We’ve got questions, and you’ve (maybe) got answers! With another week of TV gone by, we’re lobbing queries left and right about lotsa shows including Ghosts, Ripley, S.W.A.T. and Law & Order: Organized Crime!
1 | In the finale of Netflix’s Ripley, would Inspector Ravini, who’d been shown to be very observant and savvy to this point, really not recognize Tom as the person he spoke to at length as Dickie Greenleaf, even with Tom’s ridiculous wig and the dim lighting?
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1 | In the finale of Netflix’s Ripley, would Inspector Ravini, who’d been shown to be very observant and savvy to this point, really not recognize Tom as the person he spoke to at length as Dickie Greenleaf, even with Tom’s ridiculous wig and the dim lighting?
More from TVLineDid Grey's Cheat #Calzona Fans? Was Shōgun Lord Truly Bested? Twd's Crm Never Spotted #Richonne's Group?...
- 4/12/2024
- by Matt Webb Mitovich, Nick Caruso, Ryan Schwartz, Charlie Mason, Dave Nemetz, Rebecca Iannucci, Andy Swift, Kimberly Roots and Keisha Hatchett
- TVLine.com
Year after year, TV fans continue to be irked when the Golden Globes combine supporting performances from comedies, dramas, limited series and TV movies altogether. Looking through the list of past winners in the female category, you can clearly see there’s a bias toward rewarding dramatic roles over comedic ones. In fact, it’s been a whopping 13 years since a supporting actress from a comedy series prevailed: Jane Lynch (“Glee”). Is there a comedy curse at the Golden Globes? If so, it could finally end this year, as Gold Derby predicts Meryl Streep (“Only Murders in the Building”) will win the race for Best TV Supporting Actress on Sunday, January 7.
Streep plays Loretta Durkin on the Hulu hit, an out-of-work theater actress who decides to audition for a Broadway play directed by Oliver Putnam (Martin Short) in order to get closer to one of the other characters. Loretta is tailor-made for awards recognition,...
Streep plays Loretta Durkin on the Hulu hit, an out-of-work theater actress who decides to audition for a Broadway play directed by Oliver Putnam (Martin Short) in order to get closer to one of the other characters. Loretta is tailor-made for awards recognition,...
- 1/5/2024
- by Marcus James Dixon
- Gold Derby
Night Court is back for Season 2, and Dan Fielding is back in Abby’s courtroom… except he’s the one facing charges this time.
We pick up where we left off, with Dan working as a judge in his native Louisiana and reuniting with his old pal Roz (hi, Marsha Warfield!) in his courtroom’s holding cell. She got arrested for throwing a bouncer through a window during her bachelorette party — which is one way to celebrate your upcoming nuptials, we guess. Roz is now working as a private investigator (“I’ve broken up more marriages than Vegas and nanny...
We pick up where we left off, with Dan working as a judge in his native Louisiana and reuniting with his old pal Roz (hi, Marsha Warfield!) in his courtroom’s holding cell. She got arrested for throwing a bouncer through a window during her bachelorette party — which is one way to celebrate your upcoming nuptials, we guess. Roz is now working as a private investigator (“I’ve broken up more marriages than Vegas and nanny...
- 1/3/2024
- by Dave Nemetz
- TVLine.com
On Monday, Jan. 1, M*A*S*H fans are invited to ring in the new year with M*A*S*H: The Comedy That Changed Television, a two-hour special airing on Fox and featuring new interviews with series vets Alan Alda (who played Capt. Benjamin Franklin “Hawkeye” Pierce), Loretta Swit (Maj. Margaret “Hot Lips” Houlihan), Gary Burghoff (Cpl. Walter “Radar” O’Reilly), Jamie Farr (Cpl./Sgt. Maxwell Q. “Max” Klinger) and Mike Farrell (Capt. B.J. Hunnicutt), as well as the late Wayne Rogers (Capt. “Trapper” John McIntyre) and William Christopher (Father Francis Mulcahy).
M*A*S*H executive producers Gene Reynolds and...
M*A*S*H executive producers Gene Reynolds and...
- 1/2/2024
- by Matt Webb Mitovich
- TVLine.com
NBC took a big swing in 2023 in not only reviving Night Court but in bringing it back with the aim of returning to the classic sitcom style.
Seriously, how long has it been since we've heard a proper laugh track? An entire generation of TV viewers has never experienced the joy of a well-timed pratfall shared with a hundred faceless "live studio audience" members. It's a darned shame, it is.
That big swing connected with audiences and ratings, and NBC renewed the fledgling series a scant few weeks after its premiere in January. But with that jaw-dropping, game-changer finale, where will they go with Season 2?
Warning: Spoilers ahead for Night Court Season 1 Episode 16.
With the universal agreement that John Laroquette is the comedic foundation upon which the revival is built, it came as a shock on the finale when he follows through on his intention to leave Manhattan for a judgeship in Louisiana.
Seriously, how long has it been since we've heard a proper laugh track? An entire generation of TV viewers has never experienced the joy of a well-timed pratfall shared with a hundred faceless "live studio audience" members. It's a darned shame, it is.
That big swing connected with audiences and ratings, and NBC renewed the fledgling series a scant few weeks after its premiere in January. But with that jaw-dropping, game-changer finale, where will they go with Season 2?
Warning: Spoilers ahead for Night Court Season 1 Episode 16.
With the universal agreement that John Laroquette is the comedic foundation upon which the revival is built, it came as a shock on the finale when he follows through on his intention to leave Manhattan for a judgeship in Louisiana.
- 8/24/2023
- by Diana Keng
- TVfanatic
This article contains spoilers through Only Murders in the Building season 3 episode 4.
If you’re like us, you’re neck-deep in Only Murders in the Building theories with almost half of season 3 already completed. This season’s victim, Ben Glenroy (Paul Rudd), appeared to have died twice in the season opener, and both the trio of podcasters at the center of the show and the viewers who joyfully follow their misadventures have been eagerly piecing together the murder mystery puzzle with four episodes worth of material to mull over. The most recent episode “The White Room” added some needed context to an earlier development in the case, and many fans online may have already cracked the code.
Remember back in the first episode of the season when Ben was treating the cookies offered to him at the table read for Oliver’s (Martin Short) play as an arch-nemesis of sorts?...
If you’re like us, you’re neck-deep in Only Murders in the Building theories with almost half of season 3 already completed. This season’s victim, Ben Glenroy (Paul Rudd), appeared to have died twice in the season opener, and both the trio of podcasters at the center of the show and the viewers who joyfully follow their misadventures have been eagerly piecing together the murder mystery puzzle with four episodes worth of material to mull over. The most recent episode “The White Room” added some needed context to an earlier development in the case, and many fans online may have already cracked the code.
Remember back in the first episode of the season when Ben was treating the cookies offered to him at the table read for Oliver’s (Martin Short) play as an arch-nemesis of sorts?...
