When Tom Arnold opens the big wooden door of his house in Beverly Hills on a Tuesday in late spring, he’s wearing a blue T-shirt with a Superman “S” logo on it. On the floor behind him is a pink, toddler-size Minnie Mouse car, property of his two-year-old daughter, Quinn. …
Read More »'Superman' Actress Margot Kidder's Death Ruled a Suicide
Superman actress Margot Kidder‘s death has been ruled a suicide, the Associated Press reports. On Wednesday, Park County coroner Richard Wood said in a statement that Kidder “died as a result of a self-inflicted drug and alcohol overdose.” The actress was found dead in her home in Livingston, Montana on …
Read More »'Christopher Robin' Review: Ewan McGregor, Meet a Bear Named Pooh
Fans of A.A. Milne’s delightful stories about an industrious, honey-obsessed bear named Winnie the Pooh and his gang of forest-dwelling droogs — Kanga and her child Roo, pragmatic Rabbit, wise old Owl, anxious Piglet, the emo-dour donkey Eeyore, the manic and possibly Meth-addicted dynamo that is Tigger — may recall …
Read More »Flight of the Conchords Detail New HBO Concert Special
Flight of the Conchords return to HBO for the first time since their eponymous TV series ended in 2009 for a special this fall. The hour-long show, Flight of the Conchords: Live at the London Apollo, will air on October 6th. The special, which they announced in a teaser video, …
Read More »Watch Sacha Baron Cohen Dupe Gun Lobby in 'Who Is America?' Clip
UPDATE: The art gallery owner featured in the debut episode of Sacha Baron Cohen’sWho Is America?has responded to her segment, in which Cohen plays an ex-con looking to break into the art world as an artist whose medium is his own feces and sperm. “Sacha Baron Cohen owes me a …
Read More »'The First Purge' Review: Horror Prequel Gets Even More Pulpy, Political
“Who are you angry at?” “Everyone.“ This is the very first exchange you hear in The First Purge, and to be fair, you can’t accuse the franchise’s latest entry of burying the lede. Given that the person answering the question is a scarred, grinning, maniacal caricature of a crack fiend …
Read More »'Woman Walks Ahead': Biopic on Feminist Painter Is One Big Falsehood
Widowed New York painter Caroline Weldon (Jessica Chastain) travels to South Dakota in 1889 to do a portrait of Sitting Bull (Canadian actor/dancer Michael Greyeyes). It’s the sort true-story premise would be a fascinating starting point for a movie … if said film had more than a nodding acquaintance with …
Read More »See Ryan Gosling as Neil Armstrong in New 'First Man' Trailer
Ryan Gosling portrays astronaut Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon, in the first trailer for biopicFirst Man, which reunites Gosling with La La Land director Damien Chazelle. First Man tells “the riveting story of NASA’s mission to land a man on the moon, focusing on Neil …
Read More »'Kidding' Trailer: See Jim Carrey as Melancholy Kids TV Star
Jim Carrey‘s Mr. Pickles TV show character may impart encouraging, happy words of wisdom for his child audience, but behind the scenes his life is falling apart in the first trailer for Showtime‘s dark comedy,Kidding. The 10-episode series premieres on September 9th. The clip opens with Carrey’s character Jeff portraying …
Read More »George R. R. Martin Producing Animated 'Ice Dragon' Film
Game of Thrones mastermindGeorge R. R. Martin is teaming with Warner Bros. to produce an animated film version of his 1980 fantasy novel, The Ice Dragon, Deadline reports. The story follows Adara, a young girl in a snowy, mythical kingdom who befriends an ice dragon after her mother’s death. A …
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