In the 20 years since its debut, L.A. Confidential still dares you to find a film more stylish and evocative. Based on James Ellroy’s novel of the same, the film follows three LAPD detectives — Jack Vincennes (Kevin Spacey), Bud White (Russell Crowe), and Ed Exley (Guy Pearce) — in an increasingly corrupt 1950s Los Angeles. When a call girl who resembles Veronica Lake (Kim Basinger) gets involved, things really get complicated.
Cloudy with a chance of retail Eddy Chen/NBC It's hard not to be in awe of how real Superstore's fictional department store Cloud 9 feels. And that's definitely the case when you step onto the show's set on the Universal Studios lot. The show's production team has gone to great lengths—even employing illusionist-like tricks—to make Cloud 9 appear as authentic as possible, from mirrors to scavenging similar stores that have gone out of business.
From the very beginning of the first season finale of Into The Badlands, it’s clear that Sunny has a plan. He delivers the head of someone he’s hoping looks like M.K. to the River King in exchange for passage out of the Badlands. What isn’t clear, though, is whether such a shoddy plan will actually work. The River King, for now, accepts Sunny’s payment and tells him that anchors will be up at midnight whether he’s on the boat or not.
Two things running through my mind at the moment: 1) Why construction workers outside my apartment chose to wake me up this morning by blasting Chris Isaak, of all people, and 2) I don’t know the first thing about fashion (as evidenced by the ratty jeans and white wife beater combo I’ve picked out for today, because, come on, someone needs to be prepared to Popozao with K-Fed). Why am I questioning my own iffy fashion sense—and making two-year-old jokes—you ask?
Call me Pops. The day before my 45th birthday found me standing among the metal maniacs at Ozzfest in Hartford, Conn., bathed in sweat and awe. The 90-degree August heat explained the perspiration, and the sounds from the stage contributed to my stupefaction. Perennial fan of extreme music that I am, I couldn’t believe that metal had become so bludgeoningly monochromatic, so cartoonishly one-dimensional, so dad-blamed…dull. Oh, it was plenty loud.
Sinéad O'Connor, the legendary Irish singer-songwriter best known for her hit cover of Prince's "Nothing Compares 2 U," has died, her family has confirmed. She was 56. The Irish Times also reported the news. In a statement to Irish public service broadcaster RTE, the singer's family announced: "It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of our beloved Sinéad. Her family and friends are devastated and have requested privacy at this very difficult time.
Spoiler alert! If you haven’t watched True Blood‘s season 6 finale, stop reading now. As I said in my recap of Sunday’s episode, I refuse to believe Eric (Alexander Skarsgard) met the true death — even if it would be perfect* for him to go out sunbathing nude on a remote, snow-covered mountaintop in Sweden after showing us the only part of himself we’ve never seen. Yes, Eric burst into flames when Warlow (Rob Kazinsky) was staked and the effects of his blood wore off, but let’s think: Pam (Kristin Bauer van Straten) was on her way to find him.
Out with the old, in with the… old? No one could ever accuse Hollywood of going out of its way to give lead roles to actors beyond a certain age. It’s an industry with the age politics of Logan’s Run — one in which Marisa Tomei has been cast as Spider-Man’s Aunt May — but lately it seems that studios are changing tack. Moviegoers 60 and over account for 13 percent of all tickets sold in North America, a fairly large slice of the pie, and they’ve shown that they’re willing to reach into their wallets for movies that speak to them.
Sons of Anarchy is a lot of things, but a romance is not one category I think of first. So it was all the more startling to realize that last night’s episode, titled “Service,” had as its core the relationship between Gemma and Clay. Yes, there were many other satisfying moments. If there’s one thing Sons gets you in the mood for, it’s experiencing some cathartic revenge. After Clay and Jax made their gruff apologies to each other (“I’m sorry, son”; “I am, too”), there was a moment when I sorta hoped they and the rest of SAMCRO would hop on their bikes and do some awful things to Zobelle and his League as repayment for Gemma’s gang-rape — only the worst of the many things Zobelle has caused.
”Growing up, I realized I was never going to be a beautiful, moody blonde who stands at a bar surrounded by men because she’s so cool,” says Isla Fisher. ”That’s why I started being funny. To get some attention.” Now, thanks to her star turn in the splashy Confessions of a Shopaholic, the 33-year-old Australian is getting a lot of attention as journalist Rebecca Bloomwood, whose obsession with buying clothes destroys her life.