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At our most cynical moments, we can reduce most films in our minds to gorgeous people reading smart lines in luxurious rooms. Black Bag is director Steven Soderbergh’s latest, a tight little picture that, depending on your mood, can be either an empty exercise in style and genre or a

L.A. CoronerThomas Noguchi and Death in Hollywood by Anne Soon ChoiThird State BooksHardcover ISBN: 9798890130075April 2025256 pages Amazon — Barnes & Noble — Powell’s “Gentlemen, you’re about to enter fascinating sphere of police work. The world of forensic medicine.” — Quincy M.E. When a major celebrity passes away under mysterious or

Sean Connery quit the role of James Bond in 1967 during the production of You Only Live Twice. Burned out by the pace of production (five films in five years), his abrupt rise to superstardom in the series and the endless press scrutiny that came with it—not to mention Connery’s

Warning: contains spoilers for The Handmaid’s Tale season six episode five “Janine”. Of course New Bethlehem was a lie. The Sons of Jacob have a good thing going in Gilead: unchecked power, privilege and pussy – who’s going to give all that up in the name of international relations?  In episode five,

Andor is finally returning for its second and final season on Disney+. When we last saw Cassian (Diego Luna), he had just started to help Luthen Rael (Stellan Skarsgård) and the burgeoning rebellion, more so out of necessity and survival than a real desire to make change. But as we