A quality soundbar makes everything from dialogue to music and special effects sound much sharper, which basically makes your listening experience more enjoyable. And if you’ve been spending more time at home streaming movies and TV shows, gaming, or playing your favorite songs, it’s time to invest in a soundbar. To help you get started, we put together a list of some of the great soundbars ranging from less than $100 to over $2,000....
The network hasn’t been without controversy, though. HBO faced questions about its lack of diversity in flagship series, including “Game of Thrones” and “Girls,” throughout the 2010s. And, unshackled from the restrictions of broadcast TV, the various steps the network took to push the limit of what’s allowed on screen garnered a fair share of pearl-clutching headlines; see “The Sopranos” in the ’90s and “Euphoria” just a few years back. Now, there’s the HBO Max and Discovery+ merger: its own special flavor of entertainment hell....
“The Batman” opens in theaters on March 4, 2022, followed by streaming play on HBO Max starting April 19, as WarnerMedia CEO Jason Kilar recently confirmed to Vox (via IGN). “Think about when movies would show up on HBO, which is eight to nine months after theatrical premiere. ‘The Batman’ is going to show up on day 46 on HBO Max,” Kilar said. “That is a huge change from where things were in 2018, 2017, 2016....
For as long as there have been movies, there have been stories about the people who make movies. From “Singin’ in the Rain” and “Sullivan’s Travels” to “La La Land” and “Mank,” filmmakers have found the inner workings of Hollywood to be an incredibly fruitful source of creative inspiration. It isn’t hard to see why, as the contrast between the glamorous highs and crushing lows of Hollywood serves as an excellent platform to explore timeless human themes....
The role of the Black church continues to be the subject of lively debate even among those who consider themselves “unaffiliated.” Some argue that it has lost its oracular voice and its ability to mobilize for reform. Others say that the church is very much alive, pointing to the 2008 presidential election, when then-leading Democratic contender Barack Obama from Chicago’s Trinity Church had to publicly denounce what was perceived to be inflammatory language from parishioner Rev....
In fact, the graphically surreal centerpiece revolves around Cat Stevens’ beloved ode to non-conformity, “If You Want to Sing Out, Sing Out” (from “Harold and Maude”) sung by James Marsden and Ariana Greenblatt (voicing father Tim and daughter Tabitha). Tim is transformed into a child once again and joins Tabitha in a pink and purple sea of yellow trumpets and floral shapes, along with more colorful and dreamy imagery, recalling Disney’s “Pink Elephants on Parade” from “Dumbo....
Yung plays Thony De La Rosa, an undocumented Cambodian immigrant to the U.S. trying to raise her young son. When she witnesses a crime, the only means of looking indispensable is by offering to clean up the corpse and its aftermath. The man doing the murdering, Arman Morales (Adan Canto), finds Thony fascinating and decides to give her a job as the criminal underworld’s cleaning woman. Within the first five episodes of “The Cleaning Lady,” it’s hard not to wonder when things will take a turn....