- 8/23/2023
- by Alec Bojalad
- Den of Geek
Ah, relationships!
They are so much fun when all parties are into the arrangement and can be quite beautiful, actually. But like there is beauty, there must also be ugliness.
In Only Murders in the Building Season 3 Episode 3, we swooned over Oliver and Loretta's new attraction to each other, and theirs was an example of a healthy relationship thus far.
They built each other up and saw everything great about the other person that the rest of the world fails or refuses to see.
Only Murders In the Building Season 3 Episode 4 delivered a drastically contrasting look into Charles and Joy's relationship. It showed all the wrong reasons they were together and why the relationship might be doomed.
There are red flags everyone must be on the lookout for when in a relationship with someone.
There can be something in their language, demeanor, interests, or in Charles' case, pets.
I've never had fish for pets,...
They are so much fun when all parties are into the arrangement and can be quite beautiful, actually. But like there is beauty, there must also be ugliness.
In Only Murders in the Building Season 3 Episode 3, we swooned over Oliver and Loretta's new attraction to each other, and theirs was an example of a healthy relationship thus far.
They built each other up and saw everything great about the other person that the rest of the world fails or refuses to see.
Only Murders In the Building Season 3 Episode 4 delivered a drastically contrasting look into Charles and Joy's relationship. It showed all the wrong reasons they were together and why the relationship might be doomed.
There are red flags everyone must be on the lookout for when in a relationship with someone.
There can be something in their language, demeanor, interests, or in Charles' case, pets.
I've never had fish for pets,...
- 8/22/2023
- by Denis Kimathi
- TVfanatic
Fan are finding a new reason to love Meryl Streep thanks to her lullaby in the latest episode of “Only Murders in the Building,” which you can watch in the video above.
In the third season of Hulu’s murder mystery, Streep plays Loretta Durkin, a struggling actress who finds her big break in Oliver’s (Martin Short) latest play. The scene starts as all of the character’s do: Loretta is supposed to perform a small scene for her small role. But seconds into her performance of “Look for the Light,” her on-stage charisma and raw talent transfix her castmates.
By the song’s end, Kimber (Ashley Park) joins her on stage as they both belt out this delicate lullaby.
Though “Only Murders in the Building’s” latest episode premiered on Tuesday, by Wednesday fans were singing the song’s praises. “I’ve been listening to it on Spotify for 12 hours now,...
In the third season of Hulu’s murder mystery, Streep plays Loretta Durkin, a struggling actress who finds her big break in Oliver’s (Martin Short) latest play. The scene starts as all of the character’s do: Loretta is supposed to perform a small scene for her small role. But seconds into her performance of “Look for the Light,” her on-stage charisma and raw talent transfix her castmates.
By the song’s end, Kimber (Ashley Park) joins her on stage as they both belt out this delicate lullaby.
Though “Only Murders in the Building’s” latest episode premiered on Tuesday, by Wednesday fans were singing the song’s praises. “I’ve been listening to it on Spotify for 12 hours now,...
- 8/16/2023
- by Kayla Cobb
- The Wrap
Meryl Streep has captured the hearts of the last remaining humans unaware of her enchanting charm with her performance of “Look for the Light” from the latest episode of Only Murders in the Building Season 3.
In the newly-released clip, Streep’s long-suffering actress Loretta reveals her powerful musical stage chops in front of the show’s familiar residents of The Arconia including Martin Short’s normally fickle Oliver and Steve Martin’s noticeably befuddled Charles. Without giving away too many plot details, Streep sings the lullaby-tinged number with the conviction of an actress whose career is on the line, yet she’s clearly struck a chord with the audience as she’s joined mid-song by fellow Season 3 recurring cast-member and real-life Broadway star Ashley Park. Watch the full solo showcase-turned-duet below.
“Look for the Light” was written specifically for Streep’s character by Sara Bareilles along with the Grammy, Oscar,...
In the newly-released clip, Streep’s long-suffering actress Loretta reveals her powerful musical stage chops in front of the show’s familiar residents of The Arconia including Martin Short’s normally fickle Oliver and Steve Martin’s noticeably befuddled Charles. Without giving away too many plot details, Streep sings the lullaby-tinged number with the conviction of an actress whose career is on the line, yet she’s clearly struck a chord with the audience as she’s joined mid-song by fellow Season 3 recurring cast-member and real-life Broadway star Ashley Park. Watch the full solo showcase-turned-duet below.
“Look for the Light” was written specifically for Streep’s character by Sara Bareilles along with the Grammy, Oscar,...
- 8/16/2023
- by Bryan Kress
- Consequence - Music
[This story contains spoilers for “Grab Your Hankies,” the third episode of the third season of Hulu’s Only Murders in the Building.]
Only Murders in the Building showrunner John Hoffman is sharing Jesse Williams’ reaction to the Grey’s Anatomy reference in season three of the hit series.
During the third episode, Meryl Streep’s Loretta Durkin learned that she landed an audition for an “offshoot of an offshoot of a Grey’s Anatomy spinoff,” called Grey’s New Orleans: Family Burn Unit.
“It’s for the mother of a dermatologist, so she has a backstory. And lines!” Loretta tells Martin Short’s Oliver in the episode. “And the producers said they might give her a limp, so… it’s juicy!”
John Hoffman revealed to TV Line, in an interview published online Tuesday, that Williams, who plays documentarian Tobert on Only Murders, was “howling at the reference” while they were doing a table read prior to filming.
“Jesse was very sweet about that,” he added. “And it’s a real homage.
Only Murders in the Building showrunner John Hoffman is sharing Jesse Williams’ reaction to the Grey’s Anatomy reference in season three of the hit series.
During the third episode, Meryl Streep’s Loretta Durkin learned that she landed an audition for an “offshoot of an offshoot of a Grey’s Anatomy spinoff,” called Grey’s New Orleans: Family Burn Unit.
“It’s for the mother of a dermatologist, so she has a backstory. And lines!” Loretta tells Martin Short’s Oliver in the episode. “And the producers said they might give her a limp, so… it’s juicy!”
John Hoffman revealed to TV Line, in an interview published online Tuesday, that Williams, who plays documentarian Tobert on Only Murders, was “howling at the reference” while they were doing a table read prior to filming.
“Jesse was very sweet about that,” he added. “And it’s a real homage.
- 8/16/2023
- by Carly Thomas
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
This article contains spoilers for Only Murders in the Building season 3 episode 3.
We’ve all come to love Only Murders in the Building for a variety of different reasons. Whether it’s the show’s ability to create a setting and give hints about the story through the title sequence, or the quick-witted jokes delivered by comedic legends, this Hulu staple has something to draw every type of viewer in. But at its heart, Only Murders in the Building is a murder mystery . . . hence the name of the show. For 10 episodes, it’s immensely fun to try to put all the puzzle pieces together and deduce who the killer is. Early on in the season, this task is always more difficult than later on. We don’t have much to go on yet, and the show tries to intentionally direct our attention to diversions or red herrings that will later be revealed as facades.
