Photo: Netflix Though I’m sure it’s unwise to have Thornhill back in the mix from a whole preventing-catastrophe POV, I’m delighted to see her. I love the mommy-dearest-psychosexual energy Christina Ricci brings to Thornhill’s whole deal with her monster boy. And it’s so funny to hear her tell Dr. Fairburn that Fairburn’s book “came …
Photo: Netflix Wednesday is determined to get Goody’s book back, but her mother knows all her daughter’s tricks. So, no, the book is not hidden in the trunk where she used to stash her Día de los Muertos presents. Wednesday caves and tells her mom about her latest visions, which are described, yet again, …
Photo: Jonathan Hession/Netflix We have a scientific term for what’s going on with Wednesday’s black tears: It’s called “psychic exhaustion.” According to Morticia, “That’s what happens when you abuse your gift.” I’m into this! Finally, a part of this magical world that follows some clear guidelines, where actions have consequences and so on. Gives …
Photo: Hulu Right about now, you’re probably realizing how short a ten-episode season of King of the Hill feels. I’ve praised this revival for avoiding streaming runtime bloat and sticking to 25-minute episodes, but at the same time, it has succumbed to streaming season-order shrinkage, and that’s a bummer. There are reportedly ten more …
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Photo: Disney+/Everett Collection Man, that Ham is nonstop. Hamilton is conquering a new medium, Disney revealed on August 6. The company is bringing the pro shot of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s landmark musical, Hamilton, to movie theaters this fall in celebration of its tenth anniversary. The release will include a new prologue, Reuniting the Revolution, that …
Photo: Hulu First came love, then came the streamer-bundle marriage, then came the baby in a “one-app” carriage. Now, after a few years of buildup, the full “integration of Hulu into Disney+” is coming in 2026, Disney CEO Bob Iger revealed during a company earnings call this morning. New tech changes, the company says, …
Photo: Netflix After a summer of watching people stick their tongues down each other’s throats and learn a new twerking move on Love Island USA, we need a palate cleanser, and Better Late Than Single is a nice icy sorbet. The Korean dating show (whose ten episodes are now streaming on Netflix) follows nine …
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Photo: Griffin Nagel/BRAVO The Las Culturistas Culture Awards deserves a Bravo! The podcast’s awards show aired on August 5 with hosts Matt Rogers and Bowen Yang taking their bit to a whole new level and audience. It’s technically the show’s fourth year — the first three were live events in New York — but …
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Photo: Apple TV+ Nan St. George is a menace. A terror. And honestly, a terrible friend. Almost all of her problems are of her own making — sure, the Dowager Duchess of Tintagel has some part in it, but mostly it’s all Nan, all the time — and yet she is so frustratingly blind …
Photo: Apple TV+ If you’d told me back in 2014 that I’d be watching Seth Rogen and Rose Byrne in an ongoing Nicholas Stoller project a decade later, I’d be pleasantly surprised. (I’d also ask, “Is Zac Efron there?” One of my most enduring takes is that Efron deserved a Best Supporting Actor nod …
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