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‘Hacks’ Season 4 Review: The LA-Set Late Night Season Finds Deborah and Ava in a War of the Words [B+]‘Hacks’ Season 4 Review: The LA-Set Late Night Season Finds Deborah and Ava in a War of the Words [B+]

‘Hacks’ Season 4 Review: The LA-Set Late Night Season Finds Deborah and Ava in a War of the Words [B+]

A good rivalry features two opponents so intent on causing damage to the others’ life that the only reasonable outcome… Read More

April 3, 2025
2024 Emmys: Jean Smart (‘Hacks’) Has Never Lost a Comedy Emmy – Will That Streak Continue This Year?2024 Emmys: Jean Smart (‘Hacks’) Has Never Lost a Comedy Emmy – Will That Streak Continue This Year?

2024 Emmys: Jean Smart (‘Hacks’) Has Never Lost a Comedy Emmy – Will That Streak Continue This Year?

When it comes to the Emmys, there are few forces as formidable as the great Jean Smart. Since her first… Read More

July 31, 2024
‘Hacks’ Season 3 Review: HBO’s Best Comedy Series is Fiercer and Funnier Than Ever‘Hacks’ Season 3 Review: HBO’s Best Comedy Series is Fiercer and Funnier Than Ever

‘Hacks’ Season 3 Review: HBO’s Best Comedy Series is Fiercer and Funnier Than Ever

While first seasons can feel awkward and sophomore seasons test the consistency of the narrative, a third season of television… Read More

April 26, 2024
50th Seattle International Film Festival: Tributes for June Squibb, Jean Smart50th Seattle International Film Festival: Tributes for June Squibb, Jean Smart

50th Seattle International Film Festival: Tributes for June Squibb, Jean Smart

261 films with 18 World, 26 North American, and 14 U.S. Premieres make up the lineup for the Festival’s 50th… Read More

April 17, 2024
‘Babylon’ review: Here’s to the fools who dream; Damien Chazelle’s epitaph for cinema is the evil b-side to ‘La La Land’‘Babylon’ review: Here’s to the fools who dream; Damien Chazelle’s epitaph for cinema is the evil b-side to ‘La La Land’

‘Babylon’ review: Here’s to the fools who dream; Damien Chazelle’s epitaph for cinema is the evil b-side to ‘La La Land’

When Mia begrudgingly attends a party at the start of Damien Chazelle's magical, much-discussed film La La Land, she stares… Read More

December 16, 2022
2023 Oscar Predictions: SUPPORTING ACTRESS (September)2023 Oscar Predictions: SUPPORTING ACTRESS (September)

2023 Oscar Predictions: SUPPORTING ACTRESS (September)

Sometimes a frontrunner isn't actually the frontrunner. Especially when they pick up and vacate a slam-dunk category and head off… Read More

September 22, 2022
2023 Oscar Predictions: SUPPORTING ACTRESS (August)2023 Oscar Predictions: SUPPORTING ACTRESS (August)

2023 Oscar Predictions: SUPPORTING ACTRESS (August)

Director Rian Johnson with Janelle Monáe in GLASS ONION: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY My #1 may stay the same but… Read More

August 22, 2022
2022 Emmy Predictions: Lead Actress in a Comedy Series2022 Emmy Predictions: Lead Actress in a Comedy Series

2022 Emmy Predictions: Lead Actress in a Comedy Series

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series has become one of the most fun categories at the Emmys to predict… Read More

May 25, 2022
HBOMax’s Emmy-award winning ‘Hacks’ second season to premiere May 12 [Trailer]HBOMax’s Emmy-award winning ‘Hacks’ second season to premiere May 12 [Trailer]

HBOMax’s Emmy-award winning ‘Hacks’ second season to premiere May 12 [Trailer]

Photo by Karen Ballard HBOMax announced today that their Emmy-award winning comedy series Hacks will return on Thursday, May 12… Read More

April 14, 2022
‘Belfast’ wins AARP Movies for Grownups Best Picture; ‘Ted Lasso,’ ‘Mare of Easttown’ are TV winners‘Belfast’ wins AARP Movies for Grownups Best Picture; ‘Ted Lasso,’ ‘Mare of Easttown’ are TV winners

‘Belfast’ wins AARP Movies for Grownups Best Picture; ‘Ted Lasso,’ ‘Mare of Easttown’ are TV winners

Kenneth Branagh's semi-autobiographical film Belfast won the AARP Movies for Grownups Best Picture award in a ceremony held March 18… Read More

March 19, 2022