Michael Boyle
Contributor at Freelance
Entertainment writer for @slashfilm and The Daily Beast. Words in Slate, Vulture, Digital Spy, Paste, etc.
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4 days ago |
thedailybeast.com | Michael Boyle
For Saturday Night Live‘s first “Weekend Update” since Pope Leo XIV was elected, co-anchor Michael Che did not hesitate to go to some dark places. “President Trump says Catholics loved an image he posted of him dressed as the Pope last week," Che said.
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4 days ago |
slashfilm.com | Michael Boyle
Although "Succession" is well-known for its skewering of the 1%, its actual claim to fame is its ability to portray relationships that are both absurdly toxic and completely believable. Shiv and Tom were a total mess, but the disaster of their relationship wouldn't hurt so much if there wasn't some genuine love between them. The audience can understand why Shiv and Tom are bad together, but there's just enough there for the audience (or at least, some of the audience) to root for them anyway.
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4 days ago |
slashfilm.com | Michael Boyle
The best part of watching a period-piece TV show is pulling out the old inflation calculator anytime someone mentions money. Take for instance that scene in "Mad Men" season 4 where Peggy hustles $400 out of Roger: it's a great Peggy moment regardless, but it gets better when you realize she just haggled her way into a surprise $4,000 bonus, and even crazier when you realize that Roger casually carries $4k cash with him wherever he goes.
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4 days ago |
slashfilm.com | Michael Boyle
Before David Benioff and D.B. Weiss could get their "Game of Thrones" adaptation greenlit, they had to prove themselves to the books' author, George R.R. Martin. After all, they were asking for a lot in 2005 when they first pitched Martin their idea for a "Game of Thrones" TV show; by that point, the pair had little on their resumes indicating they could handle overseeing a decade-spanning HBO fantasy drama.
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6 days ago |
slashfilm.com | Michael Boyle
Spoilers for "Poker Face" season 2 follow. "The Game is a Foot," the season 2 premiere of "Poker Face," offers Cynthia Erivo the role of a lifetime. Or rather, it offers her five roles of a lifetime, which she embraces whole-heartedly. AdvertisementErivo is introduced here playing Amber Kazinsky, a trodden-upon woman who finds out she's about to be denied her inheritance from her mean, dying mother.
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