Harumi Araishu and Masaki Aofuji, the leads of FLCL: Shoegaze. Just over 20 years ago, director Kazuya Tsurumaki’s six-episode anime FLCL smacked Adult Swim watchers on the forehead with a Rickenbacker bass. Its story of the preteen Naota’s psychosexual awakening vis-à-vis fighting an interplanetary megacorporation and a space pirate called Atomsk proved massively popular in America and reran for 15 years, spawning millions of fans and four revival seasons.

Friday Night Lights After the Fall Season 4 Episode 2 «Previous Next» « PreviousEpisode NextEpisode » Editor’s note: DirecTV is airing season four of Friday Night Lights now, in advance of NBC. Last week’s shocking conclusion — Coach forfeits his first game at East Dillon owing to the overwhelming carnage inflicted on his players — has an immediate and equally shocking affect on this week’s episode: the heartbreaking image of Mrs.

FX has picked up  Louie for a fourth season because it’s the best and they aren’t monsters. The show has been averaging a 1.2 18-49 rating, which isn’t earth shattering but it’s solid for FX and Louis is able to make his show very cheaply. Russell Brand’s BrandX also got renewed for seven more episodes that will air in the fall with some “creative changes.” Also, Wilfred is likely to get renewed in the near future, as its rating are up 12% this season.

Ghosts The Perfect Assistant Season 2 Episode 11 Editor’s Rating 3 stars *** «Previous Next» « PreviousEpisode NextEpisode » Ghosts The Perfect Assistant Season 2 Episode 11 Editor’s Rating 3 stars *** «Previous Next» « PreviousEpisode NextEpisode » Let’s get it out of the way up top, ghosties: There is not one mention of the hookup heard ’round the world from the last episode.

Green Book actor Frank Vallelonga Jr. was found dead on a Bronx street early on Monday morning, police have confirmed. He was 60. Responding officers said that he was discovered unconscious and unresponsive, and EMS pronounced him dead on the scene. The NYPD has since arrested and charged an individual with the concealment of a human corpse. Vallelonga Jr.’s body did not show any obvious signs of trauma, and the medical examiner is still investigating the cause of death.

Marcus Higgins (David Spade), Lenny Feder (Adam Sandler), Kurt McKenzi (Chris Rock) and Eric Lamonsoff (Kevin James) at the quarry in Columbia Pictures’ GROWN UPS 2. Grown Ups 2 was crushed by critics. Vulture’s Bilge Ebiri wrote, “It’s hard to do justice to the absurd laziness of Grown Ups 2 … Our heroes are now all living in the same small town together, and everybody’s pretty happy, so there’s little to motivate the action.

L-R: Mackenzie Davis as Cameron Howe, Kerry Bishé as Donna Clark. Halt and Catch Fire literally goes somewhere new this season, moving its personal-computer pioneers from the Texas Silicon Prairie to Silicon Valley, California. Other than that though, Halt and Catch Fire feels like pretty much the same Halt and Catch Fire it was in season two. Cameron (Mackenzie Davis) and Donna (Kerry Bishé) are still running the gaming/online community Mutiny and grappling with the challenges of leading while female.

Daily Show correspondent Hasan Minhaj recently traveled to Oregon to investigate a once-in-a-lifetime story of how legalized medical marijuana is destroying society through a deer named Sugar Bob, who seems to enjoy getting high and eating stolen candy. It’s a shame that marijuana is tearing our country apart one deer at a time like this, but hopefully Minhaj’s report will shed some light on this growing problem.

Revisit our previous coverage of the WGA’s strike against the AMPTP as it hits 101 days. Actors and writers of Hollywood have begun tostrike as theWGA, SAG-AFTRA, and AMPTP were unable to reach an agreement for their respective contracts. Actors officially joined the fight on July 14, just two months after WGA’s contract expired. As the two unions join together on strike for the first time since 1980, their members are also finding ways to collab on the picket lines.

“My job is to convince the audience that Oppenheimer knows what he’s doing. I really spent most of the time working on his psychology.” This article was originally published on July 28, 2023. At the 2024 Oscars, Cillian Murphy won the award for Best Actor for his performance in Oppenheimer. “Cillian, I’m making a movie. It’s called Oppenheimer and I’d like you to play Oppenheimer.” With those words, Christopher Nolan introduced Cillian Murphy to the role that may wind up defining the Irish actor’s career.