Month: September 2021

The case involving Britney Spears’ conservatorship took an unexpected turn earlier this month when the singer’s father filed a petition to end the 13-year court-approved arrangement. Jamie Spears noted that his daughter “is entitled to have this Court now seriously consider whether this conservatorship is no longer required.” He added that Britney’s circumstances have changed to a point that “grounds for establishment of a conservatorship may no longer exist.” However, Jamie requested a court hearing all the way in January. But Britney and her lawyer Matthew Rosengart are requesting it happen no later than next week.

It turns out one of the reasons Britney would like the conservatorship removed, or at least her father replaced as her conservator, so quickly is so she can step forward with plans for her upcoming marriage. She recently got engaged to Sam Asghari, her boyfriend of four years. And according to Rolling Stone, in documents filed to the Los Angeles Superior Court, Rosengart states that he and Britney are “in the process of engaging a family law attorney” to craft a prenup.

“The prenuptial agreement process will require communications with and cooperation from the conservator of her estate,” Rosengart adds. “Given that Ms. Spears’s relationship with that conservator (her father) is broken, Mr. Spears’s continued involvement would impede the ability to negotiate and consummate a contract that all can agree is in Ms. Spears’s best interests.”

The filing as Netflix shared the first trailer for Britney Vs. Spears, a documentary about the singer’s long-standing conservatorship.

For a while, No Time to Die director Cary Fukunaga had a habit of leaving projects. He bailed on the second season of True Detective, saying he had a “disheartening” experience with creator Nic Pizzolatto. And he ditched the Stephen King adaptation It. Both were made without him while he rebounded by joining another film that got walked out on by another director: the finally-about-to-debut next Bond film, which was once supposed to be Danny Boyle’s baby.

Fukunaga recently opened up about his True Detective experiences, but he also talked about leaving It, to which he was attached for years. (He retained a screenwriting credit.) What made him bail? It was, of course, and only in part, creative differences.

“I was on that for four or five years with Warners and then it got moved to New Line, right before we were about to go into production,” Fukunaga told The Hollywood Reporter. “I think New Line’s view of what they wanted and my view of what I wanted were very different. I wanted to do a drama with horror elements, more like The Shining. I think they wanted to do something more [pure horror] like Annabelle [from the Conjuring films]. That was essentially the disconnect.”

Mind you, the end result, by director Andy Muschietti, wasn’t just a standard horror movie. It was an epic two-parter, with a plum cast. And it had a fair amount of drama to go along with the scares. But clearly Fukunaga wanted something even more cerebral, but the studio that once upon a time actually bankrolled Stanley Kubrick’s (very unfaithful) take on another Stephen King novel wasn’t having it. Then again, they were cool with peeling off a lot of dough for a Shining sequel.

(Via THR and EW)

Welcome to SNX DLX, our weekly roundup of the best sneakers to hit the market. Today is the first official day of the Fall season, which unfortunately means the sneaker drops are slowing to a crawl. To call this week a slow one is putting it lightly unless you’re a Jordan or Yeezy fan. But that’s almost every week of 2021 so far, isn’t it? Try to look at the sparse output with a glass half full perspective, this is a good time to give your wallet a break and to convince your friends and family that you’re not some kind of psychopath who spends hundreds of dollars on shoes per week.

While this week is a smaller one, that doesn’t mean Nike or Adidas aren’t dropping some absolute fire, this week’s biggest release is hands-down the return of the Air Jordan 5 Oreo, which we named one of the sneaker’s best colorways a couple of weeks back., and Adidas is bringing us new Yeezys and the latest Sean Wotherspoon collection. So let’s stop talking about it and just dive into the week’s best sneaker drops.

Nike Dunk Low Grey Fog

The SB Dunk is Nike’s laziest sneaker silhouette. Because it has such an instantly iconic shape, all Nike ever does is change the panel and base colors, and call it a day. Drops like last year’s Chunky Dunky or Grateful Dead Dunks are about as exciting a remixed as this sneaker ever gets. Most of the time we get what this week’s Grey Fog iteration is offering — more of the same in a new color.

Having said all that though… the Grey Fog is a pretty cool look. This neutral colorway combines white and light grey colors across a leather base, it’s so low effort and yet effortlessly cool that you’d think Virgil Abloh designed it. Ha.

The Nike Dunk Low Grey Fog is out now for a retail price of $100. Pick up a pair at Nike or your favorite aftermarket site like StockX.

