A new Vought Rising teaser takes us back to the early days of Vought, where the costumes are sharper, the secrets are darker, and the supes are already a problem.
Gentlemen, Start Your Wienermobiles! The Weenie 500 may be a marketing stunt, but it’s also proof that not every public spectacle has to be exhausting. Some can just be hot dogs going vroom.
Three people were in that car. Only Mackenzie Shirilla got a documentary — Dominic Russo and Davion Flanagane deserved more. What else was left out of The Crash?
A 22-year-old on TikTok told me I’m too old to watch a college romance like Off Campus. I have never been more motivated to write 1,000 words in my life. I know we are not the target audience for Off Campus. I...
A bank heist. A murder. Zero exits. Ernest Cunningham is having the worst errand day ever. Find out why I gave Benjamin Stevenson's Everyone In This Bank Is a Thief 3.25/5 stars.
Tia Carrere could always sing, but her breakout performance in Wayne's World (Ballroom Blitz, anyone?) put her on the map. Does she still have the chops? Check out her performance with the Middle Aged Dad Jam Band.
Tim Curry somehow spent fifty years becoming one of the most recognizable actors alive while also remaining a complete mystery. Kind of impressive. Read my review of Vagabond.
Bourdain before the memoir, before the show, before any of it — just a 19-year-old with a summer job in Provincetown that changed everything. The first trailer for Tony is out, and it's got the chaos to prove it.
Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke is the most unique thing you will read all year... maybe in the last decade. Read my review and find out why I gave the debut novel 5/5 stars.
Welcome back to the Capitol! Young Haymitch, the Second Quarter Quell, and a cast list that’s genuinely stacked. The new Hunger Games trailer is here. I was all in on the original Hunger Games books and movies. So...
Poets have been chasing patrons, prizes, teaching gigs, and actual paychecks for centuries. So can poetry still be a profession, or has “working poet” always come with an asterisk?
Dozens of police cars, a blurry shadow, and rumors of 10-foot-tall aliens. What actually happened at Miami’s Bayside Marketplace on New Year’s Day 2024?
Angel came to Los Angeles to brood, fight vampires, and apparently make some wildly questionable hiring decisions. Rewatching the 1999 pilot now is equal parts nostalgia, chaos, and “girl, please do not go into that...
The once-forgotten Greenwich Village duo returns with long songs, strange harmonies, absolutely no interest in brevity, and one surprisingly beautiful moon.
Kim Young-jun quit a career forecasting stocks to master a nearly extinct Korean art form, and ended up decorating everything from Bill Gates’ Xbox to a chair made for the Pope.
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