AV CLUB August 8, 2024 My World Of Flops: Hillbilly Elegy MY WORLD OF FLOPS: HILLBILLY ELEGY Ron Howard and Netflix brought the J.D. Vance hagiography Hillbilly Elegy straight into our homes. That's a lot to atone for. Dramatic subtlety makes Good One\'s coming-of-age a great one DRAMATIC SUBTLETY MAKES GOOD ONE'S COMING-OF-AGE A GREAT ONE India Donaldson skillfully makes her insightful, clever hike through the woods debut Good One look like a walk in the park. Missing the forest for the twist: Revisiting The Village at 20 MISSING THE FOREST FOR THE TWIST: REVISITING THE VILLAGE AT 20 M. Night Shyamalan's 2004 film The Village holds up so much better outside of its twist-ridden cultural context. The Umbrella Academy cuts corners in a frustrating final season THE UMBRELLA ACADEMY CUTS CORNERS IN A FRUSTRATING FINAL SEASON In just six episodes, the show tries to wrap up all of its time-travel hijinks, alternate universes, and world-ending threats. TV Club 10: Why GLOW was the ideal tag team of prestige comedy and drama TV CLUB 10: WHY GLOW WAS THE IDEAL TAG TEAM OF PRESTIGE COMEDY AND DRAMA To mark five years since the show ended, let’s dig into the episodes that brilliantly had it both ways. Happy 20th anniversary of the time the Dave Matthews Band tour bus dumped poop in the Chicago River HAPPY 20TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE TIME THE DAVE MATTHEWS BAND TOUR BUS DUMPED POOP IN THE CHICAGO RIVER On August 8, 2004, sometime after the hour of 1 PM Central Time, the Dave Matthews Band tour bus opened its blackwater container while traversing the Kinzie Street Bridge in Chicago. Ariana Grande stays poised navigating leaked music and spicy wings on Hot Ones ARIANA GRANDE STAYS POISED NAVIGATING LEAKED MUSIC AND SPICY WINGS ON HOT ONES Ariana Grande completely conquered the spicy sauces on Hot Ones' season finale, discussing Wicked, leaked music, and more. Live from New York, it’s Saturday Night’s first trailer LIVE FROM NEW YORK, IT’S SATURDAY NIGHT’S FIRST TRAILER The Jason Reitman-directed SNL origin story comes out October 11. The Fall is getting a few extra scenes as part of its long overdue 4K restoration THE FALL IS GETTING A FEW EXTRA SCENES AS PART OF ITS LONG OVERDUE 4K RESTORATION The updated version of Tarsem Singh’s magnum opus will screen at the Locarno Film Festival before making its way to MUBI September 27. George Clooney and Brad Pitt’s Wolfs isn’t getting a wide theatrical release, but it is getting a sequel GEORGE CLOONEY AND BRAD PITT’S WOLFS ISN’T GETTING A WIDE THEATRICAL RELEASE, BUT IT IS GETTING A SEQUEL Jon Watts' Wolfs, starring George Clooney and Brad Pitt, will be in theaters just one week before hitting Apple TV+. Roy Wood Jr. will host a totally different comedy news show ROY WOOD JR. WILL HOST A TOTALLY DIFFERENT COMEDY NEWS SHOW Roy Wood Jr. will host CNN's new comedy news show Have I Got News For You, an adaptation of the British panel series. Lauryn Hill cites “sensationalism and clickbait” as reasons for U.S. tour cancellation LAURYN HILL CITES “SENSATIONALISM AND CLICKBAIT” AS REASONS FOR U.S. TOUR CANCELLATION UK and Europe dates will go on as scheduled. Copyright © 2024 AV Club (117 Luckie St. NW, Atlanta, GA 30303)