Alice Leigh’s debut is pitched as a coming-of-age dark academia thriller, leaving her with big expectations to fulfil. While it contains all the essential ingredients of the subgenre, its style and themes align more closely with young adult fiction. The setting of High Hill Manor School for Girls provides a strong, gothic backdrop. A prestigious
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Roadside Attractions’ A Great Awakening nabbed the no. 6 spot at the domestic box office with a solid $2.1 million on 1,289 screens. The Sight & Sound production in honor of America’s 250th anniversary ths year explores the friendship between firebrand preacher George Whitefield and Benjamin Franklin, and how Franklin’s resulting recognition of the role
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“You don’t really have any friends, do you, Dad?” Andrew McCarthy’s son asks him one day, and McCarthy pauses. Seemingly without much further planning, the actor and author sends a flurry of texts, proposing adventures and visits. Soon, he hits the road. This time, he’s not traversing Spain’s Camino de Santiago with his son (Walking
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15. They earned the right to dream big. Prince reached out to them.”He contacted Zooey and Hannah [Simone] directly,” Baer told E! News in 2014, “and asked to do the show.” Turning down a season two episode called “Virgins,” (“Obviously, in hindsight: The episode was too racy,” Meriwether told Vulture) he said he’d be interested
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I Saw the TV Glow writer-director Jane Schoenbrunwill publish their debut novel, Public Access Afterworld, on October 27 via Hogarth Books. Described as “a mesmerizing mashup of speculative fiction, horror, and conspiracy,” the 608-page novel is about a mysterious realm on the other side of our screens, a dark force that draws victims into its
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Selecting the best recent historical fiction books feels like a contradiction in terms. Historical fiction is a broad genre, encompassing thousands of years and spanning the entire globe. It can focus on the most well-known figures of all time or highlight everyday lives that don’t typically make it into textbooks. Ironically, historical fiction feels like
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Allison Janney (I, Tonya), Odessa A’zion (Hellraiser), Ewan Mitchell (“House of the Dragon”), Cherry Jones (“24”), and Benedict Wong (Weapons) have been cast in Fonda, Variety reports. They join the previously announced Mia Goth (Frankenstein), Andrew Scott (All of Us Strangers), Frank Dillane (“Fear the Walking Dead”), and Nathan Stewart-Jarrett (Candyman). The psychological thriller is
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Last night, Wilco frontman Jeff Tweedy joined Hayley Williams’ band on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert to perform Unknown Mortal Orchestra’s 2010 song,“Ffunny Ffrends.” Fittingly, Tweedy also gave a pre-show interview with his best friend, actor Nick Offerman. Watch the conversation and performance below. Tweedy’s friendship with Offerman began when the actor cast the
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New Zealand author Vanda Symon is known primarily for her Sam Shephard books but began a new series in 2022 with Faceless, featuring Max Grimes. Reaper is the followup to that novel about the former policeman who now lives on the streets of Auckland. This series will really appeal if you enjoy some grit in
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UPDATED, MONDAY AM: Illumination/Nintendo/Universal’s Super Mario Galaxy Movie is settling higher with a three-day total of $131.7 million and a five-day total $190.8M after a better-than-expected Sunday of $32.7M, off 37% from Saturday’s $51M. Super Mario Galaxy‘s Easter Sunday was a little lighter than the first chapter’s, which was $34.5M, but still spectacular. Early Monday
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April has arrived, and it brings with it new library titles joining your favorite streaming services. No April Fool’s gags here; we’re here to help when it comes to figuring out what to watch. HBO Max, Hulu, Netflix, Peacock, Paramount+, Pluto TV, Shudder, and Tubihave announced their March 2026 library additions, keeping your watchlists busy.
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In While We’re Here, the prolific duo of Anne Wynter (Everybody in the Red Brick Building, Nell Plants a Tree) and Micha Archer (Wonder Walkers, Daniel Finds a Poem) combine talents to create a lively celebration of the joys of slowing down, seizing the moment and breathing in the beauty of your surroundings—a much needed,
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