I had more or less written off Colleen Hoover movies, but Anne Hathaway, Dakota Johnson, and Josh Hartnett showed up in the trailer for Verity looking deeply suspicious, and now I’m annoyingly on board.
Michael B. Jordan is directing, producing, and starring in a new Thomas Crown Affair, and I’m equal parts thrilled and protective of the movie I already love.
Brandi Carlile covered Alanis Morissette’s “Uninvited” at Newport Folk Festival, which is either an incredible coincidence or proof she has somehow accessed my musical DNA. Either way, I have thoughts. I understand that...
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Competitive chess has never felt this scandalous. Checkmate turns ambition, ego, and one explosive cheating accusation into a nonfiction thriller that’s nearly impossible to put down.
The new trailer for The End of Oak Street starts with a neighborhood mystery and ends with a survival problem most HOAs are not equipped to handle. Watch now!
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?
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