We’ve all come to love Only Murders in the Building for a variety of different reasons. Whether it’s the show’s ability to create a setting and give hints about the story through the title sequence, or the quick-witted jokes delivered by comedic legends, this Hulu staple has something to draw every type of viewer in. But at its heart, Only Murders in the Building is a murder mystery . . . hence the name of the show. For 10 episodes, it’s immensely fun to try to put all the puzzle pieces together and deduce who the killer is. Early on in the season, this task is always more difficult than later on. We don’t have much to go on yet, and the show tries to intentionally direct our attention to diversions or red herrings that will later be revealed as facades.
- 8/15/2023
- by Alec Bojalad
- Den of Geek
This post contains spoilers for the third episode of season 3's "Only Murders In The Building."
"Only Murders In The Building" has always been more about the hangouts than the mysteries. It's something Mabel (Selena Gomez), Charles (Steve Martin), and Oliver (Martin Short) more or less admit to each other in the show's latest season, when they note that without a murder to investigate, the trio hasn't been able to spend much quality time together lately. Of course, all of that changes when a-hole superstar Ben Glenroy (Paul Rudd) drops dead on stage, only to be revived at the hospital and drop dead again in an elevator shaft in the Arconia apartments.
Despite the gruesome, strange mystery at the center of this season, it's more clear than ever that "Only Murders In The Building" is built to entertain us more than stump us. Its three amateur sleuths seem distracted, and...
"Only Murders In The Building" has always been more about the hangouts than the mysteries. It's something Mabel (Selena Gomez), Charles (Steve Martin), and Oliver (Martin Short) more or less admit to each other in the show's latest season, when they note that without a murder to investigate, the trio hasn't been able to spend much quality time together lately. Of course, all of that changes when a-hole superstar Ben Glenroy (Paul Rudd) drops dead on stage, only to be revived at the hospital and drop dead again in an elevator shaft in the Arconia apartments.
Despite the gruesome, strange mystery at the center of this season, it's more clear than ever that "Only Murders In The Building" is built to entertain us more than stump us. Its three amateur sleuths seem distracted, and...
- 8/15/2023
- by Valerie Ettenhofer
- Slash Film
Nothing makes a show more tedious than one where relationships lack depth.
Only Murders In the Building Season 3 Episodes 1 and 2 did a great job introducing many characters and teased something romantic between Loretta and Oliver, but it felt odd and awkward.
People are drawn to each other for particular reasons, whether it is shared interests or an identifiable trait that the other person really admires or likes.
Only Murders In the Building Season 3 Episode 3 spent most of its runtime fleshing out the special relationship between Loretta and Oliver and that between Tobert and Mabel.
When Oliver first saw Loretta during her audition, he knew she was special and wanted her in his musical. She appreciated that because no one had ever believed in her as Oliver did.
He went to bat for her with his lead actor, and that meant a lot.
A good turn deserves another, and it was...
Only Murders In the Building Season 3 Episodes 1 and 2 did a great job introducing many characters and teased something romantic between Loretta and Oliver, but it felt odd and awkward.
People are drawn to each other for particular reasons, whether it is shared interests or an identifiable trait that the other person really admires or likes.
Only Murders In the Building Season 3 Episode 3 spent most of its runtime fleshing out the special relationship between Loretta and Oliver and that between Tobert and Mabel.
When Oliver first saw Loretta during her audition, he knew she was special and wanted her in his musical. She appreciated that because no one had ever believed in her as Oliver did.
He went to bat for her with his lead actor, and that meant a lot.
A good turn deserves another, and it was...
- 8/15/2023
- by Denis Kimathi
- TVfanatic
Johnny Hardwick completed work on “a couple” episodes of Hulu’s forthcoming King of the Hill revival prior to his death earlier this month, TVLine has learned.
Hardwick voiced Hank’s bestie/neighbor, the chain-smoking, conspiracy-obsessed bug exterminator Dale Gribble in all 258 episodes of the erstwhile Fox series. It remains unclear if another actor will be brought in to finish what Hardwick started in the revival, which is slated to bow in 2024.
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Hardwick voiced Hank’s bestie/neighbor, the chain-smoking, conspiracy-obsessed bug exterminator Dale Gribble in all 258 episodes of the erstwhile Fox series. It remains unclear if another actor will be brought in to finish what Hardwick started in the revival, which is slated to bow in 2024.
More from TVLineJohnny Hardwick, King of the Hill's Dale Gribble, Dead at 64Disney+ and Hulu Reveal Huge Price Increases - Here's How Much It'll Cost You to...
- 8/14/2023
- by Michael Ausiello
- TVLine.com
This post contains spoilers for "Only Murders in the Building."
Of the main additions to the cast of "Only Murders in the Building" season 3, Loretta (Meryl Streep) is perhaps the most compelling. She's a talented actress who has nevertheless gone her whole life without booking a part, not until Oliver (Martin Short) notices her for his new play. When Oliver asks her that long-awaited question, "Where have you been?" her reaction is one of the show's most heartwarming, beautiful moments. Throughout the first two episodes, Streep is deeply sympathetic in her role as an underdog actress trying desperately not to blow her first big shot; it's just a shame she might have killed a dude.
But regardless of whether adult Loretta is a murderer, we at least know child Loretta was innocent. The opening scene where child Loretta goes to a Broadway musical and falls in love with the theater is still pure and wholesome,...
Of the main additions to the cast of "Only Murders in the Building" season 3, Loretta (Meryl Streep) is perhaps the most compelling. She's a talented actress who has nevertheless gone her whole life without booking a part, not until Oliver (Martin Short) notices her for his new play. When Oliver asks her that long-awaited question, "Where have you been?" her reaction is one of the show's most heartwarming, beautiful moments. Throughout the first two episodes, Streep is deeply sympathetic in her role as an underdog actress trying desperately not to blow her first big shot; it's just a shame she might have killed a dude.
But regardless of whether adult Loretta is a murderer, we at least know child Loretta was innocent. The opening scene where child Loretta goes to a Broadway musical and falls in love with the theater is still pure and wholesome,...
- 8/12/2023
- by Michael Boyle
- Slash Film
On August 8, 2023, Hulu premiered the third season of its Emmy-winning comedy “Only Murders in the Building.” The series starring Steve Martin, Martin Short and Selena Gomez is holding fresh at 99% on Rotten Tomatoes, proving the true-crime-obsessed trio hasn’t missed a beat. The critics consensus reads, “Relocating the action to the theatre, ‘Only Murders in the Building’ can take a bow for yet another twisty mystery handled with a good-humored touch.” Read our full review round-up below.
