Go on a Cold War-Era Spy Ride with Peacock’s ‘Ponies’
Emilia Clarke and Haley Lu Richardson both became famous because of their roles on HBO shows. Clarke was of course, the Mother of Dragons– Daenerys Targaryen in Game of Thrones while Richardson was Jennifer Coolidge’s beleaguered but adorable assistant in Season 2 of The White Lotus. So it’s a bit of a thrill to see them together as completely different characters in Ponies, Peacock’s most buzzed-about new show of the season. It...
FX’s ‘The Beauty’ Confronts our Obsession with Perfection
Leave it to Ryan Murphy to try and answer the question: can one shot make you hot? That’s the tagline of his new series FX series, a seductive international thriller that asks one of the most urgent questions of the modern age: what would you sacrifice for the flawless version of yourself? Set in glam locations in Paris, Venice, Rome, and New York, the new drama follows FBI agents (played by Evan Peters and Rebecca Hall) on the trail...
‘Sinners’ Shatters Oscar Nominations Record, ‘One Battle’ Trails
Oscar nomination day was monumental for Sinners The vampire epic shattered the record of most nominations for any one film with 16. Previously, only three films La La Land, All About Eve and Titanic had scored 14. Among those nods were best director and best original screenplay for Ryan Coogler, acting nominations for Michal B. Jordan, Delroy Lindo and Wunmi Mosaku (all first-time nominations), score for composer Ludwig...
A Knight and His Squire Walk Into the Seven Kingdoms
If Game of Thrones was a tale of fire, blood, and dynastic chaos, HBO Max’s new series A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms is the story that sneaks in quietly through the back gate of Westeros, covered in dust and good intentions. The long-anticipated adaptation of George R.R. Martin’s beloved “Tales of Dunk and Egg” novellas had its debut Sunday night. “We wanted to make an excellent on-ramp,” explained showrunner and executive producer...
HBO Max’s ‘Heated Rivalry’ Scores High on Style, Slips in Substance and Earns ‘SNL’ Spoof
HBO Max’s buzzy new drama Heated Rivalry enters the streaming arena with all the momentum of a slapshot—sharp, fast, and primed to score. And by score, we mean some very hot sex scenes. Set in the thrilling and often brutal world of professional hockey, the series traces the tangled lives of rival players Shane Hollister (played by Hudson Williams) and Ilya Rozanov (Connor Storrie), whose simmering competition to be the best player...
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