TV Shows
FOX’s Baywatch Rollout Is Starting to Feel Like a Missed Opportunity
For better or worse, Baywatch is one of the buzziest shows of the 2026-27 season.Reboots have been the bane of my existence in this industry because I immediately have my guard...
TV Shows
Now That Hacks Is Done, I’m Desperate for TV’s Next Great Dramedy
One of the biggest losses of this TV season for me was Hacks.Not only is it among my favorite comedy shows, but it has also won hundreds of awards over its...
Movies
“For All Mankind” Spinoff “Star City” is One Small Soviet Step Backward
In the wake of five seasons of “For All Mankind“‘s alt-history time-jumping—currently, we’re in an alternate 2012 where we’ve colonized Mars, and a still-alive John Lennon teamed up with Jay-Z to produced “The Grey Album”—it’s easy to forget the...
Movies
Home Entertainment Guide May 2026: The Bride!, Wuthering Heights, Sentimental Value, More
10 NEW TO NETFLIX“Between the Temples““Black Phone 2““The Creator““Ferrari““The Illusionist““The Iron Claw““Killer Joe““Nope““Slow West““True Romance“12 NEW TO BLU-RAY/DVD“Avatar: Fire and Ash“While the “no cultural footprint” argument that arises around “Avatar” on social media is patently ludicrous, it’s undeniable that...
Books
Virginia Evans: ‘I loved books about things that can’t exist’
My earliest reading memoryI’m not sure what we were reading – The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams or the poems in Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein – but I was undoubtedly with my sister, two years older,...
TV Shows
Half Man Season 1 Episode 6 Concludes an Intense But Exhausting Series
Critic's Rating: 4 / 5.04Now that the entire thing is out there in the open, I have no idea how to feel about it.Half Man finally comes to an end after...
Curiosities
Vancouver man’s arrest prompts claims about Canadian mental health laws. Here are the facts
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Claim:
In Canada, police officers can arrest a person if a psychiatrist labels the person as "insane" based solely on observing the person in a public place.
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What's True
All Canadian jurisdictions have laws with varying criteria that essentially allow police to...