Far be it from us to stop a team of vest-wearing wand enthusiasts from robbing a bank for their audience’s enrichment. But after nearly 10 years of silence from the Magic Castle’s bank robbery contingent, we had all but assumed that Jesse…
While it’s been 30 years since Eddie Murphy last donned Axel Foley’s Detroit Lions jacket, that’s hardly remarkable by today’s standards. Heck, the gap between Beverly Hills Cop III and Netflix’s Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F is shorter than…
At the beginning of a lengthy interview with The New York Times, Eddie Murphy spoke about the ways he took his fame for granted when he was just starting out. “I started at maybe around 13, 14, saying that I was going to be famous. I’d…
Ridley Scott has made some of the most iconic movies in modern cinema, some of which spun off into major Hollywood franchises. Scott says in a recent Vanity Fair interview that he “should have done the sequels to Alien and to Blade Runner…
The Bear is cooking up some mixed reviews this season, even within The A.V. Club. Saloni Gajjar lauded its groundbreaking episode one music choice, while Jenna Scherer wrote in her review that “the episode feels both too slow andtoo fast.…
In a bizarre data point for the growing movement to keep rap lyrics out of the courtroom, Hot Boys rapper Christopher “B.G.” Dorsey was recently ordered to provide the government with a copy of any song he writes moving forward, ahead of…
There’s plenty of screaming, slapping, and sexy eyes to go around in Industry’s firstseason three trailer. That’s not surprising to anyone who has watched HBO’s tense and entertaining drama, which also happens to be a perfect way to fill…
It’s hard not to approach reviewing Despicable Me 4 with anything other than a sense of futility. Illumination Studios seems to have cracked the code for mainstream blockbuster success, not by being any good, but by being merely “Good…
Hey, who says those fancy ol’ film festivals can’t have a bit of fun, huh? Amid the very particular glamor of the Venice Film Festival—all those beautiful movie stars arriving via boat!—the Juice is going to be let loose. Yes, Beetlejuice…
Jamie Foxx still isn’t divulging much information about his health scare last year. Though he was hospitalized for nearly a month, the Oscar winner has remained tight-lipped on his extended absence from his numerous professions. Speaking…
Since his early graduation from Greendale Community College, Donald Glover has defied expectations. Under the alias Childish Gambino, he’s become a chart-topping, Grammy-winning rapper and, on television, an Emmy-winning writer and actor,…
It would be easy to make a Taylor Swift movie about the image she’s projected to the world: the hopeless romantic underdog who conquered the world with the power of song! But it would be way more interesting to make a Taylor Swift biopic…
An actor can’t control what may become his last performance. One of the final films of the late Ray Liotta happens to be 1992, a boilerplate crime thriller set against the backdrop of the riots that took place in Los Angeles that year. On…
Welcome to The A.V. Club’s monthly comics preview, where we recommend new books to check out over the next few weeks. This month, we’ve got five exciting picks, including new series from Image Comics, DC, Oni Press, Drawn & Quarterly, and…
The recent release of Thelma, a film that subverts the conventions of action films, has us thinking about other movies we’ve enjoyed over the decades that did something a little different with the genre. “Subversive” can be a slippery term…
Between the box office success of Bad Boys: Ride Or Die and, more importantly, his visit to Hot Ones, Will Smith has spent the past few months clawing his way back into Hollywood’s good graces. While he’s still barred from the Academy and…
When last we spoke of Cobra Kai—when the first look teaser for the sixth season debuted—we were all pretty much in agreement that dropping the show’s final season in three parts was a really annoying strategy by Netflix. Unfortunately, the…
Remember in A Star Is Born how Lady Gaga’s character lamented that she was always told her nose was too big to make it in the music industry? Imagine the meme from that movie—Bradley Cooper saying “I just want to take another look at…
We’ve got some good news and some bad news this morning. The good news is that Inside Out 2 is actually pretty delightful—at least by current Pixar standards—and the sequel is being rewarded for the joy it’s bringing at the box office.…
The line that gives this season finale its title—“And That’s The End of It. There’s Nothing Else”—is said midway through this sumptuously riveting hour of television. That means the very ending which Armand and Louis feel so satisfied in…
Netflix’s line-up of Original movies vary wildly in quality, ranging from Oscar-worthy work from some of our finest filmmakers to rom-coms one wouldn’t wish upon their worst enemy (strapped down, in some sort of Clockwork Orange situation)…
Welcome to What’s On, our weekly picks of must-watch shows. Here’s what you need to watch from Sunday, June 30 to Thursday, July 4. All times are Eastern.
Kevin Costner “couldn’t conceive of a scene that didn’t involve a woman” when he was writing Horizon: An American Saga, he said on a recent episode of the “Happy Sad Confused” podcast. On the press tour for his big swing, self-financed…
The sky is blue, and JK Rowling is in a fight with yet another Harry Potter actor. At this rate, she’ll be beefing with the CGI dementors before the year is even up. There really are not any other jokes to be made at this point—the whole…
Deadpool & Wolverine is relying on the conniving little trick of nostalgia to lure us in. The Deadpool franchise’s third film pairs Wade Wilson (Ryan Reynolds) with Logan, a.k.a. Wolverine, bringing their partnership from the comics to…
The actor: Marc Singer began his career as a stage actor, and he’s made a point of returning to the stage whenever the opportunity presents itself, but his greatest impact through his roles in front of the camera, including two of the most…
Who is Camila Cabello, anyway? Is she the single true breakout star of Fifth Harmony, a girl group formed by Simon Cowell on a reality TV show? Is she the pop star who attended “healing sessions” after old posts on her Tumblr came to light…
The fantasy of dating someone famous comes saddled with reality’s baggage. No matter how down-to-earth an actor seems in interviews, or how deeply a musician’s influences speak to you, these always-on jobs demand so much time and emotional…
We have a pretty good guess as to what Jon Stewart’s main Daily Show discussion topic will be during his weekly appearance on Monday, and it’s not tonight’s debate (and not just because he’s already covering that tonight). This week,…