Why audiences are divided on Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed ^15.2%

CBC Arts - By Amelia Eqbal - 5/27/2026, 8:22 PM

Anecdotal 26% - Appeal to Emotion 20.5% - Availability Heuristic 16.9%

Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed is a new Apple TV comedy-thriller starring Canadian actor Tatiana Maslany. The show follows a newly divorced mom named Paula, played by Maslany, as she struggles to handle the pressures of motherhood and divorce — while also getting blackmailed by a cam boy. Her struggle reaches a boiling point when she begins... more

Emerald Fennell’s Wuthering Heights is big movie with a very small mind ^82.8%

The Guardian - By Adrian Horton - 2/16/2026, 11:11 AM

The maximalist adaptation of the gothic romance shows great interest in production design but very little in character It does not take long into Wuthering Heights, Emerald Fennell’s adaptation of Emily Brontë’s English lit classic, for one to detect the film-maker’s true faith. It is not to the challenging and beloved gothic novel of... more

Fresh Air Weekend: Lucy Liu and Zadie Smith ^77.6%

KUOW Public Radio - By KUOW Public Radio - 12/20/2025, 4:41 PM

Fresh Air Weekend highlights some of the best interviews and reviews from past weeks, as well as new program elements specially paced for weekends. Our weekend show emphasizes interviews with writers, filmmakers, actors and musicians, and it often includes excerpts from live in-studio concerts. This week: Lucy Liu on 'Rosemead,'... more

Will fans give 'Avatar: Fire and Ash' the same pass they gave the first two films? ^75.2%

KUOW Public Radio - By Dyer Oxley - 12/19/2025, 1:26 PM

"Avatar: Fire and Ash" will spur similar reviews that its two predecessors got: It's pretty to look at, but it doesn't offer much else. If you're already a fan of the previous "Avatar" movies, you'll be quite pleased with the fantasy, spectacle, and action in "Fire and Ash" — it's mostly a replay of the first movies. Yet, there are a... more

Movie Review: Will Arnett finds therapy at the open mic, in moving marriage tale ‘Is This Thing On?’ ^55.3%

One America News Network - By Jocelyn Noveck - 12/17/2025, 9:14 AM

By JOCELYN NOVECK Updated 2:55 PM PST, December 16, 2025 Will Arnett in a scene from “Is This Thing On?” (Jason McDonald/Searchlight Pictures via AP) A pair of mini-toothbrushes. A set of kids’ socks, fresh from the dryer. It’s often the tiniest things in the debris field of a failed relationship that trigger the most pain. more