Industry Season 3 Began as Silicon Valley and Ended as Downton Abbey

Industry turned in its best season by reclaiming its uniquely British and American identities. This article contains spoilers forIndustryseason 3 episode 8. An unexpected challenge facing pop culture websites with international readerships is simply determiningwherecertain properties come from. Industryseason 3 begins on a distinctly American note. As if the Sir honorific wasnt a dead giveaway, Henry is unmistakably a member of the British aristocracy. Still, Henry does everything he can to remove the stench of old money from his fresh new enterprise....

September 30, 2024 · 2 min · 302 words · Angela Wong

Megalopolis Bombing at the Box Office Won’t Matter in the Long Run for Coppola

Megalopolis is a box office disaster. But the movie will long outlive any Monday morning snickering. Francis Ford CoppolasMegalopolishad a rough opening weekend. Thats not even enough to crack the top five for the weekend. And he spent 40 years thinking aboutMegalopolisbefore he finally made it. There remains a decent chance thatMegalopoliswill be his final film. Those quotes were fake and revealed a startling lack of due diligence or competency somewhere in the marketing department....

September 30, 2024 · 2 min · 268 words · Theresa Riggs

Nosferatu Trailer Recreates the Most Haunting Image From the Original

Even if you dont knowNosferatu, you knowNosferatu. Through the rustling curtains we see the outline of a vampire. Orloks silhouette is the other reason you probably know Nosferatu. But it isnt just the movies cheap availability that made the shadow shot so popular. Orloks shadow suggests something inhuman and twisted, all because of the way the darkness hits the wall. Both shadow shots suggest that Eggers has somewhat altered his visual style forNosferatu, his fourth feature film....

September 30, 2024 · 1 min · 85 words · Erik Stevens

Saturday Night Review: A Lively Time with SNL’s Ghosts

Can you be nostalgic for a moment while youre living in it? It even continues to see Lorne Michaels as its credited and reportedly hands-on executive producer. Yet ReitmansSaturday Nightis not about this perennial legacy, at least not directly. Nor are they with us now. Here are two characters who will later become icons, but then barely live long enough to appreciate it. Which is not to say the movie isnt funny....

September 30, 2024 · 1 min · 204 words · Mark Becker

The Penguin Episode 2 Review: Sofia Falcone Takes Charge

In its second episode, The Penguin waddles toward the pulpy crime show it needs to be. This review contains spoilers forThe Penguinepisode 2. Oz Cobb starts the second episode ofThe Penguinfeeling good about himself. Oz succeeds by weaponizing everything delightful aboutColin Farrellsperformance. Ozs boisterous attitude and unusual looks invite people to underestimate him, leaving room for his machinations. barks Vitti, and Oz deflates. That approach doesnt work so well when the episode turns its attention to Ozs personal life and backstory....

September 30, 2024 · 1 min · 209 words · Mary Erickson

The Penguin: Dr. Julian Rush Has Big Batman Villain Potential

Theo Rossi’s Dr. Julian Rush gives off major villain vibes on The Penguin. And there might be good reason for that. This article contains spoilers forThe Penguinepisode 2. Others have spotted that theres a book on hypnosis in Rushs office. Others have noted that the name Julian Rush is similar to Julian Day, a.k.a. Calendar Man, although this seems like a tenuous link. Rossi has suggested that well definitely be seeing more Dr....

September 30, 2024 · 1 min · 102 words · Alan Mendoza

TWD: Daryl Dixon Season 2 Just Called Back to Carol’s Sophia Trauma

This article contains spoilers forThe Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon The Book of Carolepisode 1. Then, Carol loses her primary motivation. Carol watches, helplessly, as Sophia is separated from the group and chased into the woods by walkers. None of these end particularly well for Carol. Read more Whats Next for The Walking Dead? Shes a kindly woman in peril, by herself with a busted vehicle. Thats not the only reminder of Sophias presence....

September 30, 2024 · 1 min · 138 words · Donna Estrada

Uzumaki: Why Spirals Terrify Junji Ito

Junji Ito’s magnum opus is now an anime on Adult Swim. But what’s with all those spirals in Uzumaki? The anime adaptation not only recreates the story beats but is able to replicate that uneasiness and mounting tension. New episodes of Uzumaki premiere Saturday nights at 12:30 a.m.

September 30, 2024 · 1 min · 48 words · Jacqueline Chandler

The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon Season 1 Recap – Did Daryl Leave France?

Having trouble remembering which ones are the Pouvoir des Vivants and which ones are the Union de LEspoir? Here’s what happened in Daryl Dixon season 1. This article contains spoilers forThe Walking Dead: Daryl Dixonseason 1. Some things never change. Even after the end of the world, French people love to fight with each other about politics. Albeit, politics with a particularlyWalking Deadslant to them. Here is what happened inThe Walking Dead: Daryl Dixonseason 1....

September 29, 2024 · 2 min · 281 words · Alan Walters

The Movies That Defined the Millennials Generation

We Millennials will forever occupy an awkward space. Others, however, reflect a longing to turn the pageor to burn the whole book down. They got style, class and crass, and just may yet make fetch happen. So without further ado, here are some quintessentially Millennial movies. (And to cover their eyes when Mufasa fell into that stampede.) These movies hold up, especially the first four listed above. And save forThe Lion King, all had the heavy influence of Broadway songwriter Howard Ashman....

September 28, 2024 · 4 min · 719 words · Willie Miranda

Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater Showed How Games Can Capture a Generation

Without the bumps and bruises from actually skating themselves, of course. Punk stalwarts like The Vandals, Dead Kennedys, and Goldfinger are among the standouts. This attention to detail carried over to thePro Skatersoundtracks. What1 + 2achieves is a delicate balance between nostalgia and maintaining the corePro Skatergameplay. Critics and fans took notice, and1 + 2went on to become thefastest-sellingTony Hawkgameto date.

September 28, 2024 · 1 min · 61 words · Tasha Gonzales

Link Tank: The Disaster Movie Fun Is Just Getting Started on ABC’s 9-1-1

Minear was keen to keep the 70s cinema celebration going and pivot to a storyline inspired byAirport 75. And I knew I wanted Athena on that plane. So the question really is, how do you tell both? Their tour kicks off today! Tudyk also voices Clayface in the Max animated seriesHarley Quinn.

September 27, 2024 · 1 min · 52 words · Jesse Ball

Netflix’s Nobody Wants This Is An Unexpected Fleabag Companion

This article contains spoilers forNobody Wants This. A rabbi and a podcaster walk into a dinner party. Have you heard this one before? Its the premise of the newNetflixseriesNobody Wants This. The broad strokes of the story will be familiar to anyone who has ever watched a romantic comedy. Charlotte did the same for Harry onSex in the Cityages ago, right? But, with the exception of a few stories, religion isnt often a throughline in onscreen romance....

September 27, 2024 · 1 min · 208 words · Derek Rodriguez