New footage from the lead-up to NASA‘s first manned trip to the moon (and the landing itself) features in the upcoming documentary Apollo 11, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. “Crafted from a newly discovered trove of 65mm footage, and more than 11,000 hours of uncatalogued audio recordings, Apollo …
Read More »'Bohemian Rhapsody' Director Bryan Singer Faces New Accusations of Sexual Abuse, Rape
One day after the Queen biopic Bohemian Rhapsody earned a Best Picture Academy Awards nomination, an exposé delves into the new allegations of sexual abuse and rape of underage boys against the film’s director Bryan Singer. The Atlantic‘s 12-month investigation, published Wednesday, recounts the allegations of abuse by Singer’s previous …
Read More »'2 Dope Queens' Announce Four More HBO Specials
Jessica Williams and Phoebe Robinson will return to HBO on February 8th with four more 2 Dope Queens specials. It follows the first run of four specials last year, which were based off their now finished podcast of the same name. Filmed at Brooklyn’s Kings Theatre, the forthcoming specials will …
Read More »Watch 'Friends from College' Grapple With Betrayal in Season Two Trailer
Netflix comedy series Friends from College will return for its second season on January 11th. The show, which stars Keegan-Michael Key, Cobie Smulders and Fred Savage, first premiered in 2017. The series follows the platonic and romantic relationships of a group of friends who met while attending Harvard. The once tight-knit group …
Read More »Revisiting Hours: How 'Walk Hard' Almost Destroyed the Musical Biopic
Every Friday, we’re recommending an older movie available to stream or download and worth seeing again through the lens of our current moment. We’re calling the series “Revisiting Hours“— consider this Rolling Stone’s unofficial film club. This week’s special, the weekend-before-Xmas-and-all-through-the-house edition: Alan Scherstuhl on the last word in great-man …
Read More »'Downton Abbey': See First Teaser Trailer for British Series' Big Screen Return
Four years after Downton Abbey‘s television run ended, the acclaimed British historical drama will return in 2019 as a big screen feature film. Focus Features will revive the Emmy- and Golden Globe-winning series, which ran on the U.K.’s ITV and PBS’ Masterpiece Theatre from 2010 to 2015. The Downton Abbey …
Read More »Awkwafina to Star in Scripted New Comedy Central Series
Awkwafina, the rapper, comedian and actress who had a breakout year with Ocean’s 8 and Crazy Rich Asians, will soon star in her own scripted, self-titled comedy series. Comedy Central announced today that it had ordered 10 half-hour episodes of the series. The show will star the actress-writer-rapper as a …
Read More »Watch Deadpool Pay Homage to 'Princess Bride' in 'Once Upon a Deadpool' Trailer
In an homage to The Princess Bride, Deadpool abducts a grown-up Fred Savage in the teaser trailer for Once Upon a Deadpool, a PG-13 edit of the R-rated Deadpool 2 catered to holiday audiences. “Fox has been asking for a PG-13 basically since the start in 2006,” star Ryan Reynolds …
Read More »'The Office' Cast Stage Mini-Reunion on 'SNL' to Plead Steve Carell for Reboot
Saturday Night Live staged a mini-reunion of The Office as guest host and Michael Scott portrayer Steve Carell was confronted by three of his reboot-seeking former co-stars – Jenna Fischer, Ed Helms and Ellie Kemper – during the opening monologue. Carell opened his monologue by talking about his movie career, …
Read More »The Orson Also Rises: A Brief History of Rescuing 'The Other Side of the Wind'
It begins with a death — a car accident that takes the life of a legendary director on his 70th birthday — and ends with a giant phallic symbol toppling over. In between those two moments, you get young film critics arguing, old actors kvetching, a Jim Morrison doppelganger, a …
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