‘Punky Brewster’ Revival Banks on Joyful Nostalgia: TV Review

Owen Gleiberman Chief Film CriticIn the late ’90s, when Jim Carrey did his pivot away from rubber-faced anarchy to became a serious actor, the detour didn’t last all that long, but he gave three stupendous performances (“The Truman Show,” “Man on the Moon,” “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind”), and one of the things that made them great is that Carrey, in those roles, seemed to be expressing more of himself than ever. He didn’t jettison his snappish, ironic, through-a-glass-snarkly comic vibe; rather, he showed you the anguish and romantic fervor on the other side of it.

Guy Lodge Film CriticFor a criminal who revealed his agenda in exhaustively detailed black-and-white — via his famous essay “Industrial Society and the Future,” published in The Washington Post months ahead of his 1996 capture — Ted Kaczynski remains a somewhat unreadable figure. The domestic terrorist better known as the Unabomber killed three people and injured two dozen more in a national bombing campaign aimed at protesting man’s environmental destruction and technological dependence.

Richard Kuipers The mega-successful Chinese franchise about a mismatched detective duo tackling baffling crimes in foreign destinations continues with a wildly uneven caper set in Tokyo. With performances, plotting and visuals amped up to 11 as per usual, this hyperactive combination of Sherlock Holmes-type sleuthing and Three Stooges-style slapstick comedy offers plenty of zany fun, but the central murder-mystery contains so many convoluted diversions, digressions and detours it makes the whole enterprise play like a long stream-of-consciousness sketch with a glaringly hollow core.A smash hit domestically after opening on Feb.

Jay Weissberg There may be films that resemble in certain details “Death of a Virgin, and the Sin of Not Living,” though nothing readily comes to mind, and even were there something to compare it to, it wouldn’t lessen the way it burrows inside until you find yourself flooded by the fragility of life, with all its beauty and sorrow. That novice director George Peter Barbari was even able to get this made given financing difficulties is nearly miraculous, and while debuting during a pandemic isn’t ideal, somehow the heightened awareness of how easy it is to be pushed off course makes the film’s poetics even more effective.

Peter Debruge Chief Film CriticAlready devastated by her husband’s execution, Mina (played by co-director Maryam Moghaddam) discovers that the man she loves was put to death for a crime he didn’t commit in “Ballad of a White Cow.” That would seem to be injustice enough for one person to bear, but in conservative Iranian culture, now that Mina’s a widow, she has less power than ever before: Fired from her job, evicted from her apartment and pressured toward marrying her pushy brother-in-law (Pourya Rahimiam), Mina faces limited options when it comes to caring for her deaf-mute daughter Bita (Avin Poor Raoufi).If all of this sounds like a recipe for a thoroughly depressing spiral toward the bottom, à la “Bicycle Thieves” and its neorealist

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Meghan Markle and Prince Harry's former charity Sussex Royal is under review, according to reports.

Hilary Duff is getting ready to welcome her third child, which is due any day now.And the former Disney Channel star is enjoying quality time with the current baby of the family, who's about to become a big sister.She covered her growing baby bump in a cozy grey sweatshirt Friday, as she took her daughter Banks Violet out for ice cream at McConnell's Fine Ice Creams in Studio City.

Dieter Wedel, one of Germany's most successful television directors, has been indicted on suspicion of rape connected to allegations dating back to 1996. The public prosecutor's office in Munich brought the indictment before the 10th criminal chamber of the Munich I district court on Friday.

Caroline Framke Chief TV CriticEvery new teen drama wants to be the one that actually, finally Gets It. They can range from the extremely earnest (see “Degrassi,” “Dawson’s Creek”) to the flashy and forbidden (see “Gossip Girl,” “Euphoria”), but all strive to capture that vulnerable slice of life between childhood and adulthood when everything burns a little too bright, a little too quickly.“Generation” — aka “Genera+ion,” with a plus sign instead of a plain ol’ “t” to signify the digital world, or something — is TV’s latest stab at honestly portraying teenagers.

Seth Rogen‘s mom has a little problem with Bridgerton.

It’s one of 2021’s most raved about series and while we still have a ways to go before Lupin is back on our screens Netflix has eased the wait with a teaser clip.

Parental supervision not required! Seth Rogen responded after his mother tweeted her NSFW Bridgerton observations on Thursday, March 4.

So unexpected! Real Housewives of Beverly Hills personality Garcelle Beauvais didn’t see costar Erika Jayne‘s split from Tom Girardi coming.

Guy Lodge Film CriticSimon Mawer’s 2009 historical novel “The Glass Room” was well-regarded on both sides of the Atlantic, shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize, and seemingly destined to be filmed sooner rather than later. It was, after all, a decades-spanning saga of illicit desire, betrayal and riches-to-rags survival against the shifting backdrop of the Holocaust and the rise of Communism in the former Czechoslovakia.

Coming 2 America, on Amazon Prime Video, that’s a very good thing. Reuniting Eddie Murphy and Arsenio Hall, the sequel to the 1988 comedy classic packs a hilarious punch with the same ridiculousness, laughs, and characters as the original. It’s been more than three decades since Murphy, in his role as Prince Akeem and Hall as his faithful sidekick Semmi, ventured to Queens, New York in search of the prince’s own queen.

I am a cultural appropriator. I think I’m a white person from Colorado.

One year in the life of a teenager can feel like an eternity. The intensity of the fleeting romances, the wild swings between happiness and despair, the thrilling yet uneasy anticipation of a future that seems simultaneously imminent and distant — it’s a wonder that we come out of adolescence intact.

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media ReporterNinja Thyberg, whose movie “Pleasure” debuted to rave reviews at Sundance Film Festival, has signed with CAA.“Pleasure,” an explicit drama about the adult film industry, marked Thyberg’s feature film directorial debut.

Jonathan Cohen There once was a time, before Spotify, TikTok, Seamless, Peloton and NFTs, when it still wasn’t that out of the ordinary for a rock ’n’ roll band like Kings Of Leon to top charts all over the world with Actual Rock’n’Roll Songs™. Now here we are in 2021, with the closest thing to guitar-based music on the Hot 100 being a re-record of a 13-year-old Taylor Swift track and Machine Gun Kelly’s emo/hip-hop/EDM hybrids.

The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star Garcelle Beauvais sat down for a candid chat with Andy Cohen on the March 4 episode of Watch What Happens Live, and revealed some spoilers for the upcoming season. The Bravo reality star appeared via video chat, wearing a gorgeous one-shouldered pink dress with a blue statement necklace and her brunette tresses slicked back into a high ponytail. Andy asked her a series of superlatives, including who she thought the “biggest plot stirrer” was throughout season 11. “Lisa Rinna,” she replied. As for who was the most “self absorbed”, “most inquisitive about Erika Jayne‘s divorce” and “cried the most”, she gave all three titles to Sutton Stracke.