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Displaying all articles tagged:
Benedict Cumberbatch
coming soon
Aug. 6, 2024
Mr. Chalamet Man, Play a Song For Us
James Mangold’s Bob Dylan musical biopic is out December 25.
By
Bethy Squires
sugar and poison
Sept. 29, 2023
You Should Wait to Watch All of Wes Anderson’s
Henry Sugar
Shorts at Once
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar
alone is great, but Anderson’s four new shorts together create a more complicated exploration of Roald Dahl’s work.
By
Esther Zuckerman
movie review
Sept. 27, 2023
There’s a Simple Enough Conceit in
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar
A quaint, optimistically naive short kicks off Wes Anderson’s Roald Dahl film series.
By
Bilge Ebiri
trailer mix
Sept. 14, 2023
Wes Anderson Back on the Roald Dahl Sauce
With
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar,
one of four short films.
By
Zoe Guy
the pg-13 multiverse
May 13, 2022
Sam Raimi Exploding Superheroes’ Heads in ‘Doctor Strange 2’ Is Good, Actually
The MCU has always been about death as an abstract form of entertainment, but
Multiverse of Madness
gets darkly, and thrillingly, literal.
By
Roxana Hadadi
overnights
May 8, 2022
Saturday Night Live
Recap: Benedict Cumberbatch Is a Funny Son
Benedict Cumberbatch enters another successful hosting stint, but it’s Cecily Strong who dominates the Mother’s Day episode.
By
Alexis Pereira
snl
May 8, 2022
Benedict Cumberbatch Sneaks the Oscars Slap Into His
SNL
Monologue
And also thanks his mom for teaching him how to smile without teeth.
By
Jennifer Zhan
explainer
May 6, 2022
Doctor Strange’s
Multiverse of Madness
Mid-Credits Meet-Cute, Explained
Who was that?
By
Richard Newby
trailer mix
Apr. 6, 2022
Wanda Maximoff Relives a Nightmare in Doctor Strange’s
Multiverse of Madness
In theaters on May 6th.
By
Alejandra Gularte
movie review
Dec. 17, 2021
Spider-Man: No Way Home
Is Aggressively Mediocre
A spoiler-filled review of what works, what doesn’t, and what works until it doesn’t in Tom Holland’s latest outing as Peter Parker.
By
Bilge Ebiri
web of lies
Dec. 17, 2021
An Exhaustive List of Everyone Who Lied About the
Spider-Man: No Way Home
Cast
And you would do it too for a check!
By
Jennifer Zhan
smoking kills
Nov. 10, 2021
Benedict Cumberbatch Method Acted His Way Into Nicotine Poisoning (3 Times)
He also learned how to play the banjo, which seems less risky health-wise.
By
Bethy Squires
trailer mix
Nov. 4, 2021
The Power of the Dog
Trailer: More Like the Power of Kirsten Dunst
Directed by Academy Award winner Jane Campion.
By
Zoe Haylock
trailer mix
Sept. 23, 2021
Benedict Cumberbatch Is the First Man to Make Cat Memes in
Louis Wain
Trailer
In which people in Victorian dress yell, “You have squandered it on wretched cats!”
By
Rebecca Alter
movie review
Sept. 2, 2021
The Power of the Dog
and Jane Campion’s Triumphant Return
Her new Western starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Kirsten Dunst may be one of her greatest films.
By
Bilge Ebiri
movie review
Mar. 19, 2021
The Courier
Is an Old-Fashioned Spy Thriller Elevated by Two Great Performances
Benedict Cumberbatch and Merab Ninidze are terrific in this based-on-fact tale of the Cold War.
By
Bilge Ebiri
movie review
Feb. 19, 2021
Great Performances and a Stunning Ending Can’t Quite Save
The Mauritanian
Jodie Foster, Tahar Rahim, and Benedict Cumberbatch all do good work in this real-life legal drama, but the movie falls flat.
By
Bilge Ebiri
trailer mix
Dec. 2, 2020
Benedict Cumberbatch Is Intensely Southern in
The Mauritanian
Trailer
You have to hear it to believe it.
By
Charu Sinha
movie review
Dec. 24, 2019
1917
Is More Filmmaking Stunt Than Movie
The difficulty level of Sam Mendes’s World War I movie doesn’t really make up for its hollowness.
By
Alison Willmore
true crime
Nov. 21, 2019
Yorgos Lanthimos Is Bringing
The Man in the Rockefeller Suit
to TV
Originally in development as a film, the project will now be a limited series.
By
Bethy Squires
re-casting
Oct. 8, 2019
Elisabeth Moss Leaves
The Power of a Dog,
But Fear Not, Kirsten Dunst Is Here
Moss has
Handmaid’s Tale
commitments to fulfill.
By
Jordan Crucchiola
trailer mix
June 25, 2019
Get Amped for the New
Current War
Trailer
It’s back.
By
Jordan Crucchiola
casting
May 30, 2019
Elisabeth Moss, Benedict Cumberbatch Star in Jane Campion’s
The Power of the Dog
A feature adaptation of Thomas Savage’s Western novel.
By
Jordan Crucchiola
winter tca 2019
Feb. 13, 2019
Benedict Cumberbatch Cast As ‘400-Foot’ Animated Satan in Amazon’s
Good Omens
The adaptation of Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett’s biblical fantasy novel will premiere on May 31.
