‘The Card Counter’ Review: In Paul Schrader’s Card-Sharp Noir, Oscar Isaac Is a Gambler Grappling with America’s Guilt

Caroline Framke Chief TV CriticAs Disney Plus continues down the road of rebooting and reviving as many nostalgic properties as possible — a road well-traveled and highly polished thanks to savvy spins like “The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers” and “High School Musical: The Musical: The Series” — it’s hard to begrudge the strategy when it produces something as sweet as “Doogie Kamealoha, M.D.” More than 30 years after “Doogie Howser, M.D.” first premiered on ABC, starring a teenaged Neil Patrick Harris as the iconic child doctor, Disney Plus has debuted its own thoroughly wholesome version with a Doogie as sunny as Harris’ was self-serious.In Kourtney Kang’s update, Lahela “Doogie” Kamealoha (the very charming Peyton Elizabeth Lee) is a 16

Of all the evenings for the Haddonfield Department of Plausible Human Behavior to close early, it’s deeply unfortunate that October 31, 2018 had to be one of them. For t’was on that very night that the events soberly documented in “Halloween” (2018), David Gordon Green‘s fun first stab (intentional, as are all puns that follow) at revitalizing John Carpenter‘s beloved franchise, took place.

Owen Gleiberman Chief Film CriticIn 2018, when David Gordon Green was given the hallowed mission of rebooting the “Halloween” series (that the director of “All the Real Girls” would embrace becoming the showrunner of a slasher franchise says a lot about the 21st century, but let’s leave that for another time), his job was to wipe away 40 years of bad sequels and to restore the lurchy cinematic gamesmanship, the perfectly-timed-shock-cut ingenuity, and the scary-classic mystique of the 1978 “Halloween.” (That the original was, itself, a mayhem-by-the-numbers knockoff of “The Texas Chain Saw Massacre” says a lot about the state of horror movies back then, but let’s leave that for another time.)The mission was accomplished.

so many . But also, when I was 14 years old and with my mother and my doctor, it felt like the decision was being made for me.

Jessica Chastain has a sense of humor about fans going wild over her obvious chemistry with her co-star, Oscar Isaac.Chastain and Isaac sent fans into a frenzy thanks to a video of the two posing together on the red carpet at the premiere of their HBO mini-series at the Venice Film Festival on Saturday. The two shared a moment, with Isaac giving her a playful look before smelling her arm.

Clayton Davis The streaming platforms are gearing up for another attempt to win the Academy’s affections. Though a streamer has yet to win the big best picture prize, Netflix has assembled a strong slate this year, at least judging by the reception at the Telluride Film Festival.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorMadison Avenue is returning to the Super Bowl — with a vengeance.NBC Sports has fewer than five 30-second slots left to sell in its coming 2022 broadcast of Super Bowl LVI and is seeing some sponsors agree to pay as much as $6.5 million for them, along with a similar investment in other NBC inventory, according to Dan Lovinger, executive vice president of sports ad sales at NBCUniversal. That price is more than was sought initially by NBC, which was working to sell Super Bowl ads for between $5.8 million and $6.2 million earlier this year.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez appeared on on CNN’s AC 360 Tuesday night and minced no words about Texas’s new law limiting abortion or comments made earlier in the day by the state’s governor, Greg Abbott, defending the stricture.

Anticipation for The Matrix Resurrections, the surprise fourth instalment in the science-fiction franchise, has begun with a new poster teasing the release of its first trailer.The film comes 18-years after The Matrix Revolutions, originally intended to be the final chapter in a trilogy documenting the transformation of computer hacker Thomas Anderson into cybercriminal Neo after he inadvertently discovers the ordinary world he inhabits is actually a simulated reality.Stretching out the anticipation ahead of Thursday's launch, fans were treated with an ad featuring red and blue pills sit side by side beneath the stark message: 'The choice is yours.'Fans of the popular franchise will recognise the pills as a decisive option given to Neo,

that the comedian had first entered rehab in December 2020. A source told Page Six at the time: “John’s friends and family are happy that he’s finally getting some help and focusing on his health.”However Mulaney, who has been open about his relationship with addiction in the past, confirmed in the interview that his recent setback in fact began in September 2020.Within the space of a year, the comedian returned to rehab several times, with the final time as a result of an intervention instigated by Meyers and other fellow comedians.“I continued using drugs, you and some other friends staged an intervention, as you recall,” he explained on Meyers’ show Late Night With Seth Meyers.

