TV amp; Movies

Duck, you suckers – this darkly comic bonfire of a movie shoots off dangerous sparks that can burn and leave marks. A livewire Frances McDormand will blow you away as Mildred Hayes, a divorced woman who’s mad as hell at the police in her town of Ebbing, Missouri. So mad, …

We’re neck-deep in the prestige-movie season, i.e. when a handful of movies made for [gasp] adults join the usual year-round I.P. blockbusters. Yes, there are new Marvel and DC movies heading down the pike, perfect for those who like their superhero films in both bright-and-peppy and dark-and-dour flavors. But there’s …

Early on in the great new season of Stranger Things, there’s a moment that sums up the geek heart of the story. Eighties small-town misfit kid Will Byers sits alone in his room, sketching his comic-book superhero alter ego, Zombie Boy. His older brother, Jonathan, comes in for a talk …

Late-night TV hosts addressed the horrific massacre in Las Vegason Monday. Jimmy Kimmel, Conan O’Brien, Stephen Colbert, James Corden and Seth Meyers lamented the increasing frequency of mass shootings and contrasted the brave actions of first responders in Las Vegas with the inaction of congress members, who refuse to take …

Lionel Richie has officially been named as the third judge for the rebooted American Idol, where the “Hello” singer will join previously announced judge Katy Perry and Luke Bryan. The addition of Richie, which had been rumored for months before Variety confirmed the news Friday, comes just days before the …

A violent new trailer shows the origins of the Marvel comic-book hero The Punisher, as he will be depicted in Netflix‘s serial-TV adaptation. As character Frank Castle – played by Jon Bernthal, whopreviously depicted Castle in Season Two of Daredevil – gazes lovingly at his wife, he sees a masked …

The Handmaid’s Tale,Saturday Night Live and Veepcleaned up at the 2017 Emmy Awards, befitting a three-hour ceremony that simmered with political outrage and proffered television as a haven for diversity, equality and opportunity – and perhaps an escape as well. Host Stephen Colbert opened the show with a monologue packed …

“You want a glass of Burgundy?” Pamela Adlon asks, encouragingly, as she sits down in a ritzy Beverly Hills restaurant. The multi-hyphenate force behind FX‘s Better Things then gestures to her full face of makeup, which has been professionally applied for a photo shoot: “By the way, this is not …

Bernie Sanders responded to Hillary Clinton‘s criticisms on Thursday’s Late Show, telling his former political rival to “[move] forward” instead of focusing on their clashes during the 2016 presidential campaign. Host Stephen Colbert read a critique from Clinton’s upcoming memoir, What Happened, aimed at Sanders: “Your attacks caused lasting damage, …