Are you dissatisfied with the cards life dealt you? Sick of feeling like you have no control? Stuck at the bottom while so many enjoy the their time on top? There has to be a better way!
The third single from The Marshall Mathers LP earned Eminem some of the highest praise of his career, but back when “Stan” was grabbing VMA nominations and giving a three-year-old Dido single a piggyback ride up the charts, who would’ve guessed the song’s lasting legacy would be lexicographical? “Stan” is literally…
The Bardo Thodol is a text that’s been guiding Tibetan Buddhists through the phases between death and rebirth for centuries. And for a much shorter period of time, it has served as a jumping off point for creative endeavors as varied as Jacob’s Ladder, Philip K. Dick’s Ubik, and The Beatles’ “Tomorrow Never Knows.” In…
Last week, we heard from the stars of The Morning Show; this week, we finally get to see what Jennifer Aniston, Reese Witherspoon, and Steve Carell look like when they’re speaking those lines of integrity-rich dialogue. The trailer for the Kerry Ehrin-written, Mimi Leder-directed Apple TV+ series—which still doesn’t…
Coming soon to your Netflix queue: The story of a mother and the daughter who’s half her age, living in a quaint New England town. Mom has a past that she’s trying to distance herself from; daughter attends a school of some renown and struggles with her romantic feelings toward the local ne’er-do-well. There’s a guy…
It is not, shall we say, a great time for journalism. Misinformation abounds, press freedoms are being restricted worldwide, and any profits there once were to be made by ethically, responsibly conveying information to the public are now being vacuumed up by tech giants like Google and Facebook. Who will stand by the…
The final season of The Good Place premieres this fall, and Team Cockroach plus creator Michael Schur are on hand at the Television Critics Association summer press tour to discuss it. TV editor Erik Adams is also there; scroll past the recommended stories to follow along with his running commentary (and whatever news…
The American Crime Story franchise has had its ups and downs on FX: The ups mostly involving the onscreen products (and awards prospects) of The People V. O.J. Simpson and The Assassination Of Gianni Versace, the downs being the stalled developments of the anthology series’ proposed seasons about Hurricane Katrina and …
The Little Mermaid is getting the big screen treatment from Rob Marshall and Lin-Manuel Miranda, but as that project finds its legs another recreation of Disney’s animated hit is in the works at ABC. The latest in network TV’s love affair with live musical performances, the event will honor the original’s 30th…
Netflix’s decision to not continue with the robustly colorful, awesomely oddball animated series Tuca & Bertie was met with a wave of disappointment from fans and critics alike. That said, we just so happen to be navigating a brave new world of fictional content where one platform’s “no thanks” could be another…
Jimmy Kimmel and Norman Lear are getting more vintage sitcoms back on their feet. The Jimmy Kimmel Live! host confirmed that he’s producing two more Live In Front Of A Studio Audience specials, following up this spring’s Emmy-nominated All In The Family/The Jeffersons double header. A holiday-themed installment will…
The next CW superhero crossover will sound very familiar: The network announced at the Television Critics Association summer press tour that Kevin Conroy will appear as Bruce Wayne in this winter’s Crisis On Infinite Earths. The actor, who has voiced the caped crusader and his alter ego in Batman: The Animated Series,…
There must be a bunch of hot priests in the Television Critics Association (in addition to multiple members of the A.V. Club staff), because they’re smitten with Fleabag. The British comedy’s second season ran the table at the 2019 TCA Awards, where it was named Program Of The Year and Outstanding Achievement In…
This post discusses the plot of Veronica Mars’ fourth season.
