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Christina Applegate Said Will Ferrell & Adam McKay Took Lower Pay To Raise Her ‘Anchorman’ Salary Before Adam McKay (“The Big Short,” “Vice”) and Will Ferrell turned “Anchorman” into one of the defining studio comedies of the 2000s, Christina Applegate said she nearly walked away from the film over salary. Appearing on “The View” to discuss her memoir, Applegate recalled that the first offer for “Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy” was, in her words, “a little offensive,” and said she refused it. Continue reading Christina Applegate Said Will Ferrell & Adam McKay Took Lower Pay To Raise Her ‘Anchorman’ Salary at The Playlist.

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Terrence Howard Said Threatening Producer Joel Silver May Have Helped Cost Him ‘Iron Man 2’ Before the Marvel machine settled into its long-running, carefully controlled form, “Iron Man” still had a little instability around the edges—contract disputes, shifting power, and one recasting that lingered for years. This week, Terrence Howard returned to that story and said he believes an old confrontation with producer Joel Silver was part of what led to his exit from “Iron Man 2.” READ MORE: Terrence Howard Says Marvel Tried To Kill His Career & One-Sided Contract Led To His Exit From ‘Iron Man’ Series Appearing on the PBD Podcast, Howard said the incident took place at the 2007 Venice Film Festival while he and Silver were promoting “The Brave One,” the Neil Jordan-directed drama that starred Howard opposite Jodie Foster. Continue reading Terrence Howard Said Threatening Producer Joel Silver May Have Helped Cost Him ‘Iron Man 2’ at The Playlist.

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‘Ally Clark’: Jason Clarke To Join Viola Davis In Amazon MGM’s Upcoming Thriller Australian actor Jason Clarke has added another film to his upcoming slate just a week after being announced for the ensemble cast of Tom McCarthy‘s latest. Deadline reports that Clarke will join Viola Davis to star in the Amazon MGM thriller “Ally Clarke,” a project first announced last summer. No word on who Clarke will play yet. READ MORE: ‘The Last Frontier’ Trailer: Jason Clarke Stars Alaskan Frontier Thriller This Fall On Apple TV+ Phillip Noyce will direct “Ally Clark,” with Davis playing an investigator looking into an international conglomerate after the suspicious death of a close friend. Continue reading ‘Ally Clark’: Jason Clarke To Join Viola Davis In Amazon MGM’s Upcoming Thriller at The Playlist.

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‘The Rise of the Red Hot Chili Peppers: Our Brother, Hillel’ Trailer: RHCP Pay Tribute To Their Original Brother Some bands build a myth out of reinvention. The Red Hot Chili Peppers built theirs out of a tight circle—kids in late-’70s/early-’80s Los Angeles turning friendship into a sound, a scene, then a career that outlived the room it started in. Netflix has now unveiled the trailer for “The Rise of the Red Hot Chili Peppers: Our Brother, Hillel,” a new documentary that puts the late original guitarist Hillel Slovak back at the center of that early story, framing the group’s formative years as a found-family sprint through the city’s punk-funk churn. Continue reading ‘The Rise of the Red Hot Chili Peppers: Our Brother, Hillel’ Trailer: RHCP Pay Tribute To Their Original Brother at The Playlist.

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‘Yeti’: Chris Pine To Star In Netflix Creature Feature, Sofia Boutella & Ray Winstone In Supporting Cast Chris Pine has a diverse and buzzy array of projects on the near horizon: the Sundance 2026 favorite “Carousel,” the genre-bending sci-fi “Alpha Gang“ from the “Sasquatch Sunset” directors, and a rom-com with Emma Stone called “The Catch.” Now add one more to that list, as Deadline reports that Pine is set to star in “Yeti,” an upcoming horror film over at Netflix from “The Conjuring: Last Rites” filmmaker Michael Chaves. Continue reading ‘Yeti’: Chris Pine To Star In Netflix Creature Feature, Sofia Boutella & Ray Winstone In Supporting Cast at The Playlist.

