Watching Ryan Murphy’s latest chapter in his “American Crime Story” anthology series, I was struck by his use of that first word. It’s become trendy to tack the word “American”…
Read moreMatt writes: Last week, RogerEbert.com publisher Chaz Ebert announced that this year’s installment of Ebertfest, which was originally scheduled to run from September 8th through the 11th, will be postponed…
Read moreAlthough the notion of a werewolf had been utilized for its cinematic potential as far back as the now-feared-lost silent film “The Werewolf” (1913) and reached the pinnacle of its…
Read moreI have long admired Ethan Hawke but I was suddenly aware of the fact that he wasn’t in a lot of comedies, and that he as an actor didn’t have a…
Read moreEd Asner, who died this week at age 91, might not be the grumpiest celebrity I’ve ever interviewed, but I’m pretty sure he was the one who most enjoyed being…
Read moreThe second season of FX’s “What We Do in the Shadows,” based on the Jemaine Clement & Taika Waititi film of the same name, was one of the biggest TV…
Read moreI am so happy to report that the Reverend Jesse Jackson has been transferred out of the hospital and to a rehabilitation facility after spending almost a week in the hospital being treated for COVID-19.…
Read moreAmber Sealey’s “No Man of God” joins a long line of films about Ted Bundy, far too many of which have fed into the mystique of the handsome, charming, brilliant…
Read moreLil Rel Howery, Yvonne Orji, John Cena, and Meredith Hagner travel to Mexico in “Vacation Friends,” but they never really go anywhere. All four actors are trapped in one-note roles…
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