Mike Myers will star in and executive produce a new comedy series for Netflix. The show is being billed as a limited series and will comprise six episodes. Myers will play multiple characters in the show — just like he did in the Austin Powers franchise — though it’s unclear …
Read More »'Love, Death & Robots' Review: Netflix's 'Heavy Metal' For Post-Millennials
Remember Heavy Metal, the 1981 animated movie based on the French magazine Métal Hurlant? That feature-length hodgepodge of stories about stoner aliens, voluptuous androids, horny space travelers, dragon-riding heroines in dominatrix gear and other interstellar-overdriven pulp touches? “A step beyond science fiction” was the tagline; a 13-year-old boy peering at …
Read More »How the Dysfunction of My Chemical Romance Inspired 'The Umbrella Academy'
The Umbrella Academy reads like a catharsis. Almost 12 years ago, Gerard Way released the Dark Horse comic at the peak of My Chemical Romance’s powers. Through six issues, Way channeled the growing dysfunction and discord of his real-life band into the fictional story of seven adopted children with superpowers …
Read More »'Sex Education' Trailer: Watch Awkward Teen Become Sex Guru in New Netflix Series
A sexually repressed teenager becomes the copulation guru at his new high school in the trailer for upcoming drama Netflix dramedy series Sex Education, which hits the streaming platform on January 11th. The clip opens with a painfully awkward scene starring protagonist Otis Milburn (Asa Butterfield) and his sex therapist …
Read More »'Mowgli' Review: Welcome to the Jungle (Book)
“The jungle is eternal,” purrs a panther — the second most charismatic black panther to hit screens in 2018, for those of you keeping count — to his “little brother,” a boy with limpid eyes and long back hair. This large, nurturing feline is referring to the home that provides …
Read More »'Handmaid's Tale' Author Margaret Atwood Writing Sequel Novel
Over three decades after releasing her disturbing dystopian novelThe Handmaid’s Tale —which spawned a 1990 movie adaptation (starringNatasha Richardson, Faye Dunaway and Robert Duvall) and the critically acclaimed Hulu series (starring Elizabeth Moss) — author Margaret Atwood is prepping a sequel. Publisher Penguin Random House announced a September 10th, 2019 …
Read More »Best Movies and TV Shows to Stream in January
Baby, it’s cold outside – so you’re probably going to spend most of January sitting on your couch and streaming to your heart’s content. Maybe you want an anarchic look at the life of the sad clown behind National Lampoon, or a stand-up special making light of the darkness in …
Read More »Netflix Cuts Ties With Kevin Spacey After Sexual Misconduct Claims
Netflix announced late Friday that they would no longer work on any projects involving Kevin Spacey, putting the in-production final season of House of Cards in jeopardy. “Netflix will not be involved with any further production of House of Cards that includes Kevin Spacey,” a Netflix spokesperson said in a …
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