Rapper, singer, and flautist Lizzo released her third LP last week, though its singles have been shaking speakers for months. Cuz I Love You, her first record on Atlantic, doubles down on her brand of body-positive bops and unapologetic self-love. In an anxiety-ridden, hate-filled world, Lizzo just might be the elixir that society needs right…
This morning, TV mastermind Ryan Murphy (Feud, American Crime Story, Nip/Tuck) revealed the title of the upcoming ninth season of American Horror Story on Instagram. It’s called: American Horror Story: 1984. The short teaser clip shows a young woman running through the woods while being chased by a masked killer with a large knife. It appears to…
When last reported, Warner Bros. was actively developing a Beetlejuice sequel that would finally reunite director Tim Burton with the film’s star, Michael Keaton. Co-star Winona Ryder even confirmed the sequel to Seth Myers years ago. It’s been a while since the latest update, though, with the project seemingly rotting away in the afterlife waiting…
If we haven’t OD’d on superhero movies by now, it’s unlikely that we’ll run out of patience for the nostalgia fuel that is the Stephen King adaptation. The latest comes from Starry Eyes directors Kevin Kölsch and Dennis Widmyer and it’s a tale we’ve seen before: King’s 1983 novel Pet Sematary. Mary Lambert’s 1989 film…
At Brooklyn’s Market Hotel this past weekend, three brothers unleashed enough carnal rock fury to fill up the grandstands of multiple arenas. They even drowned out the clattering noise of the speeding J train as it whizzed by behind them mere yards away from the stage. Hell, if you were ever to catch Radkey at…
Jordan Peele‘s Monkeypaw Productions has found its Candyman. So who’s up for the legendary role once played by the iconic Tony Todd? While the deal has yet to be inked, Variety reported today that Yahya Abdul-Mateen II is in talks for the bee-friendly titular role in the upcoming entry. Shadow And Act on Twitter @JordanPeele and @NiaDaCosta’s…
When film criticism declares a movie is “style over substance,” does that incite you to queue up at the box office or convince you to wait for streaming? For many, there’s a wave of negative connotation and apathy paired with the phrase, as if too much style is a bad omen, something to approach with…
When you think of punk in its earliest, purest form, what bands come to mind? The Stooges, The Sex Pistols, The Ramones? How about The Dead Kennedy’s or The Clash? Forget all that nonsense. The Riverbottom Nightmare Band was punk af and would destroy all those bands in a knife fight. They wouldn’t think twice…
Don’t you hate when you’re reading a food blog and you’re all hangry and feeling some kinda way, and you have to scroll down like 80 times in order to get to the goddamn recipe? Yeah, me too. Here’s a list of albums I liked this year. I deem them “the best,” but really they’re…
*This post contains spoilers for this week’s American Horror Story: Apocalypse episode “Traitor”* After last week’s thrilling return to the Murder House, Episode 7 was bound to sag, but “Traitor” had enough surprising returns and gross-out moments to hold us over. We opened with Dinah, the new Voodoo Queen and successor to Coven‘s Marie Laveau, ripping…