”I want to shoot at cops, I don’t wanna be one”, says a minor character early on in the execrable Let’s Be Cops. Even if the movie didn’t have the misfortune of opening the same week as the Ferguson, MO standoff between police and protestors, it should still be called out for what it is: a galactically inane, what-were-they-thinking misfire that doesn’t even care enough to get the buddy-cop movie formula right. Read More...
Warning: This article contains spoilers for Black Mirror, season 6, episode 1, "Joan Is Awful." Black Mirror is back! A lot has happened in the four years since the last season of Charlie Brooker's eerily prescient sci-fi series, and yet the season 6 premiere, titled "Joan Is Awful," manages to sync up with hot topics from recent weeks, including the rise of content generated by artificial intelligence. It's also one of the most " Read More...
Meet the Jetsons! Hanna-Barbera/Everett Collection The Jetsons are coming back to television! ABC has ordered a live-action adaptation of the classic cartoon, and we can't help but imagine who might bring our favorite future family to life. Though the original cartoon series had a mod 1960s vibe that reflected its own era, the live-action, multi-cam sitcom will take place 100 years in the future and lend The Jetsons a more modern lens. Read More...
