Shannon Carlin

11 Shows to Watch After Finishing Ozark’s Final Season

Saying goodbye to Ozark after four thrilling seasons won’t be easy. (Just ask Ruth Langmore herself, Julia Garner.) But it's possible to fill that Ozark-shaped hole in your heart with other TV shows that are...

By Shannon Carlin May 13, 2022

Vanessa Bayer on Channeling Her Childhood Cancer Experience in Showtime’s I Love That for You

Vanessa Bayer watched so much QVC growing up that she admits it’s become “like a foreign language I can speak.” Her new series I Love That for You allows her to show off her fluency...

By Shannon Carlin May 10, 2022

Breaking Down Every Significant Character Who Appears in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness

Strange crosses paths with familiar faces from the Marvel Cinematic Universe, as well as the comics.

By Shannon Carlin May 6, 2022

Let’s Talk About the Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness End-Credits Scenes

The mid-credits scene features Benedict Cumberbatch's Strange encountering a mysterious new character.

By Shannon Carlin May 6, 2022

A Spoiler-Filled Chat With Julia Garner About Her Ozark Character's Fate

Plus, would Ruth Langmore and Anna Delvey be friends?

By Shannon Carlin May 2, 2022

How Shining Girls Compares to the Book

Shining Girls is an unsettling look at how the effects of a traumatic experience can ripple throughout someone’s life
By Shannon Carlin April 29, 2022

The True Story Behind 'Under the Banner of Heaven'

The show delves into the founding of the LDS Church by Joseph Smith in 1830, looking to make sense of a double murder
By Shannon Carlin April 28, 2022

The True Story Behind The Offer, a Series About the Making of The Godfather

Dan Fogler has been preparing to play Francis Ford Coppola for most of his life and he didn’t even realize it. Fogler stars as the legendary director in the new Paramount+ limited series The Offer,...
By Shannon Carlin April 27, 2022

The True Story Behind Starz's Watergate Series Gaslit

Robbie Pickering, the creator of the political docudrama Gaslit, airing Sundays on Starz, has been a “Richard Nixon geek” ever since he saw his mom weeping as she watched the former president’s 1994 funeral on...
By Shannon Carlin April 26, 2022

Alexander Skarsgård Wants to Teach You All About The Vikings With The Northman

Alexander Skarsgård is worried he’s already said too much. “I feel the less people know when they go in to see the movie, the better,” the actor tells TIME about his latest film The Northman,...
By Shannon Carlin April 22, 2022

11 Movies Where Actors Play Fictionalized Versions of Themselves

If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, then Nicolas Cage playing Nicolas Cage in The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent is a form of self-care. In the action-comedy, in theaters April 22, Cage plays...
By Shannon Carlin April 22, 2022

The True Story Behind The Northman

A historical consultant who worked on 'The Northman' describes recreating the Viking Age, including wardrobe and weapons
By Shannon Carlin April 22, 2022

Chloë Sevigny Talks Playing Two Very Different Moms in Russian Doll and The Girl From Plainville

Warning: This story contains spoilers for Russian Doll season 2 After 27 years in Hollywood, Chloë Sevigny, the original indie It Girl, is showing her incredible range in two very different TV shows: Hulu’s The...
By Shannon Carlin April 20, 2022

How Better Call Saul’s Final Season Connects to Breaking Bad

Better Call Saul is back with its two-part sixth and final season and star Bob Odenkirk has promised that the Breaking Bad prequel will be more entwined with its predecessor than ever before. "It's just...
By Shannon Carlin April 18, 2022

How Amanda Seyfried Learned to Dance Like Elizabeth Holmes in Hulu’s The Dropout

On Hulu’s The Dropout, Elizabeth Holmes, played by Amanda Seyfried, dances like no one is watching. It is creator Elizabeth Meriwether’s nod to one of the most fascinating tidbits she learned while researching the former...
By Shannon Carlin March 30, 2022

The True Story Behind Hulu's The Girl From Plainville

Warning: This story contains spoilers for The Girl From Plainville Liz Hannah and Patrick Macmanus, the creators of the Hulu limited series The Girl From Plainville, out March 29, knew they had to handle the...
By Shannon Carlin March 29, 2022

The True Story Behind WeCrashed

If Adam Neumann was the face of WeWork, the coworking space startup he co-founded in 2010, his wife Rebekah Neumann (née Paltrow) was its soul. The AppleTV+ docuseries WeCrashed, based on the Wondery podcast of...
By Shannon Carlin March 18, 2022

'It Feels Really Freeing.' Amy Schumer Lets Go of Teenage Trauma in New Hulu Series Life & Beth

Warning: This story contains spoilers for Life & Beth. Nearly two years ago, Amy Schumer did something she had never done before: she wore a pair of shorts to a chiropractor appointment. The seemingly insignificant...
By Shannon Carlin March 18, 2022

10 Musicals to Stream Right Now

Here are 10 move musicals to strweam right now, from 'West Side Story' to 'Mamma Mia!'
By Shannon Carlin March 16, 2022

