Lin-Manuel Miranda and Emily Blunt, the stars of Mary Poppins Returns, joined James Corden in a one-take rendition of 22 musicals. The clip, an edition of The Late Late Show‘s “Roll Call” segment, takes on everything from Evita to Chicago to The Wizard of Oz. The actors, alongside Corden, gamely …
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Stephen Colbert broke down the latest developments in the myriad investigations facing President Donald Trump, as well as the president’s ridiculous attempts to keep tweeting through the news on The Late Show Monday. As Colbert noted, Trump now faces over 17 known investigations, and over the weekend a Senate Intelligence …
Read More »See 'SNL' Cast Impersonate Celebrities in Oscars Host Audition Sketch
Saturday Night Live only briefly addressed Kevin Hart’s Oscar-hosting controversy during last week’s episode, but on the December 15th episode, the show devoted a full skit to the search for a new host following Hart’s swift exit. “The search for a new host begins. Who will risk everything for the …
Read More »'Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse' Review: The Greatest Spidey Movie of Them All
Did you ever think you could beSpider-Man? This gorgeous take on the Marvel superhero knows you can — that everyone can. The great power always comes by accident, that famous spider-bite origin story; it’s what you do with that power, of course, that really counts. It’s a hard lesson for …
Read More »'Counterpart' Season 2 Review: Sci-Fi/Spy Thriller Doubles Down and Comes Up Short
When it debuted earlier this year, I compared Starz’s Counterpart simultaneouslyto The Spy Who Came in From the Cold, Fringe and The Parent Trap. Such was the unlikely yet appealing combination of genres and tones used to tell the story of Howard Silk (J.K. Simmons), a meek government bureaucrat who …
Read More »'SNL' Honors George H.W. Bush With Dana Carvey Impression Flashback
Saturday Night Live saluted President George H.W. Bush, who died Friday at age 94, with a “Weekend Update” flashback to Dana Carvey‘s many impressions of the politician. “President Bush was famously a very warm and gracious man who understood the power in being able to laugh at yourself,” co-host Colin …
Read More »The Neverending Story: Has TV's Reboot Obsession Gone Too Far?
What is dead may never die. This is a religious oath recited often by the people of the Iron Islands on Game of Thrones. It is also increasingly the guiding ethos of Hollywood development, where any familiar title, no matter how sacrosanct it might have once seemed, is ripe for …
Read More »'At Eternity's Gate' Review: The Definitive Portrait of Vincent Van Gogh
That dude could paint! There are biopics of artists that don’t ask more of an audience than that simple reaction. Not so with Julian Schnabel’s extraordinary At Eternity’s Gate, which features a monumental, career-best performance from Willem Dafoe as Vincent Van Gogh. It’s not that Schnabel doesn’t glory in the …
Read More »Woody Meets Forky in First 'Toy Story 4' Teaser Trailer
Woody, Buzz Lightyear and the rest of the Toy Story gang – plus a talking spork – reunite in the first teaser-trailer for Toy Story 4. The 90-second clip, soundtracked by Judy Collins’ “Both Sides Now,” finds the toys enjoying a sunny day before the viewer is introduced to “Forky,” …
Read More »'The Walking Dead' Says Goodbye to Its Hero — and An Era of TV
When Rick Grimes first rode onto our TV sets on Halloween night in 2010, Don Draper was still mistreating women and drinking like a fish on Mad Men. Walter White was running a drug empire in Albuquerque; Nucky Thompson was ruling Atlantic City like a tyrant; and Dexter Morgan was …
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