Photo: Disney Moana 2, the sequel to everybody’s favorite Lin-Manuel Miranda–scored Disney movie (sorry, Encanto), is heading straight for movie theaters today, compelling all families with children aged 4 to 12 to go to the movies over Thanksgiving break. The sequel was originally developed as a Disney+ original series. Then, some exec was like …
Photo-Illustration: Vulture; Photos: Getty Images (Lionel Hahn, Bettmann) Well, we let it be, and this is reportedly our answer. Barry Keoghan will play Ringo Starr in the upcoming four-part Beatles film series directed by Sam Mendes, which is being sold as a “uniquely thrilling and epic cinematic experience.” The news comes from Starr himself, …
Photo: Universal/Everett Collection The other day, my friend DJ Louie XIV, who hosts a podcast about obsessively ranking pop stars, asked me if this week — the week of Wicked’s release and the attendant glowing praise about Ariana Grande’s performance as Glinda — was the “best week to be an Arianator.” I took this …
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Photo-Illustration: Vulture; Photos: Everett Collection (Ryan Green/Hulu, Amanda Matlovich/Netflix, Disney Luke Varley/Paramount+ with Showtime No family bickering is quelled faster than a movie night. Okay, well, that may inspire a different kind of bickering: Why is [character] doing that? When did [big twist] happen? But that has to be better than anything a Thanksgiving …
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Photo: A24 This review was originally published on September 3, 2024 out of the Venice Film Festival. We are recirculating it now timed to Queer’s theatrical release. It’s curiously fitting that of the two films director Luca Guadagnino has out this year, the queer tennis love triangle one is called Challengers while the challenging …
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Photo-Illustration: Vulture Spoilers for Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn and The Last King of Osten Ard below. Eight years before George R.R. Martin published Game of Thrones, Tad Williams released The Dragonbone Chair, the first installment in what would become a highly influential fantasy series called Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn. In 1989, when The Dragonbone …
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Photo-Illustration: Vulture; Photos: Kevin Mazur, Taylor Hill At the beginning of his career, Shaboozey’s interests in country and rap felt like dueling contradictions. He got signed to Republic Records as a rapper, on the heels of his brash trap song “Jeff Gordon,” but he loved the country music he grew up with too, like …
Photo-Illustration: Vulture; Photo: Universal Pictures Whether or not you have the programming to be a mother, it can be a struggle to find gifts for your kids that they (1) enjoy, (2) play with beyond Christmas morning, and, crucially, (3) won’t drive you crazy with by Boxing Day. Let us do the work for …
Photo: Everett Collection For decades, flipping on cable to find a Peanuts special during the holidays was as reliable as Lucy ripping a football out from under Charlie Brown. Now, you’ll need an app and a subscription to a streaming service for that. It’s been a couple of years since the streaming rights for …
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Photo: Neon Midway through The Seed of the Sacred Fig, Islamic Revolutionary Court investigating judge Iman (Missagh Zareh), whose name means “faith,” is losing his grip. The gun he was responsible for as part of his job has disappeared, and his family claims they don’t know where it’s gone. He’s overwhelmed by all the …
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