[ The true crime drama Under the Bridge explores the real-life murder of Canadian teen Reena Virk and draws inspiration from Rebecca Godfrey’s best-selling book of the same name. Riley Keough plays a fictionalized version of the author, whose book won British Columbia’s National Award for Canadian Non-Fiction in 2006. Given that the series is straightforward … Read more
[ Under the Bridge is an intense dramas based on a true crime, but there’s always room for romance! Riley Keough and Lily Gladstone‘s characters share a passionate kiss in this week’s episode of the new Hulu series. The show is based on Rebecca Godfrey’s best-selling book of the same name and explores the real-life murder … Read more
[ The A24 tearjerker The Iron Claw has officially set a streaming premiere date. Starring Zac Efron, Jeremy Allen White, and Harris Dickinson, The Iron Claw follows the Von Erichs, a legendary family of doomed wrestlers who suffer a series of tragedies in the ’80s. The sports drama explores the Von Erich brothers’ unbreakable bond … Read more
[ To tell the tragic true story behind Canadian teen Reena Virk’s murder in the new Hulu crime drama Under the Bridge, creator/executive producer Quinn Shephard and showrunner Samir Mehta turned to multiple resources. The eight-part limited series, starring Riley Keough and Lily Gladstone, is based on Rebecca Godfrey’s best-selling book of the same name. … Read more
[ Before the current hoopla-slash-controversy regarding the Royals, and before the one before that, as well as the one before the one before the one before that, the events of Scoop (now on Netflix) took place. That was 2019, when creepy Prince Andrew’s palling-around with pedophile and sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein finally caught up with … Read more
[ YouTuber, musician, and comedian Rudy Mancuso adds a few more slashes to his CV with Música (now streaming on Prime Video), a breezy, charming coming-of-ager he directed, co-wrote with Dan Lagana, composed the music for, and stars in alongside Camila Mendes (Riverdale), Francesca Reale (Stranger Things), J.B. Smoove, and Maria Mancuso, his real-life mom. … Read more
[ Regina King gets an opportunity to show off her considerable talents in Shirley (now on Netflix), a biodrama about a mid-century trailblazer in U.S. politics. She plays Shirley Chisholm, the first Black woman to serve in the U.S. Congress, and I used the term “biodrama” instead of “biopic,” because the film focuses on her … Read more
[ Rocco Siffredi and the men of his family are sharing a laugh in Supersex Episode 6. They’re attending the Hot D’Or awards, porn’s answer to the Cannes Film Festival, and the American woman who’s just won Best Anal Sex Scene has thanked her “mommy” on stage. I don’t blame them: It’s pretty funny. Minutes … Read more
[ Supersex has already conjured up some of the most intensely traumatizing sexual experiences a person can have; perhaps it was inevitable that it would eventually get around to some of the most intensely transcendent. Set apart from the other episodes even by its title, “The Island,” Supersex’s fifth episode and its best since the … Read more
[ The Zone of Interest is now finally available to buy on digital platforms like Amazon Prime, Apple TV, Google Play, and more. That means that you can now finally stream every Best Picture nominee for the 2024 Oscars at home—so no more excuses! Written and directed by British filmmaker Jonathan Glazer, The Zone of … Read more
