It’s the end of Better Call Saul Season Four. I recapped the finale, “Winner,” and I spoke with Saul co-creator Peter Gould (who ran the show on his own this year, while Vince Gilligan mostly focused on development) about the season, with full spoilers coming up just as soon as …
Read More »Bruce Campbell on 'Lodge 49' and Why He's OK With 'Evil Dead' Ending
Bruce Campbell has played a lifetime’s worth of sleazebags — miserable, self-serving lowlifes who drag everyone else down with them. His latest is Gary, an alcoholic contractor who also goes by “Captain” on Lodge 49. He was introduced on the show last week, chugging spirits from a paper bag and …
Read More »Zombie Apocalypse Now: 'Night of the Living Dead' at 50
“It has been established that persons who have recently died have been returning to life and committing acts of murder.” “Yeah, they’re dead, they’re all messed up.” Who the fuck premieres a movie in Pittsburgh? Specifically, who premieres their movie in Pittsburgh, on a Saturday in October, during matinee hours, …
Read More »'BoJack Horseman' Season 5: The Episode That Bucks the Rules of Animation
Spoilers for the fifth season of BoJack Horseman — primarily for the season’s sixth episode, but with details about the rest sprinkled throughout — coming up just as soon as I check to see if I have a hand for a penis… When the new BoJack screeners arrived, they were …
Read More »How 'Cobra Kai' Brought 'The Karate Kid' Roaring Back to Life
In September 2016, William Zabka – best known for portraying quintessential 1980s teen movie villain Johnny Lawrence in the original TheKarate Kid– was summoned to his favorite Mexican restaurant in L.A. The reason: A mysterious meeting with three young comedy writers who had found big success in recent years with …
Read More »Jonas Akerlund on Black Metal, Mayhem and the Making of 'Lords of Chaos'
Swedish director Jonas Åkerlund may be most celebrated for his extensive music video and concert film output, collaborating with everyone from Madonna to Metallica, Roxette to Rammstein, the Smashing Pumpkins to the Prodigy. His movies, however, brim with an equally intense aesthetic and off-the-cuff kineticism: Spun, Åkerlund’s delirious 2002 debut …
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