8 TV Shows to Watch When You're Feeling Stressed

From 'Parks and Recreation' to 'Bob’s Burgers,' here are eight feel-good shows to watch when you're feeling stressed.
By Shannon Carlin March 15, 2022

11 Time-Travel Movies to Watch After Netflix’s The Adam Project

In Netflix’s The Adam Project, Ryan Reynolds plays Adam Reed, a fighter pilot from 2050 who heads back in time to stop the development of time travel. His mission only gets harder after he crash-lands...
By Shannon Carlin March 11, 2022

The True Story Behind The Thing About Pam

Pam Hupp is a good friend, a helper, a star witness, a loving daughter—and a killer? The NBC docudrama The Thing About Pam, which premiered March 8, tells the true story of how Hupp (Renée...
By Shannon Carlin March 9, 2022

The True Story Behind HBO’s Winning Time

Warning: This story contains spoilers for Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty Sex, drugs, and basketball. HBO’s new docudrama Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty, premiering March 6, is based on...
By Shannon Carlin March 6, 2022

The True Story Behind Showtime’s Super Pumped: The Battle For Uber

Throughout the Showtime anthology series Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber, premiering Feb. 27, the ride-share company’s former CEO Travis Kalanick (played by Joseph Gordon-Levitt) is compared to cult leader David Koresh. Mike Isaac, the...
By Shannon Carlin February 27, 2022

The 15 Best Romantic Comedies from the Early 2000s

The ’90s were a simpler time for romantic comedies. Meg Ryan, Julia Roberts, and Sandra Bullock ruled the box office with movies that had them falling for men who were dabbling in a bit of...
By Shannon Carlin February 14, 2022

How Inventing Anna Meticulously Recreated Scammer Anna Delvey’s Glamorous Wardrobe

Lyn Paolo, the costume designer on Netflix’s miniseries Inventing Anna, was tasked with returning viewers to the scene of Anna Delvey's crimes one outfit at a time
By Shannon Carlin February 11, 2022

The True Story Behind Netflix's Inventing Anna

Each episode of Netflix’s limited series Inventing Anna, streaming Feb. 11, begins with a disclaimer: “This whole story is completely true. Except for all the parts that are totally made up.” It’s a tongue-in-cheek warning...
By Shannon Carlin February 11, 2022

The True Story Behind Hulu’s Pam & Tommy

Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lee’s whirlwind romance made them tabloid fodder, but it was a stolen home video that made them infamous. The new Hulu miniseries Pam & Tommy, premiering Feb. 2, attempts to unpack...
By Shannon Carlin February 2, 2022

A Spoiler-Filled Breakdown of the New Scream

Warning: Spoilers ahead for Scream 5 Characters in the 1996 Scream were well-versed in the ground rules for horror movies. As Woodsboro, Calif.’s resident movie geek Randy Meeks (Jamie Kennedy) made clear in the franchise’s...
By Shannon Carlin January 14, 2022

The 58 Most Anticipated Movies of 2022

The list of the most anticipated movies of 2022 is here, so mark your calendars—though you might want to do so in pencil. If cinephiles have learned anything over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic,...
By Shannon Carlin December 14, 2021

Shannon Carlin

11 Shows to Watch After Finishing Ozark’s Final Season

Saying goodbye to Ozark after four thrilling seasons won’t be easy. (Just ask Ruth Langmore herself, Julia Garner.) But it's possible to fill that Ozark-shaped hole in your heart with other TV shows that are...

Vanessa Bayer on Channeling Her Childhood Cancer Experience in Showtime’s I Love That for You

Vanessa Bayer watched so much QVC growing up that she admits it’s become “like a foreign language I can speak.” Her new series I Love That for You allows her to show off her fluency...

Breaking Down Every Significant Character Who Appears in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness

Strange crosses paths with familiar faces from the Marvel Cinematic Universe, as well as the comics.

Let’s Talk About the Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness End-Credits Scenes

The mid-credits scene features Benedict Cumberbatch's Strange encountering a mysterious new character.

A Spoiler-Filled Chat With Julia Garner About Her Ozark Character's Fate

Plus, would Ruth Langmore and Anna Delvey be friends?

How Shining Girls Compares to the Book

Shining Girls is an unsettling look at how the effects of a traumatic experience can ripple throughout someone’s life

The True Story Behind 'Under the Banner of Heaven'

The show delves into the founding of the LDS Church by Joseph Smith in 1830, looking to make sense of a double murder

The True Story Behind The Offer, a Series About the Making of The Godfather

Dan Fogler has been preparing to play Francis Ford Coppola for most of his life and he didn’t even realize it. Fogler stars as the legendary director in the new Paramount+ limited series The Offer,...

The True Story Behind Starz's Watergate Series Gaslit

Robbie Pickering, the creator of the political docudrama Gaslit, airing Sundays on Starz, has been a “Richard Nixon geek” ever since he saw his mom weeping as she watched the former president’s 1994 funeral on...

