You’re The Worst: a new US sitcom well worth watching

Big happy ending, sometimes not, audience is smile-crying. The first episode alone functions as a perfect miniature movie, complete with its big confession moment. ButYoure The Worstis all about what happens after that initial spark has fired into life. Both Jimmy and Gretchen meet straight after hes attempted to sabotage his ex Beccas wedding. With both of them in a state of drunken vulnerability, they reach out to each other for support....

March 23, 2016 · 3 min · 559 words · Kelly Andersen

Zack Snyder interview: Batman V Superman

You inject a bit of a horror sensibility into the film, I think. Batmans a really scary character in this. To me, it keeps him on point as a character. Whats he upset about? Like, theres police. He knows that, right? Ad content continues below That, to me, was important. We had to see to it that the audiences are aware of [how he thinks]. Disillusionment is a theme in this film, Id say....

March 23, 2016 · 4 min · 650 words · Scott Pope

American Dad!: Anchorfran Review

ThisAmerican Dad!review contains spoilers. American Dad! Anchorfran is reallyAmerican Dad!firing on all cylinders. This episode particularly excels by cramming in as much comedy as possible here. Its smart work thats consistent through the entire episode. Or Stans lengthy digression on his perfect man. Its insane behavior thats only further underlined by the soundtrack to their madness. The ending to all of this, albeit brief, is a great button to finish it off on....

March 22, 2016 · 1 min · 130 words · Andrea Spencer

Bates Motel: ’Til Death Do You Part Review

Bates Motel continues to hit the right notes by pulling Norman and Norma farther apart. ThisBates Motelreview contains spoilers. Bates Motel: Season 4, Episode 3 This is weird. Norma moves through their home like a ghost, as Norman skitters through Pineview like a china doll. The most telling and tense scenes of the lot involve Normans sessions with his in-center therapist, Dr. Edwards. Hes certainly deserving of it. Theres now another time bomb set to go off....

March 22, 2016 · 1 min · 82 words · Brian Jones

Better Call Saul: Bali Ha’i

Kim and Mike receive offers that they cannot refuse on tonight’s Better Call Saul. This Better Call Saul review contains spoilers. This weeks episode works as a coda, spending more quality time with Kim, season twos MVP. Its here where Kims story mirrors Jimmys. Bali HaI keeps the trend going by showing us Leonel and Marco Salamanca, also known as The Cousins. This pairing is interesting, evolving, and Nacho is still somewhat of an unknown player in this saga....

March 22, 2016 · 1 min · 137 words · Maria Harmon

Gotham: Mad Grey Dawn Review

This Gotham review contains spoilers. His first order of business? He tells Lee to forget about him.- Oswald runs into his father at his mothers grave. It feels likeGothamthrew many of their major season 2.5 moves into one episode. Eds more-though out turn to the dark side has been a long time coming. Its a wonder what knowing the villain for longer than a few episodes can do forGothams watchability....

March 22, 2016 · 1 min · 117 words · Austin Smith

Lucifer: A Priest Walks Into a Bar Review

Faith, redemption, and an unlikely bromance in Lucifers best episode yet. So lets just jump into it and talk about what made this guilty pleasure a standout hour of television. The dirty cop at the center of the big Palmetto case and Chloes white whale. The same Malcolm who Amenadiel resurrected on his deathbed a couple of episodes back. Woodside is fantastic in his scenes with Rankin. Malcolm may be dangerous, but hes still only a man with a mortals small problems....

March 22, 2016 · 2 min · 330 words · Thomas Ferguson

Sherlock Holmes: celebrating Rathbone & Bruce’s top 5 films

Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce’s Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson laid down a terrific on-screen template. We celebrate their top films… Sherlock Holmes has been around for a long time. Can Holmes be more or less intellectually driven in the past? Is his mind stretched or diminished by the modern age? That actor was the amazing Basil Rathbone. Fox were, apparently, unsure if this casting would work. Ad content continues below...

March 22, 2016 · 2 min · 277 words · Heather Garcia

Star Wars, Creed, nostalgia, and the need for the new

This article contains spoilers forCreed,Star Wars: The Force Awakens,Jurassic WorldandTerminator: Genisys. Nostalgia is one of the most bankable commodities in Hollywood right now. And when it works well, audiences sure do love it. The numbers proved this more than ever withStar Wars: The Force Awakens. Of course, there were other factors to the films success, but that nostalgia was a core element. And you might throwCreedinto that comparison, too. Even that, though, grossed over $400m worldwide....

March 22, 2016 · 2 min · 411 words · Jessica Meyers

Dr Strangelove: in praise of one of cinema’s great film sets

Sex, death, paranoia. Key toDr Strangeloves brilliance is the production design of Ken Adam. He loved it, Adam recalled in a making-of documentary. He said, its exactly right. It was miserable, Adam said, But you get to know each other pretty well… The friction really started during filming. Two weeks into filming, Kubrick decided it didnt work. Ken, you know Ive been thinking about that set, Kubrick told the designer....

March 21, 2016 · 1 min · 210 words · Diana Knapp

Get a Job Review

Get a Job is a comedy about facing the job market that squanders its decent cast for minor laughs. Whenever a movie languishes on the shelf for years, one wonders what must be wrong with it. This of course makes Gillian even more frustrated. but has done very little of note since then. Get a Job opens in select cities and OnDemand on Friday, March 25. Rating: 2.5 out of 5

March 21, 2016 · 1 min · 71 words · William Perez

Girls: Queen for Two Days Review

Girls finally breaks its string of mostly underwhelming episodes this season. During a dance-based exercise class, the instructor tells the ladies, Lead with your cunt. Ad content continues below Id like to commendGirlsfor branching out with its awkward sex. Its not unbelievable that Adam would do this. It just all happens pretty fast and theres not too much to latch onto and feel about this plot. You cannot rush a cherry blossom....

March 21, 2016 · 1 min · 72 words · Matthew Mitchell

Interview: Allegiant producers Douglas Wick and Lucy Fisher

Douglas Wick: I think it all starts with the source material. Is there an authenticity to it? Veronica Roth, theres nothing derivative about her vision of the world. Theres so many resonant ideas. You have a chance of getting a really good filmmaker. So I would say it starts with something original to say. I would also say for us, we dont frame it in terms of YA. We frame it much more in terms of ....

March 21, 2016 · 5 min · 978 words · Morgan Peters