Ayr United stopper Markus Fjortoft insists he and his teammates are letting down boss David Hopkin.The giant Norwegian has called on the dressing room to stand up and be counted following last night's 2-0 defeat at home to Raith.The result and performance led to a testing night with fans venting their anger.And Fjortoft, one of a clutch of summer signings, admits it was tough to take.He told the Ayrshire Post: "We're disappointed that as players we let ourselves down - but more than anything we let the gaffer down."He brought many of us here - so I speak for a lot of us when I say that hurts."It's not good enough to concede two avoidable goals like we did."But we now have to face the severity of the situation."For us it's about sticking

Surprisingly, in this era of revisionist Westerns, writer/director Potsy Ponciroli delivers a throwback in the form of an old-fashioned, meat-and-potatoes Western by-numbers with the humble ambitions that give it a B-movie ambience. The set-up is spare, and events are predictable; it’s almost like an exercise in stripped-back storytelling.

When optometrist Pippa (Sydney Sweeney) and musician Thomas (Justice Smith) snag a gorgeous apartment in Montreal, the successful young couple can’t believe their luck, and their excitement quickly turns to curiosity when they discover that their swanky new apartment comes with a full view of their eccentric and attractive across-the-street neighbors (Natasha Liu Bordizzo and Ben Hardy).

You got to know when to hold ’em and know when show ’em. CBS is following that paraphrased lyric’s advice with Kenny Rogers: All In for the Gambler, an hourlong special featuring big names performing the late singer’s hits. It’s set to air at 9 p.m. Thursday, September 23, on the network and Paramount+.

NOMEX (Nordic Music Export), who organise the list, the winners were chosen by a panel of judges, based on “company growth, career path, recognition in the industry, influence in the industry in 2020, artistic development, innovation, concert revenues, sales, streaming, campaigns, radio and television publicity.”“With the COVID-19 pandemic, we have seen that the recruitment of young people into the music industry is more important than ever,” said Nina Finnerud, Head of UK at Music Norway.“Nordic Music Biz therefore believe that looking after and nurturing the new generation of music industry professionals is crucial and by lifting The Nordic Music Biz Top 20 Under 30, can build on the foundation of the successful award and create a

A very different journey. Both JoJo Siwa and Amanda Kloots come from dance backgrounds, but that doesn’t mean they have a leg up on the competition when it comes to season 30 of Dancing With the Stars.

Jessica Chastain wants to remind everyone that she and Oscar Isaac are both happily married.

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle EditorIssa Rae wants to make it easier for consumers to find Black-owned businesses. The “Insecure” star is teaming up with American Express and U.S.

What Walter White did for cooking crystal meth, Connie Kaminski hopes to do for couponing—or at least, that’s the premise behind Aron Gaudet and Gita Pullapilly’s “Queenpins,” starring Kristen Bell. Based (loosely) on a true story, the film follows suburban Arizona housewife Connie (Bell) and her best friend Jojo (Kirby Howell-Baptiste), who meet and bond over their love of extreme couponing.

Kelly Ripa, 50, is feeling all the emotions now that she and husband Mark Consuelos, 50, are officially “empty nesters.” The famous couple closed out their summer by taking their son Joaquin Consuelos, 18, to the University of Michigan for the start of his first semester of freshman year, and Kelly reflected on that emotional experience during Tuesday’s episode of her talk show, Live with Kelly and Ryan. “We took our youngest child to college, we dropped him off. It was hard,” she told co-host Ryan Seacrest. “It was really hard.”

Polo G has been arrested for allegedly carrying a concealed firearm in Los Angeles, law enforcement officials have confirmed.In information confirmed to TMZ, the Chicago rapper (real name Taurus Bartlett) was arrested on Monday afternoon (September 6) after a car he was a passenger in was pulled over.Police didn’t reveal the reason for the stop but they reportedly found the rapper carrying a weapon.