It’s been nearly 30 years since Bill S. Preston, Esq., and Ted “Theodore” Logan graced the big screen, but on August 28th, the most excellent duo, played by Alex Winter and Keanu Reeves, respectively, are back. The franchise’s long-awaited third installment, Bill & Ted Face the Music, kicks off with …
Read More »Issa Rae, Bette Midler Reckon With the 'New Normal' in 'Coastal Elites' Trailer
HBO has released the first glimpse of Coastal Elites, a “socially distanced satire” created during and focused on the Covid-19 pandemic. The film stars Sarah Paulson, Bette Midler, Issa Rae, Kaitlyn Dever and Dan Levy as the so-called “coastal elites,” each living in New York or Los Angeles in isolation during …
Read More »Keanu Reeves, Alex Winter Discuss Their Most Excellent Bond as Bill and Ted
Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter chat about their bond as Bill and Ted — and seeing the movie recreated with a new generation — in a new behind-the-scenes featurette for Bill and Ted Face the Music. The short clip opens with producer Scott Kroopf recalling the audition process for the …
Read More »'Tenet' Will Premiere Internationally Before Opening in Select U.S. Theaters
Christopher Nolan’sTenet may get a summer release after all — despite of COVID-19. Warner Bros., who have been pushing for the blockbuster’s theatrical premiere in the midst of the global pandemic, now say that Tenet will debut internationally on August 26th before opening in select North American cities over Labor …
Read More »Trailers of the Week: 'Bill & Ted Face the Music,' 'Utopia,' 'The Weight of Gold,' and More
Bill & Ted Face the Music Bill (Alex Winter) and Ted (Keanu Reeves) aren’t exactly on track to fulfill their duty of writing the song that will unite the world. For starters, they each have marriages that need fixing, and their idea of joint couples therapy doesn’t seem very promising. …
Read More »John Oliver Dissects the Deadly Spread of COVID-19 in Prisons and Jails
John Oliver examined the conditions that have allowed COVID-19 to ravage prisons and jails across the United States — and called for a wave of inmate releases to prevent swaths of unnecessary deaths — on Last Week Tonight Sunday. Prisons and jails have been hotbeds for the virus for months, …
Read More »'Cops' TV Series Canceled Amid Police Brutality Protests
The long-running series Cops has been canceled after 32 seasons, as The Hollywood Reporter reports. Paramount Network officially nixed the series in the wake of worldwide protests against police brutality and systemic racism following the killing of George Floyd. The ViacomCBS-owned cable network initially delayed Monday’s premiere of Season 33 …
Read More »Jimmy Fallon Turns James Taylor's Homesick Classic 'Carolina in My Mind' Into a Quarantine Anthem
Jimmy Fallon slapped on his flat cap, grabbed his acoustic guitar and gave James Taylor‘s homesick anthem “Carolina in My Mind” a quarantine twist on The Tonight Show Tuesday. Fallon dubbed his parody cover “Carolina (or Anywhere Else)” and crafted a set of goofy verses about wanting to be anywhere …
Read More »Bill Murray and Guy Fieri Will Face Off in a Nacho Competition Because Why Not?
Bill Murray. Guy Fieri. Nachos. No, this isn’t just a list of things millennials are obsessed with. The duo will face off Friday at 5 p.m. EDT on the Food Network’s Facebook page in a battle for the ages: The Nacho Average Showdown. Presented by Tostitos, the event will be …
Read More »Steve Carell Takes His Moonshot in New 'Space Force' Trailer
Steve Carell plays a four-star general tasked with the semi-heroic duty, and bureaucratic headache, of militarizing space in the trailer for the new Netflix series, Space Force. The show obviously recalls President Donald Trump’s efforts to add his own Space Force to the United States military, and Carell’s character, General …
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