Jordan Hoffman

3 weeks ago | thedailybeast.com | Nick Schager |Jordan Hoffman

A Minecraft Movie is set in a world of limitless imagination, so it’s surprising to discover that Jared Hess’ big-screen adaptation of the immensely popular video game lacks even a shred of inspiration.

3 weeks ago | thedailybeast.com | Emma Fraser |Nick Schager |Clare Donaldson |Jordan Hoffman

Hollywood is an industry full of sycophants and liars, and if the occasion calls for it, I am one of them. We have all been there; put on the spot by a friend or colleague about a creative passion project that could do with an edit but you just don’t have the heart or desire to break the truth to them that it sucks. Or, in my case, I watched a screener and tiptoed around the glaring issues when asked for an opinion by marketing (“great gowns, beautiful gowns”).

3 weeks ago | thedailybeast.com | Nick Schager |Jordan Hoffman

Kevin Bacon rises from the dead to take down demons—both his own, and those from the underworld—in The Bondsman, a cheeky action-horror-comedy elevated by its headliner’s divine charisma. As a bounty hunter with a life in shambles and a sin weighing upon his soul, Bacon embarks on an unholy mission in Grainger David’s Prime Video series which premieres Apr. 3.

1 month ago | thedailybeast.com | Nick Schager |Jordan Hoffman |Christina Hendricks |Emma Stefansky

Following two decades as ’s Dr. Meredith Grey, returns to TV with a doozy of a role. She plays Kristine Barnett, the woman who, along with her husband Michael ( ), adopted a young girl named (Imogen Faith Reid) and, shortly thereafter, began claiming that she was actually an adult posing as a child—and a homicidal, sexually deviant sociopath who wanted to have sex with Michael and kill her. Katie Robbins’ Hulu limited series, which premieres Mar. 19, is just about the most tabloid-y story ever.

2 months ago | thedailybeast.com | Nick Schager |Kevin Fallon |Jordan Hoffman

Romanian auteur Radu Jude ( Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World ) is a moralist with a satiric, absurdist, and anarchic spirit, and with Kontinental ’25, he continues making movies like no one else. Riffing on Roberto Rossellini’s Europe ’51 to tell the story of a civil servant’s arduous quest to cope with an incident for which she feels responsible, the director’s latest—premiering on Feb.