Month: December 2024

‘That Christmas’. Photo: Netflix. Landing on Netflix on December 4th, ‘That Christmas,’ which is driven by the work of festive veteran Richard Curtis (even if his one contribution to cinematic Christmas is the divisive ‘Love Actually’), who here adapts his children’s’ book series, illustrated by Rebecca Cobb. Attempting to slot into the highly-prized pantheon of
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Over the summer, Rory McIlroy filed for divorce from his wife of seven years, Erica Stoll. PSYCH! According to TMZ, Rory filed papers in his adopted home state of Florida to end his marriage — only to pull a 180 a few days later. What caused the literal change of heart? Rory McIlroy of Northern
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Matthew Sweet has shared a health update following his stroke, saying that he “may never play guitar again”. In October, it was reported that a GoFundMe campaign was launched after singer-songwriter Matthew Sweet suffered a “debilitating” stroke while on tour. The alt-rock musician was out on tour with Hanson that month when he suffered a
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This article first appeared on Mother Jones. It has been republished with the publication’s permission. After contemplating a Tennessee ban on gender-affirming care for transgender minors Wednesday, the Supreme Court appears likely to greenlight the prohibition on the theory that nine humble justices are not the best arbiters of complex medical questions. It’s a theory of a
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Dania is in prison for a murder she did not commit. She spends every day plotting her escape and listing off the people responsible for her imprisonment: Vahid, the cruel emperor; Darbaran, the loathsome head of the palace guards; and Mazin, Vahid’s ward and Dania’s ex-lover. After a failed attempt to break out, Dania is
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A doctor’s painful past and uncertain future bookend one of the freshman hit’s most emotional outings, which offers a deeper dive into Brilliant Minds’ beating heart: the bond between Zachary Quinto’s neurologist, Oliver Wolf, and Tamberla Perry‘s psychiatrist, Carol Pierce. “It’s based on the real-life relationship between Oliver Sacks and a woman named Carol E.
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Michael Shannon in ‘The End’. Photo: Mubi. Opening in theaters on December 6th in limited release is ‘The End,’ directed by Joshua Oppenheimer (‘The Act of Killing’), and starring Michael Shannon, Tilda Swinton, George MacKay, and Moses Ingram. Moviefone recently had the pleasure of speaking with Michael Shannon about his work in the film, in
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