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Cynthia Nixon On Never Running For Office Again, Revisiting ‘Ratched’ & Gearing Up For ‘Just Like That…’ [Interview]

May 27, 2021 11:00 am

Awards, Awards Campaign, Interviews, News, Television

Wigs. If Cynthia Nixon is going to pull off starring in three series at one time it's going to be thanks to the power of wigs. The Emmy, Grammy, and Tony Award-winning actress has already starred in the highly...

Welcome The New Trend Of ‘Prestige IP’: Studios Are Mining Their Vaults To Keep Franchises Going

Jason Bailey

December 2, 2020 3:05 pm

Essays, Features

Movies about the making of 'Chinatown' and 'The Godfather'? Series adaptations of 'Scenes from a Marriage' and 'Rashomon'? What's going on here?

‘Ratched’: Ryan Murphy’s ‘Cuckoo’s Nest’ Prequel Offers A Garish, Unnecessary Origin Story [Review]

Andrew Crump

September 14, 2020 10:47 am

News, Reviews, Television

Typical accoutrements for eating raw oysters include cocktail sauce and mignonette, plus or minus a curious spirit for the uninitiated. The key accompaniment is subtlety. But subtlety is served rarely in the R...

Final ‘Ratched’ Trailer Unveils The Origin Story & Making Of A Monster

Charles Barfield

September 8, 2020 10:19 am

News, Television, Trailers

Film fans often debate the necessity of a prequel film or TV series. Often, prequels serve only to shine a light on mysteries that should have remained in the dark. Those answers to questions you might have ha...

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9 Shows To Watch In September: ‘Fargo,’ ‘Ratched,’ ‘The Boys’ & More

Ally Johnson

September 3, 2020 2:50 pm

News, Television

September has quite a few heavy hitters on the docket this year, from a new series produced by Ridley Scott and another created by Luca Guadagnino. Along with the bigger names however are some great, micro-bud...

2020 Fall TV Preview: 45 Shows To Watch

Brian Tallerico

September 1, 2020 3:22 pm

Features, News, Television

Despite being just the weirdest year ever, it’s also been a super-strong, solid one for television. Maybe it’s because movies got kneecapped during the pandemic or maybe it's because we’re all stuck at home mo...

‘Ratched’ Trailer: Sarah Paulson Stars As The Infamous ‘Cuckoo’s Nest’ Nurse In Ryan Murphy’s Netflix Series

Charles Barfield

August 4, 2020 12:46 pm

News, Television, Trailers

Nurse Ratched is one of the most iconic characters in film history. Or at least, that’s what Ryan Murphy says in the new trailer for his upcoming Netflix thriller series, “Ratched.” And for many, this might be...

‘Ratched’ First Look: Sarah Paulson Reinvents Classic Villain In New Netflix Series

Kambole Campbell

July 29, 2020 12:27 pm

News, Television

When one thinks of Nurse Ratched, the much-despised caregiver who menaces and eventually lobotomizes Jack Nicholson’s character in “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest”, they think of Louise Fletcher’s haunting, d...

Sarah Paulson On ‘Ratched,’ ‘Impeachment’ & A Well Deserved Vacation [Interview]

Gregory Ellwood

September 11, 2019 9:42 am

Awards Campaign, Festivals, Interviews, News

TORONTO - Over the past two years Sarah Paulson has arguably become the hardest working woman in the entertainment business. She's shot four feature films, two season of "American Horror Story," a new Netflix s...

Apple Aiming To Take On Netflix With Shows From Steven Spielberg & Reese Witherspoon

Oliver Lyttelton

September 27, 2017 12:10 pm

News, Television

If you think TV is competitive now — and only this morning we were talking about how the sheer number of different networks and services competing for content and eyes, from traditional networks to streaming se...

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