'Making a Murderer' filmmakers say juror now believes Steven Avery was framed

This article originally appeared on PEOPLE.COM. The sentence followed Averys 18 years in prison after being wrongfully convicted of sexual assault in 1985. Avery has long maintained his innocence and alleged that he was framed by local authorities and county officials. Credit: NBC What they told us was that they feared for their personal safety, Demos said. Ricciardi added, [The juror] told us that the verdicts in Stevens trial were a compromise....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 126 words · Victor Dixon

'Man in the High Castle' showrunner exits from Amazon series

A replacement showrunner has not been named. Frank Spotnitz will remain as an executive producer and step back from showrunner. His responsibilities will be managed by our deep and talented bench of producers. Credit: Liane Hentscher/Amazon The show became Amazonsmost-streamed original programin its first four weeks online and wasrenewed for a second seasonin December. I would like to spend more time with every single one of them, you know? Thats why, when I started thinking about season 2, it was not a struggle for me....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 95 words · Daniel Moore

'Manhattan': Ashley Zukerman on the atom bomb drama's explosive season 2

What kind of man builds a bomb? Typically, the answer to that is a criminal, a terrorist, a monster. But what if youre building the bomb to destroy monsters? Credit: WGN In that case, the only question is how you know youre not one of them. Stopping a war, and not merely giving the world a tool to wage even more catastrophic ones. But what he wants above all is to be practicing that art for the right cause....

May 1, 2025 · 2 min · 412 words · John Knight

'Marvel's Daredevil' season 2: EW review

Pulpy and poignant,Daredevilwas a sparky serial with a promising future. But Goddard, DeKnight, and DOnofrio are gone, and so is the spark. The first four episodes pit Daredevil against Frank Castle, a.k.a. Credit: Patrick Harbron/Netflix The story chases profundity about the nature of heroism, but theres no freshness to the ideas. The philosophical conflict is subverted by Daredevil himself. Watching Matt develop his heroic identity was compelling in season 1, but the identity itself is surprisingly bland....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 112 words · Jocelyn Garcia

'Master of None' music supervisor explains the show's best musical moments

You know in a fking second if it moves or not. He was really involved and we talked every day for months, Cowie says. Id like to think that we just used good music that served whatever scene we were working on. Credit: K.C. Bailey/Netflix [when I got the script] because I love country music. Ive actually produced a couple compilations of country music calledCountry Funkfor a label called Light in the Attic....

May 1, 2025 · 3 min · 469 words · Joyce Mccormick

'Master of None': EW review

He could rarely make me laugh on one of the greatest sitcoms ever. I assumed he couldnt make me chuckle elsewhere. Another confession: Im wrong on Aziz, and maybe an idiot. Credit: K.C. Bailey/Netflix Devs also looking for love, or at least a mutually beneficial hump. Every episode drills down on a single theme. One standout episode explores depictions of Indians in pop culture. (Remember when Fisher Stevens wore brownface inShort Circuit?...

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 113 words · Kimberly West

'MasterChef' recap: 'A MasterChef Wedding'

That’s right, people, it’s aMasterChefweddingand in more ways than one. Our boy Nick is getting married… tomorrow! He and his fiancee look very happy and in love, but who cares? Credit: Greg Gayne/Fox Like most weddings, we’re just here for the food. As last week’s winners, Nathan and Terry are deemed the team captains for this challenge. (Terry has kind eyes, so I get where the other cooks are coming from....

May 1, 2025 · 2 min · 410 words · Elizabeth Mcconnell

'Me Before You': EW review

Thea Sharrocks charming new Anglo-weepie,Me Before You, is a perfect case in point. Its better than both. Shes likeLove Actually-era Keira Knightley crossed with a Hello Kitty doll. Credit: Alex Bailey But youll forgive the movies cliches because of its surprisingly winning performances. When she smiles, the whole screen glows. If all of this seems too good to be true, well, it is. Will has found his adorable savior, but he may not want to be saved....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 181 words · Stephanie Lane

'Mechanic: Resurrection': EW review

No, hes not the flashiest action star. Loved em.Cranks 1 and 2? Ill be the first on line for No. Credit: Daniel Smith Cmon, how can you not root for a character named Terry Leather? I guess all of this is my way of saying that I was really looking forward toMechanic: Resurrection. If you recall Stathams firstMechanicinstallment from 2011, he played a legendary assassin named Arthur Bishop. Okay, two things about that....

May 1, 2025 · 2 min · 275 words · Alexandra Burke

'Midnight Special': EW review

Shannon, with his quizzical brow and disquieting intensity, is an actor who dares us to lean in. He turns slow-boiling menace into a mystery we want to solvepossibly at our own peril. Nichols, the man behind 2011sTake Shelterand 2012sMud, gets the actors creepy magnetism better than anyone. Credit: Ben Rothstein And he puts it to its best use yet in the strangely hypnotic sci-fi thrillerMidnight Special. But Roy is actually Altons father, and the kids no ordinary kid....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 103 words · Ana Elliott

'Mike & Molly' series finale react: And baby makes... four?

And that’s howMike and Mollycame to be. But at its core, the sitcom has hinged on the undeniable chemistry between McCarthy and Gardell. If you signed up forMike and Molly, you signed up for the whole crew. Credit: Robert Voets/Warner Bros Of course, they lock the door behind them just as the phone starts to ring. Throughout the finale,Mike & Mollywisely relies on its supporting cast as much as McCarthy and Gardell....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 198 words · John Hartman

'Miracles From Heaven': EW review

The latest in a recent wave of mainstream faith-based films,Miracles From Heavenstars Jennifer Garner in a dramatization of a real story about a very sick, God-fearing girl, Anna, cured of a supposedly incurable intestinal disease by what her parents (Garner, Martin Henderson) call a divinely-gifted miracle. In short: she falls out of a tree, the trauma of which apparently rids her body of its deadly ailmentand definitively kills the audiences suspension of disbelief....

May 1, 2025 · 2 min · 391 words · Joseph Reese

'Mockingjay': The brilliance of the book and how the movies almost ruined it

Entertainment Geekly: The book is better. The book is about why the book is better. Suzanne Collins’Mockingjayis 398 pages long. Murray Close Lionsgate splitMockingjayinto two movies because Lionsgate is a business that wants to make money. A moment like this: I’m rising to my feet when a woman throws fire up the door. She wears a bright turquoise silk robe embroidered with exotic birds. Murray Close Her magenta hair’s fluffed up like a cloud and decorated with gilded butterflies....

May 1, 2025 · 13 min · 2586 words · Melissa Waters