Air Max 95 Smoke Grey

If you’ve always wanted an Air Max 95 but haven’t found a colorway you love yet, this week is the time to pull the trigger because this is the one! Not only is the Smoke Grey Air Max 95 a great colorway, it combines a black to white gradient with bright red accents and looks straight out of a ‘90s anime, but it’s also the stuff of sneakerhead legend, this is one of the best and most coveted colorways the sneaker has ever been given.

Unfortunately, its massive popularity means you won’t be able to find it at Nike. It dropped this morning and has already disappeared from the SNKRS app. So you’ll have to hit up your favorite aftermarket site to pick up a pair.

The Air Max 95 is out now for a retail price of $180. Pick up a pair at aftermarket sites like StockX.

Air Jordan 1 Prototype

Nike is taking inspiration from the Jordan 1 blueprints for an interesting new semi-deconstructed take on the silhouette that they are dubbing “Prototype.” If you’re more about low-top Jordans than high (who are you?) Nike has provided a product style perforation guideline so you know where to cut them.

It’s an interesting idea, and the sneakers will probably still look great when the contrasting blue collar is cut off, but how many people are actually going to do that? I’m not taking a knife to my Jordans, I’ll leave that to the customizers.

The Air Jordan 1 Prototype is set to drop on September 24th for a retail price of $170. Pick up a pair via the Nike SNKRS app or at GOAT.

Air Jordan 5 Moonlight (Oreo)

If you’re going to buy one pair of sneakers this week, you’d be crazy to not at least try to scoop up a pair of the re-released Air Jordan 5 Oreo, or “Moonlight” as Nike is calling the colorway now. In fact, even if you’re not looking for new sneakers (why are you here?) it wouldn’t be crazy to shoot your shot on the Nike SNKRS app during drop day because this is hands down a top 10 Jordan 5 colorway. Of. All. Time.

The Moonlight features a black suede upper with a contrasting white midsole and a speckled black and white shark tooth, meant to evoke a star-filled night sky according to Nike. Or you know, cookies and cream. Without a doubt, this is the drop we’re most excited by for the whole year of 2021, so be prepared for us to talk about it again on our year-end best sneakers of 2021 list.

The Air Jordan 5 Moonlight (Oreo) is set to drop on September 25th for a retail price of $190. Pick up a pair via the Nike SNKRS app or at aftermarket sites like GOAT and Flight Club.

Sean Wotherspoon x Adidas Originals SUPERTURF Jiminy Cricket

Sean Wotherspoon is one of the wackiest and most exciting sneaker designers out there. He made corduroy a viable sneaker material and his Adidas Superstars looked like what would happen if Jackson Pollock ever got his hands on some yarn, but we never would’ve imagined that for his next sneaker he’d deliver us a shoe with an embroidered Jiminy Cricket on the tongue. And yet here we are.

The SUPERTURF is weird, to put it mildly. It’s a brand new silhouette based on Adidas Response Hoverturf and features an upper composed of 20% recycled polyester, plus a zip-enclosure tongue, beige, blue, and green panels with an orange and black speckled mudguard. It’s super textured like all of Wotherspoon’s sneakers and, thankfully, this isn’t a sneaker that’s all about selling us Disney, despite the inclusion of Jiminy Cricket.

The Jiminy Cricket is merely an emblem of Wotherspoon’s childhood memories of the “Please Recycle” cans at Disneyland, which also featured the conscious cricket. Wotherspoon and Adidas no doubt had to give Disney licensing credit for using Jiminy but at least there isn’t noticeable Disney branding throughout, distracting from the design. This sneaker still feels very Wotherspoon.

This is an odd one for sure, but we’ve spent three paragraphs now talking about it so Wotherspoon clearly continues to be one of the most interesting designers in the sneaker space.

The Sean Wotherspoon x Disney x Adidas SUPERTURF Jiminy Cricket is set to drop on September 25th alongside a matching apparel collection for an unannounced price. Pick up a pair exclusively at the Adidas webstore.

Adidas YZY KNIT RNR Sulfur

Never in a million years, and please, hold me to this, would I ever buy or wear a pair of YZY KNT RNRs. These straight-up look like something your grandma would knit for you, but if I’ve learned anything in my time as a sneaker writer it’s that you should never write off a Kanye West idea. While his new music is increasingly giving diminishing returns, he’s firing on all cylinders still when it comes to sneakers.

