A doting grandmother runs the drug trade in a small Maine town, and when her daughter turns up dead, she doesn’t grieve quietly. Rating: 3.25 out of 5 stars Babs Dionne is a grandmother, a proud Franco-American, and the...
You may not know Frances Perkins’ name, but your 40-hour workweek, minimum wage, and Social Security certainly do. Learn more in a brand-new edition of Drunk History!
I went looking for an authentic Philly dive bar and somehow ended up in what felt like a labor dispute, an insurance scam, and the opening scene of a true crime documentary. Paddy's Pub: two stars, obviously.
The cameras may have been rolling, but the best part happened between the lines. Behind the scenes with Barack Obama and Larry David, the jokes got looser, the improv got sharper, and even Larry couldn’t keep a straight...
Rachel Khong’s My Dear You comes in weird and stays weird, with stories about race, love, ghosts, sex dolls, God, and the general inconvenience of being human. Not every story lands, but even the misses are strange...
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.
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.
A first look at The Housemaid trailer, with Amanda Seyfried and Sydney Sweeney bringing Freida McFadden’s hit thriller to the screen. Over the last couple of years, I’ve blown through Freida McFadden’s books. Well, most...
A mockumentary newcomer steps up—will it make the cut or get shredded? How will The Paper stack up to The Office? (And could I add any more paper puns?!)
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