Sam Levinson’s “Malcolm & Marie” premiered Friday night from Netflix at a special screening co-hosted by AFI, and early reactions are strong for this two-hander starring Zendaya and John David Washington as a couple in crisis. Shot during the pandemic, the film is an acting showcase for the two leads as, over the course of […]
Continue readingEuphoria returned to HBO last night with its first of two planned special episodes, focusing on Emmy-winner Zendaya‘s character Rue as she dealt with the fallout of what happened on the train platform at the end of the show’s first season. Now fans know when they’ll be able to see the second Euphoria special episode: […]
Continue reading[Editor’s Note: The following review contains spoilers for “Euphoria,” Special Episode – Part 1, Rue, “Trouble Don’t Last Always.”]The holiday season is a two-sided coin. For some, the world is filled with twinkly lights, family celebrations, and people spreading cheer. But for others, winter is hard. Those lights barely brighten these long, cold nights. Lost […]
Continue reading[Editor’s Note: The following article contains slight spoilers for “Euphoria” Season 1.]The first season finale of “Euphoria” left viewers buzzing about the fate of Rue, the series’ protagonist played by Zendaya in an Emmy-winning performance. Season 1’s final episode ended in ambiguous fashion after Rue relapsed and got thrown into a surreal musical fantasia that […]
Continue readingOver the weekend, social media went crazy after actor Lukas Gage (“Euphoria”) shared one of the most cringe-y audition videos you’ll likely ever see. And it’s not because Gage did poorly in the audition or was made to look like a fool somehow. In fact, Gage comes off looking great, but the audition was terrible […]
Continue readingNetflix has set an awards season launch of Feb. 5 for Sam Levinson’s drama “Malcolm & Marie,” starring John David Washington and Zendaya.Netflix is also planning an Academy Awards campaign for the black-and-white film, which it bought for $30 million during the TorontoInternational Film Festival in September following a screening. “Malcolm & Marie” stars Washington […]
Continue readingHBO’s Euphoria will return with two new episodes ahead of its eventual second season. HBO had previously announced a “special Covid episode” of the series, and now they’re adding a Euphoria Christmas special, too. Both will continue the story from season 1, and – in case you were wondering – both were produced under Covid-19 […]
Continue readingEuphoria, one of my favorite contemporary television shows, is a barn-burner of storytelling. Its first season is relentless, fearless, and fearsome in its impressive filmmaking, exacting emotional turbulence, and sheer boundary-pushing audacity in its extreme content. Zendaya anchored the first season expertly as Rue (winning an Emmy for her troubles) and creator Sam Levinson (who […]
Continue readingEuphoria, HBO’s sex- and drug-fueled teenaged drama, won’t start shooting its second season until sometime next year. But the news isn’t all bad: fans will get a stepping stone before the second season drops. HBO president Casey Bloys confirmed that a Euphoria pandemic episode, what he’s calling a “special Covid episode,” will air before the […]
Continue readingNearly everyone in the TV industry was expecting “Succession” and “Watchmen” to be HBO’s Emmy power players in 2021, but the network’s hyper-stylized high school drama “Euphoria” was no slouch either. The Sam Levinson-created series nabbed three Emmys, including a major prize for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series thanks to Zendaya (now the […]
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