“Only Murders in the Building” is nominated for 11 2023 Emmys including Best Comedy Series and Best Comedy Actor (Short). In 2022 the program was up for 17, winning three for Best Comedy Guest Actor (Nathan Lane), Best Production Design (Half-Hour) and Best Sound Mixing (Half-Hour). In Season 3, Oliver Putnam’s (Short) career comeback is in jeopardy when a murder disrupts his Broadway play, and it seems almost everyone involved is suspicious. This third cycle features new...
“Only Murders in the Building” is nominated for 11 2023 Emmys including Best Comedy Series and Best Comedy Actor (Short). In 2022 the program was up for 17, winning three for Best Comedy Guest Actor (Nathan Lane), Best Production Design (Half-Hour) and Best Sound Mixing (Half-Hour). In Season 3, Oliver Putnam’s (Short) career comeback is in jeopardy when a murder disrupts his Broadway play, and it seems almost everyone involved is suspicious. This third cycle features new...
- 8/11/2023
- by Vincent Mandile
- Gold Derby
Warning: The following contains spoilers. Proceed at your own risk!
There’s no shying away from the intimacy of love in Red, White & Royal Blue.
More from TVLineThe Challenge: USA Season 2 Premiere Recap: [Spoiler] Goes Rogue as a New Voting Twist Changes EverythingTVLine Items: Robert Carlyle's Toxic Role, Wrexham Season 2 Trailer and MoreOnly Murders in the Building Boss Breaks Down Season 3 Premiere's 'Double Twist' - Did Meryl Streep's Loretta Kill Ben?
Now streaming on Prime Video, the movie adaptation of Casey McQuiston’s bestselling novel follows the enemies-to-lovers story of Prince Henry of Wales (played by Purple Hearts’ Nicholas Galitzine...
There’s no shying away from the intimacy of love in Red, White & Royal Blue.
More from TVLineThe Challenge: USA Season 2 Premiere Recap: [Spoiler] Goes Rogue as a New Voting Twist Changes EverythingTVLine Items: Robert Carlyle's Toxic Role, Wrexham Season 2 Trailer and MoreOnly Murders in the Building Boss Breaks Down Season 3 Premiere's 'Double Twist' - Did Meryl Streep's Loretta Kill Ben?
Now streaming on Prime Video, the movie adaptation of Casey McQuiston’s bestselling novel follows the enemies-to-lovers story of Prince Henry of Wales (played by Purple Hearts’ Nicholas Galitzine...
- 8/11/2023
- by Vlada Gelman
- TVLine.com
“Only Murders in the Building” Season 3 contains a cast of heavy hitters joining the staple trio of Steve Martin, Martin Short and Selena Gomez. Each addition drives this season’s murder mystery, particularly Paul Rudd’s Ben Glenroy, whose second and certain death earns him consideration on the murder podcast.
Also entering the puzzle this season is Meryl Streep as aspiring actress Loretta Durkin, who auditions and gets cast in the role of The Nanny by Oliver himself in his new play. All her life she has been waiting to hear the words he says to her after she finishes her monologue. Ben Glenroy brings some interesting people along with him — mainly his manager and adopted brother Dickey (Jeremy Shamos) and his cameraman Tobert (Jesse Williams). Kimber (Ashley Park) acts in the play as well.
Here’s a complete “Only Murders in the Building” Season 3 cast and character guide:
Steve...
Also entering the puzzle this season is Meryl Streep as aspiring actress Loretta Durkin, who auditions and gets cast in the role of The Nanny by Oliver himself in his new play. All her life she has been waiting to hear the words he says to her after she finishes her monologue. Ben Glenroy brings some interesting people along with him — mainly his manager and adopted brother Dickey (Jeremy Shamos) and his cameraman Tobert (Jesse Williams). Kimber (Ashley Park) acts in the play as well.
Here’s a complete “Only Murders in the Building” Season 3 cast and character guide:
Steve...
- 8/9/2023
- by Dessi Gomez
- The Wrap
Spoiler Alert: This interview contains spoilers from the first two episodes of “Only Murders in the Building” Season 3, “The Show Must…” and “The Beat Goes On,” now streaming on Hulu.
When “Only Murders in the Building” picks up at the start of Season 3, fans aren’t greeted with the familiar faces of crime-solving trio Mabel (Selena Gomez), Oliver (Martin Short) and Charles (Steve Martin). Instead, they’re dropped into a 1962 production of “No Strings” on Broadway, seen through the eyes of a pigtailed 10-year-old later revealed to be actor (and murder suspect) Loretta Durkin, portrayed as an adult by Meryl Streep.
For series co-creator and writer John Hoffman, who also directed the first two episodes of the new season, meeting Streep for the first time was daunting — until she revealed a surprising connection to her character that put him immediately at ease.
“My nerves were off the charts,” Hoffman recalls...
When “Only Murders in the Building” picks up at the start of Season 3, fans aren’t greeted with the familiar faces of crime-solving trio Mabel (Selena Gomez), Oliver (Martin Short) and Charles (Steve Martin). Instead, they’re dropped into a 1962 production of “No Strings” on Broadway, seen through the eyes of a pigtailed 10-year-old later revealed to be actor (and murder suspect) Loretta Durkin, portrayed as an adult by Meryl Streep.
For series co-creator and writer John Hoffman, who also directed the first two episodes of the new season, meeting Streep for the first time was daunting — until she revealed a surprising connection to her character that put him immediately at ease.
“My nerves were off the charts,” Hoffman recalls...
- 8/8/2023
- by Katcy Stephan
- Variety Film + TV
If you’re going to cast Meryl Streep in your production, you have one (main) job.
It’s something that Hulu’s “Only Murders in the Building” showrunner John Hoffman is well aware of; that his audience — be they Day 1 Arconiacs or curious new viewers — are here for one main thing in Season 3: to watch Streep kill (both literally and figuratively). In the premiere episodes, “Only Murders” more than delivers on that promise.
Season 3 opens with two episodes: “The Show Must…” directed by Hoffman and written by Hoffman & Sas E. Goldberg, and “The Beat Goes On,” directed by Hoffman and written by Ben Smith & Joshua Allen Griffith. Hour 1 spotlights Streep’s Loretta Durkin, a seasoned yet green performer in her first major acting role, while the second episode shifts focus to Paul Rudd’s superstar braggart Ben Glenroy, this season’s murder victim.
After falling for Loretta’s show-stopping audition monologue,...
It’s something that Hulu’s “Only Murders in the Building” showrunner John Hoffman is well aware of; that his audience — be they Day 1 Arconiacs or curious new viewers — are here for one main thing in Season 3: to watch Streep kill (both literally and figuratively). In the premiere episodes, “Only Murders” more than delivers on that promise.
