It’s been a long time since Alex Winter was a vampire. Here, lest we get sued for libel, I should stress that Winter was never actually a vampire and that I was exaggerating for comic effect; and because it is October, the spooooookiest month; and because of Winter’s involvement in the series AMC Visionaries: Eli…
Having just watched Isle Of Dogs over the weekend and finding the film utterly delightful (“utterly delightful” © Wes Anderson 1996-2018), the scene that resonated most with me was this montage of sushi being prepared as part of a (spoiler alert!) assassination plot.
It’s a testament to Anthony Bourdain’s legacy that his fans continue to want more of his singular style of food and travel commentary after his death in early June. Recently announcing it would air the final seven episodes of Parts Unknown this fall, CNN also tells Vanity Fair it is in the preliminary stages of…
When you hear the words “supernatural teen drama,” Guy Pearce might not be the name that leaps immediately to mind. He’s the Memento guy, the L.A. Confidential guy. He’s got an Emmy (for Mildred Pierce), a Screen Actors Guild award (for his work in the ensemble of The King’s Speech), and those cheekbones that could…
The trailer for Slice, distributor A24's forthcoming slasher film, begins on a note that should tell you exactly why we’re covering it at The Takeout: “I’m gonna tell you a story about a ghost, a werewolf, and a pretty shitty pizza place.”
Next week, the movie theater at Mall Of America will be opening with a new focus: food. According to the Star Tribune, the newly reinvigorated CMX Market Cinema includes a food hall, where diners will be able to wander, tray in hand, until they find the perfect random food combo of which they’ve always dreamed, just…
Dumplings make me happy. Pixar films make me cry. So right now I’m trapped in a glass case of emotion hearing Disney Pixar’s latest short is about dumplings, and it’s called Bao. Oh god, where’s the Kleenex.
When you think of Bollywood movies, you probably think of this:
There was a sizable “bacon boom” a few years ago, a spell where the country fell head over heels for those sizzling strips. But long before it got its own cookbooks, bacon was a reliable staple of breakfast, lunch, and dinner, so much so that it regularly wiggled its way into our TVs and earbuds. Because we love bacon…
The fever surrounding Star Wars: The Force Awakens is hard to miss. Like, really hard to miss. It’s everywhere, from TV to Twitter to this very site. And, if you’re going shopping at the grocery store, you’ll see Stormtroopers, lightsabers, and Kylo Ren’s masked face plastered all over packages. It’s nuts.
Guillermo Del Toro’s new “don’t call it a horror movie” Crimson Peak is a visual treat, but will it appeal to our other senses as well? The A.V. Club attempted to find this out after receiving a selection of perfumes from Black Phoenix AlchemyLab‘s Crimson Peak line, which debuts on October 31. We tried the eponymous…
Editor's note: Periodically, The A.V. Club enters its gleaming, sterile laboratories to taste-test new and bizarre foodstuffs it finds on the open market, from Vosges' Bacon Chocolate bar to Brawndo: The Thirst Mutilator to Jones Soda's holiday ham drink. The results are posted weekly at avclub.com/blog. Recently, The…
