K-drama review: LTNS – Esom, Ahn Jae-hong shine in brilliant black comedy as a sexless married couple who blackmail people having affairs

K-drama review: LTNS – Esom, Ahn Jae-hong shine in brilliant black comedy as a sexless married couple who blackmail people having affairs

This article contains spoilers. 4/5 stars Lead cast: Esom, Ahn Jae-hong LTNS (short for “Long Time No Sex”) hasn’t been shy about showing us amorous encounters or describing romantic trysts in all their scandalous detail, but perhaps the most heart-stopping moments of the show have come from its most innocent couple – the “cleaning mates” … Read more

La campaña presidencial demócrata de Jason Palmer cobra fuerza en Nevada

La campaña presidencial demócrata de Jason Palmer cobra fuerza en Nevada

LAS VEGAS, 2 de febrero de 2024 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/– El demócrata Jason Palmer, candidato en las elecciones primarias presidenciales de 2024, coge impulso haciendo campaña en todo el estado antes de las elecciones del 6 de febrero. Palmer ha ganado recientemente notoriedad nacional al aprobarse su candidatura presidencial en dieciséis estados y territorios de … Read more

Carl Weathers, Linebacker-Turned-Actor in ‘Rocky,’ ‘Predator’ Movies, Dies

Carl Weathers, Linebacker-Turned-Actor in ‘Rocky,’ ‘Predator’ Movies, Dies

NEW YORK —  Carl Weathers, a former NFL linebacker who became a Hollywood action movie and comedy star, playing nemesis-turned-ally Apollo Creed in the “Rocky” movies, facing off against Arnold Schwarzenegger in “Predator” and teaching golf in “Happy Gilmore,” has died. He was 76. Matt Luber, his manager, said Weathers died Thursday. His family issued … Read more

Rocky actor, former linebacker Carl Weathers dead at 76

Rocky actor, former linebacker Carl Weathers dead at 76

Carl Weathers, a former NFL and CFL linebacker who became a Hollywood action movie and comedy star — playing nemesis-turned-ally Apollo Creed in the Rocky movies, facing off against Arnold Schwarzenegger in Predator and teaching golf in Happy Gilmore — has died. He was 76. Matt Luber, his manager, said Weathers died Thursday. His family issued a statement … Read more

Norman Jewison’s ‘Rollerball’ depicted a world in which corporations controlled all information – is this dystopian vision becoming reality?

Norman Jewison’s ‘Rollerball’ depicted a world in which corporations controlled all information – is this dystopian vision becoming reality?

If the films of Norman Jewison, who died on Jan. 22, 2024, had a unifying theme, it was how his characters searched for meaning and questioned the rules of their worlds. No matter the genre of the scores of films he directed – from “In the Heat of the Night” to “Fiddler on the Roof” … Read more

Godzilla Minus One offers an insight into the complexity of Japan’s war memories

Godzilla Minus One offers an insight into the complexity of Japan’s war memories

The new hit Japanese film Godzilla Minus One – an homage to Honda Ishirō’s original 1954 film Gojira (more commonly known to English speakers as Godzilla) – centres on the human costs of war. Released in Japan in November and internationally in December, Takashi Yamazaki’s film is still breaking records, surpassing US$100 million at the … Read more

An eyeful of Soho sinners: Douglas Gordon’s All I Need Is a Little Bit of Everything review | Douglas Gordon

An eyeful of Soho sinners: Douglas Gordon’s All I Need Is a Little Bit of Everything review | Douglas Gordon

Ethical beliefs drive plenty of 21st-century artists but Douglas Gordon is a different sort of moralist. The problems that haunt him are biblical. He is obsessed with the nature of good and evil, seeming to believe in sin and the existence of the human soul. Confessions of a Justified Sinner, the video work that won … Read more

Amazon Prime K-drama midseason recap: Marry My Husband – Park Min-young leads supremely entertaining workplace fantasy series

Amazon Prime K-drama midseason recap: Marry My Husband – Park Min-young leads supremely entertaining workplace fantasy series

This article contains spoilers. Lead cast: Park Min-young, Na In-woo, Lee Yi-kyung, Song Ha-yoon Latest Nielsen rating: 10.7 per cent In the hit Park Min-young vehicle Marry My Husband, her character Kang Ji-won’s transformation from mousy punching bag to empowered woman is now complete. While the 16-episode drama is far from over, this week’s instalment … Read more