AMC’s ‘Soulmates’ is Smartest When Not Trying to Be ‘Black Mirror’: TV Review

We all need a little bit of romance right now. So often the romance genre offers escapist fairytales of destined love, people whisked away by an unlikely figure from their unlucky loneliness to an assured state of joy.

Sandra Bullock will star and produce The Lost City of D, a romantic action adventure that is heating up at Paramount. Adam and Aaron Nee have signed on to direct the project that has quietly percolating for months.

You don’t have to be a fan of rom-coms (and this writer is definitely not a fan) to enjoy “The Proposal.” The film, which stars Ryan Reynolds and Sandra Bullock, has the two performers at the top of their charismatic games in a silly, but genuinely funny rom-com.

Caroline Framke Chief TV CriticNicole Kidman is unparalleled in the art of playing a woman who’s equal parts flinty determination and distraught pain. When her face falls in shock, her character is likely to fight the instinct to fall apart, instead steeling herself for whatever’s yet to come.

Caroline Framke Chief TV CriticEven if you haven’t seen the 1983 film or read Tom Wolfe’s 1979 book of the same name, chances are you’ve already seen something exactly like “The Right Stuff.” In its retelling of the true story of “The Mercury 7” (i.e. the intrepid group of American astronauts vying to be the country’s first space travelers), this TV version of “The Right Stuff” never met a space story cliché it didn’t embrace with open arms.

Caroline Framke Chief TV CriticAn understandable if tricky to navigate instinct during these many months of quarantine is the instinct to create meaningful art out of These Times. Even as the entire world goes on pause, creativity marches stubbornly on, hoping to make sense out of senseless things.

After cutting his teeth on award-winning commercials and earning festival exposure with short films, Emmanuel Osei-Kuffour Jr. makes a solid feature directing debut with the absorbing mind-bender Black Box.

Black Mirror, this is AMC’s Soulmates—a new anthology series revolving around one question: What would you do if a test could find your soulmate? By the end of the first episode, you might have a new opinion.(Disclaimer: This is where I tell you that I’ve only seen the series premiere, so this review is a reflection on “Watershed,” the emotional first installment starring and High Fidelity’s Kingsley Ben-Adir.)Set 15 years in the future—far enough ahead for all tech to turn translucent, but not

Caroline Framke Chief TV CriticAfter decades of speculative fiction about technology coming to get us, “Next” wants to take it to a whole new level.

Matt Donnelly Senior Film WriterSaban Films has acquired distribution rights to numerous global territories on “Wildcat,” a thriller starring “Black Mirror” actor and BAFTA winner Georgina Campbell.The distributor will roll out the film in North America, Variety has learned, as well as the UK and Ireland where Saban has recently expanded their presence.Jonathan W.

being sectioned in 2001 is novelistic, tense and opaque; a near-drowning experience as a child is almost dreamlike. In a more carefree moment, Carey’s description of a party with the Dipset rap crew is vivid and Fitzgerald-esque: “We’re all dressed up and sprawled out amongst a cacophony of cushions.”For all the adversity it covers, The Meaning of Mariah Carey is rarely mawkish.

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Lady Gaga’s Haus Laboratories, in addition to products to discover from lesser-known lines.To help you score the best of the best in beauty on Amazon, we’ve culled through the list and narrowed it down to the must-try makeup, skincare, hair and body products.From bestsellers to tried-and-true staples, shop ET Style’s top picks on the best beauty products available on Amazon.Drunk Elephant's B-Hydra Intensive Hydration Serum is an anti-wrinkle serum for appropriate for all skin types.Lazy hair

Caroline Framke Chief TV CriticAs with any obsessive fan of niche interests, the sneaker fanatics of “Sneakerheads” spend much of their time defending their diehard love. Their hunt for the perfect sneaker, the rarest edition, the sentimental favorites that got away isn’t about the shoe itself, really.

Manori Ravindran International EditorWhen Banijay closed its $2.2 billion takeover of Endemol Shine earlier this summer, it became the largest independent production player outside the U.S.

Caroline Framke Chief TV CriticIn the absence of trustworthy institutions and the constant simmering resentment pulsing through politics and culture alike, the concept of some vast conspiracy tying all the disparate threads together must be, in its own twisted way, a comfort.

Caroline Framke Chief TV CriticConnecting the seemingly infinite threads of online trolling, Russian subterfuge and the astonishing evolution of American politics has become a favorite past-time of impassioned intellectuals raging against the Trump administration. In trying to pinpoint all the significant factors that led to Trump’s 2016 presidential election victory, some have identified Russia’s interest in American affairs as the key to understanding how we got to where we are today.

Black Mirror director Toby Haynes is set to helm a new Star Wars Rogue One spin-off series.Haynes is replacing Tony Gilroy in the director’s chair for the Disney+ show, which sources claim is due to coronavirus-related travel issues.As Deadline reports, sources say that Gilroy was uncertain whether to travel from his home in New York to the UK to undertake directing duties for the show, which is about to begin production.Haynes is set to direct the first three episodes of the show, having

It's become unfashionable to express fondness for vintage Woody Allen films, but think back to how pleasurable they could be before all the off-camera baggage muddied those memories and you have some idea of the warmly satisfying experience of On the Rocks.

The forthcoming “Rogue One” spinoff series has a new director.