Новости за 26.11.2020

Watch This offers movie recommendations inspired by new releases, premieres, current events, or occasionally just our own inscrutable whims. This week: David Fincher’s Mank, about Herman J. Mankiewicz’s work on Citizen Kane, is coming soon to Netflix. Before it drops, check out these earlier films penned by some of…

An early scene in “Unification III” shows Michael and Book in bed together, having an intimate conversation about their future. Book wants to leave Discovery, but Michael can’t just yet; she’s determined to solve the mystery of the Burn, and isn’t sure she’s quite ready to say goodbye to her friends. Book isn’t hugely…

Look, the last thing you need from us is a reminder that this holiday season will be “a little different” this year. 2020 did its due diligence when it came to eviscerating a few of the basic tenets of Thanksgiving for a great many of us, like sizable gatherings, risk-free Black Friday preparation, and the…

Happy Thanksgiving, everybody. While it’s been a truly, spectacularly, unprecedentedly crappy year, there remain a few precious things in this life that all stalwart souls can be thankful for on this November 26. Donald Trump got his ass kicked. There’s some promising COVID vaccine news. The new season of Big Mouth …

John Boyega has become a vocal advocate for social justice, most recently making headlines for criticizing the way characters of color were handled in the recent Star Wars films. Now the actor is bringing the conversation of equality to the screen in his installment of Steve McQueen’s new anthology film series Small Axe

You don’t have to actively hate Christmas to be a Scrooge in a Lifetime movie. All you have to say is, “It’s not my favorite holiday,” or even, “A full 12 days of celebrations? Doesn’t anyone have to go to work in this town?”, and suddenly an entire idyllic village’s worth of passive-aggressive cheer will be aimed in…

Here’s what’s happening in the world of television for Thursday, November 26. All times are Eastern. 

HBO’s upcoming sci-fi series The Nevers has finally been forced to follow in the footsteps of so many of us tonight, taking a deep breath, acknowledging the good times we had, and then cutting Joss Whedon the fuck on out of our lives. This is per THR, which reports that the HBO show has “parted ways” with its…

It’s been more than 10 years since Universal released Couples Retreat, a largely forgettable step on Vince Vaughn’s descent into the swamp of romantic comedy blandness. In fact, the most truly n0table thing about the film—then and now, as it turns out—was its marketing, and, specifically, its international poster,…

Good* news for fans of the Harry Potter franchise, fantastic beasts, and other wizard shit today, as IndieWire reports that the crimes of Grindelwald (which already had their “being played by Johnny Depp” sentence commuted earlier this month) now also no longer include “not being played by Mads Mikkelsen.” WarnerBros…

A big day for thirsty people and the thirst they champion, as Michael B. Jordan—recently crowned People’s Sexiest Man Alive—has announced that he’s starting an OnlyFAns account, where he intends to show himself, quote, “Eating fruit, all types of crazy stuff, it’s going to get wild.” (For a given value of wild that…

Would you be more open to discussions about the public vs. private prison system if they came from the mouth of Rory Gilmore? If so, we recommend this Twitter account. There, you will find that carceral geographer and prison abolitionist Ruth Wilson Gilmore has found an unlikely companion in a certain TV show that…

This year’s roster of Grammy nominees arrived with more than a few surprising omissions, including The Weeknd, who has already called the The Recording Academy “corrupt” in the wake the unprecedented snub. While The Recording Academy has already responded to the accusation, claiming that the process is flawless and…

The Flight Attendant lands on HBO Max this week with a look and feel that fairly screams Hitchcock homage—initially, at least. Chris Bohjalian’s novel of the same name might be the source material for Steve Yockey’s adaptation, but it’s far from the only inspiration. Strangers meet on a train, er, plane, a beautiful…

Today, November 25, 2020, the social media team at McDonald’s decided it was a fine time to send folks into a little existential tailspin about mortality.