Everybody, and I mean everybody, thought the Yeezy Foam Runner looked stupid before it came out, and now it’s one of the most popular silhouettes in the Yeezy lineup, and even well-respected sneakerheads across the scene swear by them.

So while I’d never be caught dead wearing these, you might love them! If you plan on picking up this week’s KNIT RNR drop you should know that Yeezy Supply is telling everyone to order 1/2 a size up from your normal size for the ideal fit.

The YZY Knit RNR Sulfur is set to drop on September 23rd for an unannounced price, but I mean how much could this thing cost? Pick up a pair exclusively at Yeezy Supply, the release clock is already ticking!

Adidas Yeezy Boost 700 V2 Mauve

Not digging on the KNIT RNR? We feel that, so for all us basic people who refuse to embrace the future, Yeezy is also dropping a more standard-looking sneaker — a new colorway of the 700 v2 silhouette dubbed, “Mauve.” It features a prime knit upper with suede paneling and reflective details on top of a matching chunky midsole.

On a normal week we’d be excited about this autumnal toned Yeezy, but releasing alongside the Knit RNR, it just feels a little uneventful.

The Yeezy Boost 700 V2 Mauve is set to drop on September 25th for a retail price of $240. Pick up a pair exclusively at Yeezy Supply.

Disclaimer: While all of the products recommended here were chosen independently by our editorial staff, Uproxx may receive payment to direct readers to certain retail vendors who are offering these products for purchase.

Mainstream movies these days tend to be profoundly unsexy. If there’s romance in today’s blockbusters, it tends to be chaste. They rarely even hold hands. So while no one batted an eye when Eternals, the next one up in the MCU, earned a typical PG-13, one of the explanations for that rating caused some heads to turn.

As pointed out by /Film, director Chloe Zhao’s follow-up to her Oscar-gobbling Best Picture winner Nomadland earned the rating for the following reasons: “fantasy violence and action, some language and brief sexuality.” The first two are de rigeuer for the MCU. The last one isn’t.

It’s not that there’s no love at all in the Marvel-verse. But when there is, it’s hinted at. Scarlet Witch and Vision never made out. In some movies, it’s inferred that Black Widow and Bruce Banner are hooking up, but they barely even shoot each other charged glances.

Remember: Whatever “sexuality” is on display in Eternals will be “brief.” There’s a love triangle afoot between Gemma Chan’s Sersi, Richard Madden’s Ikarus, and Kit Harrington’s Dane Whitman/Black Knight, but the most we may get could be some mild French kissing or some moderate petting.

For the record, there is a tiny bit of sex in the MCU. You just have to go far back to find it. Both Iron Man, the one that started it all, and 2008’s The Incredible Hulk scored their PG-13s for “brief suggestive content.” Sure enough, the first shows Tony Stark have a one-night stand with Leslie Bibb’s journalist (morning after only, of course), while the second has Edward Norton’s Bruce Banner about to get it on with Liv Tyler’s Betty Ross (cutting out before there’s even tongue, of course). But then, those were simpler times.

(Via /Film)

The NBA’s tampering rules don’t allow coaches, executives, or owners to discuss players from other teams in terms of how they might work on their team. Typically, we see tampering fines come out for someone getting cheeky and saying something positive about a player with a not so subtle wink towards their upcoming free agency or availability on the trade market.

What we don’t often see is someone get fined for tampering for, effectively, saying they aren’t interested in someone, but Warriors owner Joe Lacob earned a $50,000 slap on the wrist from the league for doing just that with Ben Simmons. Lacob was recently asked about Simmons rumors and tried to pour cold water on them by pointing out that, while a talented player, it didn’t make a lot of sense for the Warriors because they already have Draymond, questioning Simmons’ fit, noting his hefty contract, and questioning if he could finish games.

It’s all fairly level-headed analysis of why trading the farm for Simmons doesn’t make a ton of sense for the Warriors, but even saying you don’t really want a guy will still apparently get you tagged with a fine.

Tampering fines literally drove Magic Johnson to step down from the Lakers because he was too committed to posting on Twitter, and most executives have wised up the situation and refuse to give on-record answers about anything that could even come close to tampering. Lacob has now learned his lesson, however unfortunately, but $50,000 later, we now can probably cross the Warriors off the list of likely destinations for Simmons.

American audiences have rarely shown much interest in movies from other countries. They don’t like to read, goes the line. But Hollywood doesn’t always make the highest grossing movies worldwide. Lately it’s not even been close. Indeed, if you look at the charts for the highest grossing movies worldwide this year, F9, America’s top draw, only came in silver.

