The Oscars were last night, and Missouri Senator and self-processed “Oscar nerd” Claire McCaskill invited her family and campaign staff over for her annual viewing party, complete with themed dishes and mandatory costumes for everyone.
If you’ve watched a “Western” lately—and you have—and you’re smart—you’ve likely wondered, to yourself, “Are those horse saddles really everything they’re ‘cracked up’ to be—and why?” Great question.
From the moment the cast was announced for Ocean’s 8, the upcoming all-woman spin-off of famed heist franchise Ocean’s 11, it’s been nearly impossible to not get at least a little hyped for it. Well now we officially have a trailer for it, and the Met Ball has never looked so fun.
Years ago, some Hollywood executives told one of actor Leonardo Nam’s representatives that he had “hit the top of the Asian tier” as far as his salary was concerned.
For plenty of Americans, Apu, the Indian immigrant owner of the Kwik-E-Mart, is just another hilarious and iconic character from The Simpsons. For South Asian Americans, however, Apu is a bit more complicated—somewhere between an uncomfortable but amusing character and the bane of our existence.
Armie Hammer, the star of the upcoming film Call Me by Your Name, is the cover star of the Hollywood Reporter’s latest issue, and the interview is truly something.
Last night, Disney dropped the trailer for A Wrinkle in Time, and my god does this movie look incredible.
Mudbound, directed by Dee Rees, was released today on Netflix and in select theaters. The film, based on the Hillary Jordan novel of the same name, is a subtle and dazzling saga of race, war, and family that explores what redemption means in face of unredeemable racism.
Back in 2013, a movie called Basmati Blues—about a white lady who does science-y things with rice that goes to India and undergoes a series of hilarious and heartwarming culture shocks, most shocking of all being that she falls in love with an Indian rice farmer—was completed and unceremoniously shelved. In a…
Earlier this year, Lifetime, the channel known for hits such as Liz & Dick, Magic Beyond Words: The J.K. Rowling Story, and of course, Mother May I Sleep with Danger, announced it was making a movie about the water crisis in Flint, Michigan. While Cher (yes, that Cher!) was initially attached to the film, she ended up…
Riz Ahmed is having one helluva year. The man is still fresh from winning that Emmy for The Night Of, was just cast in the upcoming Venom spinoff (yes, about the Spiderman villain), and is starring in the upcoming indie The Sisters Brothers alongside Joaquin Phoenix and John C. Reilly. And now the actor is set to…
You would think that after a long, arduous, and controversy-laden search for an actor of Middle Eastern—or, honestly, just non-white—descent to play the title role in the upcoming, Guy Richie-directed live-action Aladdin movie, the folks behind the film might understand that what it doesn’t need is white people.…
Now that confirmed white person Ed Skrein has vacated the role of Ben Daimio, a Japanese American federal agent in Hellboy, it’s time for the production to find someone new. While they certainly could go right back and cast another white guy in the role, to really just let the people know that their continued disdain…
Go to the movies these days and here’s what you probably see: A famous Hollywood star, pretending to be something they obviously aren’t. There is a simple solution to this.
Last week, news surfaced that Ed Skrein would be playing the role of Major Ben Daimio in the upcoming Hellboy reboot, to the disappointment and anger of many. See, while the character is Japanese American, the actor playing him wasn’t. It was a classic case of Hollywood erasing Asian characters and stories in favor of…
It’s only Tuesday, but it’s already been a pretty big week for our pals over at Netflix. Yesterday they announced that they’re rolling out the carpet for Shonda Rhimes, and today, they’ve picked up a romantic comedy starring Ali Wong and Fresh Off the Boat’s Randall Park. It’s the fulfillment of a long dream for Wong…
In 1974, a movie named Death Wish, starring Charles Bronson, was released. It was about a man living in New York City who, grieving over the rape of his daughter and the rape and murder of his wife, decides to take crime into his own hands and become a vigilante murderer. It caused a lot of outrage at the time, and…
There is something both disconcerting and inspiring about watching Hulu’s The Handmaid’s Tale in 2017. Even though it’s been in the works for years, the dystopian thriller about an America seized by religious fundamentalists who severely restrict the rights of women reads as post-election commentary. It’s impossible…
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Charlize Theron’s latest film, the action-packed, insanely fun-and-also-brutal-looking spy flick Atomic Blonde, is set to come out this Friday. In it, Theron plays an MI6 spy sent on a mission to Berlin just before the fall of the Berlin Wall to investigate the murder of a fellow agent. While there certainly plenty of…
