
Basically: An Austen-style Regency ‘romance novel’ in a fanciful film. It is a fact not well acknowledged, that during the George W. Bush recession, the readers of Romance novels kept the publishing industry alive. (Because they…

Basically: They’re back and they’re bad at it but they’re saving the universe anyway . . . we hope. At some point, while watching The Umbrella Academy, you ask yourself: Why is this so good? It could be during…

In ‘City of Orange’ the end of the world becomes the trial of a single soul

The inspiration for Tatooine (and more), the most diabolical houses, a chosen one, and the vast imagination of an iconic SF hits the screen…hard

Basically: A dumbfounding misery parade featuring the rise of a Trump Era Joker. Before we begin, let’s take time for a few special announcements. First, I am a DC Comics girl. I say “girl” because I’ve…

Catch the first six minutes of the BOOKSMART right here, right now—and check your local showtimes for a special preview screening tonight!

Basically: Y’all should do as the Parabellum title suggests and “prepare for war”. I recently wrote a piece for The Black List in which I enthused, “Full disclosure, I’m an assassin movie fanatic. Mention John Wick or The Long Kiss Goodnight or The Assassin and…

The Hargreeves aren’t your typical family unit. Made up of seven miraculous children, adopted by the visionary but super-strict Sir Reginald Hargreeves, these kids (the only seven Hargreeves could “obtain”) are The Umbrella Academy
The first trailer for Marvel’s upcoming Captain Marvel dropped this morning.
Pike, Spock, and Sneezy…yup…along with the full Star Trek: Discovery crew are coming to all your devices in early 2019?

“If you come with us you’re in this life forever.” Spoken like a true Star Wars fan…

I rode up to New York Comic Con on the train this year. The vibe was the same as being a kid on the bus to summer camp.

We attended the Star Trek: Discovery panel at New York Comic Con.
I am as mystified as you’re about to be when I tell you that a screening of Girls Trip turned into an emotional experience for me.
We don’t know whether we’re excited or ready to run—probably both. This is the season of terror on television. TV series from House of Cards to The Handmaid’s Tale to the Walking Dead(s) are hitting us over the head…

The Black Panther trailer is everything we dreamed of…

We’ve never seen a Spider-Man movie we loved. It looks like that’s about to change. Nobody has embodied the character with the truth that Tom Holland does. Our spidey senses are tingling—in all the best ways:…

Gorillaz will be performing their new album live in full tonight in London, and they have also released a four song sampler—featured in the tripped out short film Saturnz Barz (Spirit House).
Here’s how Kid Koala, one of the world’s finest DJs, breaks it down. Nufonia comes from the “Latin” nu fon. Add-on the suffix -ia (in this case used to denote a place) and you have…
Shonda Rhimes at the National Book Festival in conversation with David M. Rubenstein.

The talk Stephen King gave that warm day, at the Nat Book Fest 2016, reached comedic levels we should start calling literary stand-up. No hyperbole. It was that good.
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Neil Gaiman x Junot Díaz, The Sandman comics, and Death.
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