A surprising and inspiring look into the mind and backstory of the puppeteer who shaped four generations of childhoods, Jim Henson: Idea Man is a feature length documentary that sheds light on the short life of the Sesame Street visionary and Muppet Show creator. Directed by Ron Howard. From The Hollywood Reporter‘s Daniel Feinberg: “Jim
Jessica Lange stars as a Broadway star reconciling her life choices as she deals with the early symptoms of dementia in this HBO drama co-starring Pierce Brosnan, Kathy Bates, Lily Rabe, and Jesse Williams. Tony winner Michael Cristofer directs. From Peter Travers at ABC News: “…a snappy, stirring tribute to theater as a lifeline. Ignore
A jaw-dropping look at the phenomenon of TikTok fame and the predators capitalizing on it, the Netflix documentary exposes the connection between an affiliated group of young, naive Los Angeles based TikTok dancers who fell under the wing of a “talent management company” called 7M, the brainchild of an Orange County “church pastor” named Robert
A start-up cautionary tale for our times, told through the eyes of the founders, Movie Pass, Movie Crash sheds fresh light on the Black innovators behind MoviePass and the reckless role of their privileged “saviors” in bringing down the phenomenon that aimed to bring back the theatrical film business. From The New York Times‘ Alissa
The long-awaited return of the sharp and endearing comedy about a group of London women who form a punk rock band — and defy the stereotypes of Muslim women. We Are Lady Parts revolves around the hilarious socially biology PhD student Amina, whose desperate quest to find a husband leads her into the band and
Based on a true story, this six-episode thriller starring Benedict Cumberbatch follows the NYPD’s 1980s search for a missing nine-year-old boy, the son of a popular TV show puppeteer (Cumberbatch), who copes with his grief by talking to a monster that lives under his son’s bed, all while corruption within NYPD impedes the quest to
An animated grown-up PG-14 comedy from 30 Rock and Kimmy Schmidt writers set in a post-alien-invasion D.C., where a President Mulligan has to figure out how to rebuild the U.S. and manage its feral kids and musical-inclined survivors. The all-star voice cast includes Ayo Edebiri from “The Bear” as a 12-year-old boy who convinces everyone
A renegade AI soldier (Simu Liu) wants to destroy humanity in order to end war forever, but a jaded data analyst (Jennifer Lopez) is on the case to capture the renegade robot…and it turns out they share a mysterious past. Sterling K. Brown also stars in the timely action thriller, but critics have been decided
A good reason to head to theaters for Memorial Day weekend, Glen Powell leads this dark action slash romcom from the legendary director Richard Linklater, and it’s based on a “somewhat true story” about a guy who goes undercover as a pretend hitman to nail would-be murderers…only to fall for a woman trying to off
The controversial new blockbuster about a near-future America where a team of military-embedded journalists must race to reach Washington, D.C., before rebel factions descend upon the White Houses. Starring Kirsten Dunst and written and directed by Alex Garland (Annihilation). From WIRED: “Civil War is a big and loud and visually arresting film, but its politics