Tag: American Vandal
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‘Strays’ Review: This R-Rated Talking Dog Comedy Delivers
This review was written during the 2023 WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes. Without the labor of the writers and actors currently on strike, the film being covered here wouldn’t exist.The R-rated comedy isn’t what it used to be. It’s not that it declined in quality, as recent films like No Hard Feelings and Joy Ride have…
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How to Give a Great Mockumentary Performance
Usually when the subject of a documentary sits for an hours-long interview, they’re pulling their responses from memories and past experiences. It’s a culmination, rather than a beginning.For Misha Brooks, playing the part of enigmatic veteran gamer Creamcheese in the Paramount+ mockumentary series “Players,” that experience was flipped. The team behind “American Vandal” envisioned “Players”…
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‘Never Have I Ever’ Season 3 Trailer: Same Nerds, New Dramas
We all look back on our high school years differently, and Hollywood has no end of coming-of-age stories, from “Ferris Buller’s Day Off” to Marvel’s “Spider-Man” franchise starring Tom Holland. Netflix is no stranger to the high school tropes, with shows like “Stranger Things” and “American Vandal.”Initially released in 2020, Netflix’s “Never Have I Ever”…
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Nicolas Cage Goes Full ‘Tiger King’ as Joe Exotic in Scripted Television Series
“Tiger King” is becoming a television show with Nicolas Cage confirmed to star as Joe Schreibvogel, better known across the world as Joe Exotic. According to Variety, the television show will be based on the Leif Reigstad’s Texas Monthly article “Joe Exotic: A Dark Journey Into the World of a Man Gone Wild,” the rights…
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‘American Vandal’ Fan Marcia Clark Is as Sad as Everyone Else That the Show Got Canceled
Next month sees the premiere of “The Fix,” a new ABC scripted series from, among others, executive producer Marcia Clark. Beginning from the framework of Clark’s own experiences at the heart of the O.J. Simpson murder trial in the mid-’90s, the show follows a prosecutor dealing with the ramifications of a famous defendant going free…
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‘American Vandal’ Review: A Sharp Season 2 Twists Fake Doc Format Into a Finely-Tuned High School Horror Show
There’s a tradeoff happening in Season 2 of “American Vandal,” but it’s not the one you might expect. Sure, gone are the cartoonish, spray-painted pensises on the sides and hoods of Hyundai Elantras. What takes its place is a prank of even larger proportion, done in another joke genre that makes it hard to describe…
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Final 2018 Emmys Nomination Predictions: Will There Be Any Real Upsets?
The nominations for the 70th Primetime Emmy Awards are only a few days away and that means the return of “Game of Thrones,” which was ineligible last year, to the party. It also means highly touted new series such as “Killing Eve,” “American Vandal,” “Counterpart,” “Barry,” “The Deuce” and “Ozark,” among others, will see if…
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“Shadowhunters” Star Katherine McNamara in Sci-Fi ‘Replicate’
Katherine McNamara, star of the recently cancelled “Shadowhunters,” is set to be seen in sci-fi thriller ‘Replicate.’The actress, best known for her role as demon-hunter Clary Fray in Freeform fantasy drama “Shadowhunters: The Mortal Instruments,” plays a character named Hannah in ‘Replicate,’ a sci-fi feature directed by John Murlowski.Starring Calum Worthy (“American Vandal“), Joel Courtney…