With ‘A Good Person,’ Zach Braff Creates Worse Manic Pixie Dream Girl – IndieWire

With ‘A Good Person,’ Zach Braff Creates Worse Manic Pixie Dream Girl – IndieWire

©MGM/Courtesy Everett Collection [Editor’s note: Spoilers ahead for “A Good Person.”] When Zach Braff’s “Garden State” debuted in 2004, it did two things almost instantly: It established the first-time filmmaker (then best known to most audiences as the star of the sitcom “Scrubs”) as an indie creator to watch; and, to even greater effect, kickstarted…

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Sex, power, money: how the real-life Succession stars make TV show look tame | Succession

As HBO’s acclaimed satire Succession begins its fourth and final season this week, fans will be asking: “How will it all end?” The story of the machiavellian media mogul Logan Roy, played so menacingly by Brian Cox, and his power-hungry children has been must-see viewing for anyone interested in the machinations of high-profile billionaires and…

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