Chris Pratt J.K. Simmons and GLOW's Betty Gilpin get picked up in Chris Pratt's Ghost DraftThe A.V. Club - Sam BarsantiIt sounds like Chris Pratt is getting yet another shot at a big sci-fi franchise, with America’s go-to action star set to appear in Ghost Draft, a movie from Lego Batman director Chris McKay about a guy
Men in Black Russian troupe makes hilariously low-budget remakes of Titanic, Men In Black, and moreThe A.V. Club - Kevin CortezBack in 2008, the cool duo of Jack Black and Mos Def starred in an odd, divisive film called Be Kind Rewind, directed by Michel Gondry. In it, Mos Def’s character gets electrocuted, becomes magnetized,
HBO Max HBO Max picks up Steven Soderbergh's Let Them All Talk with Meryl Streep and Gemma ChanThe A.V. Club - Sam BarsantiHBO Max, the WarnerMedia streaming service that is not strictly related to HBO itself beyond its branding power, just picked up its first original movie, and it sounds like a pretty solid purchase. According
new movie news Judy Greer on working with "all the Jens" and her most quotable lineThe A.V. Club - Marah EakinIt’s hard to imagine, but The A.V. Club has never run a Random Roles with Judy Greer. We’ve talked to her, sure—in 2011, for her show Mad Love—but never sat down and run through all her appearances as
new movie news There’s no Michael Moore-style agitprop in the superb culture-clash doc American FactoryThe A.V. Club - Noel MurrayIn 2008, documentarians Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert filmed the final days of an Ohio GM plant for the Oscar-nominated documentary short “The Last Truck.” Nearly a decade later, they returned to the
TV The pressure is on as Mindhunter uncovers a serial killer's dumping groundThe A.V. Club - Katie RifeThe 1970s and ‘80s are sometimes referred to as “the golden age of serial killers,” a period that produced some of the most infamous names the world has ever known: Ted Bundy. John Wayne Gacy. Son of The
Rescue Diver This floating tent offers you a cool new way to die while campingThe A.V. Club - Gabe WorgaftikThere is a particular genre of internet video dedicated to breathlessly showcasing products so stupid that surely it must be intentional. Perhaps you recall the Pause Pod, a miniature tent that allows
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel It's the "first of a million tours" in The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel's season 3 teaserThe A.V. Club - Randall ColburnThe Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Amy Sherman-Palladino’s award-devouring Amazon comedy, returns for its third season this winter. Today, Amazon released its first look at the upcoming batch of episodes, which
Bruce Springsteen Grab some tissues if you're going to watch this trailer for Bruce Springsteen's Western Stars filmThe A.V. Club - Randall ColburnWe wrote that Bruce Springsteen’s Western Stars sounded “for all the world like a soundtrack to a movie that doesn’t exist.” Well, now that movie does exist. It’s also called Western Stars and you can
Celebrity Gossip Kevin Nealon found a bunch of celebrities who weirdly enjoy hiking in this exclusive teaser for Hiking With KevinThe A.V. Club - Shannon MillerYou may be part of the strange camp that has found authentic joy in doing things outdoors, but some of us require a little incentive. For instance, we think trudging up a mountain would be way more tolerable
New Zealand Meet Quasi, a giant statue of a human hand with a fucked-up face stuck on itThe A.V. Club - Reid McCarterIn the grand annals of public art, creeping people right the fuck out seems to be high on the list of priorities. There’s the famous Ronaldo bust, which transformed the famous soccer player into a sneering
Mortality The Amazing Johnathan on magic and mortalityThe A.V. Club - Marah EakinNew documentary The Amazing Johnathan is an exercise in faith. As a viewer, can you really trust a magician who says he’s dying? And can filmmaker Ben Berman really trust his subject, the titular Amazing
new movie news Ready Or Not, here comes an entertainingly gruesome evisceration of the 1%The A.V. Club - Jesse HassengerAt first it seems like an unhappy coincidence, the way that Alex Le Domas (Mark O’Brien) bears a slight resemblance to presidential in-law Jared Kushner: pale, with over-coiffed hair, barely concealing
Jason Momoa Thanks, Aquaman: Now Jason Momoa is talking up the Justice League Snyder cutThe A.V. Club - Alex McLevyDiscussions about the much-publicized-yet-seen-by-almost-nobody “Snyder cut” of Justice League are apparently going to continue far into our future, the neverending rumors about its ostensible quality
Anthony Hopkins Sir Anthony Hopkins, actor and Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire, just wants to play piano, pet catsThe A.V. Club - Reid McCarterWealth and power make people do wild stuff. From Bono, that true man of the people, reportedly spending $1,500 on an airplane ticket for his hat to Russell Crowe and Leonardo DiCaprio enjoying private,
Music Colleen Green’s album-length cover of Blink-182’s Dude Ranch is a sepia-toned ode to adolescenceThe A.V. Club - Randall ColburnPhoto: Burak Cingi (Getty Images)“When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child,” reads Corinthians 1:13, “but when I became a man, I put away childish things.”
