The Studio premieres March 26 on Apple TV+. By Elazar Abrahams Apple TV+’s The Studio has all the ingredients of a prestige-level Hollywood satire — sharp industry commentary, a stacked cast, and stylish direction — […]
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Interior Chinatown – Review
Interior Chinatown premieres November 19 on Hulu. By Elazar Abrahams Hulu’s new miniseries Interior Chinatown is an adaptation of Charles Yu’s award-winning novel that’s just as strikingly clever as the self-aware book was. The story […]
Sunset Boulevard & The Substance: The Aging of Hollywood’s Women
By Elazar Abrahams In composer Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Sunset Boulevard, aging movie star Norma Desmond sings wistfully about the career comeback she so desperately craves. “With one look, I’ll ignite a blaze, I’ll return to […]
Babylon (2022) – Review
Babylon hits theaters on December 23. By Elazar Abrahams It’s best to go into Babylon, Damien Chazelle’s new “hate and love letter to Hollywood,” knowing as little as possible about what you are about to […]
Hollywood: Season 1 – Review
Hollywood is now streaming on Netflix. By Ariba Bhuvad Hollywood, Ryan Murphy’s second Netflix series, is indeed a love letter to the Golden Age of Hollywood. As someone who is enamored with history in general, […]
Ryan Hansen Solves Crimes on Television*: Season 1 – Review
Ryan Hansen Solves Crimes on Television* premieres October 25th on YouTube Red. As noted by the asterisk in its title, Ryan Hansen’s new show isn’t actually on television. You can find the crime procedural parody […]
The Last Tycoon: Season 1 – Review
The Last Tycoon’s first season is now streaming on Amazon Video. Amazon video’s adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s unfinished novel, The Last Tycoon, is currently up for streaming for those with Amazon Prime. Over the course of […]
Go Ahead, Make My Drink – Book Review
Go Ahead, Make My Drink is available now. I love pop culture inspired recipes, which is why when a copy of Go Ahead, Make My Drink: 60 Recipes Inspired by the Best of Film and Television […]
INTERVIEW: Derik Murray [I Am Heath Ledger]
I Am Heath Ledger premieres May 17th, 10pm on Spike. Derik Murray’s 90-minute documentary remembers the late Oscar-winning actor, largely through never-before-seen footage from Ledger’s own home movies and interviews. We recently spoke to Murray […]
Hollywood Darlings: Season 1 – Review
Hollywood Darlings premieres April 12, 8pm on Pop. At some point in time, every generation sees an idealized version of their past come back and permeate pop culture. In the 1970s, the baby-boomers saw the revival […]
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