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‘The Boys’ Final Season Trailer: Prime Video’s Ultra-Violent Superhero Series Returns On April 8 With “The Boys” coming to an end, Prime Video loses one of its most popular shows of this decade (although “The Boys” universe is far from over, with “Gen V” Season 2, “Vought Rising,” and “The Boys: Mexico” on the way). Will the fifth and final season, debuting next month on the streamer, go out with a bang? Continue reading ‘The Boys’ Final Season Trailer: Prime Video’s Ultra-Violent Superhero Series Returns On April 8 at The Playlist.

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‘Heel’: Stephen Graham, Andrea Riseborough & Anson Boon On Grief, Redemption, More ‘Adolescence,’ and ‘Mobland’ Season 2 [The Discourse Podcast] At first glance, “Heel” (released internationally as “The Good Boy”) looks like it might be a grim captivity thriller. A troubled young man is abducted and chained in a basement by a grieving couple. But filmmaker Jan Komasa has something stranger and more psychologically rich in mind. Instead of a story about imprisonment and escape, “Heel” becomes a meditation on grief, redemption, and the uncomfortable idea that compassion can sometimes arrive in deeply unsettling forms. Continue reading ‘Heel’: Stephen Graham, Andrea Riseborough & Anson Boon On Grief, Redemption, More ‘Adolescence,’ and ‘Mobland’ Season 2 [The Discourse Podcast] at The Playlist.

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‘The Napa Boys’ Review: The Fourth Entry In A Nonexistent Franchise Pushes The Limits Of Absurdity When looking at the genre of surreal comedy, it’s easy to focus on the efforts of the likes of Mel Brooks or Monty Python. However, millennials likely found kinship in the works of David Wain, in particular his cult hit “Wet Hot American Summer” and the like-minded films that followed. Never afraid to take a scene past the point where things stop making sense and what could easily be dismissed as the opposite of a joke ends up hilarious, Wain’s absurdity was in full effect with his 2001 debut, his work with comedy trio Stella and later classics none more quotable than 2008’s “Role Models.” READ MORE: The 150 Most Anticipated Films Of 2026 It should come as no surprise, then, that Wain himself plays an onscreen role in “The Napa Boys,” a film with all the hallmarks of the director’s own filmography with plenty of nods, whether unintentional or otherwise, to the bizarre side of funny, even if at times the sensation of being odd simply for the sake of being odd becomes glaringly palpable. Continue reading ‘The Napa Boys’ Review: The Fourth Entry In A Nonexistent Franchise Pushes The Limits Of Absurdity at The Playlist.

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Jake Gyllenhaal Boards Amazon MGM’s ‘Play By Play’ With Black List Scribe Chris McCoy Jake Gyllenhaal is staying in business with Amazon MGM Studios—this time on a new sports feature called “Play by Play.” The actor has signed on to star in and produce the project, which is based on a pitch from screenwriter Chris McCoy, with the film now in development at the studio. READ MORE: Jake Gyllenhaal To Star & Produce Adaptation Of Don Winslow’s ‘Collision’ For Amazon MGM Studios Plot details are being kept under wraps for now. Continue reading Jake Gyllenhaal Boards Amazon MGM’s ‘Play By Play’ With Black List Scribe Chris McCoy at The Playlist.

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Quentin Tarantino Eyes 2027 Debut For His London West End Play, Described As A “Farce, In The British, ‘Noises Off’ Tradition” Last summer, Quentin Tarantino revealed that his next project wouldn’t be his tenth and final film, but instead a stage play in London’s West End. But QT fans know to take the director’s future plans with a hefty grain of salt, as the number of projects and movie ideas he’s had over the years that remain unmade is myriad, if not countless (“The Movie Critic“ just the latest example). Continue reading Quentin Tarantino Eyes 2027 Debut For His London West End Play, Described As A “Farce, In The British, ‘Noises Off’ Tradition” at The Playlist.

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Pixar Is Developing ‘Monsters, Inc. 3,’ ‘Ono Ghost Market’ & A Musical From The Director Of ‘Turning Red’ Once a studio that prided itself on making two original films for every sequel, Pixar appears to be leaning even harder on franchise insurance—even as a few original bets, like “Gatto” and the unannounced “Ono Ghost Market,” continue moving through development. READ MORE: ‘Coco 2’: Disney CEO Bob Iger Announces New Pixar Sequel In 2029 A new Wall Street Journal report says the studio is developing a third “Monsters, Inc. Continue reading Pixar Is Developing ‘Monsters, Inc. 3,’ ‘Ono Ghost Market’ & A Musical From The Director Of ‘Turning Red’ at The Playlist.

