TV amp; Movies

UPDATE 10/20: Netflix issued a statement Wednesday reiterating that the employee they recently fired leaking an internal document, despite the employee’s claims during a walkout that they only shared the document — which revealed what Dave Chappelle was paid for his comedy specials — internally. “This employee admitted sharing confidential …

Melvin Van Peebles, the influential indie filmmaker who helped spawn the Blaxploitation genre with his 1971 film Sweet Sweetback’s Baadassss Song, has died at the age of 89. The director/actor/composer/novelist/playwright — among many other talents — died Wednesday night at his home with his family. The Criterion Collection, which will …

The title of B.J. Novak’s new FX on Hulu series, The Premise, feels like an ironic one, because exactly what the show is about, and why, proves so elusive. FX’s press notes describe it as a “curated collection of character-driven episodes [that] challenges our shared morality tales, choosing art over …

“Do you want a dozen angry rodents crawling up your ass?” “My answer might not be what you expect!” Thank goodness for the brutish, maximalist, shitbag silliness of The Suicide Squad, which is a bit overstuffed, exhausting in its commitment to every single one of its too-many bits, and emotionally …

FX on Hulu has shared the first trailer for its long-awaited Y: The Last Man, an adaptation of the beloved comic book series. The preview maps out the premise of the acclaimed Brian K. Vaughan-penned, 60-issue sci-fi comic: A plague kills every single mammal with the Y-chromosome on Earth except …

When the premiere episode of Apple TV+’s Mr. Corman ends, the first four names in the credits all belong to Joseph Gordon-Levitt. He directed it, wrote it, created it, and stars in it. He’s also a producer and helps write the music performed by his title character, a fifth grade …

Venom and his archnemesis Carnage do battle in the new trailer for Venom: Let There Be Carnage, which is scheduled to arrive on September 24th. The new trailer finds Tom Hardy’s character Eddie Brock in an Odd Couple-esque detente with his symbiote, Venom, as the two try to figure out …

M. Night Shyamalan knows you’re thinking: Wait for it. And, Everything is a clue. He knows that, ever since The Sixth Sense, with its late-stage, near-spontaneous clicking into place of suggestions and hints many viewers didn’t even know they were meant to be looking out for, audiences have watched his …

Showtime announced Wednesday it has acquired The One and Only Dick Gregory, a documentary about the influential comedian/civil rights activist. Thefilm will premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival on Saturday, June 19th as part ofthe fest’s inaugural Juneteenth programming slate. The One and Only Dick Gregory will then arrive on …

Dave Chappelle will release a vinyl edition of his 2020 stand-up special, 8:46, which he recorded and released in the wake of George Floyd’s murder last summer. A special version pressed on red, black, and green vinyl and limited to just 846 copies is available now on a first-come, first-served …