After the runaway success of “Heated Rivalry,” Connor Storrie and Hudson Williams’ lives will never be the same. “Heated Rivalry” is a six-episode adaptation of Rachel Reid’s eponymous novel, released in 2019. The saga follows the secret relationship between professional hockey players Ilya Rozanov and Shane Hollander, whose on-ice rivalry grows into romance. The show …
When “The Devil Wears Prada 2” arrives in May, it won’t just be another sequel — it will be a litmus test. Not for nostalgia (that’s guaranteed), but for relevance. When “The Devil Wears Prada” first defined the intersection of fashion, power and aspiration, it did so with surgical precision. Meryl Streep’s cerulean monologue alone …
Have you ever wondered what it was like in the early 1990s? How it felt to stroll down busy streets, hand intertwined with someone else’s, approaching a classic theater as the colorful glow of a marquee lights the way? In Chapel Hill, that fantasy is still a reality. Varsity Theatre, tucked between a lounge and …
Maggie Gyllenhaal is “interested in monstressness.” Frankenstein’s monster and its appropriately eccentric creator, Mary Shelley, have captivated generations for over two centuries. From Boris Karloff’s seminal performance as Frankenstein’s monster in the 1931 Universal Pictures adaptation to Guillermo Del Toro’s stylistic 2025 retelling, filmmakers and actors across the ages have spun cinematic excellence out of …
“I don’t know why they remade this movie,” my mom said, shaking her head in dissatisfaction. “The first one was so much better.” We had just finished the “I Know What You Did Last Summer” legacy sequel on Netflix. While my mom still thinks fondly of the 1997 original, she found herself completely bored by …
I am here to do my civic duty of calling out the microaggressions and inequalities that were glossed over during the promotion of sexually liberated women in New York City. As a fan of Carrie and her squad, I must hold them all accountable for the outdated beliefs they shared over many brunches in the 1990s. The writer and producers of the reboot can thank me later.
Pixar likes to go against audience expectations, and just like all their previous films the story “Soul” ended up being about was not what I thought it would be. The film left me with tears, once the story and its themes came together at that perfect moment. The moment when you realize that the message of the story is so much more meaningful than you thought.
To many, David Fincher’s 1999 thriller “Fight Club” was a glorified coming-of-age film for restless teen boys that go through life with their fists furled. To me, it was a slap in the face.