Pixar Is Developing ‘Monsters, Inc. 3,’ ‘Ono Ghost Market’ & A Musical From The Director Of ‘Turning Red’

‘Rooster’ Review: The Steve Carell Feel Good Comedy Plays It Safe Over the course of his career, writer and showrunner Bill Lawrence has grown so adept at the mechanics of good, “nice” comedy that he could write a series like “Rooster” in his sleep. Between his work in creating feel good comedies such as his recent work in “Ted Lasso” and “Shrinking,” to the touch of melodrama that sneaks into even the more irreverent episodes of “Scrubs,” he has finely tuned the mechanics of blending workplace and hangout comedies with the formidable aid of strong, ensemble casts (often with a familiar face or two from his previous works.) They’re digestible, likable, and cast a wide net on audiences looking for easy, digestible, and likable stories and characters. Continue reading ‘Rooster’ Review: The Steve Carell Feel Good Comedy Plays It Safe at The Playlist.

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Christina Applegate Said Will Ferrell & Adam McKay Took Lower Pay To Raise Her ‘Anchorman’ Salary Before Adam McKay (“The Big Short,” “Vice”) and Will Ferrell turned “Anchorman” into one of the defining studio comedies of the 2000s, Christina Applegate said she nearly walked away from the film over salary. Appearing on “The View” to discuss her memoir, Applegate recalled that the first offer for “Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy” was, in her words, “a little offensive,” and said she refused it. Continue reading Christina Applegate Said Will Ferrell & Adam McKay Took Lower Pay To Raise Her ‘Anchorman’ Salary at The Playlist.

Christina Applegate Said Will Ferrell & Adam McKay Took Lower Pay To Raise Her ‘Anchorman’ Salary

Terrence Howard Said Threatening Producer Joel Silver May Have Helped Cost Him ‘Iron Man 2’ Before the Marvel machine settled into its long-running, carefully controlled form, “Iron Man” still had a little instability around the edges—contract disputes, shifting power, and one recasting that lingered for years. This week, Terrence Howard returned to that story and said he believes an old confrontation with producer Joel Silver was part of what led to his exit from “Iron Man 2.” READ MORE: Terrence Howard Says Marvel Tried To Kill His Career & One-Sided Contract Led To His Exit From ‘Iron Man’ Series Appearing on the PBD Podcast, Howard said the incident took place at the 2007 Venice Film Festival while he and Silver were promoting “The Brave One,” the Neil Jordan-directed drama that starred Howard opposite Jodie Foster. Continue reading Terrence Howard Said Threatening Producer Joel Silver May Have Helped Cost Him ‘Iron Man 2’ at The Playlist.

Terrence Howard Said Threatening Producer Joel Silver May Have Helped Cost Him ‘Iron Man 2’

‘Alexander’: ‘Heated Rivalry’ Jacob Tierney To Helm Series About Alexander The Great & Aristotle For Netflix “Heated Rivalry” is undoubtedly the biggest TV sensation of the past few months, so it’s no surprise Netflix wants in on the action. And the streamer will get it, in a manner of speaking, as they’ve tapped the show’s creator, Jacob Tierney, to write, direct and executive produce the upcoming series “Alexander.” READ MORE: ‘Heated Rivalry’ Season One Has A Fantastic Emotional Finale, What Do You Mean It’s Likely Emmy Ineligible Based on Annabel Lyon‘s 2009 debut novel “The Golden Mean,” the show will follow the Athenian philosopher Aristotle’s arrival in Macedonia to tutor a young Alexander the Great, a volatile prince set on forging a world-expanding empire. Continue reading ‘Alexander’: ‘Heated Rivalry’ Jacob Tierney To Helm Series About Alexander The Great & Aristotle For Netflix at The Playlist.

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Peter Jackson To Receive 2026 Cannes Film Festival Honorary Palme D’Or Despite never having a film selected for the Cannes Film Festival, the world’s greatest festival is awarding Peter Jackson an Honorary Palm d’Or. The New Zealand filmmaker will attend the 2026 festival’s opening ceremony on May 12. Earlier this week, the festival revealed that the entire 2026 lineup will be unveiled on April 9. READ MORE: Park Chan-wook Becomes First Korean To Preside As Jury President For The 2026 Cannes Film Festival In a statement, Jackson noted, “To be honoured with an Honorary Palme d’Or at Cannes is one of the greatest privileges of my career. Continue reading Peter Jackson To Receive 2026 Cannes Film Festival Honorary Palme D’Or at The Playlist.