Right now, with only a few months left in the year, the world’s highest grossing movie — and by a fair amount — is called Hi, Mom. According to the IMDb, it’s about a woman who “travels back in time to befriend her own mother in an attempt to make her life better.” It’s also, incidentally, the highest-grossing movie ever made by a female film director credited by herself.

You may not have heard of Hi, Mom. In fact, right now it hasn’t even opened in America. As per Box Office Mojo, it’s only played Australia, New Zealand, and its native China (as well as Hong Kong). But in China alone it grossed a whopping $821 million.

To put that in perspective, F9 only grossed $172 million in America. Its worldwide tally is $716 million, “only” $209 million of that from China. That’s to say Chinese audiences preferred Hi, Mom to the ninth Fast and/or Furious movie almost four times over.

But F9 opened in the midst of a pandemic, albeit when cases were relatively low. So let’s put that into perspective in another way: Avengers: Endgame, the highest grossing movie ever (not adjusted for inflation) grossed $858 million of its $2.7 trillion haul from America. In other words, Americans loved Avengers: Endgame almost as much as Chinese audiences loved Hi, Mom.

China is huge nation and they love movies even more than Americans. Some of those movies are from America. But China also has a law that only so many foreign movies can play there. The rest have to be native-made. They also did a better job handling the pandemic. In fact, last year, when much of the world’s movie theaters were shuttered or infrequently visited, including in America, four of the year’s Top 10 highest grossing movies worldwide were from China. (And the highest grossing one was from Japan.)

Hi, Mom isn’t the only Chinese blockbuster on this year’s list. The third slot — well ahead of Godzilla vs. Kong — is Detective Chinatown 3, the threequel in a very profitable buddy film series. It also hasn’t played America yet, though its two predecessors did. It even features the great Thai ass-kicker Tony Jaa! So when Detective Chinatown 3 and Hi, Mom open in what are likely very select theaters in America at some point, maybe go check them out. See what audiences from other nations think is a great night out at the movies. If they’re good enough to outgross most of the best Hollywood has to offer, they’re probably not bad.

A new season just dropped and Hulu is ushering it in with a handful of original series and films — and some old-school favorites to binge in the in-between.

Michael Keaton leads the emotionally-gripping miniseries Dopesick that tackles America’s opioid crisis and the people responsible for it. Jacinta, an absorbing documentary about a young woman trying to break free of the prison system also lands. And, to lighten up the palate a bit, Chef David Chang imagines the future of food with a docuseries directed by Academy Award-winning filmmaker Morgan Neville. That, plus some franchise movie drops — Star Trek and The Hunger Games to name a couple — should fill out your queue on Hulu this month.

Here’s everything coming to the streamer this October.

Dopesick (Hulu Original series streaming 10/13)

Michael Keaton leads a stellar cast in this fairly heavy drama that examines America’s opioid crisis through the lens of a small mining town. Keaton plays Samuel Finnix, an old-school doctor embroiled in the epidemic in his own town who takes up a fight against Big Pharma and the DEA as he tries to help his patients through their addictions. The series also stars Peter Sarsgaard, Kaitlyn Dever, and Rosario Dawson.

Jacinta (Hulu Original documentary streaming 10/8)

This documentary paints a heartbreaking portrait of intergenerational trauma, following a mother and daughter over the course of three years as they try to break free of their addictions and the prison system that perpetuates them. Jacinta is a young woman housed at the Maine Correctional Center with her mother, Rosemary. Both are addicted to drugs with Jacinta being introduced to a life of crime early. Once she’s released, she plans to reconnect with her own daughter and try to rebuild her life away from the influence of the streets. Director Jessica Earnshaw takes a gripping verite approach to documenting Jacinta’s struggles that will have you rooting for her to win by the film’s ​end.

The Next Thing You Eat (Hulu Original series streaming 10/21)

Chef David Chang teams up with Academy Award-winning documentary filmmaker Morgan Neville for this six-part docuseries that tries to predict how we’ll eat in the not-so-distant future. From robots, to lab-grown fish, to insect farms, to artificial intelligence calling all the shots, the culinary world and the food distribution chains are undergoing some major changes which is slightly terrifying, but makes for an addictive binge-watch all the same.