Season 3 opens with two episodes: “The Show Must…” directed by Hoffman and written by Hoffman & Sas E. Goldberg, and “The Beat Goes On,” directed by Hoffman and written by Ben Smith & Joshua Allen Griffith. Hour 1 spotlights Streep’s Loretta Durkin, a seasoned yet green performer in her first major acting role, while the second episode shifts focus to Paul Rudd’s superstar braggart Ben Glenroy, this season’s murder victim.
After falling for Loretta’s show-stopping audition monologue,...
- 8/8/2023
- by Proma Khosla
- Indiewire
This post contains spoilers for Season 3 of "Only Murders in the Building."
Season 2 of "Only Murders in the Building" ended on a massive cliffhanger: a death on a Broadway stage, where an actor topples halfway through his performance. The actor in question is Ben Glenroy (Paul Rudd), known best for playing "Co-Bro," a "friendly zoologist" who turns into a cobra (!) but helps save the day in the end. Ben is as dramatic as his fictional role as Co-Bro, and his sudden death takes everyone present by surprise, including a distressed Oliver (Martin Short), director of the stage play, "Death Rattle."
Over the first two seasons of the show, it has been established that Oliver is a struggling thespian who yearns to recapture the fame he had tasted while directing "Splash!" years ago. A combination of factors, including the multiple deaths at the Arconia, leads him to Broadway again, allowing him...
Season 2 of "Only Murders in the Building" ended on a massive cliffhanger: a death on a Broadway stage, where an actor topples halfway through his performance. The actor in question is Ben Glenroy (Paul Rudd), known best for playing "Co-Bro," a "friendly zoologist" who turns into a cobra (!) but helps save the day in the end. Ben is as dramatic as his fictional role as Co-Bro, and his sudden death takes everyone present by surprise, including a distressed Oliver (Martin Short), director of the stage play, "Death Rattle."
Over the first two seasons of the show, it has been established that Oliver is a struggling thespian who yearns to recapture the fame he had tasted while directing "Splash!" years ago. A combination of factors, including the multiple deaths at the Arconia, leads him to Broadway again, allowing him...
- 8/8/2023
- by Debopriyaa Dutta
- Slash Film
We have another murder in the building, Arconiacs!
After a murder-free year, the first supposed death of Ben Gilroy hit everyone with a bang, and Mabel's reaction on Only Murders In the Building Season 2 Episode 10 was a testament to another death plaguing the building.
The probability of someone being in the center of murders three times in a row is very low.
Yet on Only Murders In the Building Season 3 Episode 1, Ben died, was resurrected, and died properly. And each time, Mabel suspected foul play.
We were reunited with our offbeat trio, and in the two-episode season premiere, they seemed out of sync. Sure, there was the same old banter between the three, which never gets old, but it didn't feel like old times.
Charles: I know you're nervous. I know your last Broadway show was a disaster. Everyone knows that. The world knows it.
Mabel: Fast forward, fast forward.
After a murder-free year, the first supposed death of Ben Gilroy hit everyone with a bang, and Mabel's reaction on Only Murders In the Building Season 2 Episode 10 was a testament to another death plaguing the building.
The probability of someone being in the center of murders three times in a row is very low.
Yet on Only Murders In the Building Season 3 Episode 1, Ben died, was resurrected, and died properly. And each time, Mabel suspected foul play.
We were reunited with our offbeat trio, and in the two-episode season premiere, they seemed out of sync. Sure, there was the same old banter between the three, which never gets old, but it didn't feel like old times.
Charles: I know you're nervous. I know your last Broadway show was a disaster. Everyone knows that. The world knows it.
Mabel: Fast forward, fast forward.
- 8/8/2023
- by Denis Kimathi
- TVfanatic
We are here today to pay our final respects to the late Ben Glenroy, who died for a second time during Only Murders in the Building‘s Season 3 premiere.
That’s right! Paul Rudd’s alter ego survived being poisoned on opening night of Death Rattle. However, shortly thereafter, CoBro made like Rosalind Shays and plummeted to his death in the Arconia’s elevator shaft.
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That’s right! Paul Rudd’s alter ego survived being poisoned on opening night of Death Rattle. However, shortly thereafter, CoBro made like Rosalind Shays and plummeted to his death in the Arconia’s elevator shaft.
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- 8/8/2023
- by Ryan Schwartz
- TVLine.com
In its third season, Only Murders in the Building continues to strive to balance the genuine intrigue of a murder mystery with a light satire of true-crime culture and whodunit clichés. The results are consistently amusing but hardly as riveting as other iterations of this subgenre—including Poker Face and the previous two seasons of Only Murders in the Building.
The show’s unlikely trio of amateur sleuths—washed-up TV star Charles Haden Savage (Steve Martin), disgraced Broadway director Oliver Putnam (Martin Short), and rudderless millennial Mabel Mora (Selena Gomez)—had sworn to only investigate murders that take place in their high-end Manhattan apartment complex, but last season’s coda teased a challenge to their agreement: a murder outside the building! The third season picks up in the immediate aftermath of that finale, when megastar actor Ben Gilroy (Paul Rudd) dropped dead in the midst of the premiere of the...
The show’s unlikely trio of amateur sleuths—washed-up TV star Charles Haden Savage (Steve Martin), disgraced Broadway director Oliver Putnam (Martin Short), and rudderless millennial Mabel Mora (Selena Gomez)—had sworn to only investigate murders that take place in their high-end Manhattan apartment complex, but last season’s coda teased a challenge to their agreement: a murder outside the building! The third season picks up in the immediate aftermath of that finale, when megastar actor Ben Gilroy (Paul Rudd) dropped dead in the midst of the premiere of the...
- 8/7/2023
- by Pat Brown
- Slant Magazine
Fall TV is about to get pinched. The ongoing SAG and WGA strikes have, as intended, disrupted an industry in need of disruption. Some series are being delayed. Others have been pushed off the calendar entirely. Even with what we will see in the coming months, the AMPTP’s greed is forcing a workforce that loves a hot mic to keep quiet about the shows they make possible. While it’s nothing compared to the highway robbery Hollywood executives are trying to get away with when it comes to not paying talent, audiences are still about to lose out on something special.
All this is to say: Curse the studios for making the “Only Murders in the Building” Season 3 press tour impossible — aka killing a parade of interviews where everyone gets to share fresh, funny, and insightful stories about Meryl Fucking Streep.
Thankfully, what’s onscreen stands just fine on its own.
All this is to say: Curse the studios for making the “Only Murders in the Building” Season 3 press tour impossible — aka killing a parade of interviews where everyone gets to share fresh, funny, and insightful stories about Meryl Fucking Streep.
Thankfully, what’s onscreen stands just fine on its own.
