Warning: This article contains MAJOR SPOILERS for Netflix's The Merry Gentlemen! With dance at the center of the Netflix film, The merry gentlemen incorporates a wide variety of lesser-known holiday songs that will keep audiences entertained from start to finish. The holiday romantic comedy follows a professional Broadway dancer named Ashley who puts together a men's dance revue to raise money to save her parents' bar, The Rhythm Room. Like most holiday movies, The merry gentlemen is filled with music to set the happy mood. Instead of incorporating the traditional Christmas music that plays on the radio every year, Chad…
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This article includes mentions of death by suicide and police brutality. MAJOR Cross season 1 SPOILERS lie ahead! Prime Video season 1 Cross includes a large body count, with each death having a significant purpose in the overall story and character arcs. The Amazon Prime Video show follows a forensic psychologist and detective named Alex Cross, who tries to solve murder cases while grieving the loss of his wife, Maria Cross. In the first season, the titular detective tracks a serial killer named The Fanboy, who is obsessed with and idolizes dead serial killers. With The Fanboy and his sidekicks…
This article contains discussions of attempted murder. Prime Video Cross spoilers ahead! At the end of Cross Season 1, Episode 7, Ed Ramsey injects himself with a mysterious drug that has major plot implications. Based on the books by James Patterson, the first season has detective Alex Cross facing Cross' serial killer called The Fanboy, who was created for the show rather than taken from the source material. The character is obsessed with serial killers, idolizing them to the point of choosing victims who could be transformed to look like the killers. After changing their appearance to match the original,…
Warning: This article contains MAJOR SPOILERS for the musical and film Wicked! Michelle Yeoh plays Madame Morrible in Evil film adaptation, continuing an exciting trend for the actress that I hope continues in her future projects. The actress began her career on screen in the 1980s, in Hong Kong cinema. Since his debut with American audiences in the James Bond film Tomorrow never diesMichelle Yeoh has become an A-list actress with a huge fan base and an Oscar. The actor has appeared in some of the biggest film and TV franchises, including multiple roles in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Scian…
Warning: This article includes spoilers for Wicked! Universal Evil secretly follows a trend set by Steven Spielberg's award-winning musical film from 3 years ago, setting up the 2024 film for success. Since the musical was released on Broadway in 2003, Wicked has gained a passionate fan base. Unsurprisingly, after winning 10 Tony Awards, discussions began about adapting the story for the screen. The format changed several times, finally resulting in two parts Evil film that will be released in November 2024 and 2025. There are many reasons for viewers to be excited about the movie Wicked, but one of the…
Warning: This article contains SPOILERS for Before! Apple TV+ Before includes very few songs on the soundtrack, making them even more impactful and meaningful when they appear. The psychological thriller follows the mysterious connection between a widowed child psychologist named Eli and a troubled young man in the foster care system named Noah. After its release, the Billy Crystal show received extremely divided responseswith critics almost unilaterally demoting the show as boring, slow and repetitive. The only part of the show they enjoy is Billy Crystal, the main cast member of Before. However, viewers were much more positive towards Before,…
This article includes a brief discussion of sexual assault. Warning: This article contains MAJOR SPOILERS for Wicked! All over EvilElphaba has a complicated relationship with the other members of her family tree, and the dynamic heavily influences her journey to becoming the Wicked Witch of the West. One of the biggest questions explored in EvilThe question for both sides is whether people are born evil or whether evil is forced upon them – the age-old nature versus nature debate. The film leans solidly into the idea that Elphaba's environment shapes her into who she is the moment she appears in…
THE Evil The film breaks barriers and opens doors because of the actress cast as Nessarose Thropp. As one of the longest-running Broadway musicals of all time, it's no surprise that Universal Studios jumped at the opportunity to adapt the beloved show into a film. However, there is a double-edged sword when it comes to franchises with a fervent fan base. The studio had a built-in audience, but faced higher standards when it came to Evil film getting things right. Any decision about launching the Evil the film would be divisive, given the passion for the original Broadway cast. Most…
Warning: This article contains MAJOR SPOILERS for Season 3 of The Lincoln Lawyer!After the debut of Lincoln's lawyer season 3, the show's co-showrunner Dailyn Rodriguez spoke with TelaRant about Eddie's death and Lorna's work while teasing Mickey's attitude at his season 4 murder trial. Based on the book series of the same name by Michael Connelly, The Lincoln Lawyer follows Mickey Haller (Manuel Garcia-Rulfo) – a Los Angeles defense attorney known for working out of the back of his car – as he takes on challenging cases. Throughout season 3, Mickey's biggest case is the trial against Julian LaCosse for…
Many stars left the CW gossip Girlincluding actors Blake Lively and Penn Badgely, but many famous actors appeared on the teen drama in smaller roles, and their performances were largely forgotten. The show ran from 2007 to 2012, following the privileged, confusing and dramatic lives of a group of teenage friends living on Manhattan's Upper Eastside. The show developed a fervent fan base with teenage girls, becoming one of the network's best-performing shows while it was still running. The CW show elevated several of the Gossip Girl cast to fame, though some of them already had a growing portfolio of…