Here’s what’s coming to Hulu this October:

Avail. 10/1
Big Sky: Season 2 Premiere (ABC)
Cake: Season 5 Premiere (FXX)
Grey’s Anatomy: Season 18 Premiere (ABC)
Station 19: Season 5 Premiere (ABC)
The Bachelorette: Complete Season 13 (ABC)
A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001)
Air Force One (1997)
Ali (2001)
Blippi’s Spooky Spells Halloween (2021)
Boxcar Bertha (1972)
Cedar Rapids (2009)
Chasing Papi (2003)
Class (1983)
Clifford (1994)
Clockstoppers (2002)
Code 46 (2004)
Crimson Tide (1995)
Date Night (2010)
Dead of Winter (1987)
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules (2011)
Double, Double, Toil and Trouble (1993)
Dr. No (1962)
Edge of the World (2021)
Escape from Alcatraz (1979)
Exorcist: The Beginning (2004)
The Extreme Adventures of Super Dave (2000)
Flatliners (1990)
From Russia with Love (1964)
Goldeneye (1995)
Goldfinger (1964)
Happy Feet (2006)
Happy Feet Two (2011)
The Holiday (2006)
House of Games (1987)
The Hunger Games (2012)
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013)
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 (2014)
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2 (2015)
Hunt for the Skinwalker (2018)
Intersection (1994)
License to Kill (1989)
Light It Up (1999)
Lost In Space (1998)
The Love Guru (2008)
Mad Max (1980)
Madhouse (2004)
The Mask of Zorro (1998)
Maze (2017)
Mean Creek (2004)
Meet The Spartans (2008)
My Best Friend’s Wedding (1997)
The Offence (1973)
Peeples (2013)
The Perfect Holiday (2007)
Queen of the Damned (2002)
Racing with the Moon (1984)
The Recruit (2003)
Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins (1985)
Resident Evil: Retribution (2012)
Road Trip (2000)
Rushmore (1999)
The Saint (1997)
Signs (2002)
Sleeping with the Enemy (1991)
Sleepless In Seattle (1993)
Snatch (2000)
Species (1995)
Species II (1998)
Species III (2004)
Species: The Awakening (2007)
The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)
Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979)
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984)
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986)
Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989)
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991)
Star Trek: First Contact (1996)
Star Trek: Generations (1994)
Star Trek: Insurrection (1998)
Star Trek: Nemesis (2002)
Still (2018)
Sweet Home Alabama (2002)
Sweet Land (2006)
The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 (2009)
Teen Wolf (1985)
Theater of Blood (1973)
Tooth Fairy (2010)
Total Recall (2012)
The Untouchables (1987)
Victor Frankenstein (2015)
Vigilante Force (1976)
The Village (2004)
The Vow (2012)
Waitress (2007)
What About Bob? (1991)
When A Man Loves A Woman (1994)
Within (2016)
Wolves at the Door (2016)
Wrong Turn 2 (2007)

Avail. 10/3
Saturday Night Live: Season 47 Premiere (NBC)
Finding Your Feet (2018)
The Rocky Horror Picture Show (2016)

Avail. 10/4
America’s Funniest Home Videos: Season 32 Premiere (ABC)
Maggie’s Plan (2015)
The Program (1993)
Unfaithful (2002)

Avail. 10/6
Castle: Complete Series

Avail. 10/7
Baker’s Dozen: Complete Season 1 — Hulu Original

Avail. 10/8
Jacinta (2021) — Hulu Original
Cannabis Evolution (2019)

Avail. 10/9
Shark Tank: Season 13 Premiere (ABC)

Avail. 10/10
G.I. Joe: Retaliation (2013)
Rogue Hostage (2021)

Avail. 10/11
Gunda (2020)
Madonna and the Breakfast Club (2019)

Avail. 10/12
Champaign, ILL: Complete Season 1 (Sony)
The Loneliest Whale (2021)

Avail. 10/13
Dopesick: Series Premiere — Hulu Original
CHiPS (2017)

Avail. 10/14
Real Housewives of Orange County: Complete Season 15 (Bravo)
Censor (2021)
Out of Death (2020)

Avail. 10/15
America’s Book of Secrets: Complete Season 2 (History)
Beyond Oak Island: Complete Season 1 (History)
Beyond Scared Straight: Complete Seasons 4, 5, 6 (A&E)
Hoarders: Complete Season 3 (A&E)
Little Women: Atlanta: Complete Seasons 1, 2 (Lifetime)
Married at First Sight: Couples Cam: Complete Season 10 (Lifetime)
Marrying Millions: Complete Season 2 (Lifetime)
Nightwatch: Complete Season 1 (A&E)
Seven Year Switch: Complete Season 3 (Lifetime)
Swamp People: Complete Seasons 1, 2 (History)
A Murder to Remember (2020)
Cheer Camp Killer (2020)
Miss India America (2015)
Sleepwalker (2017)