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‘Ally Clark’: Jason Clarke To Join Viola Davis In Amazon MGM’s Upcoming Thriller Australian actor Jason Clarke has added another film to his upcoming slate just a week after being announced for the ensemble cast of Tom McCarthy‘s latest. Deadline reports that Clarke will join Viola Davis to star in the Amazon MGM thriller “Ally Clarke,” a project first announced last summer. No word on who Clarke will play yet. READ MORE: ‘The Last Frontier’ Trailer: Jason Clarke Stars Alaskan Frontier Thriller This Fall On Apple TV+ Phillip Noyce will direct “Ally Clark,” with Davis playing an investigator looking into an international conglomerate after the suspicious death of a close friend. Continue reading ‘Ally Clark’: Jason Clarke To Join Viola Davis In Amazon MGM’s Upcoming Thriller at The Playlist.

‘Ally Clark’: Jason Clarke To Join Viola Davis In Amazon MGM’s Upcoming Thriller

‘The Rise of the Red Hot Chili Peppers: Our Brother, Hillel’ Trailer: RHCP Pay Tribute To Their Original Brother Some bands build a myth out of reinvention. The Red Hot Chili Peppers built theirs out of a tight circle—kids in late-’70s/early-’80s Los Angeles turning friendship into a sound, a scene, then a career that outlived the room it started in. Netflix has now unveiled the trailer for “The Rise of the Red Hot Chili Peppers: Our Brother, Hillel,” a new documentary that puts the late original guitarist Hillel Slovak back at the center of that early story, framing the group’s formative years as a found-family sprint through the city’s punk-funk churn. Continue reading ‘The Rise of the Red Hot Chili Peppers: Our Brother, Hillel’ Trailer: RHCP Pay Tribute To Their Original Brother at The Playlist.

‘The Rise of the Red Hot Chili Peppers: Our Brother, Hillel’ Trailer: RHCP Pay Tribute To Their Original Brother

‘Tommorow, And Tomorrow, And Tomorrow’: Daisy Edgar-Jones To Star In Adaptation Of Bestselling Novel From ‘CODA’ Director Siân Heder Daisy Edgar-Jones already has two films on the way in 2026 in “Sense And Sensibility“ and “Here Comes The Flood“; potentially three, in Chloe Domont‘s “A Place In Hell.” But a bit further away? As per Deadline, the actress will star in “Tomorrow, And Tomorrow, And Tomorrow,” Paramount‘s adaptation of Gabrielle Zevin‘s 2022 bestseller, with “Coda‘ director Siân Heder behind the camera. Continue reading ‘Tommorow, And Tomorrow, And Tomorrow’: Daisy Edgar-Jones To Star In Adaptation Of Bestselling Novel From ‘CODA’ Director Siân Heder at The Playlist.

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‘I Swear’ Trailer: Robert Aramayo’s BAFTA-Winning Tourette’s Biopic Heads To U.S. Theaters After A Chaotic Awards-Season Flashpoint A film about living loudly—sometimes involuntarily—didn’t ask to become the center of an awards-night firestorm. But “I Swear,” Kirk Jones’s biographical drama about Tourette syndrome campaigner John Davidson, arrived in the U.S. with that baggage already attached. READ MORE: BAFTA And John Davidson Formally Apologize For Racial Slur Outburst During Ceremony Sony Pictures Classics released a new trailer ahead of the film’s nationwide rollout on April 24, 2026, positioning the UK hit and festival breakout as a clear, audience-forward drama built around a big, committed lead performance. Continue reading ‘I Swear’ Trailer: Robert Aramayo’s BAFTA-Winning Tourette’s Biopic Heads To U.S. Theaters After A Chaotic Awards-Season Flashpoint at The Playlist.