By
Whitney Friedlander
trailer mix
Dec. 14, 2018
Benedict Cumberbatch Is the Man Who Scammed a Nation in the Trailer for
Brexit
Meet Dominic Cummings.
By
Jordan Crucchiola
vulture festival la
Nov. 19, 2018
We Almost Lived in a World Where Benedict Cumberbatch Played Bill on
True Blood
And Jessica Chastain auditioned for the role of Sookie.
By
Diane Gordon
movie review
Nov. 8, 2018
The Grinch
Handles Dr. Seuss’s Classic With Care
Mostly, it offers a touching opportunity to enjoy the increasingly rare sight of a wicked one seeing the error of his ways.
By
Bilge Ebiri
everyday heroes
Sept. 24, 2018
Benedict Cumberbatch Humbly Recalls Saving a Cyclist From a Robbery
The
Patrick Melrose
stars tells Ellen DeGeneres about hopping out of an Uber to help a man from being robbed last winter.
By
Zoe Haylock
crime
June 2, 2018
Benedict Cumberbatch Saves Bicyclist From Gang Attack
It all went down in London.
By
Devon Ivie
May 12, 2018
Benedict Cumberbatch Refuses Projects Where Women Aren’t Paid Equally
The actor cemented his status as “a good one” in a recent interview.
By
Anne Victoria Clark
tv review
May 11, 2018
Patrick Melrose
: This Is Benedict Cumberbatch’s Brain on Drugs
I fully expect Cumberbatch will get an Emmy nomination for his performance here.
By
Jen Chaney
elementary my dear
Apr. 21, 2018
Benedict Cumberbatch Not a Fan of Martin Freeman’s ‘Pathetic’
Sherlock
Comments
“I don’t necessarily agree with that.”
By
Devon Ivie
trailer mix
Jan. 7, 2018
Showtime’s
Patrick Melrose
Trailer: Benedict Cumberbatch Hates Being Lucid!
What a great cast.
By
Devon Ivie
trailer mix
Sept. 12, 2017
Benedict Cumberbatch Is a Grieving Dad in
The Child In Time
Trailer
The 90 minute drama will air on PBS in 2018.
By
Tolly Wright
Sept. 7, 2017
The Current War
and Benedict Cumberbatch Make Electrical Currents Sexy
Benedict Cumberbatch, Michael Shannon, and Nicholas Hoult are here to spice up history.
By
Ethan Sapienza
casting couch
Feb. 28, 2017
Benedict Cumberbatch to Star as Self-Destructive Playboy in Showtime’s
Melrose
Cumberbatch will star in and executive produce Showtime’s multi-decade limited series.
By
Hunter Harris
chat room
Jan. 17, 2017
Sherlock
Showrunner Steven Moffat Explains That Big Finale
“Sherlock is quite a compassionate, passionate man underneath it all.”
By
Devon Ivie
long and winding family trees
Jan. 2, 2017
Benedict Cumberbatch,
Sherlock
Author Related
Because all British people know each other.
By
Karen Brill
a mother’s love
Dec. 22, 2016
Cumberbatch’s Mom Said He Wasn’t Sherlock-Hot
Bet you feel real silly now, MOM.
By
Karen Brill
roll clip!
Dec. 19, 2016
Watch Benedict Cumberbatch Go Full Creep While Playing Richard III
As part of
The Hollow Crown: The Wars of the Roses
.
By
Jackson McHenry
roll clip!
Dec. 19, 2016
Watch Benedict Cumberbatch Go Full Creep While Playing Richard III
As part of
The Hollow Crown: The Wars of the Roses
.
By
Jackson McHenry
trailer mix
Dec. 10, 2016
Something’s Coming in
Sherlock
’s Season 4 Trailer
It’s not a game anymore.
By
Devon Ivie
last night on late night
Nov. 8, 2016
Benedict Cumberbatch Narrates the 2016 Election
The house select committee on Benghazi, anyone?
By
Devon Ivie
Nov. 7, 2016
Benedict Cumberbatch Brought His Calming Charms to the Last ‘SNL’ Before […]
SNL has spent plenty of time tearing apart this year’s crop of presidential candidates and all the crazy shit they’ve gotten into, but this […]
By
Samantha Pitchel
last night on late night
Nov. 6, 2016
Benedict Cumberbatch Finally Makes Using a Toilet Cool As Hell
Nothing will ever be the same.
By
Halle Kiefer
last night on late night
Nov. 4, 2016
Benedict Cumberbatch Celebrates Fatherhood With Some Very Dad Dance Moves
Watch Benny cut a rug.
By
Jackson McHenry
review roundup
Nov. 4, 2016
Review Roundup:
Doctor Strange
Is a Trippy Delight
“This is the most exciting addition to their ever-expanding universe since
The Avengers
.”
By
Chloe Anello
last night on late night
Nov. 4, 2016
Watch Benedict Cumberbatch Do Mad Lib Theater
“You’re an interesting gentleman.”
By
Kaitlin Fontana
movie review
Nov. 3, 2016
Doctor Strange
Is an Impressive Cosmic Spectacle
This is a rare case in which Marvel has freed a director’s imagination instead of straitjacketing it.
By
David Edelstein
doctor strange
Nov. 3, 2016
Post–
Doctor Strange
Advice for Rachel McAdams
The best lessons from Underutilized Marvel Love Interests who came before.
By
Jackson McHenry
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