Avail. 10/16
Home Sweet Home: Series Premiere (NBC)

Avail. 10/18
Dream Horse (2020)
The Bachelorette: Season 18 Premiere (ABC)

Avail. 10/20
Queens: Series Premiere (ABC)

Avail. 10/21
The Next Thing You Eat: Complete Season 1 — Hulu Original
The Evil Next Door (2021)

Avail. 10/22
Gaia (2020)

Avail. 10/23
The Marksman (2021)
Silent Night (2021)

Avail. 10/25
Come Away (2020)

Avail. 10/26
Maybe Next Year (2020)

Avail. 10/27
For Madmen Only (2021)

Avail. 10/28
First Date (2021)

Avail. 10/30
Catfish: The TV Show: Complete Season 8D (MTV)

Avail. 10/31
Spirit Untamed (2021)

Here’s what’s leaving Hulu this October:

Leaving 10/16
The Skeleton Twins (2014)

Leaving 10/23
An American Haunting (2006)

Leaving 10/25
The Artist (2011)

Leaving 10/26
Good Deeds (2012)

Leaving 10/30
Slumdog Millionaire (2008)

Leaving 10/31
12 Years a Slave (2013)
21 (2008)
30 Days Of Night (2007)
30 Minutes Or Less (2011)
71 (2015)
Air Force One (1997)
Ali (2001)
An Elephant’s Journey (2018)
Are We There Yet? (2005)
Attack the Block (2011)
Beats, Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest (2011)
Blast From the Past (1999)
Bound (1996)
Boxcar Bertha (1972)
Chaplin (1992)
Class (1983)
Clifford (1994)
Code 46 (2004)
Dead of Winter (1987)
Dr. No (1962)
El Dorado (1967)
Exorcist: The Beginning (2004)
The Extreme Adventures of Super Dave (2000)
The Final Girls (2015)
First Knight (1995)
Flatliners (1990)
Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell (1974)
Freelancers (2012)
From Russia with Love (1964)
Fun in Acapulco (1963)
Goldeneye (1995)
Goldfinger (1964)
Hanging Up (2000)
Hondo (1953)
Hoosiers (1986)
The Hot Chick (2002)
House of Games (1987)
Hud (1963)
I Spit On Your Grave (2010)
I Spit On Your Grave 2 (2013)
I Spit On Your Grave 3 (2015)
The Indian in the Cupboard (1995)
The Last Stand (2013)
License to Kill (1989)
Mad Max (1980)
Madhouse (2004)
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)
The Manchurian Candidate (2004)
The Mask of Zorro (1998)
McLintock! (Producer’s Cut) (1963)
Mud (2013)
New Year’s Eve (2011)
The Offence (1973)
Paws P.I. (2018)
Planes, Trains and Automobiles (1987)
The Perfect Holiday (2007)
Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins (1985)
Revolutionary Road (2008)
Road Trip (2000)
Romy And Michele’s High School Reunion (1997)
Rules of Engagement (2000)
Rushmore (1999)
Safe (2012)
Sleeping with the Enemy (1991)
Sleepless In Seattle (1993)
Snatch (2000)
Spare Parts (2015)
The Sons of Katie Elder (1965)
Species (1995)
Species II (1998)
Species III (2004)
Species: The Awakening (2007)
The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)
Sweet Land (2006)
The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 (2009)
Teen Wolf (1985)
The Thin Red Line (1998)
Theater of Blood (1973)
They Came Together (2014)
To Die For (1995)
Total Recall (2012)
Transcendence (2014)
Under the Tuscan Sun (2003)
Vigilante Force (1976)
Walking Tall (1973)
Watchmen (2009)
We Were Soldiers (2002)
What About Bob? (1991)
White Nights (1985)

This post is adapted from the Uproxx Fall Experience Guide, found here.

We’ve said it before and we stand by the sentiment: the future of American cuisine is in its past. That might sound weird in a world where we’re always looking ahead for what’s next, what’s new, and what’s hot. But I really believe it and there’s a good case to be made that it’s true.

