Andrés Govea Wants to RemakeCharlie’s Angels 2,But Worse

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. Andres Govea (@mij0andres) is a stand-up comedian based in NYC but hails from McAllen, Texas. TV PITCH: Americas Next Top Model but one of them is a horse. I love to do alternative TV/movie pitches on Twitter. They really give me a giggle. Tyra Banks should absolutely make a cycle where the girls have to compete against a very attractive horse....

May 17, 2019 · 3 min · 557 words · Victoria Jones

Carly Rae Jepsen’s New AlbumDedicatedProves theEmotionHype Wasn’t a Fluke

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. Why didntEmotionblow up, commercially? Canadian singer-songwriter Carly Rae Jepsens 2015 sophomore album stalled out at No. 16 on theBillboardalbum charts but thrived on prestige media year-end lists,sparking odd conversations in the process. Fans swore the public was just late to the party. The discourse was goofy. This says nothing of who is actually listening to the music....

May 17, 2019 · 2 min · 311 words · Mr. Kyle Paul Jr.

Catch-22Premiere Recap: Straighten Up and Fly Right

Catch-22 Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. Its not accidental that their movements mirror the circular trajectory of their bomber planes. The problem with adaptingCatch-22is that its satirical power lies almost entirely in its literary characteristics. The novels circular, paradoxical style reflects the irrational foundation of military bureaucracy. Youre callin me a liar now? No what, sir? No… what, sir? While the series isnt unengaging, it nevertheless feels too fastidious for such inherently messy source material....

May 17, 2019 · 2 min · 317 words · Marc Howard

Catch-22Recap: Afraid But Not Ashamed

Catch-22 Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. This episode demonstrates thatCatch-22can captivate with a much looser rhythm, one driven by character instead of story. (Gotta respect that neutral territory, he says. Gotta love those Catholics, huh?…And the Jews.) His musings play in voice-over over scenes of the men cavorting with sex workers in a brothel. Later, Nately can be heard yelling at his fellow men calling the woman a whore....

May 17, 2019 · 2 min · 365 words · Jonathan Johnson

Catch-22Recap: When Your Number’s Up, Your Number’s Up

Catch-22 Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. Im the bravest fuckin man you know. Its his latest, most desperate attempt to avoid flying any more combat missions. Stand me down, he demands. Suppose everybody felt that way, Major responds uncertainly. Yossarian shoots back, Then Id certainly be a damned fool to feel any other way, wouldnt I? The problem is the series tonal confusion cant fully support Yossarians beliefs....

May 17, 2019 · 2 min · 226 words · Casey Franklin

Christine Baranski Is Astounding onThe Good Fight

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. The way we move through the world often betrays our most intimate selves. I found myself studying the people around me. A mom with a blonde bob pushed a stroller with single-minded determination. But what happens when the rules you live by truth, justice, and democracy itself cease to exist? In the third season ofThe Good Fight, this has proved to be the rich seam of Dianes arc....

May 17, 2019 · 3 min · 545 words · Benjamin Anderson

Everything We Know About theGame of ThronesPrequels

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. Its a Dunk and Egg prequel! History will not just be written by the dragonborn. So its a … buddy drama? Gonna need a funky rap intro to go with it. But who will betheDunk and Egg? Martin, that first appeared in a 1998 anthology of stories by fantasy authors including Stephen King. King Aegon Targaryen the Fifth (Danys great-grandfather, if I read the family tree correctly)....

May 17, 2019 · 3 min · 575 words · Mr. John Combs

FleabagSeason Premiere Recap: Who You Believe

Fleabag Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. This is a love story, she conspiratorially informs the camera as she wipes away the last traces. But this commitment to seemingly good behavior is really a self-induced punishment. The sisters have barely spoken in the intervening year, yet theyve responded identically to the rift. A return toFleabagstheatrical roots, its clearly the kind of scenario Waller-Bridge lives to write....

May 17, 2019 · 1 min · 206 words · Danielle Fisher

Grey’s AnatomySeason Finale Recap: Blood, Sweat, and Tears

Greys Anatomy Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. I really thought that fog was going to do a lot more damage. It was no mudslide. It was no sinkhole. IT WAS NO SUPERSTORM. I was rooting for you fog, we were all rooting for you. But in the end, the fog was merely a minor obstacle, nothing too traumatic. Most of the trauma experienced in this episode was man made....

May 17, 2019 · 3 min · 575 words · Jackie Sanchez

HBO’sHis Dark MaterialsTrailer: There Are Many Worlds and Ruth Wilson Is Terrying in All of Them

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. WithGame of Thronesover, HBO is betting big, very big, on another fantasy-series adaptation. The project is a co-production with the BBC andreportedly one of the most expensive British drama series to date. it’s possible for you to watch the first trailer below. Related Tags:

May 17, 2019 · 1 min · 59 words · Jonathan Lewis

HBO’sLos EspookysLooks Delightfully Weird

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May 17, 2019 · 1 min · 17 words · Pamela Page

Herman Wouk, 1915 to 2019

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. Herman Wouk died today at the age of 103. That in itself is a chance for hanging on for a while. Its telling that Wouk picked these out for immortality; he always wrote for the masses. Members of my synagogue came in and danced around a bit, and then I went back to work. I asked him why he had called himself, in his very late-life quasi-memoir, a cheerful centenarian....

May 17, 2019 · 1 min · 212 words · Erin Nunez

How a Bunch of Cat Wranglers HelpedJohn Wick 3Director Chad Stahelski Perfect Dog Fu

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. Crucially, a key piece of doggy dream casting fell through. But Jumpy was pretty booked. So we couldnt get Jumpy. I didnt put in enough time and research. I dont care what. Im going to figure this out. A dog fight was indeed written into the script. A leaner, meaner version of a German Shephard....

May 17, 2019 · 2 min · 276 words · Mrs. Brenda Stark