Month: October 2022

One of the films that really established Anne Hathaway’s acting career following The Princess Diaries movies was The Devil Wears Prada. One of Hathaway’s best movies, it feature a great movie team-up between the then-rising actress and Meryl Streep. Today, many enjoy revisiting the movie, in which Hathaway’s character (an innocent assistant) goes up against
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Light Skin Gone to Waste, Toni Ann Johnson’s sharply observed linked story collection, follows the lives of psychologist Phil Arrington, his second wife, Velma, and their young daughter, Maddie, as they move from the Bronx to suburban Monroe, New York, in the early 1960s. Educated, sophisticated and striving for something different, the Arringtons are also
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Lorcan Finnegan’s ‘Nocebo’ subverts the wicked nanny subgenre with a haunting horror story with a ruthless, relevant message. “I am here with you.” There are few bonds that are more innate and eternal than those between family. These fundamental connections can push the most ordinary of individuals to do impossible things. Parenthood–whether it’s the stresses
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Narrated by Clare Corbett and Cristin Atherton — This new crime thriller by KL Slater makes sly metafiction use of the audio medium as its two narrators read the story of Philippa Roberts. Roberts in turn is the best-selling author of nine novels about police detective Jane Tower and audiobook narrator Eve Hewitt. In an
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Specialty film rollouts continues to accelerate with Chinonye Chukwu’s Till, Park Chan-wook’s Decision To Leave and A24’s Stars At Noon joining releases from previous weeks to populate theaters as awards season gathers steam.   Till, from United Artists Releasing, world premiered at the ongoing New York Film Festival to stellar reviews (100% on Rotten Tomatoes,
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Marlene dreads Sundays, when she and her mom, Paola, spend most of the day at the salon undergoing the excruciating (and excruciatingly boring) ritual of getting their hair straightened. Marlene, who is Dominican American, has an imagination as vivid and untameable as her naturally curly hair, so she survives each week’s torture session by imagining
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Is it too late now for Bob Costas to say sorry? The legendary sports commentator accidentally name-dropped singer Justin Bieber when referring to Cleveland Guardians pitcher Shane Bieber during the team’s second game against the New York Yankees in the American League Division Series on Oct. 14.  “Justin Bieber just threw his 84th pitch,” Bob said on the broadcast, just as
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If you’re looking for movies to watch this upcoming Halloween, Jordan Peele may fulfill your wish. We already know that when Jordan Peele made the spooky film Us, he was inspired by his own fear of doppelgängers. However, the Oscar-winning filmmaker had other sources of inspiration. Us star Lupita Nyong’o shared what movies she was
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Nobody embodies The American Dream quite like Ralph Lauren. The designer is indisputably the king of East Coast prep, defining and redefining the meaning of casual sportswear for over half a century. Yet he also does Old Hollywood glamour flawlessly, with classic, timeless, and, of course, sexy pieces. His love of both New York and
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American actress and model Vinessa Shaw was just 17 years old when she was cast as Allison — a Halloween guru, Max’s crush and a high school student attending Jacob Bailey High School — in the Halloween classic “Hocus Pocus” back in 1993. Vinessa shared the big screen with Sarah Jessica Parker as one of
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No Plan B is a great title for a Jack Reacher book because, as crime fiction lovers know, Lee Child’s awe-inspiring rogue crime buster knows only one way forward. He doesn’t need a backup plan… or does he? Either way, this force of nature is back in the third collaboration between Lee Child and his
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