For centuries, Indigenous culture has been systematically destroyed through multiple genocides carried out by European colonizers, migrants, and, eventually, the Americans, Argentinians, Canadians, Mexicans, Brazilians, Cubans, and so forth that they became. That cultural destruction means that people like me have not only lost their traditional names (my last name is that of an adopted, white step-parent only one generation back) but also our religions, languages, music, art, sciences, literature, lore, and foodways. The very fact that there isn’t an Indigenous fast-food chain, fast-casual restaurant, family restaurant, grocery store, and high-end dining experience in every major city in places around the U.S., Canada, or Argentina speaks to how complete this cultural destruction has been. But it is something that’s slowly changing, especially in the U.S. and Canada right now.

The Indigenous food movement is gathering speed across the nation, with Minneapolis at the heart of that movement. Chef Brian Yazzie, who recently cooked for Padma Lakshmi on her show Taste The Nation, offers a sterling example of how unique, important, and tasty the Indigenous food movement is. Gatherings Cafe started as a spot in an American Indian cultural center that was a bit adrift until Yazzie came along during the pandemic. The cafe was converted to serve the area’s Indigenous elders who were cut off from food due to the pandemic. Yazzie’s team worked tirelessly to put out meal after meal, day after day as the pandemic raged through Indian Country.

Nearly a year-and-a-half later, Gatherings Cafe has opened to the public with a menu that leans into the area’s Indigenous ingredients while highlighting traditional dishes and also creating a space for new chefs to learn about Native recipes and techniques. Cedar braised rabbit, blue-corn waffles, Tepary beans, Minnesota wild rice, slow-cooked bison tacos, and so much more adorn the menu. The clincher (and why we think you should try it) is that it’s a fast-casual concept at its heart. You can get a to-go box right now. There’s no gatekeeping at Gatherings Cafe, which reminds us of another Indigenous American fast-casual in Denver…

Tocabe — co-owned by Matt Chandra and Ben Jacobs — is the seminal fast-casual chain for Indigenous America. Their slow-braised bison ribs in a berry sauce are worth driving to Denver for on their own, literally right now. And while the pandemic certainly made life hellacious for all restaurants, Tocabe’s team pivoted towards creating a farmers’ market to help Indigenous farmers around the country stay afloat during these trying times. The Tocabe Indigenous Marketplace aims to be the comprehensive Indigenous American grocery store in the country with sundries, a butcher shop, and to-go meals all in one place.

The American Southwest is another cornerstone of resurgent Indigenous cuisines. Chef, podcaster, and activist Andi Murphy has been at the forefront of championing Indigenous food and chefs for years while also writing about and cooking Native food from her own kitchen.

“The menu at the Indian Pueblo Kitchen, located in the heart of Albuquerque, New Mexico, focuses on Pueblo and Indigenous Southwest foods,” Murphy tells us. “It includes a mix of traditional and contemporary comfort foods like red chile stew, corn mush, Frito pies, and sugar cookies. Executive chef Ray Naranjo is connecting and experimenting with ancestral flavors not only from New Mexico but from all over Indigenous America with wild rice, salmon, quinoa, chocolate, and so much more. And we get to have a taste of that on special and seasonal menus.”

Murphy’s advocacy goes beyond highlighting Indigenous chefs and farmers on her podcast, Toasted Sister Podcast. She also hosts a constantly updated list of all the Indigenous-owned and operated food stops in America. The ever-growing list includes everything from local produce stands, fishmongers, and butcheries to cafes, food trucks, and dining experiences that support Indigenous cuisine in America. You’ll be able to find everything from Indigenous grown cornmeal, beans, and greens to cuts of wild bison and salmon to Indigenous roasted coffee and chocolate. It’s a priceless source for starting your journey on the road back to America’s Indigenous foods that actually puts money into the pockets of the folks growing or preparing that food.

The community that Andi Murphy, Matt Chandra and Ben Jacobs, and Brian Yazzie are creating goes beyond just serving you food. At its core, the movement addresses serious questions of food justice — extending even beyond the constraints of capitalism. Chef Sean Sherman, who just opened the high-end Indigenous food experience Owamni in Minneapolis, surfaced an important question on David Chang’s podcast recently when he asked, “why do our foodways have to be profit-based?” The moment left Chang, an unabashed food capitalist, speechless. But that bold ethos is imbued (on some level) in the Indigenous food conversation from the U.S. to Canada and New Zealand to the Pacific Islands.

