The beauty-and-the-beast trope has had irreversible effects on our generation —how else would Ice Planet Barbarians exist? Romance stories centered on “spicy” interactions between a human-ish girl and a magical-beast-ish man are all the rage, and Wicker is riding the trend’s coattails.
Though the world of policing has been and to some degree continues to be male-dominated, female detectives–both as members of police departments and as amateur sleuths–have found a remarkable welcome on TV.
Across three seasons from 2013 to 2017, TV viewers visited the small Dorsey community to follow Detective Inspector Alec Hardy (David Tennant) and Detective Sergeant Ellie Miller (Olivia Colman) solving cases together.
Andrew Scott and Olivia Colman are to star in Elsinore. The pair have boarded the cast of the film that is based on the life of the Chariots of Fire actor Ian Charleson, who starred in a London theatre production of Hamlet in his final role before his death from AIDS-related causes at the age of 40 in 1990.
Olivia Colman hates sex scenes because she feels like she is "being unfaithful" to her husband. The 51-year-old actress - who has three children with spouse Ed Sinclair - admitted she feels uncomfortable when she is asked to bare her flesh on screen or to get very close to another actor.
Olivia Colman gets "bored" working in theatre. The Roses actress admitted she "struggles" giving the same performance every night because she has a "short attention span" and she also has to work hard to get over her nerves ahead of opening night.
While many of the most frightening and disturbing TV series, particularly those in the horror genre, draw their power from the fact that they are at least somewhat removed from reality, others lean into the fact that they are based in the real world.
Jane Austen is one of the longest-enduring authors, and her novel "Pride and Prejudice" is probably her most-popular work.
Olivia Colman, who won the Best Actress Oscar for "The Favourite," has been attached to the planned limited series "Cry Wolf" since this winter.
TV thrives on exploring the fraught relationships between various siblings, demonstrating the extent to which being a part of the same family doesn’t necessarily mean everyone has to get along. Families are complicated, and over the decades, television has been quite adept at exploring the many situations that arise.
Benedict Cumberbatch and Olivia Colman are going to war—and not the historical kind. Searchlight just dropped the first trailer for The Roses, and social media’s already eating it up.
Searchlight Pictures just dropped the trailer for Jay Roach's The Roses, proving that all’s fair when love is war. The film is a reimagining of 1989's The War of the Roses and is based on the novel by Warren Adler.
Just because a movie gets a lot of Oscar nominations does not mean a lot of wins will follow. These films had a lot of bites at the apple but found limited success.
Just as the Oscars are the mark of quality when it comes to cinema, so the Emmys are the awards toward which television writers, actors, and creators aspire. Several TV series have earned numerous awards in a year, setting a standard for other storytellers.
Villains are so much better in sitcoms.
Some filmmakers — Yorgos Lanthimos and David Lynch come to mind — have made careers out of absurdity, while others have only dabbled in this particular aesthetic. The best absurdist films highlight the ridiculousness of the (post)modern world yet find bleak humor amid all the uncertainty.
[Warning: The below contains MAJOR spoilers for The Bear Season 3, Episode 10, “Forever.”] The Bear‘s third season may not have delivered the SydCarmy storyline some fans were rooting for, but it did serve up another delectable option in the form of Sydney (Ayo Edebiri) and Luca’s (Will Poulter) blossoming connection.
Love triangles are highly entertaining to watch play out on screen and force audiences to choose sides and pick who is the better match for the person at the center of the triangle. They have been present in movies for decades and aren’t going out of fashion anytime soon.
Paddington Bear is back for a third movie, and this time, he’s got a passport. That’s right, Paddington Bear can now head anywhere in the world, but he’s going to Peru.
For better or worse, Netflix changed the game when it came to how people consume TV, encouraging audiences to binge shows rather than take their time to savor each episode. While some genres still lend themselves to this mode of viewing, particularly the sitcom, a number of series also deserve to be watched more deliberately.
The director behind Bombshell and Trumbo has announced his next project, a reimagining of 1989's The War of the Roses for Searchlight Pictures. Titled The Roses, the film follows an outwardly perfect couple, whose simmering jealousy boils over when the husband's career implodes, revealing cracks in the facade of their ideal family life.
The Academy Awards are some of the most important accolades in the film industry. However, they can also be notoriously exclusionary, particularly regarding the types of genres that usually accrue awards. Whether awarded for acting, directing, or technical achievements, some of the most beloved comedies in Hollywood history have also managed to become Academy Award winners.
Several great antagonists have emerged in sitcom history — many of whom threaten to steal the spotlight from the characters who are supposed to be the center of the audience’s sympathies and loyalties. These are the 20 best.
The nominees for the 94th Academy Awards were unveiled Tuesday morning (Feb. 8), and leading the pack is The Power of the Dog with 12 nods.
The 93rd annual Academy Awards is in the books. Here is a list of the major award winners: Best Picture "The Father" "Judas and the Black Messiah" "Mank"
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