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Netflix confirms Orange Is The New Black's next season will be its last
The A.V. Club - William Hughes
It’s been a likely possibility for a while now that Orange Is The New Black’s sentence might almost be up; the Netflix series is coming to the end of …
TV
ABC moves forward with NYPD Blue sequel series about Sipowicz's son
The A.V. Club - Sam Barsanti
In what seems a little like the TV equivalent of releasing an album of “new” music shortly after a musician’s death, ABC has begun developing a pilot …
MoviePass
New York's attorney general's office is now investigating MoviePass
The A.V. Club - William Hughes
Good news for the trombone player that now just follows subscription movie ticket service MoviePass around everywhere, “womp-wahh”-ing whenever …
Multiple Sclerosis
Pusha T's feud with Drake is over, but he's still happy to talk about it
The A.V. Club - Sam Barsanti
As reported by Pitchfork, Pusha T recently appeared on The Joe Budden Podcast and offered some new information about how he found out that Drake had a …
Trailers
News
The A.V. Club - William Hughes
Dylan McDermott is up to his old creeper ways in the new trailer for The Clovehitch Killer, about a kid (Charlie Plummer) who worries his scout …
Horror Comedy
We rounded up 10 female horror directors for Jason Blum, who seems to have trouble finding them
The A.V. Club - Katie Rife
With the release of Blumhouse’s rebooted Halloween just a couple of days away, studio head Jason Blum has been doing his usual round of interviews …
TV
HBO sends Animals off to live on a nice farm upstate
The A.V. Club - Sam Barsanti
According to Deadline, HBO has canceled animated series Animals, bringing its three-year run to an end. The series told short little vignettes about …
TV
The Real World is pivoting to Facebook video, which, uh, good luck with that
The A.V. Club - William Hughes
Catching the zeitgeist just as aggressively as the days when it first introduced the world to concepts like “roommates” and “people acting like …
Nicolas Cage
Shudder lands exclusive streaming rights to new cult hit Mandy
The A.V. Club - Sam Barsanti
It’s already a little hard to see Panos Cosmatos’ Mandy in the ideal format, which is in a big theater full of other people who love Nicolas Cage and …
TV
Jane Curtin on the worst SNL guest host: "God, there were so many"
The A.V. Club - William Hughes
There are few gigs in modern TV more fraught with the potential to out yourself as a massive asshole than hosting Saturday Night Live. Pretty much …
Michael B. Jordan
Michael B. Jordan to play an assassin named Columbus
The A.V. Club - Sam Barsanti
Everybody in Hollywood these days must want their own John Wick-style action franchise, since it’s a good way to make their personal brand a bit …
Aubrey Plaza
Aubrey Plaza leads a parade of bad taste and noir misfits in An Evening With Beverly Luff Linn
The A.V. Club - Ignatiy Vishnevetsky
To the extent that Jim Hosking’s cartoonishly grotesque characters can be called human, they paint an unflattering portrait of the species. They are …
Box Office
Redman's fine with not being in the How High sequel, for it is not as God intended
The A.V. Club - Randall Colburn
How High broke no box office records when it hit theaters in 2001, nor did it turn rappers Redman and Method Man into Hollywood A-listers. It did, …
Night of the Living Dead
Night Of The Living Dead is coming to get you, America—and we've got free tickets
The A.V. Club - Katie Rife
Sure, technically you could watch Night Of The Living Dead (1968) on YouTube, thanks to the copyright registration error that’s made George Romero’s …
Comedy Central
Nathan For You won't be returning for season 5, unless this is just another wacky scheme
The A.V. Club - Sam Barsanti
Get ready for a real taste of poo-flavored frozen yogurt: As reported by Pitchfork, Comedy Central has confirmed that Nathan For You won’t be returning …
Nicole Kidman
See Nicole Kidman as you've never seen her before in the Destroyer trailer
The A.V. Club - Katie Rife
We were fans of Destroyer, director Karyn Kusama’s followup to her 2015 thriller The Invitation, when it made its North American debut at this year’s …
TV
Here's what's coming to (and going from) Hulu in November
The A.V. Club - Randall Colburn
November’s a month for binging, what with that surplus of Halloween candy and Thanksgiving’s bountiful scraps. As such, Hulu has packed its platform …
The Good Place
Michael can't explain what's going on in this exclusive The Good Place preview—but Agent Rick Justice can
The A.V. Club - William Hughes
The Good Placethrives on a sense of manic improvisation, both from its characters, and from itself. Nobody embodies that sense of “Screw it, let’s …
Documentaries
The Price Of Everything puts the complexities of the art world on breathtaking display
The A.V. Club - Allison Shoemaker
“I think there’s three kinds of people in this world,” says Amy Cappellazzo, chairman of the Fine Art division of Sotheby’s. “Those who see, those …
Elasticity
Our Wretched Town Hall celebrates queer culture in this exclusive preview
The A.V. Club - Oliver Sava
Eric Kostiuk Williams’ comics are visually defined by malleability. His forms shine like latex and stretch like taffy, and his stories take place in …
Jurassic Park
The Simpsons' 666th episode will be a "Treehouse Of Horrors," appropriately enough
The A.V. Club - Randall Colburn
The Simpsons will clamber yet again into its annual “Treehouse Of Horrors” this Sunday for spoofs on Jurassic Park, Invasion Of The Body Snatchers, …
Melissa McCarthy
Can You Ever Forgive Me? finally gives Melissa McCarthy the dramatic vehicle she deserves
The A.V. Club - Katie Rife
Yes, Melissa McCarthy was great in Bridesmaids. But ever since, she’s been stuck in a uniquely Hollywood purgatory: She’s a well-paid movie star who …
Jamie Lee Curtis
Reasonable Discussions: October 17
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Here’s your weekly open thread. Thank you for making our site’s community vibrant, intelligent, and fun!
John Carpenter
Ready your bubblegum: John Carpenter says They Live sequel "might be closer to reality than you think"
The A.V. Club - Randall Colburn
Sure, he’d rather play open-world RPGs and toy with his synthesizers than direct another movie, but horror’s siren song continues to call for John …
Kendrick Lamar
Oh god, Kendrick Lamar and “Take On Me” work together too well and we’re all doomed
The A.V. Club - Dan Neilan
This is the way the world ends. Not with a whimper but with a banging mashup of Kendrick Lamar and ‘80s pop sensation A-Ha. These two artists that …
Sesame Street
Caroll Spinney, the man behind Big Bird and Oscar The Grouch, is retiring from Sesame Street
The A.V. Club - Erik Adams
For nearly 50 years, in thousands of episodes (the precise count is unknown), Caroll Spinney has played two of Sesame Street’s most iconic characters: …
Living Rooms
Please enjoy this sprawling ode to Bob Ross cleaning his paintbrush
The A.V. Club - Reid McCarter
With the rise of ASMR videos, humanity has learned all sorts of new things about sounds we like to hear. For instance, some people are way into …
Roseanne Conner
Roseanne calls her character's The Conners demise "grim and morbid"
The A.V. Club - Randall Colburn
After oodles of controversy and ample speculation, the Roseanne-less Roseanne spin-off The Conners premiered on ABC last night, bringing with it an …
Family Drama
Michael Shannon is refreshingly ordinary in What They Had, a family drama with focus issues
The A.V. Club - Caroline Siede
Michael Shannon is so great at playing over-the-top villains that it’s easy to forget how great he is at playing normal people, too. Writer-director …
Puerto Rico
On The Late Show, Lin-Manuel Miranda talks Puerto Rico, his new book, and closing Hamilton's loop
The A.V. Club - Dennis Perkins
Hamilton creator and one of the last pure, good things left in this world Lin-Manuel Miranda stopped by The Late Show on Tuesday. Sure, he’s got a new …