- 8/7/2023
- by Ben Travers
- Indiewire
If you’ve heard me rant about this once, you’ve heard me rant about it a thousand times: Emmy categorizations are nonsense. Several of the year’s most nominated dramas — The White Lotus, Succession, Bad Sisters, among others — are, to me, absolutely satires with dramatic undertones. And several of the year’s most nominated comedies — Barry, The Bear, Ted Lasso, among others — are arguably closer to dramas, at least in their more recent seasons.
That’s the thing: Barry and Ted Lasso both decided, as they neared the end of their respective stories, that they were more driven by emotion than punchlines. The Bear didn’t exactly make a shift so much as Emmy voters found the show, with its 30-minute episode runtimes, easier to process as a comedy.
I don’t know that I would say that the third season of Hulu’s Only Murders in the Building is exactly a drama,...
That’s the thing: Barry and Ted Lasso both decided, as they neared the end of their respective stories, that they were more driven by emotion than punchlines. The Bear didn’t exactly make a shift so much as Emmy voters found the show, with its 30-minute episode runtimes, easier to process as a comedy.
I don’t know that I would say that the third season of Hulu’s Only Murders in the Building is exactly a drama,...
- 8/7/2023
- by Daniel Fienberg
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
There’s a new murder to solve in Only Murders in the Building season three — and Selena Gomez’s Mabel, Steve Martin‘s Charles and Martin Short’s Oliver are on the case.
In the final moments of season two, the gang reunited one year after they went their separate ways. Charles goes back to starring in a reboot of the series that made him a star, Brazzos; Mabel continues renovating her apartment with Alice (Cara Delevingne); and Oliver gets offered a director role in a Broadway play.
Charles stars in Oliver’s play alongside none other than Paul Rudd as series newcomer Ben Glenroy. Right before the curtain rises, Ben and Charles are seen bickering and Charles utters, “I know what you did.” As soon as Ben steps onto the stage and recites his first line, he collapses and dies.
Rudd isn’t the only new castmember welcomed into...
In the final moments of season two, the gang reunited one year after they went their separate ways. Charles goes back to starring in a reboot of the series that made him a star, Brazzos; Mabel continues renovating her apartment with Alice (Cara Delevingne); and Oliver gets offered a director role in a Broadway play.
Charles stars in Oliver’s play alongside none other than Paul Rudd as series newcomer Ben Glenroy. Right before the curtain rises, Ben and Charles are seen bickering and Charles utters, “I know what you did.” As soon as Ben steps onto the stage and recites his first line, he collapses and dies.
Rudd isn’t the only new castmember welcomed into...
- 8/4/2023
- by Christy Piña
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Growing up in Boston, writer and director Matt Ruskin heard about the Boston Strangler most of his life. But it wasn’t until a few years ago while researching the complex case that he was inspired to write his latest film, Boston Strangler, from a different point of view.
Matt Ruskin
“When I started reading about the case, I realized I didn’t know anything about it. And I discovered this really layered, fascinating murder mystery. There was a much bigger story both about the city and the time with a lot of twists and turns that I found to be so compelling that I thought would make for a really great film,” Ruskin told Deadline during a recent interview. “I just could never really get excited about doing a hard-boiled detective version of this story. There are a lot of aspects to it that are critical of the police...
Matt Ruskin
“When I started reading about the case, I realized I didn’t know anything about it. And I discovered this really layered, fascinating murder mystery. There was a much bigger story both about the city and the time with a lot of twists and turns that I found to be so compelling that I thought would make for a really great film,” Ruskin told Deadline during a recent interview. “I just could never really get excited about doing a hard-boiled detective version of this story. There are a lot of aspects to it that are critical of the police...
- 3/18/2023
- by Rosy Cordero
- Deadline Film + TV
“Boston Strangler” director Matt Ruskin found his film angle into the true story through his own investigation on social media. After delving deep into the layers of the serial killer’s story and identity, Ruskin came across an interview done by Loretta. A social media search based on journalist Jean Cole helped him realize that he was closer to the story than he thought.
Ruskin’s film follows journalist Loretta McLaughlin (Knightley), an aspiring investigative writer constantly keeping a pulse on gruesome patterns and trends. McLaughlin notices the similarities in the deaths of three women and wors hard for long hours on the side of her desk position covering lifestyle to confirm the details and write a strong article. Her editor in chief doesn’t immediately buy into her pitch, but she keeps after the story and eventually gets permission to work on it alongside Jean Cole (Carrie Coon).
As...
Ruskin’s film follows journalist Loretta McLaughlin (Knightley), an aspiring investigative writer constantly keeping a pulse on gruesome patterns and trends. McLaughlin notices the similarities in the deaths of three women and wors hard for long hours on the side of her desk position covering lifestyle to confirm the details and write a strong article. Her editor in chief doesn’t immediately buy into her pitch, but she keeps after the story and eventually gets permission to work on it alongside Jean Cole (Carrie Coon).
As...
- 3/17/2023
- by Dessi Gomez
- The Wrap
Horror’s resident St. Patrick’s Day icon built a reputation on schlock. Rhyming puns, a hokey sense of humor that includes an obsession with shoes and gold, and a serious case of wanderlust – the pint-sized killer has traveled from Hollywood, Vegas, space, and the hood, after all.
Surprisingly, though, the Leprechaun ranks pretty high on the list in terms of horror icons with the most kills. He’s managed to surpass fellow figures Chucky and Freddy Krueger as he has now murdered his way through eight films. Freddy and pals have the edge when it comes to creative deaths; a lot of little Lep’s slaying happens off-screen or via quick cutaways.
That’s not to say there aren’t some gory gems throughout the franchise, though.
In keeping with the spirit of revelry for St. Patrick’s Day, we’re celebrating the best kills of the Leprechaun series.
Surprisingly, though, the Leprechaun ranks pretty high on the list in terms of horror icons with the most kills. He’s managed to surpass fellow figures Chucky and Freddy Krueger as he has now murdered his way through eight films. Freddy and pals have the edge when it comes to creative deaths; a lot of little Lep’s slaying happens off-screen or via quick cutaways.
That’s not to say there aren’t some gory gems throughout the franchise, though.
In keeping with the spirit of revelry for St. Patrick’s Day, we’re celebrating the best kills of the Leprechaun series.
- 3/17/2023
- by Meagan Navarro
- bloody-disgusting.com
The story of the infamous serial-killer case nicknamed the Boston Strangler involved 13 sexual assaults and murders in the Boston area between 1962 and 1964. Officially, 12 of them have never been solved. The 13th, decades later, was proven through DNA techniques to be the chief suspect, and self-confessed “Boston Strangler” Albert DeSalvo. He was famously represented by F. Lee Bailey, who later would write a book about the case.
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The fact that there were, and still are, so many questions about it all did not deter Hollywood and others from exploiting the case to various degrees — most famously in the 1968 20th Century Fox...
