Why Cops and Soldiers Love the Punisher

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. Jon Bernthal knows his audience. Immediately upon being given the floor, hegavea very specific shout-out. On Friday, cops and soldiers will get to see Bernthals latest effort to make good on that promise. If youre innocent, hes your protector; if youre guilty, make peace with your god. Marine Corps veteran Christopher Neff plans to take the day off of work so he can binge it all....

November 16, 2017 · 4 min · 740 words · Jennifer Mcmillan

Once Again, Dave Matthews Band Don’t Belong

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. This essay originally ran in November 2017 around the release ofLady Bird. In the year 2000, it was certainly lost on me that Crash Into Me was about a stalker. I couldnt imagine a world in which a guy would feel that way about me. But my DMB phase was decidedly analog, borne of terrestrial radio and live shows....

November 13, 2017 · 1 min · 138 words · Lindsay Campbell

The 50 Most Terrifying TV Episodes to Watch This Halloween

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. This post was originally published in 2017 and has been updated to include even more terrifying television. With Halloween right around the corner, its the perfect time for a marathon of television frights. And the man is coming to kill him. Its bad enough when its just in a mirror, but its eventually in glasses and even eyes....

October 18, 2017 · 4 min · 733 words · Robert Thomas

DC Rethinks Its Universe

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. In short, one Superman is flying high; the other is experiencing turbulence. Their comics are in a sales renaissance, thanks to a recent initiative calledRebirth. DC TV shows likeGotham,Arrow,andThe Flashenjoymeaty ratingsandfan loyalty. DC video games like theInjusticeandBatman: Arkhamfranchises are considered some of thebestthe medium has to offer. So what accounts for the contrasting reputations? Its not chaos, DC Entertainment president Diane Nelson assures me, seated near Johns....

September 29, 2017 · 5 min · 873 words · Jasmine Crawford

An Exhaustive Timeline of All theAvatarSequel Announcements

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. This time, though, Cameron is really gonna make it happen hes not playing around! (Thats three and a halfLord of the Ringstrilogies, sixWonder Womans, 66Hurt Lockers, and 250Moonlights.) January 7, 2010:Days afterAvatarmade $1 billion, Cameron announces that were getting a sequel. Yes, therell be another, hetells the crowdafter a screening in Los Angeles. January 14, 2010:Now he says there wont just be another there will beseveralmore....

September 27, 2017 · 5 min · 979 words · Sherry Kelly

James Cameron, You’ll Be Missed

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. That bums me out. (Two of them,Terminator 2andAliens, are among the best sequels ever made.) This is the new normal. Id follow a virtuoso action filmmaker like James Cameron just about anywhere. I just wish that given his talent, we were going someplace new.

September 27, 2017 · 1 min · 59 words · Justin Carter

Every Emma Stone Movie Performance, Ranked

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. This list was originally published on September 20, 2017. It has been updated to reflect new releases, includingKinds of Kindness. Whos to say Stone cant go just as far … or further? Here are her 23 roles, ranked. And we didnt includeThe Cursesince thats television. But no matter how you choose to measure it, shes had a pretty great career already....

September 20, 2017 · 3 min · 477 words · Michael Craig

The Best Way to Read John le Carré’s George Smiley Books

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. John le Carre diedon December 12, 2020. We are republishing this piece from September 2017 in commemoration of his work. Its the best news in international relations all year. If youve never read le Carres Smiley series before,A Legacy of Spiesis an excellent excuse to start. The basic pitch is this: George Smiley is the antiJames Bond....

September 8, 2017 · 1 min · 170 words · Monica Gay

What Are We to Do With Cinematic Monuments to the Confederacy?

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. Gone With the Windis one of cinemas most seductive confections. But Selznicks bit of salesmanship takes on a double meaning today, becoming a prescient description for the film. The extent to whichGone With the Windhas seeped into American culture is massive. It has been endlessly parodied, homaged, copied, and plucked clean for inspiration. Its clever subversion and updating of certain archetypes puts any film dealing with similar subject matter in its shadow....

September 7, 2017 · 3 min · 471 words · Brittany May

The Complete History of Kesha’s Legal Fight Against Dr. Luke

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. Dr. Luke, after he hears her demos and convinces her to move from Nashville to Los Angeles. At the time, Luke was best known for producing Kelly Clarksons Since U Been Gone. I think we had sex. Im sore and sick. I dont know where my clothes are. I think I need to go to the hospital, she recalls of the conversation....

August 11, 2017 · 6 min · 1177 words · John Green

Every Charlize Theron Movie Performance, Ranked

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. This article has been updated to reflect Charlize Therons most recent work. Youve probably heard the story about how Charlize Theron was discovered. No problem: Shell reload for hits likeHancock,Mad Max, andThe Fate of the Furious. Think Theron would rest on her laurels after winning an Oscar relatively early in her career? Below is our ranking of every Theron performance....

August 2, 2017 · 5 min · 861 words · Sydney Smith

All 12 Christopher Nolan Movies, Ranked

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. This article was originally published on June 18, 2018. So where doesOppenheimeractually fit in the directors filmography? Anyway, here they are. (Also, the lead thiefs name is Cobb, the same as the head thief inInception). Anybody interested in the directors films should check this one out. But its technical limitations, combined with Nolans own inexperience, make it one of his weaker works....

July 19, 2017 · 2 min · 348 words · Timothy Phillips

Why Agent Cooper’sTwin PeaksEntrance Is So Brilliant

This article was originally published in 2017. Vulture is republishing it today in honor of the 30th anniversary of the first broadcast ofTwin Peaks. Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. FBI Agent Dale Cooper enters the town of Twin Peaks and theTwin Peaksnarrative about 35 minutes into the pilot. Its a great entrance because it changes the energy of the show and starts to rearrange its molecular structure....

May 18, 2017 · 1 min · 149 words · William Black