Month: April 2021

"Dune," "Nightmare Alley," and a new Paul Thomas Anderson film are already high on Oscar pundits' lists. “The Card Counter,” “House of Gucci,” “Don’t Look Up,” “Dune,” and “The French Dispatch” MGM/Netflix/Searchlight/Warner Bros. Before anyone takes issue with looking ahead to the 2022 Oscars just days after “Nomadland” won Best Picture at the 2021 Oscars, just remember the Academy has already set a date of February 27, 2022 for the 94th Academy Awards. That’s right, just a slim 10 months separates the two Oscar ceremonies and, considering it’s almost May, it’s not too early to begin looking ahead at the awards season to come. One thing we know for sure about the 202...

Alex Trebek’s widow, Jean, is speaking out for the first time since the "Jeopardy!" host’s death.  Alex died in November of 2020 at age 80 after a very lengthy and public battle with stage 4 pancreatic cancer. Not only was he the beloved host of the long-running game show, but Alex and Jean are responsible for some impressive charitable work.  As a result, they landed a spot on NBC’s upcoming primetime special "Inspiring America: The 2021 Inspiration List" in which various people who made a positive impact on the world during the challenging year that was 2020 are acknowledged. Jean sat down for an interview with co-anchor Savannah Guthrie, an excerpt of which was shared on the "Today" show Wednesday.  In the preview, she discusses the outpouring of support Alex saw after announcing h...

RELATED STORIES The following contains major spoilers from the entire season of The Falcon and the Winter Soldier. One of the biggest revelations in The Falcon and the Winter Soldier‘s finale, which is now streaming on Disney+, is that Sharon Carter was the Power Broker all along! Sharon first revealed herself to viewers in a private confrontation with Flag Smasher leader Karli, which got crashed by Batroc. A mid-credits scene then showed the former fugitive (who was forced on the run after aiding Steve, Sam and Bucky in Captain America: Civil War) calling an unknown number to gear up for the selling of government secrets and prototype weapons, after receiving a full pardon and being reinstated as an agent (of some kind). Kari Skogland, who directed all six episodes of...

Election integrity advocates are urging Jimmy KimmelJames (Jimmy) Christian KimmelBiden, Harris, Harry and Meghan added to 'Vax Live: The Concert to Reunite the World' Schwarzenegger says Jenner has chance at governorship My Pillow CEO Mike Lindell to appear on 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!' MORE and ABC to cancel a scheduled appearance by MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell on "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" late Wednesday. In a letter sent to Kimmel and several top executives at ABC, the groups, including Common Cause, the Democracy Initiative and the League of Women Voters of the United States, say Lindell should not be given a platform to spread misinformation about the 2020 presidential election.  "Lindell’s work in pushing election disinformation has already had significant consequences for our nation, incl...

Elisabeth Moss stars in The Handmaid’s TalePhoto: Hulu TV ReviewsAll of our TV reviews in one convenient place. “Motherhood has always been an evolutionary puzzle to me,” says Commander Lawrence to June, in yet another upsetting dinner scene of the season. He shares this after he’s warned June that her refusal to reveal where the Handmaids are will result in Hannah being hurt, which in Gilead can mean everything from having an eye torn out to death. June’s response is to tell him to go fuck himself. It stands to reason that he would be confused. Up till now, her anger, motivation, and extremely questionable decisions have been tied up with her maternal instinct to protect Hannah. June’s rise from a woman struggling to survive to Walter White-ing on the edge of irredeemable can be in ...

Amazon has released a trailer for the upcoming sci-fi thriller “The Tomorrow War,” debuting this summer. The movie, out July 2, stars Chris Pratt as Dan Forester, a high school teacher who is recruited by a group of time travelers to fight a war in the future. As an alien species threatens life on Earth, the only hope for survival is for soldiers and civilians from the present to travel to the year 2051 and help save the planet. Dan teams up with his estranged father, played by J.K. Simmons, and a brilliant scientist, played by Yvonne Strahovski, to rewrite the fate of mankind. Written by Zach Dean and directed by Chris McKay, the film’s cast also includes Edwin Hodge, Sam Richardson, Betty Gilpin, Mary Lynn Rajskub, Jasmine Mathews and Ryan Kiera Armstrong. Amazon repo...