Opera Review: On the Lightness of the Met’sMarnie

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. When the Metropolitan Opera commissions a new work, itcommits. Its too bad that this deluxe production of a lavish opera rests on such a wispy score. But thats not this composers way. Instead, a seam of good-natured lightness runs through even the most brutal moments. Muhlys music smooths the roller-coaster of Marnies life into a series of speed bumps....

October 21, 2018 · 2 min · 265 words · Kenneth Wagner

PoldarkRecap: Abandon All Hope, Ye Who Enter Here

Poldark Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. How is this okay? Lots of oh, God and God in heaven! and manly hugs and letting him cry and patting his back. I wont forget this, Ross. Its a miracle I managed to finish the episode. I think he should have told her. It is the 18th century! Tell the coachman to put her bags back in the house!...

October 21, 2018 · 2 min · 220 words · James Ruiz

The DeuceRecap: Breaking the Chain

The Deuce Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. He helps out behind the bar, plays matchmaker with college freshmen, and befriends some of the townsfolk. Its lovely to watch Vincent in his element without the burden of guilt and violence hanging over him. Alston finds Anitas body the next day, Flanagans watch still in her hands. It takes roughly 20 minutes of screen-time for Flanagan to accidentally kill Anita and then commit suicide....

October 21, 2018 · 2 min · 272 words · Kenneth Brown

The Walking DeadRecap: And Justice for All?

The Walking Dead Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. We hope you enjoy our new direction, says David St. Hubbins to a nearly empty amusement-park theater. Its also the conclusion of a murder-mystery triptych involving the missing Saviors essentiallyLaw & Order: Undead Victims Unit. Once again, much of the drama comes from the growing philosophical divide between Rick and Maggie. Take Billy Walsh er, Jed whos in search of Justin, his MIA buddy....

October 21, 2018 · 2 min · 370 words · Amanda Thomas

Theater Review: Livestock and Stock Types inThe Ferryman

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. We might as well start with the goose. you could practicallysmellthe dopamine gushing through the theater. Our brains, ourbodies, are being irrepressibly triggered and we love it. That baby, that bunny, that goose! And its Irishness which walks a knife-edge between robust authenticity and lyrical exaggeration starts to slip towards blarney. Horrigan is the Carneys family priest....

October 21, 2018 · 2 min · 284 words · John Baker

YouRecap: Beyond Therapy

You Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. The title of this episode the eye-roll-inducing name is Everythingship should have warned me. I should have been prepared. But after last week, I was allowing myself to feel something extremely 2008: hope. But alas, 2008 was 10,000 years ago and the dominant emotions of 2018 are existential dread and disappointment. See, Joe thinks Beck is cheating on him with her therapist....

October 21, 2018 · 3 min · 580 words · Francis Thornton

Chris Pine Knows You’re Talking About His Penis, Baby!

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. Theres a scene in the film where I bare the full monty, Pine explained. That seemed to get a lot of attention. Different strokes for different folks, as it were. He also doesnt mind all of your fawning, horny tweets. Theyre funny, Pine insisted, theyre effin brutal. Go forth with ye olde thirst! Related Tags:

October 20, 2018 · 1 min · 70 words · Patrick Johnson

Danny Leiner, Stoner Comedy Maestro, Dead at 57

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. Danny was so sharp, so funny, and a great dinner companion, John Cho wrote on Twitter. To his friends and family, my deepest condolence. Added his fellowWhite Castleco-star Kal Penn: Sending my love to his family and friends. He was such a funny, thoughtful, encouraging person. Danny was so sharp, so funny, and a great dinner companion....

October 20, 2018 · 1 min · 126 words · Cameron Howard

DaredevilRecap: In Hallways, We Have Fights

Daredevil Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. In the streaming era of television, you need a calling card to get noticed. Funny thing though:Daredevildidnt just keep doing it, just aboutallthe Netflix/Marvel shows kept doing it. This is where everything goes wrong for Matt. Thus begins the most ambitious action sequenceDaredevil, or any Marvel/Netflix show, has attempted thus far. Matt fights the orderly, who nearly drugged him....

October 20, 2018 · 1 min · 206 words · Jeremy Lynch

DaredevilRecap: Matt Lets the Devil Out

Daredevil Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. So its happened: Wilson Fisk is out of prison, and the world is slowly finding out. Hes still being put up in a penthouse suite at fancy hotel, and not in prison. That is, for anyone who watchedDaredevils first season, infuriating. People are going to want answers. (But not before passive-aggressively telling Karen that his nephew would understand if she left, too....

October 20, 2018 · 2 min · 231 words · Kelly Smith

Kim Kardashian Admits Kanye’s Pro-Trump Stance Has Its Benefits

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. Ive always had different opinions than Kanye. Related Tags:

October 20, 2018 · 1 min · 24 words · Emily Gonzalez

Selma Blair Reveals She’s Been Suffering From MS for 15 Years

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. In a heart-wrenching Instagram post, actress Selma Blair revealed on Saturday that shes been suffering from multiple sclerosis. I have had symptoms for years but was never taken seriously, she wrote. I have probably had this incurable disease for 15 years at least.

October 20, 2018 · 1 min · 58 words · Daniel Walker

Stephen Colbert Missed His Chance at aHouse of CardsRole of a Lifetime

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. (Even for Madame President herself. You know, we wanted you on the show, Wright teased. You wouldve been so great. I was thinking, wouldnt it be great if you were to be the press secretary for Claire? You wantedmeon the show? Did I say no? I heard a rumor that you wouldnt audition, she said....

October 20, 2018 · 1 min · 78 words · Debra Johnson