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Netflix confirms Orange Is The New Black's next season will be its last

ABC moves forward with NYPD Blue sequel series about Sipowicz's son

New York's attorney general's office is now investigating MoviePass

Pusha T's feud with Drake is over, but he's still happy to talk about it

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We rounded up 10 female horror directors for Jason Blum, who seems to have trouble finding them

HBO sends Animals off to live on a nice farm upstate

The Real World is pivoting to Facebook video, which, uh, good luck with that

Shudder lands exclusive streaming rights to new cult hit Mandy

Jane Curtin on the worst SNL guest host: "God, there were so many"

Michael B. Jordan to play an assassin named Columbus

Aubrey Plaza leads a parade of bad taste and noir misfits in An Evening With Beverly Luff Linn

Redman's fine with not being in the How High sequel, for it is not as God intended

Night Of The Living Dead is coming to get you, America—and we've got free tickets

Nathan For You won't be returning for season 5, unless this is just another wacky scheme

See Nicole Kidman as you've never seen her before in the Destroyer trailer

Here's what's coming to (and going from) Hulu in November

Michael can't explain what's going on in this exclusive The Good Place preview—but Agent Rick Justice can

The Price Of Everything puts the complexities of the art world on breathtaking display

Our Wretched Town Hall celebrates queer culture in this exclusive preview

The Simpsons' 666th episode will be a "Treehouse Of Horrors," appropriately enough

Can You Ever Forgive Me? finally gives Melissa McCarthy the dramatic vehicle she deserves

Reasonable Discussions: October 17

Ready your bubblegum: John Carpenter says They Live sequel "might be closer to reality than you think"

Oh god, Kendrick Lamar and “Take On Me” work together too well and we’re all doomed

Caroll Spinney, the man behind Big Bird and Oscar The Grouch, is retiring from Sesame Street

Please enjoy this sprawling ode to Bob Ross cleaning his paintbrush

Roseanne calls her character's The Conners demise "grim and morbid"

Michael Shannon is refreshingly ordinary in What They Had, a family drama with focus issues

On The Late Show, Lin-Manuel Miranda talks Puerto Rico, his new book, and closing Hamilton's loop