or anything is wrong! Totally typical Wednesday over here, how about you? Everything is fine, why do you ask! Hey you know what would be great? An anxiety-inducing trailer about a movie where By Sarah • Oct 24, 2018 02:34 pm
