Netflix’sThe Devil All the TimeIs a Sadistic Slog

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. Emphasis onall, I guess. He falls for Charlotte, whom he will one day marry. (What happened to Roy after that? Well, he ran into Carl and Sandy.) This is, what, the first third of this 138-minute film? The litany of awfulness is surely not entirely pointless or even really a miscalculation. And yet we feelnothing....

September 18, 2020 · 1 min · 152 words · Albert Mcmillan

PEN15Recap: Impractical Magic

PEN15 Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. From the first episode ofPEN15, Ive been wondering when the show would take on the late-90s Wicca craze. Pentagram necklaces, Ouija boards, andBloody Marywere sleepover fixtures. For two girls as outcast as Anna and Maya, the appeal is obvious. Anna, ignored by her parents, wishes she wasnt a problem. Maya wishes she was blonde and hairless instead of Asian and for a group of friends that love us....

September 18, 2020 · 1 min · 207 words · Megan Rodriguez

RatchedIs the Worst Thing That Could Have Happened to Nurse Ratched

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. Not the overbearing score desperately trying to replicate the splendor of Bernard Herrmanns work with Alfred Hitchcock. Not the consistent insistence on shoving various shades of green into every frame. Not the acting, even when executed by performers who have been dynamic elsewhere. Not the rudderless scripts. Not the approach to postWorld War II American life....

September 18, 2020 · 2 min · 316 words · Jordan Johnson

RatchedPremiere Recap: Leave Her to Heaven

Ratched Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. On paper, it feels like the distillation of everything that fascinates creator Ryan Murphy. (Heck, theres even a bit ofNip/Tuckin the medical horror here.) Ratchedstarts with a sequence that sets a tone of violence. Hes just pulled out the Vaseline and bra catalogue when theres a knock on the door. Everything about the visual language here plays like a horror movie, and the violence breaks out quickly....

September 18, 2020 · 2 min · 292 words · Eddie Walker

RatchedRecap: Phantom Limbs

Ratched Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. It was inevitable thatRatchedwould have scenes and subplots that feel like deleted bits fromAmerican Horror Story: Asylum. Lets hope that shifts soon. Angel of Mercy starts by spotlighting what is arguably the shows greatest asset: its production design.Ratchedjust looksincredible. Not bad for tracking down a guy kind of hiding in plain sight. And kind of an attitude problem....

September 18, 2020 · 2 min · 291 words · James Chambers

Sarah Paulson’s Great Personality and Shoddy Accentwork Won Late Night This Week

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. This was actually a pretty big week in late night. The five-night lollapalooza that is the2020 Creative Arts Emmys took place, wonderfully hosted by Nicole Byer. We love when an award is both deserved and boring. Wow, I wonderwhos going to take home the Emmy for Outstanding Variety Talk Seriesat thePrimetime Emmys this Sunday. Just kidding, I thinkLast Week Tonightwill win, and Im willing to bet my life savings on it....

September 18, 2020 · 2 min · 360 words · Lauren Ballard

Tamara Yajia Refuses to Confirm or Deny Her QAnon Affiliation

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. it’s possible for you to find Tamara Yajia onTwitterat @DancesWithTamis and onInstagramat @tamarayajia. More From This Series Tags:

September 18, 2020 · 1 min · 33 words · Jennifer Clark

Tekashi 6ix9ine Is an Unworthy New York Rap Villain

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. Tekashi 6ix9inehas nothing to say. 6ix9ines entire bit is to offend and then laugh when it ruffles feathers. Its a serviceable bit but a very old one. It works for media shock jocks. It works for stand-up comics who feed off outrage. People pawning off legitimate criticism as baseless hate are the circulatory system powering this peculiar moment in American history....

September 18, 2020 · 2 min · 249 words · Raymond Bailey

The BoysRecap: Power Couple

The Boys Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. The second half of the second season of Amazons hitThe Boysstarts with the worst episode in the shows history. This episode runs just over 60 minutes, and what happens? Homelander and Stormfront become a power couple, and Billy basically reunites with his boys. Both things were inevitable. We Gotta Go Now is another episode about intense image management....

September 18, 2020 · 2 min · 417 words · Claudia Chapman MD

The ‘Milly Rock’ Remains New York Rap Dance Royalty

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. The hat never comes back down to Earth. As the number of parody videos increased on YouTube and Vine, so did Shmurdas popularity. He was bringing a raw energy that had been lacking in New York hip-hop at the time. Harlem gave us theHarlem Shake(long before Baauer), theChicken Noodle Soup, and theAunt Jackie. These aredances that make up the fabric of New York hip-hop....

September 18, 2020 · 2 min · 323 words · Jacqueline Dean

Watch Justin Bieber Get ‘Holy’ in New Music Video Featuring Chance the Rapper

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. Pop star by night, oil-rig worker by day. Thats what Justin Bieber would have you believe his life looks like. In the video, Bieber plays an oil-rig worker whose plant gets shut down due to a global situation. Related Tags:

September 18, 2020 · 1 min · 55 words · Jessica Brown

5 Questions for TV’s Weirdest Fall Season Ever

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. Will web connection viewership collapse as the pandemic blows up the traditional fall TV season? Therewillbe new episodes of familiar favorites this fall. But those positives aside, it wont feel like fall TV when the season officially kicks off next week. (See: ABCs revivedSupermarket Sweep, hosted by Leslie Jones.) There could also be unplanned delays if an outbreak of COVID on a set shuts down a production....

September 17, 2020 · 2 min · 356 words · Brittany Sanders

Here’s the Writing Staff ofThe Amber Ruffin Show

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. Its a laugh riot! Shantira, Demi, and Dewayne are so incredibly smart and funny. I feel really lucky to be working with them. Added Ruffin: I hired my three favorite writers. Im so crazy lucky that we got our first choices! Heres more info on each writer from Peacock: Demi Adejuyigbeis a writer and comedian based in Los Angeles....

September 17, 2020 · 1 min · 213 words · Daniel Lozano