Новости за 05.11.2020

Fans of Netflix’s bodyslammin’ retro wrestling comedy GLOW may still be feeling the sting of the show’s unceremonious cancelation, but some of its stars are already moving on. Sunita Mani, for example, is leaving her days in the ring behind and heading over to HBO, where she will participate in the network’s limited…

We’re in a period of time, right at this very moment, when escapist entertainment is not just welcome, but could possibly be considered a medical necessity. Thankfully, there’s a new season of The Mandalorian starting, and it’s already delivering with some quality droid content which, you’ll recall, is the only…

When last we checked in with Trump “spiritual advisor” and honorary Righteous Gemstones character Paula White, the prosperity gospel peddler was calling for an end to all “satanic pregnancies,” an absolutely normal thing to do. Now, as Trump tries to discredit an election via his Twitter account, she’s doing her part…

Watch This offers movie recommendations inspired by new releases, premieres, current events, or occasionally just our own inscrutable whims. This week: With Man Of Steel costars Kevin Costner and Diane Lane appearing together again in Let Him Go, we’re looking back at other onscreen star reunions.

We’re staring down the proverbial barrel of what’s going to be a pretty bizarre holiday season for retail employees, both because the global coronavirus pandemic is still getting worse and because Sony and Microsoft decided to launch a pair of new game consoles that will presumably be in high demand, but the people…

When discussing G.O.A.T. episodes of The Simpsons, you’d be hard-pressed to find a fan who won’t ride for season 4's “Marge Vs. The Monorail.” Recognized as a game-changer in the show’s trajectory, it infused the series with a sense of surrealism, upped the ante of its musical numbers, and widened its scope to focus…

Patton Oswalt’s B-movie credentials have always been impeccable—this is the man who devoted an entire segment of his 2007 stand-up album Werewolves & Lollipops to Death Bed: The Bed That Eats, after all. And the cinephile comedian’s tastes in trash continue to impress, as Oswalt hosts a 12-hour movie marathon on…

As we write this, there is a grave injustice currently being perpetrated against a legally elected official in this country, and something must be done to correct this wrong before the foundations of our Republic completely erode away. We’re not gonna come right out and say there’s a conspiracy against this man, but…

If it’s been a long week for us, it’s been an endless one for Anderson Cooper. Like many other anchors on CNN, he’s been tasked with delivering non-stop coverage of a presidential election that, after two days, still hasn’t been called.

For decades, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles franchise in its various forms has taught children about Renaissance artists, van-mounted manhole cover launchers, and the transformative properties of toxic ooze, but one of the screenwriters on the original 1990 Ninja Turtles movie hopes that the brand’s future lies in…

Today’s non-election obsession: TikTok portal #comingofage, where savvy users are turning just about anything into the ending of a coming-of-age teen movie from the early 2000s. That means well-timed pauses, remembering dead parents, standing up to domineering adults, and telling their new crush that they’re “not like…

As someone who once lived in Los Angeles for almost 20 years, I can tell you that, like all Angelenos, I’ve spent an unhealthy amount of time considering police chases. They’re a staple on LA news and, when you’ve seen enough of them, you start to really think about what sort of car you’d want to get away from cops…

At the rate we Earthlings are going in terms of global warming, it seems pretty likely that we’re going to need another planet to live on at some point in the not-too-distant future. It’s something scientists and space programs like NASA have long been considering and working toward with programs like Biosphere 2.…

The vitriol that initially met the 1978 Star Wars Holiday Special has since morphed into a kind of deranged appreciation for just how fucking weird it was—Jefferson Starship, Bea Arthur, and Harvey Korman coming together for Wookie Christmas? Hell, we’ll take that over the bland and illogical Rise Of The Skywalker.

The Trill were first introduced to the Star Trek franchise in the Next Generation episode “The Host.” In that episode, Beverly Crusher falls in love with a Trill ambassador named Odan, only to struggle when Odan is killed, and the symbiont is temporarily passed over to Riker until a new host can arrive. To be honest,…

Video game console generations used to represent massive leaps forward in technology. The NES had 8-bits. The Super Nintendo had 16-bits. It didn’t matter what a “bit” even was, the important thing was that one system was a regular Nintendo and the other system was a super Nintendo. Or take the Xbox 360, which made…

Sure, Seth Meyers has become one of the most-watched late-night hosts for cogently funny takes on the news since taking over Late Night. And there’s certainly plenty of news, what with a sitting president mounting multiple, contradictory legal challenges to stop (or restart) the voting in states where he is ahead (or…

In 1982, Paul Reiser made his big-screen debut in Barry Levinson’s Diner, alongside fellow future luminaries like Kevin Bacon, Timothy Daly, Daniel Stern, Steve Guttenberg, and Mickey Rourke. The title of his production company, Nuance Production, comes from an off-hand line in that dialogue-crammed film. “It was sort…

It begins with the wind—a reedy, high-pitched whistle cold enough to make your bones hurt. Then the music comes in, bows drawing over strings in a screeching echo of more natural harbingers of doom. Layer on the howling of faraway wolves, lay it on a thrumming base of electromagnetic static, and you’ve got a sonic…

Here’s what’s happening in the world of television for Thursday, November 5. All times are Eastern. 

Every month, a deluge of new books comes flooding out from big publishers, indie houses, and self-publishing platforms. So every month, The A.V. Club narrows down the endless options to five of the books we’re most excited about.

In what may very well be one of the most influential decisions ever to be announced from a Denny’s—give or take your personal feelings on the rise and fall of the Hobbit menu and its various degenerate offspring—Lana Del Rey has announced that she’ll be releasing a new covers album over the holiday season. The Norman…

Saturday Night Live is hoping to inject a little reliability into one of the most upsettingly uncertain weeks in recent American history; per Vulture, the NBC sketch show has announced that live TV stalwarts the Foo Fighters will serve as the musical guest on this Saturday’s post-election installment of the series, …

It’s been a great year for streaming—and pretty much nothing else so far—as various film companies have flocked to online distribution as a way to make the most of various properties that would otherwise have been sent to America’s now largely empty theaters. The year has seen a few different big streaming success…

When it comes to saving the pandemic-ravaged touring industry, artists and producers are pretty much throwing any and everything at the wall and seeing what sticks, from the increasingly popular virtual concert, to drive-ins, to that one intriguing bubble show, to whatever the hell is happening in Fortnite these days.…