Alexander Skarsgård Wants to Teach You All About The Vikings With The Northman

Alexander Skarsgård is worried he’s already said too much. “I feel the less people know when they go in to see the movie, the better,” the actor tells TIME about his latest film The Northman,...

11 Movies Where Actors Play Fictionalized Versions of Themselves

If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, then Nicolas Cage playing Nicolas Cage in The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent is a form of self-care. In the action-comedy, in theaters April 22, Cage plays...

The True Story Behind The Northman

A historical consultant who worked on 'The Northman' describes recreating the Viking Age, including wardrobe and weapons

Chloë Sevigny Talks Playing Two Very Different Moms in Russian Doll and The Girl From Plainville

Warning: This story contains spoilers for Russian Doll season 2 After 27 years in Hollywood, Chloë Sevigny, the original indie It Girl, is showing her incredible range in two very different TV shows: Hulu’s The...

How Better Call Saul’s Final Season Connects to Breaking Bad

Better Call Saul is back with its two-part sixth and final season and star Bob Odenkirk has promised that the Breaking Bad prequel will be more entwined with its predecessor than ever before. "It's just...

How Amanda Seyfried Learned to Dance Like Elizabeth Holmes in Hulu’s The Dropout

On Hulu’s The Dropout, Elizabeth Holmes, played by Amanda Seyfried, dances like no one is watching. It is creator Elizabeth Meriwether’s nod to one of the most fascinating tidbits she learned while researching the former...

The True Story Behind Hulu's The Girl From Plainville

Warning: This story contains spoilers for The Girl From Plainville Liz Hannah and Patrick Macmanus, the creators of the Hulu limited series The Girl From Plainville, out March 29, knew they had to handle the...

The True Story Behind WeCrashed

If Adam Neumann was the face of WeWork, the coworking space startup he co-founded in 2010, his wife Rebekah Neumann (née Paltrow) was its soul. The AppleTV+ docuseries WeCrashed, based on the Wondery podcast of...

'It Feels Really Freeing.' Amy Schumer Lets Go of Teenage Trauma in New Hulu Series Life & Beth

Warning: This story contains spoilers for Life & Beth. Nearly two years ago, Amy Schumer did something she had never done before: she wore a pair of shorts to a chiropractor appointment. The seemingly insignificant...

10 Musicals to Stream Right Now

Here are 10 move musicals to strweam right now, from 'West Side Story' to 'Mamma Mia!'

8 TV Shows to Watch When You're Feeling Stressed

From 'Parks and Recreation' to 'Bob’s Burgers,' here are eight feel-good shows to watch when you're feeling stressed.

11 Time-Travel Movies to Watch After Netflix’s The Adam Project

In Netflix’s The Adam Project, Ryan Reynolds plays Adam Reed, a fighter pilot from 2050 who heads back in time to stop the development of time travel. His mission only gets harder after he crash-lands...

The True Story Behind The Thing About Pam

Pam Hupp is a good friend, a helper, a star witness, a loving daughter—and a killer? The NBC docudrama The Thing About Pam, which premiered March 8, tells the true story of how Hupp (Renée...

The True Story Behind HBO’s Winning Time

Warning: This story contains spoilers for Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty Sex, drugs, and basketball. HBO’s new docudrama Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty, premiering March 6, is based on...

The True Story Behind Showtime’s Super Pumped: The Battle For Uber

Throughout the Showtime anthology series Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber, premiering Feb. 27, the ride-share company’s former CEO Travis Kalanick (played by Joseph Gordon-Levitt) is compared to cult leader David Koresh. Mike Isaac, the...

The 15 Best Romantic Comedies from the Early 2000s

The ’90s were a simpler time for romantic comedies. Meg Ryan, Julia Roberts, and Sandra Bullock ruled the box office with movies that had them falling for men who were dabbling in a bit of...

How Inventing Anna Meticulously Recreated Scammer Anna Delvey’s Glamorous Wardrobe

Lyn Paolo, the costume designer on Netflix’s miniseries Inventing Anna, was tasked with returning viewers to the scene of Anna Delvey's crimes one outfit at a time

The True Story Behind Netflix's Inventing Anna

Each episode of Netflix’s limited series Inventing Anna, streaming Feb. 11, begins with a disclaimer: “This whole story is completely true. Except for all the parts that are totally made up.” It’s a tongue-in-cheek warning...

The True Story Behind Hulu’s Pam & Tommy

Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lee’s whirlwind romance made them tabloid fodder, but it was a stolen home video that made them infamous. The new Hulu miniseries Pam & Tommy, premiering Feb. 2, attempts to unpack...

A Spoiler-Filled Breakdown of the New Scream

Warning: Spoilers ahead for Scream 5 Characters in the 1996 Scream were well-versed in the ground rules for horror movies. As Woodsboro, Calif.’s resident movie geek Randy Meeks (Jamie Kennedy) made clear in the franchise’s...

The 58 Most Anticipated Movies of 2022

The list of the most anticipated movies of 2022 is here, so mark your calendars—though you might want to do so in pencil. If cinephiles have learned anything over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic,...