Making a safe getaway looks more improbable than ever in the trailer for the fifth and final part of Money Heist, the Spanish heist crime drama that streams on Netflix. As Part 5, Volume 1 opens, the gang has now been shut in the Bank of Spain for over 100 hours. They have managed to […]
Monday, August 2, 2021
Mr. Corman Review: Apple's Ballad of a Bored White Guy Just Sounds Whiny
Well, Mr. Corman is certainly Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s vision. Not only does the actor star in the new Apple TV+ dramedy — in his first regular TV role since he was a wisecracking teen alien on 3rd Rock From the Sun — but he also serves as creator, writer, director and executive producer on the project. […]
Love Island's Leslie Sheds Light on Her Mysterious Off-Camera Exit
“Leslie has left the villa.” Those five words from Love Island‘s narrator, delivered during Sunday night’s telecast over a sunrise montage, represented the sum total of the CBS series’ explanation for the sudden, off-camera exit of newish arrival Leslie Golden. A self-described pansexual, Leslie joined the mix on Day 18 (in the July 25 episode), […]
The Chi Renewed for Season 5
Showtime is sticking with Kevin, Jake, Papa & Co.: The Chi has been renewed for another season at the premium cabler. Series creator Lena Waithe announced the news during an Instagram Live after the show’s Season 4 finale Sunday. “Season 5 of The Chi is coming. It is done. It is written,” she told fans, thanking them […]
Simone Biles to Participate in Tuesday's Balance Beam Final, Her Last Scheduled Event in Tokyo Olympics
Four-time gold medalist Simone Biles will return to the 2021 Tokyo Olympics on Tuesday, where she’ll compete in her very last scheduled event: the balance beam final. “We are so excited to confirm that you will see two U.S. athletes in the balance beam final tomorrow – Suni Lee AND Simone Biles!! Can’t wait to watch […]
Sunday, August 1, 2021
Black Monday Season 3 Finale Recap: Who Was the Killer, and Did the Crew All Make It Out Alive? (Grade It!)
We never would’ve guessed that Black Monday‘s third season would morph into a quasi-slasher film, but here we are! In Sunday’s finale, the identity of the killer was finally revealed (more on that below), as Mo and Dawn headed to the altar to exchange fake vows, unaware of how many real feelings the faux-wedding would […]
Animal Kingdom EP on [Spoiler]'s Rise to Power, Pam's Take on the Codys and an 'Even More Dangerous' Pope
Warning: The following contains spoilers for Sunday’s Animal Kingdom. If you’d rather watch first, read later, off you go. Well, OK, Deran! We didn’t know that the youngest of Animal Kingdom’s Cody brothers had it in him, but we’ll be damned. In Sunday’s episode (recapped in full here), he not only stepped up, he walked […]
Animal Kingdom Recap: Malcontents Under Pressure — Plus, Smurf's Beneficiary Plays Let's Make a Deal
Warning: The following contains spoilers for Sunday’s Animal Kingdom. Don’t say we didn’t warn you. Although “quieter” than usual, Sunday’s Animal Kingdom was nonetheless monumental for three reasons: 1. Pope, maybe for the first time in his life, got a little help. 2. Deran basically smacked J right the hell down. And 3. Pamela not […]
The Chi Finale: Is [Spoiler] Gone? 'He Overplayed His Hand,' EP Says
Warning: This post contains spoilers from The Chi‘s Season 4 finale. What a difference a year makes. In 2020, Showtime’s The Chi ended Season 3 with a happy gathering at Emmett’s new BBQ restaurant, a feel-good gathering… that ended abruptly with the murder of unlikely hero Ronnie. This year, the Season 4 finale , which […]
The White Lotus Recap: Kitty Cornered — Plus, Who's in the Coffin? Vote!
The arrival of Mike White’s inimitable muse Molly Shannon as Shane’s meddling and self-professed “crazy” mother Kitty in Sunday’s fourth episode of The White Lotus adds a new wrinkle to the “Who’s in the Coffin?” mystery. It seems entirely plausible that the figurative daggers daughter-in-law Rachel shot her throughout the hour could be replaced with […]
Power Book III: Raising Kanan Recap: Original Gangsters and Gatekeepers
The price of being the boss is getting costlier and costlier for Raq on Power Book III: Raising Kanan. But as the queenpin proved on Sunday night’s installment, titled “Stick and Move,” ice-cold Raq keeps a Louis Vuitton stacked with cash, and her eyes on the bottom line. This time around that meant handing a […]
Schmigadoon!'s Jaime Camil, Ariana DeBose Discuss Having the 'License of Musical Theater' to Sell Fast Romances
Schmigadoon! manages to sell its audience on a pair of dalliances as fast as Betsy was able to sell Melissa on The Inn’s world-famous corn pudding. In Episode 4, Jaime Camil (Jane the Virgin) and Ariana DeBose (Hamilton) are formally introduced as Doc Lopez and schoolmarm Emma Tate, new love interests for Cecily Strong and […]
Port Charles' Jay Pickett Dead at 60
Soap actor Jay Pickett of Port Charles fame passed away Friday at the age of 60, according to a Facebook post by film producer Jim Heffel. The official cause of death has not yet been released. “Yesterday I lost a good friend and the world lost a great person,” Heffel eulogized. “Jay Pickett decided to ride […]
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