Helicopter Parents Hire Jennifer Lawrence to Seduce Their Introvert Son

These wealthy helicopter parents produced the perfect son: a 19-year-old heading to Princeton in the fall. The only issue? He’s stuck in his shell. So, the controlling mom (Laura Benanti) and pop (Matthew Broderick) once again do what they think is best for their kid (Andrew Barth Feldman): hire a broke Jennifer Lawrence to date-date him in exchange for a Buick Regal. “You won’t even rent your house out, but now you’ll rent out your vag? [Read More]

Heres Kimyes Actual Baby Name (No, Its Not Kaidence)

North West. That is the baby daughter of Kim Kardashian and Kanye West, according to TMZ. The parents haven’t confirmed it, but digging up a birth certificate is probably something a TMZ intern masters before they even figure out the coffee machine. A close analysis reveals that this name is definitively not Kaidence Donda West. Look a little closer yet and you’ll also notice it’s not a name beginning with the letter K. [Read More]

Homeland Recap: Toxic Soldier

Homeland R For Romeo Season 6 Episode 11 Editor’s Rating 3 stars *** «Previous Next « PreviousEpisode Next Episode » Homeland R For Romeo Season 6 Episode 11 Editor’s Rating 3 stars *** «Previous Next « PreviousEpisode Next Episode » Claire Danes as Carrie Mathison. The penultimate episode of this season’s Homeland took some unexpected twists, leading me to wonder if Peter Quinn (Rupert Friend) has been more prey than predator for the last few weeks. [Read More]

Hooray, Star Trek Feels Like Star Trek Again

In its tone, characterization, and storytelling, Strange New Worlds shows Star Trek learning from its past while charting a new course for its future. Occasionally, it is necessary to convene a conversation between Vulture writers to discuss an important and timely issue in culture. This time, critics Angelica Jade Bastién and Kathryn VanArendonk discuss their mutual admiration of the newest Star Trek television series, Strange New Worlds, and what makes it feel more like Star Trek than any of its recent predecessors in the franchise. [Read More]

Horror Is Not Defined by What Scares You

100 Scares All week long, Vulture is exploring the movies that shaped horror (and our nightmares). 100 Scares All week long, Vulture is exploring the movies that shaped horror (and our nightmares). Jennifer Lawrence in Mother!. Since the early days of film, horror’s greatest strength has been its intimacy. A great horror film can slip under your skin, grab hold of your heart, and never let go. Due to this, horror is a genre that has often been defined and graded by the most personal of criterion: whether it scares you or not. [Read More]

House of Cards Recap: I Just Called to Say I Hate You

House of Cards Chapter 55 Season 5 Episode 3 Editor’s Rating 4 stars **** Previous Next» « Previous Episode NextEpisode » House of Cards Chapter 55 Season 5 Episode 3 Editor’s Rating 4 stars **** Previous Next» « Previous Episode NextEpisode » Kevin Spacey as Frank Underwood. Those first two episodes had me nervous that this season would be quite the slog, but “Chapter 55” is a reassuring one. [Read More]

House of Cards Season 2, Episode 8 Recap: Sex, Lies, and Premium Steak

House of Cards Chapter 21 Season 2 Episode 8 Editor’s Rating 3 stars *** «Previous Next» « PreviousEpisode NextEpisode » House of Cards Chapter 21 Season 2 Episode 8 Editor’s Rating 3 stars *** «Previous Next» « PreviousEpisode NextEpisode » Apparently while working on this episode, the eighth of season two, someone in the House of Cards writers’ room stood up and said, “Oh my God, we only have five more episodes after this one and we still haven’t included nearly enough sex in our narrative. [Read More]

House of the Dragons Biggest Book Omissions

Roxana Hadadi is a TV critic who also writes about film and pop culture, with the closed captions on and motion smoothing off. Roxana Hadadi is a TV critic who also writes about film and pop culture, with the closed captions on and motion smoothing off. The process of adaptation always means that certain elements of the source material end up on the cutting-room floor. It’s never a one-to-one process, as fans of Game of Thrones should know; lots of characters, subplots, mythology, and lore from the thousands of book pages written by George R. [Read More]

House of the Dragons Second Season Trailer Promises a Bloody, Blonde War

War is coming. Ain’t got your fix o’ Targaryen content yet? The dragon riders are coming back with a fire in their bellies. Following the success of the first season, both ratings-wise and Emmy nominations-wise, the Game of Thrones prequel series House of the Dragon was renewed for a second season, which, it was revealed on November 2, is set to come out in summer 2024. And now, we have a trailer from CCXP to show for it. [Read More]

House of Ushers Most Diabolical Falls

With The Fall of the House of Usher, Mike Flanagan is a man unrestrained. The show features all the elements that have come to define his distinct approach to horror cranked up to 11: steely visual palettes, full-circle plotting, an intimate blend of genre thrills and family melodrama, and monologues that gush out of his characters’ mouths like that scene in The Exorcist. Flanagan also seems mighty angry. Usher is an anti-capitalist revenge fantasy in which members of a Sackler-inspired family are systematically killed off in impressively diverse ways owing to its patriarch’s Faustian bargain with the literal embodiment of Death. [Read More]