Who knew the next box-office powerhouse would be an Elizabeth Holmes documentary?
Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim's deep dive into the disgraced Theranos founder's life – and its blurring of the line between fiction and reality – has captured pop culture's attention. Us, too, as we've been writing about it! After a huge opening weekend, "You Can See Everything" is looking to do gangbusters again. It's joined at the local cinema by the DC body-horror movie "Clayface," Jenna Ortega fantasy "Klara and the Sun" and the animated epic "Wildwood" – counterprogramming at its finest! Then on the small screen, there's plenty of reality TV to go around, from another season of "Shark Tank" to Netflix's "New Stanford Prison Experiment."
Now on to the good
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Jump on the hype train with buzzy documentary 'You Can See Everything'
If you have a friend or family member even sort of into the movies, they're probably talking about "You Can See Everything." Lance Oppenheim and Nathan Fielder's documentary gets inside the personal life of Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes for 34 days before she heads off to prison, and then things get really wild. Here's what you need to know as the box-office hit expands to more theaters:
- Who the heck is Elizabeth Holmes anyway? Here's an explainer about the currently incarcerated Silicon Valley wunderkind.
- The doc made a bunch of money in its opening weekend.
- Do you have questions about Billy Evans, Holmes' romantic partner who plays a significant role in the movie? We have answers.
- Fielder shared Holmes' surprising reaction for the movie' success.
- If you've seen it, I have some thoughts about why "You Can See Everything" is the movie of the moment. (Spoilers ahoy!)
- And for some reason, people are peppering Amanda Seyfried with a lot of questions.
Hit up the local cinema for 'Clayface' horror, 'Wildwood' fantasy
The revamped DC superhero universe makes a bold move with its latest effort, the body-horror movie "Clayface." As a gory, goopy scare fest, it (mostly) works – as a comic book movie based on the classic Batman supervillain, not so much. (Peep my ★★ review.) But one of the best things you'll see all year is also new in theaters: LAIKA's stop-motion animated fantasy epic "Wildwood" takes a couple of youngsters on a magical journey involving kidnapped babies, coyote soldiers and a battle that any "Lord of the Rings" nerd would adore. It's an absolutely amazing movie but one that's rated PG-13, so I did a parent's guide on what to know before you go.
If you're feeling like staying home, though, there are plenty of new flicks to watch on your streaming services including the Oscar-contending comedy "The Invite" and Disney's live-action "Moana."
Get real with TV shows 'Shark Tank,' 'New Stanford Prison Experiment'
Eighteen seasons in and "Shark Tank" is pretty much an American institution, making everyday folks' business dreams come true. My pal Ralphie Aversa talked with the "sharks," including OGs Kevin "Mr. Wonderful" O'Leary and Robert Herjavec, when they stopped by our NYC studio to chat about how they spot a "loser," the way the economy has affected the show, and why one of them almost didn't make it to Season 2. Herjavec admits he was thinking about leaving the show in the early days of filming the first season. "Kevin found out and took me out for dinner and said to me, 'Robert, you're an idiot. This show is going to be huge.'"
Not all "reality" shows have that something special. TV critic Kelly Lawler has some choice words for Netflix's "New Stanford Prison Experiment," which she likens to "The Traitors" in prison jumpsuits. She writes in her blistering review that this modern revisit of the infamous 1971 "study" is a symbol of the direction reality TV is going, "quickly ceasing to be a medium of interesting storytelling and simply becoming an arms race of shock, awe and disgust."
Even more goodness to check out!
- John Travolta is looking pretty killer in some exclusive photos from his upcoming movie "November 1963," which revisits President John F. Kennedy's assassination from the mob's perspective.
- Apu's back, y'all! The longtime character has returned to "The Simpsons" with a new voice actor giving him life.
- Sylvester Stallone cast his daughter in "Tulsa King" and doesn't really give a hoot what critics think.
- "The Diplomat" stars Keri Russell and Rufus Sewell talk Season 4 and forgetting their own twists.
- And get psyched, Rachel Berry hive: "Glee" is coming back!
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