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‘DTF: St. Louis’: Jason Bateman, Linda Cardellini, David Harbour, & Steve Conrad On Vulnerability, Sexual Secrets, & Jason Bateman’s MCU Character [Bingeworthy Podcast] There’s a specific flavor to a Steve Conrad show. A little awkward. A little hilarious. A little sad. A little dangerous. Sex, lies, murder, and old smut. That tone is back in full force with “DTF: St. Louis,” the HBO Max series that follows adults who think they’re signing up for an app that’s simple and transactional, only to discover that intimacy is never that clean. The ensemble includes Jason Bateman, Linda Cardellini, David Harbour, and Richard Jenkins, and like Conrad’s previous work on “Patriot,” it blends weaponized awkwardness with genuine emotional exposure. Continue reading ‘DTF: St. Louis’: Jason Bateman, Linda Cardellini, David Harbour, & Steve Conrad On Vulnerability, Sexual Secrets, & Jason Bateman’s MCU Character [Bingeworthy Podcast] at The Playlist.

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‘Yeti’: Chris Pine To Star In Netflix Creature Feature, Sofia Boutella & Ray Winstone In Supporting Cast Chris Pine has a diverse and buzzy array of projects on the near horizon: the Sundance 2026 favorite “Carousel,” the genre-bending sci-fi “Alpha Gang“ from the “Sasquatch Sunset” directors, and a rom-com with Emma Stone called “The Catch.” Now add one more to that list, as Deadline reports that Pine is set to star in “Yeti,” an upcoming horror film over at Netflix from “The Conjuring: Last Rites” filmmaker Michael Chaves. Continue reading ‘Yeti’: Chris Pine To Star In Netflix Creature Feature, Sofia Boutella & Ray Winstone In Supporting Cast at The Playlist.

‘Yeti’: Chris Pine To Star In Netflix Creature Feature, Sofia Boutella & Ray Winstone In Supporting Cast

Netflix Acquires InterPositive, Ben Affleck’s AI Tech Company Focused On Filmmaking The integration of AI into the film industry is inevitable, but Ben Affleck and Netflix aim to keep the technology in the hands of artists who will use it responsibly. READ MORE: Ben Affleck Thinks The Film Industry Is Safe From A.I. Right Now: “A.I. Is A Craftsman At Best” THR reports that Netflix recently purchased InterPositive, an AI tech company Affleck founded in 2022 to explore the emergent technology, and also anticipate how filmmakers may utilize AI to enhance, rather than override or passively hand over, their creative process. Continue reading Netflix Acquires InterPositive, Ben Affleck’s AI Tech Company Focused On Filmmaking at The Playlist.

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‘Your Friends & Neighbors’ Trailer: Jon Hamm’s Suburban Thief Faces A Dangerous New Neighbor In Season 2 The quiet desperation of suburban wealth gets another crack in the façade. Apple TV has released the official trailer for season two of “Your Friends & Neighbors,” the darkly comic crime drama created by Jonathan Tropper and starring Jon Hamm, which returns April 3. READ MORE: The 75 Most Anticipated TV Shows & Mini-Series Of 2026 The sophomore season of the series picks up with Andrew Cooper (Hamm) continuing to juggle the increasingly precarious double life he built in the first season—wealthy suburban dad by day, reluctant burglar by necessity. Continue reading ‘Your Friends & Neighbors’ Trailer: Jon Hamm’s Suburban Thief Faces A Dangerous New Neighbor In Season 2 at The Playlist.

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‘The Boys’ Final Season Trailer: Prime Video’s Ultra-Violent Superhero Series Returns On April 8 With “The Boys” coming to an end, Prime Video loses one of its most popular shows of this decade (although “The Boys” universe is far from over, with “Gen V” Season 2, “Vought Rising,” and “The Boys: Mexico” on the way). Will the fifth and final season, debuting next month on the streamer, go out with a bang? Continue reading ‘The Boys’ Final Season Trailer: Prime Video’s Ultra-Violent Superhero Series Returns On April 8 at The Playlist.

