‘Stoned Alone’: Ryan Reynolds is Developing an R-Rated ‘Home Alone’ Riff

Ryan Reynolds is putting an R-rated spin on one of the most beloved family films of all time. The Deadpool star will apparently be taking his brand of irreverent, adult humor to the classic Christmas film, Home Alone. And get this — it will be a stoner comedy called Stoned Alone. Genius! Ryan Reynolds is attached to produce and […]

The ‘Heathers’ TV Show is a Rotten, Misguided Riff on the Original Movie

(This review was written before the Paramount Network made the decision to delay the premiere of Heathers until later this year. As the pilot episode is still available on the network’s site, we have made the decision to run the review.) Michael Lehmann’s 1988 high school masterpiece Heathers, with a laser-sharp script by Daniel Waters, […]

‘Mandy’ Review: Nicolas Cage’s Twisted Riff on ‘John Wick’ is a Gnarly Acid-Trip [Sundance]

A primal, psychedelic rage-scream of a movie, Mandy takes a while to get going, but once it does, it delivers exactly what fans are hoping for: Nicolas Cage fully unleashing the beast within and absolutely wrecking people with a giant axe and a chainsaw. It’s just a shame it doesn’t get to the blood-soaked revenge […]

Mrs. Maisel's Amy Sherman-Palladino, Daniel Palladino Riff on Emma Stone's Nostrils, Lauren Graham's Emmy Snub, Second Gilmore Revival's 'New Shape'

Time flies when you’re having a no-holds-barred convo with Amy Sherman-Palladino and Daniel Palladino, which is the reason the latest episode of The TVLine Podcast clocks in at a record-shattering 45 minutes. During the wide-ranging Q&A, which took place Monday morning at TVLine’s New York headquarters, I lightly grilled Team Palladino about their sumptuous new […]

‘Die in a Gunfight’: Josh Hutcherson and Kaya Scodelario To Star in Modern ‘Romeo & Juliet’ Riff

“Wherefore art thou, bae?” I wouldn’t be surprised to hear those words uttered in the upcoming movie Die in a Gunfight, a riff on William Shakespeare’s classic tragedy Romeo & Juliet set in modern day that’s just cast a couple of stars from the biggest YA movie franchises around. Josh Hutcherson (The Hunger Games) and Kaya Scodelario (The […]

Skype goes all Snapchat with Highlights, its own riff on Stories

Enlarge (credit: Microsoft) In a bid to make Skype more social, Microsoft is launching a whole new generation of Skype clients. The big new feature? “Highlights,” a way of publishing photos and videos so that your contacts can keep up with what’s going on in your life. Highlights are more or less a replica of […]

Staff Picks: Hurray for the Riff Raff, ‘Interiors,’ ‘The Sellout’

Need a great book to read, album to listen to, or TV show to get hooked on? The Flavorwire team is here to help: in this weekly feature, our editorial staffers recommend the cultural object or experience they’ve enjoyed most in the past seven days. Scroll through for our picks below. Interiors and Another Woman […]