Louis Peitzman

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28 Years Later - Vulture

1 week ago | vulture.com | Tim Grierson |Will Leitch |Louis Peitzman |Bethy Squires

Displaying all articles tagged: vulture lists June 20, 2025 These 14 films are anything but boring. alpha male June 20, 2025 There is, believe it or not, plenty to unpack about the role full-frontal male nudity has played in this series. endings June 20, 2025 After prioritizing character drama over zombie mayhem, the film ends on the goofiest note imaginable.
We could see "Boop"

2 weeks ago | louispeitzman.substack.com | Louis Peitzman

I’m making a prediction here: The two towering diva performances of Audra McDonald in Gypsy and Nicole Scherzinger in Sunset Boulevard will cancel each other out, as will Megan Hilty and Jennifer Simard in Death Becomes Her, and Jasmine Amy Rogers will take home the Tony Award for Best Actress in Musical. How confident am I in this take? Not very—it’s more wishful thinking than anything else, but if I’m wrong, I’ll at least be wrong quickly.
Carl Radke Prepares His Summer House Contingency Plan

3 weeks ago | vulture.com | Louis Peitzman

Let’s get this out of the way first: Soft Bar does exist. Or, okay, it’s at least on its way to existing. The day I visit its Greenpoint location for an interview with founder and owner Carl Radke, the site is an active construction zone, with a team hard at work transforming the expansive warehouse space into its next life as a sober bar and café.
‘Poker Face’ Recap, Season 2 Episode 7: ‘One Last Job’

3 weeks ago | vulture.com | Louis Peitzman

Poker Face One Last Job Season 2 Episode 7 Editor’s Rating 5 stars ***** Part of the appeal of a series like Poker Face, which delivers new characters, settings, and stories each week, is the way it gets to dabble in different genres. But “One Last Job” is the first time I can remember the show so consciously embracing the tropes of two genres at once: the heist movie and the rom-com.
Movie or musical (or play)? (Part 3)

3 weeks ago | louispeitzman.substack.com | Louis Peitzman

Here’s the thing: I never intended for this to be an ongoing series. But if Broadway is going to keep translating films to stage, I am going to feel inspired—nay, obligated—to keep breaking down the options this way.
‘Poker Face’ Recap, Season 2 Episode 6: ‘Sloppy Joseph’

1 month ago | vulture.com | Louis Peitzman

Poker Face Sloppy Joseph Season 2 Episode 6 Editor’s Rating 3 stars *** A mystery lives and dies by its reveals. Broadly speaking, yes, it’s the journey and not the destination — Charlie Cale could tell you that — but when there’s a crime to be solved, it’s hard not to put extra emphasis on the resolution. Is it satisfying? Does it feel surprising but still well-earned? Were you able to figure it out before the detective did? Poker Face, of course, presents a different kind of mystery.
The Final Reckoning Is Closure for Tom Cruise’s Infamous Couch Jump

1 month ago | vulture.com | Louis Peitzman

Final Reckoning hits theaters 20 years to the day since Cruise jumped on Oprah’s couch. And it dares to show him crazy in love again. Spoilers ahead for the plot of Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning. There’s a moment in Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning that has the president of the United States passing wax-sealed notes.
‘Poker Face’ Recap, Season 2 Episode 5: ‘Hometown Hero’

1 month ago | vulture.com | Louis Peitzman

Poker Face Hometown Hero Season 2 Episode 5 Editor’s Rating 4 stars **** I am not a baseball person. I get it, in theory — it just doesn’t do anything for me personally. With that in mind, I approached this baseball-centric episode of Poker Face with some trepidation.
Final Destination Bloodlines’ Ending, Explained (and What to Expect Next)

1 month ago | vulture.com | Louis Peitzman

Spoilers ahead for the plot and ending of Final Destination Bloodlines. Final Destination may be the hardest horror franchise to spoil. By virtue of its basic conceit — after narrowly escaping a disaster with the help of a premonition, a group of people are stalked and killed by Death itself — almost all of these movies end with a high body count and no one making it out alive. The thrill is less about who will survive, and more about how they’ll bite it.
9-1-1 Season-Finale Recap: Not Just a Number

1 month ago | vulture.com | Louis Peitzman

9-1-1 Seismic Shifts Season 8 Episode 18 Editor’s Rating 3 stars *** After last week’s disappointing penultimate episode of the season, I was ready to declare that 9-1-1 should have ended with Bobby’s funeral. Now that the finale has aired, I feel … largely the same but a little more mixed.