Tiffany Haddish, John Mulaney, and Julio Torres. Comedians tell us a lot about themselves through their work beyond the facts of their lives that they share in their sets. Stand-up offers an extended glimpse into their personalities, preferences, motivations, and aesthetics, and — for those of us who notice these things — the traits of their zodiac signs as well.
Whether or not they are conscious of astrology, most comics can’t help but expose themselves as the Virgo or Leo that they are, and once you see it in their material, it’s hard to unsee it.
The Witcher: Blood Origin Of Ballads, Brawlers, and Bloodied Blades Season 1 Episode 1 Editor’s Rating 2 stars ** Previous Next» « Previous Episode NextEpisode » The Witcher: Blood Origin Of Ballads, Brawlers, and Bloodied Blades Season 1 Episode 1 Editor’s Rating 2 stars ** Previous Next» « Previous Episode NextEpisode » These are troubled times for The Witcher. After a wildly overperforming first season anchored by star Henry Cavill, Netflix decided to double down, building out the Witcher universe with a (pretty good!
Christine Lahti as Gloria Steinem. The woman sitting next to me at the Daryl Roth Theatre leaned toward her daughter and pointed surreptitiously. “Look over there, there, with the red hair. Do you see her? That’s her. That’s Gloria Steinem.”
As a critic, I usually see shows shortly before the official opening, but last night I found myself at the first night of Gloria: A Life, the new play by Emily Mann that tells the story of the life and work of Gloria Steinem.
vulture movie club May 4, 2023 Hollywood’s First Celebrated Film About Drag Is As Flawed As It Is FabulousHere is a statement about the emancipatory power of drag wrapped in a tale of allyship — embalmed as it is in the limitations of the ’90s. By Manuel Betancourt
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The Underworld franchise is back, and instead of replacing Kate Beckinsale with someone who looks just like Kate Beckinsale in the promotional materials (as the last installment did with actress Rhona Mitra), Underworld: Awakening has Kate Beckinsale returning, too. She is still a sleek vampire who shoots guns at werewolves, from what we can tell in this new trailer. Also, there’s a hybrid child. Hybrid children in movies where vampires and werewolves have been battling each other for centuries: so hot right now!
Vanderpump Villa A Divorce Party Season 1 Episode 7 Editor’s Rating 2 stars ** «Previous Next « PreviousEpisode Next Episode » Vanderpump Villa A Divorce Party Season 1 Episode 7 Editor’s Rating 2 stars ** «Previous Next « PreviousEpisode Next Episode » The problem with Vanderpump Villa is that it is a show about a bunch of (mostly) American yahoos mucking up the French countryside with their drama and not a show that exclusively follows Eric’s best friend, a sheep named Bernard.
Alison Willmore is a film critic for New York magazine and Vulture. Formerly, she was the only critic at BuzzFeed News, the first TV editor at IndieWire, and the host of Filmspotting: SVU. Alison Willmore is a film critic for New York magazine and Vulture. Formerly, she was the only critic at BuzzFeed News, the first TV editor at IndieWire, and the host of Filmspotting: SVU.
Paddy Spooner, the leathered-up gent on the right. While Quiz’s main scam deals with the platonic ideal of a dweeb couple coughing their way to a £1 million “victory,” a parallel con — and, dare we say, a far more ingenious and refined one — also wove its way into the lore of Britain’s Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? in the early aughts. As teased in the first episode of the AMC miniseries, Adrian Pollock (Trystan Gravelle), driven to the brink of madness trying to get onto the quiz show, meets with a seedy chap named Paddy Spooner (Jerry Killick) to pick his brain about the “bespoke services” he offers to potential contestants.
The 1988 action movie Die Hard taught us so much: the importance of “making fists with your toes” after a long flight, the idiocy of saying “I guess you’re just going to have to kill me” to a terrorist, and the four most crucial ingredients in a Twinkies snack cake. Amazingly, today is both the 25th anniversary of Die Hard and the official relaunch day of the Twinkies brand.
Coincidence or not, it gives us the perfect excuse to reestablish the link between the two pop-culture touchstones and heckle Hostess about their continued failure to harness the significant cachet of Sergeant Al Powell (a.
Everyone has their breaking pointussy that makes them say, “Enough internet for me today!” For me it was a TikTok by @Shaylo_Ren about Max Rebo, the leader of Jabba the Hutt’s Jizz band (yes, the music played diegetically in most Star Wars movies is called “Jizz,” although The Book of Boba Fett appears to be going for some sort of Latin-Jizz fusion), illustrating that Max Rebo’s hands are actually his feet, so “technically, when he’s playing, his Max Rebussy is just all over the place for everybody to see.