Related Story ‘Boston Strangler’ Trailer: Keira Knightley Leads 20th’s True-Crime Thriller For Hulu Related Story Demi Lovato Making Directorial Debut With 'Child Star' Documentary at Hulu Related Story Criminologist Docuseries 'The Lesson Is Murder' Set At Hulu From ABC News Studios The Boston Strangler, 1968 20th Century Fox
The fact that there were, and still are, so many questions about it all did not deter Hollywood and others from exploiting the case to various degrees — most famously in the 1968 20th Century Fox...
- 3/17/2023
- by Pete Hammond
- Deadline Film + TV
(L-r): Carrie Coon as Jean Cole and Keira Knightley as Loretta McLaughlin in 20th Century Studios’ Boston Strangler, exclusively on Hulu. Photo by Claire Folger. © 2022 20th Century Studios. All Rights Reserved.
Do you recall what kind of viewing was all the rage when most of us were stuck indoors during the big pandemic a couple of years ago? Well, aside from a fictional fable of a chess whiz, it was true crime streaming TV. Of course, many folks still love to binge these often multipart documentaries. And one has become a docudrama, about that Tiger King. A good number of them concern that thriller staple of the last three or four decades, the serial killer. So when did this “boogeyman” enter the zeitgeist? You could go all the way back to Jack the Ripper. Well, this new film is about his American cousin who was a terror of the early 1960s.
Do you recall what kind of viewing was all the rage when most of us were stuck indoors during the big pandemic a couple of years ago? Well, aside from a fictional fable of a chess whiz, it was true crime streaming TV. Of course, many folks still love to binge these often multipart documentaries. And one has become a docudrama, about that Tiger King. A good number of them concern that thriller staple of the last three or four decades, the serial killer. So when did this “boogeyman” enter the zeitgeist? You could go all the way back to Jack the Ripper. Well, this new film is about his American cousin who was a terror of the early 1960s.
- 3/16/2023
- by Jim Batts
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
In the revelatory Boston Strangler, Matt Ruskin (Crown Heights) flips a well-known saga on its head. The story has been told onscreen many times, first and most famously in a 1968 feature starring Tony Curtis and Henry Fonda. In that movie, released only a few years after a series of murders targeted single women in their Boston-area apartments, the only female characters of note are victims. A select group of upstanding male detectives puzzle over the lurid details of the crimes and wax psychological about the perp. They get their man. Then came the straight-to-video thrillers about Albert DeSalvo, the confessed but not quite proven killer, and the countless episodes of true-crime series. This time around, the investigator played by Fonda has just one scene and a couple of lines; the center instead belongs to the two female reporters who broke the story and, in the process, put the Boston Pd on notice.
- 3/16/2023
- by Sheri Linden
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The infamous Boston Strangler killed more than 11 single women between the ages of 19 and 85 in the greater Boston area between 1962 and 1964. A 1968 film starring Tony Curtis captured that reign of terror, but it took over half a century to tell the true story of the female reporters who uncovered the case.
Matt Ruskin’s “Boston Strangler,” starring Keira Knightley and Carrie Coon, to which true crime addicts are so accustomed. Instead, the writer-director gets right to the point and follows the rules of news journalism: Keep the lede direct, the triangle inverted, and limit foreplay.
And that’s what the most haunting realization of “Boston Strangler” is: We are looking for the sex in it, the presentation of facts as fiction, and the horrors represented onscreen. But the most graphic moment we see comes 38 minutes into the film; the most salacious element is a headline that Boston is plagued by an “orgy of murders.
Matt Ruskin’s “Boston Strangler,” starring Keira Knightley and Carrie Coon, to which true crime addicts are so accustomed. Instead, the writer-director gets right to the point and follows the rules of news journalism: Keep the lede direct, the triangle inverted, and limit foreplay.
And that’s what the most haunting realization of “Boston Strangler” is: We are looking for the sex in it, the presentation of facts as fiction, and the horrors represented onscreen. But the most graphic moment we see comes 38 minutes into the film; the most salacious element is a headline that Boston is plagued by an “orgy of murders.
- 3/16/2023
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
I love a good procedural picture all about journalists. I can't quite explain it — call it competency porn? — but there's something thrilling about watching pieces of entertainment focused on journalists doing their jobs. Pounding the pavement, getting scoops, running down leads, taking copious amounts of notes in tiny flip notebooks. That's the sort of stuff that has me sitting up and pointing at the screen like I'm Leonardo DiCaprio. Which means I was already sort of in the tank for "Boston Strangler" Matt Ruskin's mostly okay thriller about the female journalists who first put the pieces together and discovered a serial killer was stalking Boston in the 1960s.
There's plenty of Journalism Stuff going on here, as the characters work the phones and peck away at their typewriters, using the power of words to help catch a killer! How can you not be at least a little jazzed about that?...
There's plenty of Journalism Stuff going on here, as the characters work the phones and peck away at their typewriters, using the power of words to help catch a killer! How can you not be at least a little jazzed about that?...
- 3/16/2023
- by Chris Evangelista
- Slash Film
The latest film from writer-director Matt Ruskin begins in media res as an attentive neighbor overhears an attack on a female tenant in the unit next door. As he bangs on the door, the words “Inspired by a True Story” appear onscreen as the attacker turns up the radio to disguise the murder.
There are several attack scenes in Boston Strangler, which follows real life journalist Loretta McLaughlin (Kiera Knightley) as she embarks on an obsessive investigation of a serial killer targeting women in Boston from 1962 and 1964.
This first attack is the sparsest: it’s all strategic framing and sound effects to imply violence. This won’t always hold true, however; several other sequences of gendered violence are more explicit and sustained. But while the female victims were sexually assaulted and strangled, Ruskin and director of photography Ben Kutchins are careful not to sensationalize the crimes.
The gendered nature of...
There are several attack scenes in Boston Strangler, which follows real life journalist Loretta McLaughlin (Kiera Knightley) as she embarks on an obsessive investigation of a serial killer targeting women in Boston from 1962 and 1964.
This first attack is the sparsest: it’s all strategic framing and sound effects to imply violence. This won’t always hold true, however; several other sequences of gendered violence are more explicit and sustained. But while the female victims were sexually assaulted and strangled, Ruskin and director of photography Ben Kutchins are careful not to sensationalize the crimes.
The gendered nature of...
- 3/16/2023
- by Joe Lipsett
- bloody-disgusting.com
Bleak atmosphere and a David Fincher-inspired aesthetic are the first things that audiences will notice when watching “Boston Strangler.” Writer-director Matt Ruskin pulls us into this true-crime tale, centered on the dedicated reporters determined to solve Boston’s serial killings in the early 1960s, using similarly desaturated color, frame composition and camera movements. A distant cousin to “Zodiac,” with splashes of “Seven” mixed into its homages, this thriller falls short of its influences yet carves out a small space of its own. It makes a searing indictment of the sloppy, sexism-laced police work that might’ve resolved the case, and pays tribute to the two women who broke the investigation wide open.
