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You don’t need a journalism degree to spot the partisan bent of most entertainment sites. Watch how Variety, The Hollywood Reporter, Deadline and The Wrap frame breaking news. Or, better yet, notice which important stories they…
The host of The Rubin Report could have written a book detailing all the current assaults on the American way of life. That would get plenty of attention, no doubt, especially given Dave Rubin’s celebrated…
The idea of “Ferngully: The Last Rainforest” (1992) was that you could make an environmentally conscious animated film for children and, perhaps just as importantly, you didn’t need The Walt Disney Company to do it.…
“Netflix and chill” no longer describes the platform itself. The streaming giant suffered two body blows this week, and the future suddenly looks less than bright. Netflix’s share price has tumbled after it announced a…
Even Gilbert Gottfried’s biggest fans admitted one thing about the comic legend. He was a world-class cheapskate. Stories abound of Gottfried squirreling away free products gleaned from hotels he visited during his decades-long career. We…
What happened to Jon Stewart? The liberal comic retired from his “Daily Show” perch in 2015, spawning tributes from across the media landscape. He changed the face of late night TV, they cried, and they…
If you missed the 94th Oscars ceremony, here’s a recap: Woke woke woke woke Diversity diversity diversity diversity. Oh, and Will Smith slapped presenter Chris Rock for mocking his wife’s appearance Yes, we endured another…
Writer/director Joey Ally makes no bones about her political leanings via “The Hater.” The satire finds Ally playing a progressive stalwart eager to turn Texas blue quicker than you can say, “Beto.” She’s the film’s…
“The action is the juice.” It’s just one of the ridiculously cool lines that inhabits Michael Mann’s magnum opus, 1995’s “Heat.” The line is spoken by Tom Sizemore’s Michael to his fearless criminal leader Neil…
Adrian Lyne’s “Unfaithful” (2002) opens with a ludicrous windstorm, in which the happy but bored Connie (Diane Lane) is literally knocked off her feet by gusts of wind and “saved” by a handsome stud named…