Even the most "serious" and "grounded" superhero movies ultimately offer a warm bath of escapism – but not the fatalistic new twilight-of-Wolverine movie Logan, which feels more like having three metal claws puncture your cranium. This film is many things: the most daring mainstream superhero movie ever; a sharp dystopian vision of a post-Trump future America; a showcase for many, many decapitations and impalements, some of them perpetrated by an 11-year-old girl with a metal skeleton; everything Zack Snyder's Watchmen could have been, had it not been directed by Zack Snyder.
- 3/2/2017
- Rollingstone.com
Viola Davis isn’t counting her chickens before they hatch.
The 51-year-old actress is a frontrunner for Best Supporting Actress at this year’s Academy Awards for her role in Fences. But despite the odds, Davis says she’s feeling a lot of pressure.
"Do you have any other people left to thank at the Oscars, because you are the odds on favorite to win?” Jimmy Kimmel asked Davis on Thursday, during her guest appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live. “In fact, some say you're a lock to win."
Watch: Viola Davis Becomes First Black Actress to Earn 3 Oscar Nominations
“You know I’ve been the odds-on favorite to win before and did not?” Davis replied. “It’s devastating. It makes it worse. You're sitting there and you're like, 'Ok, I'm the odds-on favorite.' And then your name is not called.”
The How to Get Away With Murder star explained that it’s easier going into an...
The 51-year-old actress is a frontrunner for Best Supporting Actress at this year’s Academy Awards for her role in Fences. But despite the odds, Davis says she’s feeling a lot of pressure.
"Do you have any other people left to thank at the Oscars, because you are the odds on favorite to win?” Jimmy Kimmel asked Davis on Thursday, during her guest appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live. “In fact, some say you're a lock to win."
Watch: Viola Davis Becomes First Black Actress to Earn 3 Oscar Nominations
“You know I’ve been the odds-on favorite to win before and did not?” Davis replied. “It’s devastating. It makes it worse. You're sitting there and you're like, 'Ok, I'm the odds-on favorite.' And then your name is not called.”
The How to Get Away With Murder star explained that it’s easier going into an...
- 2/18/2017
- Entertainment Tonight
As I watched the trailer for Andròn, a new sci-fi film starring Alec Baldwin, Michelle Ryan, and Danny Glover, I made the decision that it was so boring and derivative that I wasn't interested in it enough to write about it for GeekTyrant. But then something amazing happened at the 1:36 mark:
"They're off the grid," one character tells Baldwin.
"Then Get Them Back On The Grid!" he yells, throwing a chair in frustration.
A dialogue exchange That ridiculous deserves to be seen by as many people as possible. Will the movie be any good? It looks like a lame blend of The Hunger Games and Cube, so probably not. Does it have the potential to be terrible and entertaining at the same time? If there are more lines like that one — absolutely.
They don’t remember how they got there. They don’t even remember their names. A group...
"They're off the grid," one character tells Baldwin.
"Then Get Them Back On The Grid!" he yells, throwing a chair in frustration.
A dialogue exchange That ridiculous deserves to be seen by as many people as possible. Will the movie be any good? It looks like a lame blend of The Hunger Games and Cube, so probably not. Does it have the potential to be terrible and entertaining at the same time? If there are more lines like that one — absolutely.
They don’t remember how they got there. They don’t even remember their names. A group...
- 4/29/2016
- by Ben Pearson
- GeekTyrant
They're off to see The Wizard!
NBC's The Wiz Live! is still a few weeks away, but People and Entertainment Weekly has an exclusive look at three of its stars in character.
There's Queen Latifah as The Wiz, Common as Bouncer, the Emerald City gatekeeper and Uzo Aduba as Glinda.
The musical, based on the 1975 Broadway production, stars newcomer Shanice Williams as Dorothy and also stars Mary J. Blige, Ne-Yo, more.
Williams, 19, has gotten advice from original The Wiz Broadway star Stephanie Mills, who appears in the NBC musical as Auntie Em.
"One of the best pieces of advice she's...
NBC's The Wiz Live! is still a few weeks away, but People and Entertainment Weekly has an exclusive look at three of its stars in character.
There's Queen Latifah as The Wiz, Common as Bouncer, the Emerald City gatekeeper and Uzo Aduba as Glinda.
The musical, based on the 1975 Broadway production, stars newcomer Shanice Williams as Dorothy and also stars Mary J. Blige, Ne-Yo, more.
Williams, 19, has gotten advice from original The Wiz Broadway star Stephanie Mills, who appears in the NBC musical as Auntie Em.
"One of the best pieces of advice she's...
- 11/16/2015
- by Aaron Couch, @AaronCouch
- People.com - TV Watch
The Great British Bake Off final will air this week, answering the question of whether Ian, Nadiya or Tamal will be named the victor - but that still leaves us with lots of Bake Off questions that are burning more than our attempts at a tennis cake. So we recruited last year's semi-finalist Chetna Makan and did some digging:
1. Where is the show filmed?
The last couple of series have been filmed at Welford Park in Berkshire (before that, the Bake Off tent was located in Harptree Court in Somerset and Valentines Mansion in London, while the first series was shot in locations all over the UK). And yes, the contestants all stay in a hotel together on filming weekends.
2. Do the bakers have to wear the same clothes on the Saturday and Sunday of each baking weekend?
"Yes!" Chetna laughed. "Jordan, I think in the first week, he went back to his room,...
1. Where is the show filmed?
The last couple of series have been filmed at Welford Park in Berkshire (before that, the Bake Off tent was located in Harptree Court in Somerset and Valentines Mansion in London, while the first series was shot in locations all over the UK). And yes, the contestants all stay in a hotel together on filming weekends.
2. Do the bakers have to wear the same clothes on the Saturday and Sunday of each baking weekend?
"Yes!" Chetna laughed. "Jordan, I think in the first week, he went back to his room,...
- 10/6/2015
- Digital Spy
Love Island is finally here and to say we're excited would be an understatement. Will it reach the heights of Calum, Fran and Dangerous Danan? We're about to find out!
Yep, the show all kicks off with a live launch tonight, so join us from 9pm when the show begins on ITV2 as we bring you all the action from the Mallorca villa...
22:35But for now, that's it - stay tuned to Digital Spy for all your Love Island updates, including a chat with those cheeky twins at midnight! Bye for now...
22:34Anyway, that's your lot for tonight! So go on then, what did you think of tonight's show? Are you in love, or will you be dumping it? Which of the Islanders do you love, and who can you just not stand? Let us know by leaving your comments below!
22:34(Is it bad that we kind of loved this?...
Yep, the show all kicks off with a live launch tonight, so join us from 9pm when the show begins on ITV2 as we bring you all the action from the Mallorca villa...
22:35But for now, that's it - stay tuned to Digital Spy for all your Love Island updates, including a chat with those cheeky twins at midnight! Bye for now...
22:34Anyway, that's your lot for tonight! So go on then, what did you think of tonight's show? Are you in love, or will you be dumping it? Which of the Islanders do you love, and who can you just not stand? Let us know by leaving your comments below!
22:34(Is it bad that we kind of loved this?...
- 6/7/2015
- Digital Spy
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