Hours after HBO announced when Leaving Neverland would premiere, the estate of Michael Jackson fired off a 10-page letter to HBO’s CEO slamming the film and HBO’s decision to air it. In the letter to HBO’s CEO Richard Plepler, the estate’s counsel deem Leaving Neverland “an admittedly one-sided, sensationalist program—referred …
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Big Mouth parodies When Harry Met Sallyin a new teaser for the animated Netflix show’s upcoming Valentine’s Day episode. Four of the show’s pubescent stars reflect on meeting the sex-obsessed Hormone Monsters in a brief homage to the romantic comedy’s interview sequences. Andrew (John Mulaney) and Matthew (Andrew Rannells) both …
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In theaters for a week before being served up to Netflix subscribers (it’s a new world, folks…), Dan Gilroy’s satire of the Los Angeles art scene gets off to a deliciously depraved start. Velvet Buzzsaw is a bonbon spiked with wit and malice, inviting us to join a nest of …
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It’s eyeball-freezing cold up there in the Arctic. You can feel it in this movie’s bones. Danish actor Mads Mikkelsen does wonders with the role of Overgård, the downed pilot of a small cargo plane who’s awaiting a rescue that may never come. Overgård doesn’t bang on about his troubles, …
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Never shy when it comes to promoting new work from talented African-American artists who grapple with difficult material, Oprah Winfrey‘s OWN network released the first clip of David Makes Man this weekend at Sundance.The clip features the soaring, uplifting voice of Laura Mvula singing her track “Sing to the Moon,” …
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“God, Kimmy, ” Jacqueline White scolds the title character of Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt.“As stupid as this is, there are real feelings at stake here.” In the moment, Jacquline (Jane Krakowski) is describing the emotional affair Kimmy (Ellie Kemper) is having with the parents of her new boyfriend, whom she otherwise …
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A review of “Chidi Sees the Time-Knife,” this week’s The Good Place, coming up just as soon as I describe the plot of the Entourage movie to William Shakespeare … And so here we are, right back where it all started. Sort of. Other episodes this season (“Janet(s)” in particular) …
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Every Friday, we’re recommending an older movie available to stream or download and worth seeing again through the lens of our current moment. We’re calling the series “Revisiting Hours” — consider this Rolling Stone’s unofficial film club. This week: Scott Tobias on Peter Weir’s seafaring epic Master and Commander: The …
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The premise is simple: A group of folks who don’t know each other receive a mysterious box in the mail. Inside this elaborate gift — think the Hellraiser cube, only a wee bit more benign — is an invite for a free session at an exclusive Chicago escape room. They …
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This week, three major 2019 releases gave us a taste of what’s to come: We finally got a look at the last Avengers movie (or at least the last one with the original line-up); another MCU property dropped a longer, juicier trailer; and HBO’s monster-hit showed us a chilly version …
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