Author: Michael

“The End of Oak Street,” one of the very best movies of the summer (and the year, for that matter) stomps into theaters this weekend. In the movie, a suburban neighborhood is lifted out of the early 1980s and sent back in time to the era of the dinosaurs; everyday folk are forced to fend for their lives against all matter of prehistoric monstrosity. And much like the neighborhood at the center of “Oak Street,” you’ll feel like the movie was transported from an earlier, more glorious time for movies – specifically the ’80s, where high-concept, Steven Spielberg-produced delights would…

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Fans of the “Green Lantern” comic book run that began in the 1960s have approached HBO’s TV adaptation, “Lanterns,” with understandable wariness. Trailers make it look like a buddy cop procedural a la “True Detective.” The few glimpses of the intergalactic peace officers’ costumes look grimy (like everything else in the series), not the clean sci-fi images that made GL the coolest superhero franchise DC had against surging Marvel in the Silver Age of Comics. “Not enough green!” complainers shout. And certainly not enough fantastic emerald constructs shot out of the Power Ring, the Lanterns’ source of infinite creativity that…

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Taylor Frankie Paul remains hopeful that her season of The Bachelorette will eventually be released. “You guys started a petition for the show. I love you all,” Taylor, 32, wrote via her Instagram Stories on Thursday, August 13, alongside a link to the Change.org motion advocating for ABC to release the footage. “I signed and left the link [above].” Sharing a screenshot of the petition on a follow-up slide, Taylor added three crying emojis. Taylor was named the season 22 lead of The Bachelorette in fall 2025. While her season was scheduled to air in March, ABC ultimately pulled it…

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Luigi Mangione pleaded guilty after he was accused of killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. Mangione, 28, entered the plea while appearing in court at the 40 Foley Square courthouse in New York City on Friday, August 14. He was facing two federal counts of interstate stalking resulting in death. After Mangione’s lawyers told Judge Margaret Garnett that he was prepared to plead guilty, the judge directly asked him to confirm the plea. “Yes,” Mangione responded, according to The New York Times. Mangione was then sworn in and asked several questions regarding his state of mind. He insisted his mind was…

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