Books, Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid's Tale, The Testaments By Kate Gardner on Wed,12:54 "Everything you've ever asked me about Gilead and its inner workings is the inspiration for this book. Well, almost everything! The other inspiration is the world we've been living in." Movies, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse By Rachel Leishman on Wed,12:33 For many of us, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse has been the must-see picture of the year. Well, after Black Panther. And Infinity War. And Crazy Rich Asians. And To All the Boys I've Loved Before. And ... you know what? This year has been long, but this movie apparently delivers. Big on the Internet, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Asylum, Lindsey Graham By Vivian Kane on Wed,11:20 Lindsey Graham felt the need to inform Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez that, well actually, the current situation at the U.S./Mexico border is different from that of Nazi-occupied Germany. TV, Supernatural, The CW By Jessica Mason on Wed,10:30 Last week, we talked about the party Supernatural threw to celebrate reaching 300 episodes, but we didn’t dig into spoilers. Well, fear not, because we got teases aplenty from the cast and crew, leading all the way up to that milestone. Movies, Luke Skywalker, Star Wars: The Last Jedi, things we saw today By Kaila Hale-Stern on Tue,5:48 Leave Luke Skywalker alone! No, really. Leave him alone—according to pre- The Last Jedi Lucasfilm intentions, Luke Skywalker was long destined to be a solitary character hiding from the galaxy. Big on the Internet, Immigration, Sinclair Media By Vivian Kane on Tue,5:20 Over at Sinclair Media, their perpetually dead-eyed Chief Political Analyst Boris Epshteyn recorded a must-air segment defending the agents' use of tear gas. His defense was a mash-up of language ripped straight from Trump's tweets, citing an "attempted invasion" and the need for "rule of law." Movies, Spider-Gwen, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, Spider-Woman By Chelsea Steiner on Tue,5:13 Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse won't hit theaters until Christmas day, but Sony is already ramping up plans for an exciting new spin-off: an all-female Spider-Women animated film. Movies, Candyman, Jordan Peele, MGM By Princess Weekes on Tue,5:01 First of all, can I just say how elated I am that they are putting a black female director at the helm of this project? Jordan Peele is paying it forward and showing real solidarity with his 'Candyman' remake. Big on the Internet, shipping, Venom By Kate Gardner on Tue,4:45 Venom is the surprise that keeps on surprising. Movies, Adam Pally, Iron Man, Robert Downey Jr. By Rachel Leishman on Tue,3:55 Pally, who you may know from The Mindy Project and Happy Endings, is a comedian who just happened to get a text message from Robert Downey Jr., and then the rest was history (in terms of his stint as Gary, anyway). Movies, HBO, Kim Cattrall, Sex and the City By Princess Weekes on Tue,3:28 The more details unfolding about the (thankfully) canceled Sex and the City 3 movie that come to the surface, the more I want to kiss the hand of Kim Cattrall for helping to spare us from this disaster. Movies, Millarworld, Netflix, Sharkey the Bounty Hunter By Chelsea Steiner on Tue,3:26 The comic, from Millar and artist Simone Bianchi ( Green Lantern, Wolverine), follows a former special ops soldier turned bounty hunter who teams up with 10-year old orphan Billy as they traverse outer space in a run-down ice cream truck. Movies, artemis fowl, Disney, Kenneth Branagh By Princess Weekes on Tue,2:03 Disney just released the teaser trailer for the upcoming Artemis Fowl movie directed by, Kenneth Branagh. Does it bring the page to life? |
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