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‘Baby Reindeer’ Review: A Conventional Stalking Thriller Transforms Into A Devastating & Complex Confessional About Abuse & Trauma

May 5, 2024 4:30 pm

“Baby Reindeer” mania has already swept the U.K., and the word-of-mouth export continues to make waves across the U.S., hence our belated review about an incredibly devastating and twisting series that is so m...

‘Unfrosted’ Review: Jerry Seinfeld’s Silly Pop-Tarts Movie Is A Banal Excuse To Do ‘Mad Men’ For Cereal

Rodrigo Perez

May 2, 2024 10:30 pm

Features, News, Reviews

It’s always important to separate the filmmaker from the film and ignore all the related nonsense around releasing a new movie. So, when someone like comedian Jerry Seinfeld makes a broad and flippant statemen...

10 TV Shows To Watch In May: ‘Hacks,’ ‘Eric,’ ‘Dark Matter,’ ‘Outer Range,’ & More

Ally Johnson

May 2, 2024 1:22 pm

Features, News, Television

While it’s a big month for new films, television is seeing a slightly slower release schedule. Despite this, there are some major returns and debuts to anticipate, with the much-delayed return of “Hacks” kicki...

‘Dark Matter’ Review: Joel Edgerton & Jennifer Connelly Traverse The Multiverse For Adults & Consider Existential Regrets

Rodrigo Perez

May 2, 2024 9:00 am

Features, News, Reviews, Television

Multiverse narratives are all the rage these days, especially within the comic book movie genre, where there’s always a convenient excuse for nostalgia grabs and time-folding mash-ups where three different act...

13 Films To See In May: ‘Furiosa,’ ‘Fall Guy,’ ‘Apes’ ‘Hit Man’ & More

Ally Johnson

May 1, 2024 4:25 pm

Features, News

As May arrives, that means summer is here, at least for movies. And it means the theatrical rollout of tentpoles and blockbuster event films, which start out strong this year with the romantic-comedy actioner ...

Summer Movie Preview: 50 Must-See Films To Watch

The Playlist Staff

April 29, 2024 12:46 pm

Features, News

After the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes, the film industry is still trying to find its sea legs in 2024. While the box office has been lagging, and there’s been no “Super Mario Bros,” “Barbie,” or “Oppenheimer” so...

‘The Ministry Of Ungentlemanly Warfare’: Cary Elwes Talks Special Connection To Guy Ritchie’s Film, ‘Knuckles,’ ‘The Princess Bride’ & More [The Discourse Podcast]

Mike DeAngelo

April 25, 2024 2:01 pm

Features, Interviews, News, Podcasts

In this week’s episode of The Discourse, host Mike DeAngelo goes undercover to discuss “The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare” with star Cary Elwes (“The Princess Bride,” “Stranger Things,” “Saw”). The movie i...

‘The Veil’ Review: Obsessive Elisabeth Moss Spy Drama Gets Buried Under Melodrama

Rodrigo Perez

April 24, 2024 12:28 pm

Features, News, Reviews, Television

There’s an intriguing show somewhere buried within the mysterious shrouds of “The Veil,” the new FX international spy drama from creator/writer Steven Knight (“Peaky Blinders”), that’s just a little too slippe...

Rebecca Ferguson Revisits ‘Silo’ & The Talks “Tricky Conversation” For ‘Dune: Messiah’

Gregory Ellwood

April 22, 2024 10:01 am

Awards, Awards Campaign, Features, Interviews, News, Television

Rebecca Ferguson is becoming close to a household name. O.K., maybe "close" is a slight exaggeration, but her profile is bigger than her social media presence, and that's primarily because her resume over the ...

‘Rebel Moon: Scargiver’ Review: Zack Snyder’s Excruciatingly Slight Sequel Barely Justifies A ‘Part 2’

Rodrigo Perez

April 19, 2024 8:20 am

Features, News, Reviews

Filmmaker Zack Snyder’s profoundly unfortunate “Rebel Moon — Part One: A Child of Fire,” a turgid, ostentatiously vacant space opera, was, to put it politely, a dire film and hollow regurgitation of familiar s...