The Legend of Zelda YouTuber bridges the generational gamer gap by remaking The Legend of Zelda in FortniteThe A.V. Club - Kevin CortezAt the end of last year, Epic Games released Fortnite Creative, a sandbox level creator that injects a bit of Minecraft into the popular battle royale phenomenon that’s given kids, cool adults, and Ellen
Box Office Weekend Box Office: Hobbs & Shaw get beat up by a bunch of eighth-grade Good BoysThe A.V. Club - Shannon MillerWill the public ever tire of prepubescent antics intercut with horned-up jokes? According to this past weekend’s box office numbers, don’t count on a lull in interest anytime soon: Universal Pictures’
Silicon Valley (TV Series) Kristin Stewart navigates the deep sea horrors of Underwater in spooky new trailerThe A.V. Club - Randall ColburnThere’s two types of people in this world: Those who find outer space scarier than the bottom of the ocean and those who find the bottom of the ocean scarier than outer space. The latter camp—and there
Steve Carell Rise and shine, there’s a new Morning Show trailerThe A.V. Club - Erik AdamsLast week, we heard from the stars of The Morning Show; this week, we finally get to see what Jennifer Aniston, Reese Witherspoon, and Steve Carell look like when they’re speaking those lines of integrity-rich
new movie news Jillian Bell, Utkarsh Ambudkar, and Lil Rel Howery on how to run really slowlyThe A.V. Club - Marah EakinIn Brittany Runs A Marathon, Jillian Bell plays a party girl New Yorker who’s shocked into fitness—and into adult life—after a particularly jarring doctor’s appointment. It might sound like a cliche, the
Shark Attacks Wyatt Russell shows off his sales pitch in this Lodge 49 exclusiveThe A.V. Club - Danette ChavezFor the most part, Lodge 49 declines to define its characters by their work, even as it validates their decisions to work whatever job puts food on the table (well, the non-exploitative gigs, anyway).
Ryan Murphy Ben Platt is delightfully ruthless in the trailer for Ryan Murphy's The PoliticianThe A.V. Club - Shannon MillerThe only possible way the current presidential race could get more dramatic would be if Ryan Murphy were producing it himself. While that may not be possible (or maybe so?), he is giving Netflix subscribers
Play buttonWanda Sykes John Oliver enlists Wanda Sykes and Larry David to kvetch about medical biasThe A.V. Club - Dennis PerkinsSunday’s Last Week Tonight took on racial and gender bias in medicine, something host John Oliver noted he, a a white male, was pretty unlikely to experience. For one thing, Oliver is, as he put it, the
TV Dud gets back to work as Lodge 49’s creator and showrunner talk destinyThe A.V. Club - Allison Shoemaker Here’s what’s happening in the world of television for Monday, August 19. All times are Eastern. Read more...
Jesus Nothing much makes sense on Preacher, but at least there's goreThe A.V. Club - Zack HandlenIt makes a certain amount of sense to team God up with the Grail. The show is rapidly approaching its endgame, and the idea of putting all the villains on one side has an appealing narrative economy to
Danny McBride Danny McBride and Jody Hill are at the top of their game with The Righteous GemstonesThe A.V. Club - Kyle FowleThe previous work from the team of Danny McBride and Jody Hill is perhaps best known for just how divisive it is. The comedy, pitch-black with no punches pulled, attempts a tonal high-wire act; balancing
TV City On A Hill's simmering season finale bodes well for the show's futureThe A.V. Club - Scott Von DoviakIn my pre-air review of the first few episodes of City On A Hill, I noted the show’s regrettable reliance on cliche while also expressing some optimism that the series might find its footing as it went
TV "Vaulter" pivots to extinction in an all-too-timely SuccessionThe A.V. Club - Randall Colburn“Kendall Roy is no longer relevant,” Stewy (Arian Moayed) declares to the world on PGM. Kendall (Jeremy Strong), if we’re being honest, probably wouldn’t disagree. There’s shades of the enterprising usurper
Charles Manson Mindhunter reminds us to never meet your idols, especially when they're Charles MansonThe A.V. Club - Katie RifeHolden Ford is a Charles Manson fan. Holden’s been obsessing over the infamous cult leader since the very first episode of Mindhunter, when he pissed off a classroom full of Iowa beat cops by suggesting
