When we think of Rob Reiner’s groundbreaking and beloved mockumentary “This Is Spinal Tap,” we remember the customized Marshall amp where the numbers all go to 11, and the timeless observation that “It’s such a fine line between stupid and clever,” and the priceless visual gags involving the disastrously tiny Stonehenge prop and the band getting hopelessly lost in a maze of backstage corridors in Cleveland. All of those Greatest Hits moments, and many more, once again killed when I watched the meticulously remastered and remixed “Golden Anniversary” edition of “Tap,” playing in theaters July 5-7—but I was also struck…
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Has television finally gone through the glut of mediocrity that has dragged it down for the last few years? By expanding into too many streamers too quickly and prioritizing quantity over quality, the form dipped after its historic peak in the 1990s and 2000s. Sure, there have been some standouts in the 2020s, but anyone who thinks we’re in an era that’s remotely comparable to when Tony Soprano and Walter White prowled the networks needs to do their research. Something finally feels different at the halfway point of 2025. People are talking about TV again. They’re getting blindsided by the…
Photo Credit: Universal Pictures Jonathan Bailey has seemingly teased Mahershala Ali‘s involvement in future MCU projects. While promoting Jurassic World Rebirth, Bailey, Ali, and Scarlett Johansson took part in a lighthearted trivia game for Vogue. When Bailey was asked to name the Marvel films his co-stars had appeared in, Ali jokingly removed himself from the question, prompting laughter from his co-stars. The exchange added fresh fuel to fan speculation about Ali’s role in the MCU. What did Jonathan Bailey say to Mahershala Ali? Jonathan Bailey recently had a playful exchange with Mahershala Ali that added fuel to ongoing Marvel speculation.…
Season 1 of Netflix’s adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s “The Sandman” ended with Dream (Tom Sturridge) finally apprehending The Corinthian (Boyd Holbrook) and reasserting control over The Dreaming. With the Dream Vortex—a rare and catastrophic disturbance in the fabric of The Dreaming—stabilized, the collapse of the barriers between the dreaming and waking worlds was prevented. Just when all was seen to be well, the season finale also set up a major threat, depicting Lucifer (Gwendoline Christie) in Hell vowing retribution against Dream for her earlier defeat, threatening an impending cosmic clash that would make even God himself shake. When the release…
FX has shared a new Alien: Earth poster for its upcoming sci-fi horror drama, which takes place two years before the events of Ridley Scott’s iconic 1979 movie. The series is scheduled to make its debut on August 12, 2025 on FX and Hulu. “In the year 2120, the Earth is governed by five corporations: Prodigy, Weyland-Yutani, Lynch, Dynamic and Threshold. In this Corporate Era, cyborgs (humans with both biological and artificial parts) and synthetics (humanoid robots with artificial intelligence) exist alongside humans,” reads the official synopsis. “But the game is changed when the wunderkind Founder and CEO of Prodigy…
Peter Phillips, a prominent figure in British Pop art, has died at 86. His family confirmed his death in an online statement, saying that the artist passed away on June 23rd. The family also indicated that a celebration of the artist’s life will be held in August at his gallery in Noosa, Australia.Born in Birmingham, England, in 1939, Phillips studied at the Royal College of Art in London, where his contemporaries included David Hockney, Allen Jones, and R.B. Kitaj. Like their counterparts in the United States, these British pop artists challenged conventions of postwar art by embracing mass culture and…
Lebanese-born artist Khaled Sabsabi and curator Michael Dagostino are back at the helm of Australia’s 2026 Venice Biennale pavilion, following a dramatic reversal by the organization that makes the Australian Pavilion in Venice possible, Creative Australia. The decision, reported earlier today by the Art Newspaper, comes after an independent review and months of backlash over their abrupt removal—a move that critics widely condemned as a politically motivated act of censorship. The trouble began in February, just days after Creative Australia announced Sabsabi’s selection. A column in The Australian labeled the pavilion a “creative approach to racism,” singling out You, Sabsabi’s 2007 video installation that includes manipulated…
One of the masterminds behind The Last of Us, HBO’s hit zombie series based on the video game franchise of the same name, is leaving the show.Calling it a “difficult decision,” Neil Druckmann will exit The Last of Us ahead of the series’ third season. In a statement addressing his departure, Druckmann said:I’ve made the difficult decision to step away from my creative involvement in The Last of Us on HBO. With work completed on season 2 and before any meaningful work starts on season 3, now is the right time for me to transition my complete focus to Naughty Dog…
No, you cannot buy the Resolute Desk….but you can certainly buy a replica. Did you know that the famous Resolute Desk, which stands proudly in the White House’s Oval Office, was made from timbers from a British Arctic exploration shipwreck? Read on to learn all about the history of America’s most celebrated desk in this legendary story of sea exploration, science, goodwill, diplomacy, and a bit of Victorian-era heartbreak. Once a Ship, Now a Desk In today’s world of satellites, drones, and the ever-expanding internet, it’s hard to believe that just a couple of hundred years ago, massive wooden ships…
Since the early ’90s, the Jurassic Park franchise has been the undisputed king of dinosaur movies and media.Steven Spielberg’s massive hit 1993 horror-adventure film revolutionized both movie special effects and the portrayal of dinosaurs on screen, inspiring a passionate dino obsession for a new generation and even a paleontology boom.Its groundbreaking use of animatronics and CGI set a new standard for the movie industry, transforming the once-niche subgenre into a global blockbuster phenomenon. The film’s commercial and critical success spawned a multi-billion-dollar franchise including six sequels — including four Jurassic World movies, like the recent Jurassic World Rebirth — TV shows, animated series,…