Happily married mom of three Loretta McLaughlin (Keira Knightley) is a lifestyle reporter at the Record American, a newspaper continually scooped by its competitors. Hoping to break out of the staff role she’s relegated to and into the homicide beat,...
Happily married mom of three Loretta McLaughlin (Keira Knightley) is a lifestyle reporter at the Record American, a newspaper continually scooped by its competitors. Hoping to break out of the staff role she’s relegated to and into the homicide beat,...
- 3/16/2023
- by Courtney Howard
- Variety Film + TV
To be a male serial killer of women one must be a misogynist. “Duh,” you’re probably saying, and yet we’re surrounded by sexy serial killer media, from Zac Efron as Ted Bundy to whatever Ryan Murphy is up to these days. It’s refreshing, then, that the historical crime drama “Boston Strangler” centers on a female journalist as she tracks that eponymous killer while avoiding glamorizing or sexualizing his actions.
Keira Knightley plays Loretta McLaughlin, a dogged journalist and mother of three who sees a way out of covering the lifestyle beat when she connects three similar murders. As she seeks justice for a growing tally of victims, her own womanhood is an inextricable part of the story.
The film begins in Ann Arbor, 1965, where a woman living alone is strangled to death. Her body is posed, nylon stockings tied around her neck in a sadistic, giftwrappy bow.
Keira Knightley plays Loretta McLaughlin, a dogged journalist and mother of three who sees a way out of covering the lifestyle beat when she connects three similar murders. As she seeks justice for a growing tally of victims, her own womanhood is an inextricable part of the story.
The film begins in Ann Arbor, 1965, where a woman living alone is strangled to death. Her body is posed, nylon stockings tied around her neck in a sadistic, giftwrappy bow.
- 3/16/2023
- by Lena Wilson
- The Wrap
Plot: A true-crime thriller about the trailblazing reporters who broke the story of the notorious Boston Strangler murders of the 1960s.
Review: The notorious serial killer known as The Boston Strangler is a case that captivated the world in the 1960s and spawned a film almost fifty years ago starring Tony Curtis as Albert DeSalvo. In the decades since DeSalvo’s confession and trial, theories have emerged that the Boston murders could have been committed by multiple killers, of which DeSalvo can only be concretely linked to one. This new film from writer/director Matt Ruskin chronicles the quest of two reporters to help stop the Strangler and gives context to the city of Boston as it was on edge for years as the killer brutally dispatched women of all ages. With a solid lead from Keira Knightley, this intriguing drama emulates David Fincher’s Zodiac while not capturing the...
Review: The notorious serial killer known as The Boston Strangler is a case that captivated the world in the 1960s and spawned a film almost fifty years ago starring Tony Curtis as Albert DeSalvo. In the decades since DeSalvo’s confession and trial, theories have emerged that the Boston murders could have been committed by multiple killers, of which DeSalvo can only be concretely linked to one. This new film from writer/director Matt Ruskin chronicles the quest of two reporters to help stop the Strangler and gives context to the city of Boston as it was on edge for years as the killer brutally dispatched women of all ages. With a solid lead from Keira Knightley, this intriguing drama emulates David Fincher’s Zodiac while not capturing the...
- 3/16/2023
- by Alex Maidy
- JoBlo.com
This Friday sees the release of a “coming of age” story with a couple of very interesting twists. Yes, it’s about a young woman yearning to break free of her childhood home as she approaches the end of high school. Of course, there’s all the college prep, changing friendships, and even a new budding romance. Now, here’s the big detour: she’s conflicted as she believes her folks can’t really fend for themselves. In fact, many might think that she’s really “raising” them. So there’s the conflict between exploration and guilt. And it is “inspired by real events”, in fact, it’s a dramatized take on a documentary from a couple of years ago. Plus it touches on many similar themes as a film from earlier in the month. So, with this young woman’s blossoming new life, could she be the title’s Wildflower?...
- 3/16/2023
- by Jim Batts
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Kacey Musgraves paid tribute to Loretta Lynn on Sunday night during the 2023 Grammy Awards’ In Memoriam segment. Strumming Lynn’s Epiphone guitar — with “Loretta Lynn” spelled out on the neck — Musgraves sang Lynn’s autobiographical 1970 song “Coal Miner’s Daughter” as images of the stars we lost last year, like Naomi Judd and Mickey Gilley, flashed behind her.
Kacey Musgraves gave a moving tribute to Loretta Lynn and a number of other late legends during the #GRAMMYs In Memoriam montage pic.twitter.com/jNa1kkYxWT
— NowThis (@nowthisnews) February 6, 2023
Of course, Lynn,...
Kacey Musgraves gave a moving tribute to Loretta Lynn and a number of other late legends during the #GRAMMYs In Memoriam montage pic.twitter.com/jNa1kkYxWT
— NowThis (@nowthisnews) February 6, 2023
Of course, Lynn,...
- 2/6/2023
- by Joseph Hudak
- Rollingstone.com
Emmy Rose, Loretta Lynn’s 23-year-old granddaughter, doesn’t necessarily think of herself as a member of a royal family. But, standing backstage at this week’s live broadcast of the memorial concert and tribute for her grandmother, she establishes exactly what “Mee-maw’s” path and ultimate destination were. “She saw herself as just a coal miners’ daughter, and she was just relaying her story,” Emmy says. “and then she became a queen for being ordinary.”
That’s not just an honorary title family members came up with; a good plurality of those who performed or presented on the CMT telecast of “Coal Miner’s Daughter: A Celebration of the Life & Music of Loretta Lynn” referred to the late singer-songwriter as “the Queen of Country.” That’s quite a shared consensus, in a genre that has seen powerful, culture-shaking women from Dolly Parton going backward to Kitty Wells and...
That’s not just an honorary title family members came up with; a good plurality of those who performed or presented on the CMT telecast of “Coal Miner’s Daughter: A Celebration of the Life & Music of Loretta Lynn” referred to the late singer-songwriter as “the Queen of Country.” That’s quite a shared consensus, in a genre that has seen powerful, culture-shaking women from Dolly Parton going backward to Kitty Wells and...
- 11/2/2022
- by Chris Willman
- Variety Film + TV
What might happen if you came face to face with yourself? What thoughts would run through your head? Would you be ready to kill the other you, or let them live in the hopes that they would eventually find a way back to their alternate dimension? These are all good questions to ask since they’re the type of questions one might ask when presented with the reality that’s staring them right in the face. When Loretta, Amy, Danny, and Gerry go mucking about with an attempt to find a parallel universe, therefore instilling the thought that there are infinite universes
Movie Review: Multiverse...
Movie Review: Multiverse...
- 7/26/2022
- by Tom Foster
- TVovermind.com
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