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in InterviewsInterview: Director Stephanie Laing on ‘Made for Love,’ ‘Physical,’ and the Dark Side of Comedy
One of this past season’s most off-kilter and memorable comedies was Made for Love, which explores the subversive role of technology and how it can be used to manipulate people’s minds, particularly that of Hazel (Cristin Milioti) by her husband Byron (Billy Magnussen). The show’s themes and tone are familiar territory for Stephanie Laing, who […] More
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Film Review: ‘No Sudden Move’ Finds Steven Soderbergh on Enjoyable, Yet Familiar, Ground
Remember when Steven Soderbergh retired? A decade ago, the filmmaker was planning to hang up the camera, so to speak. Since then? Well, he’s only helmed Behind the Candelabra, episodes of The Knick, Logan Lucky, episodes of Mosaic, Unsane, High Flying Bird, The Laundromat (both in 2019), and Let Them All Talk just last year. […] More
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Interview: Director Oz Rodriguez Talks ‘That Damn Michael Che’
Director Oz Rodriguez has worked with comedian and writer Michael Che for years. The two met at “SNL“ in 2013, when Che joined as a writer, and Rodriguez was directing segments for the show. Since then, he has directed the comedian in the Netflix special “Michael Che Matters.” Now the duo has reunited for HBO […] More
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Interview: Zelda and Daniel Barnz on Being the Father-Daughter Team Behind ‘Genera+ion’
One of HBO Max’s best new series is Genera+ion, a teenage dramedy that explores what it’s like to be queer and in high school right now. It boasts a terrific young cast of newcomers, plus a few more well-known actors playing parents and teachers. It’s also the brainchild of nineteen-year-old Zelda Barnz and her father […] More
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Film Review: ‘Those Who Wish Me Dead’ is a Tense Fight for Survival
There are some things you know are coming with a Taylor Sheridan project. At the same time, he’s become a filmmaker who seems capable of tackling just about anything. Whereas some movies he writes tend to be more action based (excluding his Academy Award-nominated Hell or High Water), his prior directorial outing dove more into […] More
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‘Friends: The Reunion’ Sets a Streaming Date of May 27th
It’s ‘The One with the Reunion We Never Thought Would Happen’, and it’s finally here! With news that the Friends reunion special for HBO Max was shooting recently, it was a matter of time before a release date would be announced, but who could have guessed that it would be happening so soon? HBO Max has today […] More
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Interview: Creators Paul W. Downs, Lucia Aniello, and Jen Statsky on New HBO Max Comedy ‘Hacks’
The new HBO Max comedy Hacks follows a veteran comedienne, Deborah Vance (Jean Smart), who gets paired up by her agent, Jimmy (Paul W. Downs), with a young comedy writer, Ava (Hannah Einbinder), struggling to rebound from a problematic tweet. This refreshingly enjoyable and creative series comes from the talented minds of Paul W. Downs, […] More
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Interview: Jean Smart, Hannah Einbinder, and Kaitlin Olson Talk Women and Comedy in ‘Hacks’
The best comedy you haven’t seen yet premieres this Thursday, May 13th, and it’s on HBO Max. Jean Smart, a legendary actress who just recently has appeared in projects as diverse as Watchmen, Mare of Easttown, and Samantha Who? stars opposite newcomer Hannah Einbinder in Hacks, a hilarious new show about Deb, a veteran stand-up […] More
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Film Review: ‘Mortal Kombat’ Knows Exactly What Kind of Movie It Is
Video game films are, by and large, crap. Anyone with even a cursory knowledge of cinema is aware of this. To that point, even the ones considered to be the better examples of the genre are still rather middling. The original Mortal Kombat can charitably be called that, so this new version isn’t exactly treading […] More
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Colin Firth to Star in HBO Max Limited Series ‘The Staircase’
Colin Firth is heading back to television for his first series role in over two decades. The Oscar-winning actor is set to star in The Staircase, an HBO Max limited series based on the true-crime documentary series of the same name. The original series was directed by Jean-Xaxier de Lestrade and aired on the Sundance Channel in 2005. Lestrade […] More
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‘Zack Snyder’s Justice League’ to Feature a Black and White Version on HBO Max
The world stood still last week as everyone set aside four hours to watch Zack Snyder’s Justice League, the long awaited realization of a cut closer to his definitive vision of what the 2017 superhero extravaganza was supposed to look like. The response? Largely positive, and not just for the Snyder obsessives. While it seemed destined […] More
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Awards Radar Community: What Did You Think of ‘Zack Snyder’s Justice League?’
Readers, Zack Snyder’s Justice League has been out in the world for a few days now. For some of you, it has been a time for celebration. Other folks have been more reticent about it. Plenty are somewhere in between. Regardless, Zack Snyder‘s vision for Justice League is currently being consumed on HBO Max, and […] More
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