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Photo: AMC Theatres via YouTube A half-hour of previews and a commute ballooned the last movie I saw in a theater — the cozy two-hour-and-12-minute Nosferatu — well past a three-hour time commitment. The standard trailers, the Noovie trivia crap, and, more recently, product ads (Pepsi? Honda?? Chick-fil-A???) that now run before feature presentations all […]

Wednesday meets the Weeknd. Photo: Andrew Cooper/Lionsgate On Hurry Up, Tomorrow, his (allegedly) final album as the Weeknd, Abel Tesfaye is a singer haunted by death. And now, in the trailer for his new film, Hurry Up Tomorrow, Tesfaye plays … well, a singer haunted by death. The trailer for the Trey Edward Shults–directed film

Kendrick Lamar is rap’s resident theater kid, an observer who can wrest drama from any situation Photo-Illustration: Vulture; Photo: Frazer Harrison/Getty Images Kendrick Lamar tends to preach peace over conflict, but a shadow lurks in even his cheeriest songs. Many artists are unpredictable, but for the 37-year-old rapper spontaneity is a worldview as much a

CHICAGO (CBS) — Sharaun Brown was inches away from some of music’s biggest stars during the 67th Annual Grammy Awards Sunday night — even holding hands with Taylor Swift. It was a monumental, once-in-a-lifetime experience for the Chicago model. “It was such an iconic moment that will go down in history,” she said. Brown, otherwise

“Another Simple Favor,” Paul Feig’s sequel to his 2018 noir comedy starring Anna Kendrick and Blake Lively, will open the SXSW Film and TV Festival “Another Simple Favor,” Paul Feig’s sequel to his 2018 noir comedy starring Anna Kendrick and Blake Lively, will open the SXSW Film and TV Festival. Organizers of the Austin, Texas,

The Bank Job. Photo: Lionsgate/Courtesy Everett Collection This article is updated frequently as titles leave and enter Max. *New additions are indicated with an asterisk. Action movies have long been the most successful genre at home, as viewers try to replicate that rush they got at the movie theater in their own living room. The Max

MAYVILLE, N.Y. — In 2022, Salman Rushdie was about to deliver a lecture before a live audience in western New York when a man ran towards him and plunged a knife into the author’s hand as he raised it in self-defense. “After that there are many blows, to my neck, to my chest, to my

Amber Ruffin. Photo: Taylor Hill/FilmMagic Put on your glasses (that you had to tape back together in the middle) and hike up your pants with suspenders, because it’s time for Nerd Prom. Amber Ruffin hosts this year’s annual White House Correspondents’ Dinner. As the former host of The Amber Ruffin Show and current host of

The Bachelor Week Two Season 29 Episode 2 Editor’s Rating 3 stars *** Photo: John Fleenor/Disney Do you remember the good ol’ days? When Corinne showed up at the cocktail party in a bikini and a trench coat? When Kaitlyn said she would want a hall pass after Chris Soules’s time as the Bachelor if

Chosen by Marvel. Photo: 20th Century Studios/Marvel Studios Y’know, the X-Men really get all the credit as the “queer allegory” superheroes, and while those mutants are definitely gay, we should put some respect on the Fantastic Four, too. In the trailer for Marvel’s upcoming The Fantastic Four: First Steps, the overarching emphasis is that these