‘The Boys’ Final Season Trailer: Prime Video’s Ultra-Violent Superhero Series Returns On April 8

‘The Stranger’ Trailer: François Ozon’s Adaptation Of The Classic Albert Camus Novel Hits Select Theaters On April 3 Albert Camus‘ 1942 novel “L’Étranger” is one of the masterworks of existential literature, an unflinching look at modern alienation, French colonialism, and the ethics of indifference. Now, François Ozon’s new movie adaptation of the book brings the main character Meursault’s absurd plight to the big screen, in vivid black-and-white. READ MORE: ‘Rendez-Vous With French Cinema’ Trailer: François Ozon, Julia Ducournau & Olivier Assayas Bring Film At Lincoln Center’s 22-Film Showcase To New York Set in 1940s Algeria, “The Stranger” follows young clerk Meursault in the weeks after his mother’s death, when a deadly altercation with an Arab man on the beach plunges him in a trial that captivates the country. Continue reading ‘The Stranger’ Trailer: François Ozon’s Adaptation Of The Classic Albert Camus Novel Hits Select Theaters On April 3 at The Playlist.

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‘Heel’: Stephen Graham, Andrea Riseborough & Anson Boon On Grief, Redemption, More ‘Adolescence,’ and ‘Mobland’ Season 2 [The Discourse Podcast] At first glance, “Heel” (released internationally as “The Good Boy”) looks like it might be a grim captivity thriller. A troubled young man is abducted and chained in a basement by a grieving couple. But filmmaker Jan Komasa has something stranger and more psychologically rich in mind. Instead of a story about imprisonment and escape, “Heel” becomes a meditation on grief, redemption, and the uncomfortable idea that compassion can sometimes arrive in deeply unsettling forms. Continue reading ‘Heel’: Stephen Graham, Andrea Riseborough & Anson Boon On Grief, Redemption, More ‘Adolescence,’ and ‘Mobland’ Season 2 [The Discourse Podcast] at The Playlist.

‘Heel’: Stephen Graham, Andrea Riseborough & Anson Boon On Grief, Redemption, More ‘Adolescence,’ and ‘Mobland’ Season 2 [The Discourse Podcast]

‘The Napa Boys’ Review: The Fourth Entry In A Nonexistent Franchise Pushes The Limits Of Absurdity When looking at the genre of surreal comedy, it’s easy to focus on the efforts of the likes of Mel Brooks or Monty Python. However, millennials likely found kinship in the works of David Wain, in particular his cult hit “Wet Hot American Summer” and the like-minded films that followed. Never afraid to take a scene past the point where things stop making sense and what could easily be dismissed as the opposite of a joke ends up hilarious, Wain’s absurdity was in full effect with his 2001 debut, his work with comedy trio Stella and later classics none more quotable than 2008’s “Role Models.” READ MORE: The 150 Most Anticipated Films Of 2026 It should come as no surprise, then, that Wain himself plays an onscreen role in “The Napa Boys,” a film with all the hallmarks of the director’s own filmography with plenty of nods, whether unintentional or otherwise, to the bizarre side of funny, even if at times the sensation of being odd simply for the sake of being odd becomes glaringly palpable. Continue reading ‘The Napa Boys’ Review: The Fourth Entry In A Nonexistent Franchise Pushes The Limits Of Absurdity at The Playlist.

‘The Napa Boys’ Review: The Fourth Entry In A Nonexistent Franchise Pushes The Limits Of Absurdity

‘Beef’ Season 2 Teaser: Netflix’s Critically Acclaimed Revenge Dramedy Returns On April 16 “Beef” was one of Netflix‘s biggest original hits of 2023, a pulse-pounding revenge dramedy that scored extra-high marks from critics and audiences alike (The Playlist’s review awarded S1 an “A-“. Of course, that success guaranteed a second season, and it wasn’t long before the likes of Oscar Isaac, Carey Mulligan, Cailee Spaeny, and Charles Melton signed on to star in S2 in October 2024. Continue reading ‘Beef’ Season 2 Teaser: Netflix’s Critically Acclaimed Revenge Dramedy Returns On April 16 at The Playlist.

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‘The Bear’ Will End With Season 5 At FX And Hulu The burners still weren’t off, but the message coming out of the kitchen last night sounded like a last call: multiple reports indicated that “The Bear” is expected to wrap with its upcoming fifth season on FX and Hulu. The most direct push came from Jamie Lee Curtis, who has recurred as Donna Berzatto since the show’s second season—and who has now spoken about the series as if the endpoint is already common knowledge. Continue reading ‘The Bear’ Will End With Season 5 At FX And Hulu at The Playlist.

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