Yes, this is about the return of millennia-old foodways that were supplanted by wave after wave of colonial migration for the past 500 years. But it’s also about rethinking every aspect of how and why we eat and how we get the food we do. The Indigenous food movement isn’t only offering you something completely fresh in the American food scene, it’s also asking why your food system is so unhealthy, destructive, and dehumanizing, all while offering another way.

It’s radical, educational, and genuinely delicious. And it supports a community that has been marginalized and dehumanized for far too long.

WHY 2021:

The Indigenous food movement is a ray of hope for Indigenous folks who are relearning our languages, religions, arts, sciences, and cultures. It’s an education on a plate or in a to-go box or in a bag of cornmeal. It’s a path forward while finally embracing forgotten and ignored histories.

The future of American food is, indeed, in its past. But that doesn’t mean it’s tired or old. In fact, supporting this resurgence and getting to know these dishes is absolutely thrilling.

Crop circles, rolling black-outs, grand theft auto, and the collapse of civilization as a whole all make an appearance in latest footage for Apple TV’s upcoming sci-fi series Invasion — and it all looks every bit as compelling as it is terrifying. Earlier today, Apple shared the first official trailer for the series ahead of its premiere on October 22, revealing a better look at the show’s plot and cast. While just what will happen to all the show’s colorful characters is yet to be determined, based on the show’s description it should be a pretty interesting watch.

Apple TV’s Invasion tells the stories of people from all across the globe as they experience a hostile alien invasion. In America, we follow John Bell Tyson (Sam Neill), a well-respected sheriff who is mere moments away from retirement when he is called back to duty to protect his town from the aliens seeking to destroy it. Across the Atlantic, Golshifteh Farahani stars as Aneesha Malik — a first-generation Syrian immigrant — who, alongside her husband Ahmed (Firas Nassar), is trying her best to simply escape the catastrophe and stay alive. In Afghanistan, we watch as Travante Ward (Shamier Anderson) readies up to take down the aliens as a soldier sent to war, and lastly, Mitsuki (Shioli Kutsuna) adds the perspective of mission control staffer who oversees Japan’s galactic endeavors to put an end to the invasion.

The series is created by Simon Kinberg (Mr. and Mrs. Smith, Sherlock Holmes, the X-Men series) and David Weil (Solos, Hunters), with Jakob Verbruggen serving as executive producer and director and Katie O’Connell Marsh as executive producer for Boat Rocker Studios. Invasion premieres with its first three episodes on October 22, 2021 exclusively on Apple TV+, followed by a new episode every Friday for the next four weeks.

If it’s not Lauren Boebert acting up these days for right-wing Congress, it’s Ted Cruz. The much maligned senator from Texas has received swift smackdowns from both Patton Oswalt and Ellen Barkin, but he’s still kicking, likely feeling emboldened by Texas lawmakers’ recent victory for an insane abortion ban. This week, though, Ted is reverting to being all fired up about the U.S.-Mexico border, and he also took some time to defend what he insists is not a “racist” voter ID law in Texas.

Cruz appears to be in denial of how Texas’ voter ID law, which is arguably the nation’s strictest example (requiring only certain forms of identification at the polls for most citizens), was declared by a federal appeals court to violate the Voting Rights Act. Via Mediaite, however, Ted decided to trap himself in a circular pattern while asking the following question — “Are voter I.D. laws racist?” — during a hearing of the Senate Judiciary Committee. Oh boy.

Granted, Cruz knew that he was in enemy territory, given that he was speaking to Democratic witnesses, including law professor Franita Tolson, along with Asian Americans Advancing Justice President John Yang and Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund President Thomas Saenz. Cruz first asked Tolson, “In your judgment, are voter ID laws racist?” However, he wasn’t thrilled to wait for even two seconds for an answer (after she thanked him for the question) before interrupting her: “I want to move quickly. So it depends’ is your answer.” He added, “So what voter ID laws are racist?” Tolson responded, “Apologies, Mr. Cruz. Your state of Texas, perhaps.”

The Not-Zodiac Killer was not pleased. He moved onto Yang and Saenz and still didn’t receive a satisfactory answer while interrupting all of them. With Tolson, however, Cruz seemed particularly offended: “So you think the entire state of Texas is racist? What about requiring an ID to vote is racist?” Tolson maintained her cool to cite the federal case “that first resolved the constitutionality of Texas’ voter ID law.” Cruz, the interruption king, didn’t wouldn’t accept that he couldn’t receive his desired answer, but social media noticed.