‘Ms. Marvel’s penultimate episode puts a twist on a familiar format

Warning: This recap contains spoilers for Ms. Marvel episode 5. We’ve now arrived at the penultimate episode of Ms. Marvel, and like many of the MCU shows that came before it, it serves a couple of purposes. In a more mediocre show (Falcon and the Winter Soldier, Hawkeye, Moon Knight), it’s about the time when … Read more

A ‘Stranger Things’ Star Spoiled The Big Season 4 Twist Years Ago Without Realizing It

netflix [This post contains spoilers for Stranger Things season four] The new “Bob Odenkirk spoiled the Better Call Saul midseason finale months ago” is “Gaten Matarazzo spoiling Stranger Things season four years ago.” Back in 2016, the cast of the Netflix show, including Matarazzo (Dustin), Millie Bobby Brown (Eleven), Noah Schnapp (Will), Natalia Dyer (Nancy), … Read more

DreamDoll Puts Her Own Twist On A Wu-Tang Classic With ‘Ice Cream Dream’ Featuring French Montana

Batten down the hatches, Gen X — the kids are coming for your pop culture. While millennials are finding out firsthand what had our parents ruffled when Diddy and Will Smith sampled ’80s R&B classics for their late-90s hip-hop hits thanks to Latto’s “Big Energy” and Jack Harlow’s “First Class,” another rap newcomer is reaching … Read more

‘Moon Knight’ episode 5: Oscar Isaac provides an emotionally intense twist on his origin story

This post includes spoilers for Moon Knight episode 5. This week’s Moon Knight offers the clearest demonstration so far of the show’s interlocking strengths and weaknesses: A pair of wonderfully engaging performances from Oscar Isaac, propping up a rather messy and meandering concept. Arthur Harrow’s evil plan is threadbare, giving Ethan Hawke surprisingly little to … Read more

Review: ‘The Northman’ offers a nihilistic twist on ‘Conan the Barbarian’

After the immersive eeriness of The Witch and the ambitious artistry of The Lighthouse, Robert Eggers turns to more conventional fare in The Northman, a brutal Viking revenge thriller based on the story that inspired Hamlet. With gorgeous Icelandic landscapes, grotesque pagan rituals, and dialogue that sometimes sounds like blank verse, it offers the kind … Read more

Selena Gomez is giving 'Sixteen Candles' a comedic Latina twist

Selena Gomez, along with creators Tanya Saracho and Gabriela Revilla Lugo, have teamed up to develop a TV show based on John Hughes’ beloved 1984 coming-of-age comedy, “Sixteen Candles.” Only this time, Latinas will be the stars. The original “Sixteen Candles” starred Molly Ringwald as Sam Baker, a sophomore approaching her 16th birthday, only to … Read more