'The Witcher' swings into Henry Cavill's final season with a tighter focus
The off-screen attention regarding Henry Cavill's exit can't help but bleed into the new season of "The Witcher," which will mark the "Man of Steel" star's last with the Netflix show. Based on the initial episodes, Cavill could leave on a relatively high note, thanks to a tighter, more focused third season, at least initially, than the second offered.
2023-06-29 23:18
Idris Elba boards an ill-fated flight in the real-time thriller 'Hijack'
Idris Elba is another right guy in the wrong place in "Hijack," a tense real-time thriller in the mode of "24," which follows a hijacked plane from the perspectives of its passengers, their captors and authorities on the ground. Crisp and tense, the seven-episode Apple TV+ series overcomes its slightly claustrophobic premise in a show unlikely to ever be offered as in-flight entertainment.
2023-06-28 22:55
'Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed' zooms in on the star's secret life
At first blush, "Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed" seems determined to find every movie phrase uttered by the actor -- famously closeted throughout his career as a leading man -- that could be construed to have a double meaning hinting at who he really was. Yet the HBO documentary ultimately provides a sobering window into that time, zooming in on Hudson's screen roles to coyly illustrate what he was experiencing off it.
2023-06-28 22:52
'Succession' stars get a split decision in 'Run Rabbit Run' and 'Prisoner's Daughter'
It's always interesting to see what actors have been up to while working on a for-the-ages show like "Succession," which sets a high bar for what comes next. Two low-key examples arrive this week, with Sarah Snook anchoring "Run Rabbit Run," a creepy little macabre Australian thriller, while Brian Cox is squandered by the more disposable "Prisoner's Daughter."
2023-06-28 22:47
RTÉ director general resigns over Tubridy payments
The Late Late Show host Ryan Tubridy was paid €345,000 (£296,000) more than was published in reports.
2023-06-26 16:22
Gabrielle Union finds her groove in the age-gap romance 'The Perfect Find'
"The Perfect Find" is the kind of low-key romance that often finds an appreciative audience on Netflix. Gabrielle Union plays the newly single woman who falls for a much-younger man, in a movie that emphasizes chemistry over eroticism.
2023-06-23 23:25
'No Hard Feelings' shows off Jennifer Lawrence in a raunchy comedy with a deeper core
"No Hard Feelings," kind of part French sex comedy, part "American Pie"-like coming-of-age story, this raunchy vehicle for Jennifer Lawrence also possesses darker and deeper streaks that elevate it above its "Pretty. Awkward." posters.
2023-06-23 21:23
'And Just Like That...' again comes up short as it tries bringing 'Sex'-y back
To those wide-eyed romantics who dared hope that a second season would fix all the things wrong with the first one of "And Just Like That...," the "Sex and the City" sequel returns with its abundant flaws intact. Awkward, unconvincing and only sporadically funny, the show remains a kind of streaming Frankenstein, stitched together from a jumbled assortment of parts.
2023-06-22 22:15
'Secret Invasion' turns loose Samuel L. Jackson's fast and Fury-ous side
Nick Fury started out in comics leading a group of soldiers known as the Howling Commandos. In "Secret Invasion," the latest Disney+ series, the SHIELD chief, a.k.a. Samuel L. Jackson, fronts a mostly entertaining game of Marvel-supporting-character Bingo, seeking to thwart a plot by shapeshifting Skrulls with their cinematic roots in the "Captain Marvel" movies.
2023-06-20 23:29
'The Walking Dead: Dead City' breathes life into its most satisfying spinoff yet
After a long stretch of pretty weak-to-indifferent spinoffs as AMC has sought to milk life out of "The Walking Dead," "The Walking Dead: Dead City" arguably delivers the most satisfying spinoff yet by combining the signature characters, played by Jeffrey Dean Morgan and Lauren Cohan. Throwing the pair into a zombie-ravaged Big Apple merely adds to the (OK, kind of depressing) fun.
2023-06-19 11:18
'Stan Lee' remembers his Marvel-ous life, as presented in his own words
Before Marvel conquered the pop culture and cinematic universe, Stan Lee served as the genial goodwill ambassador of the comic-book industry. As such Lee created a rich archive that provides the basis for "Stan Lee," a breezy Disney+ documentary looking back at the colorful comics patriarch's life and career in commemoration of what would have been his centennial year.
2023-06-16 21:55
Chris Hemsworth hammers home another rescue mission in 'Extraction 2'
Premiering in April 2020, "Extraction" landed at a fortuitous time, showcasing "Thor's" Chris Hemsworth in a muscular, theatrical-style action vehicle on Netflix at a moment when Covid brought theaters to a grinding halt. The sequel, "Extraction 2," hammers away at the same basic outline, while feeling particularly simple minded even by the standards of the genre.
2023-06-16 21:48