Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania is Marvel losing the plot
There’s no time for sophisticated themes and literary allusions any more — it’s all about CGI
Culture
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February 19, 2023
Roseanne is trapped in her own cancellation
What happened to the original?
February 17, 2023
The glorious rise of the superhero anti-vaxxer
What happens when big-name actors veer off-script? Sit back and enjoy the chaos
February 16, 2023
Behind bars: should rap lyrics be used as evidence in court?
Young Thug and Gunna don’t want their own words to be used against them
Knock at the Cabin is a better-than-average Shyamalan film
It packs an emotional wallop, though its religious motifs leave something to be desired
February 14, 2023
Turn Every Page is an engaging film about how news used to work
It chronicles the collaboration between our nation’s finest historian and his editor
February 13, 2023
How Pink Floyd drama erupted over global politics
The fighting between Roger Waters and David Gilmour has escalated with the Ukraine war
February 11, 2023
Cunk on Earth perfectly satirizes our era of idiocy
Philomena Cunk doesn’t delight in her stupidity, but sullenly presents it as the status quo
February 9, 2023
Kim Petras: who is Sam Smith’s ‘satanic’ trans sidekick?
Meet the world’s youngest recipient of sex change surgery — but don’t you dare Google what she looked like as a boy!
February 8, 2023
I would cross the country to avoid seeing an M. Night Shyamalan film
His latest, Knock at the Cabin , is more of the same
February 7, 2023
Armie Hammer and cancel culture’s diminishing power
‘Someone makes a mistake, and we throw them away like a broken disposable camera’
February 3, 2023
What is the point of the DC superhero films?
Compared to the movies Marvel puts out, they’ve tanked
February 1, 2023
The Sims adds double mastectomy scars and chest binders to game
Your favorite life simulator game is now trans-inclusive. WooHoo!
January 31, 2023
Women Talking bludgeons itself with its message
It could have been compelling, but politics trumped plot
January 26, 2023
More victims of Russell Hantz’s fantasy football scheme emerge
‘Russell Hantz! Please tell me you’re not going to steal everyone’s money!’
January 25, 2023
The Some Like It Hot revival is cream-puff theater
Books and ArtsIt reduces a charged premise to something more mundane
The death of the movie star
Books and ArtsHollywood used to run on talent. Today, intellectual property is king
Playing God with Paramore
Books and ArtsWhat happens when someone who was cool because they were hated is suddenly accepted?
In Claude Monet’s postmodern garden
Books and ArtsI began to find the uncanny experience transporting
The shock and awe-inspiring art of Iraq
Books and ArtsAfter decades of disorder, the country has a budding art scene
Azealia Banks loves Ron DeSantis
The eccentric ‘212’ singer is loving life after joining the Florida exodus
January 24, 2023
Pete Davidson is ditching his Ruth Bader Ginsburg tattoo
Ruthkanda for-never
January 22, 2023
Stop trying to make Margot Robbie a movie star
She’s far too talented and interesting for that
January 20, 2023
Shouldn’t the Justin Roiland controversy be bigger?
The Rick and Morty co-creator stands accused of domestic violence, among other things
The unorthodox life and fall of Alec Baldwin
A wild career culminates in a horrible disaster
January 19, 2023
A Survivor villain appears to be scamming fantasy football players
Russell Hantz was a fan favorite on the reality program
January 18, 2023
M3GAN is a biting satire of screen-obsessed parenting
This one deserved better than the January chopping block
Shakira, Miley Cyrus and the unwelcome return of the diss track
Quiet dignity is dead
January 15, 2023
Jeff Beck was that good
The brilliant guitarist rejected the mainstream and never kept still musically
