drugs

The True Story of Griselda Blanco, Deadly ‘Cocaine Godmother’ of Miami

The True Story of Griselda Blanco, Deadly ‘Cocaine Godmother’ of Miami

Netflix’s Griselda, starring Sofía Vergara as drug lord Griselda Blanco, only scratches the surface, say detectives, journalists, and her own…

February 13, 2024

Matthew Perry Was the Sarcastic Soul of ‘Friends’

Comedy actor, who died at the age of 54, could deliver a one-liner like no other and proved a crucial…

October 29, 2023

Netflix Exposes How the Sacklers Sold Sex to Trigger an Opioid Killing Spree

New dramatic series Painkiller from Peter Berg (Friday Night Lights) takes on the opioid-peddling family and the countless lives they…

August 12, 2023

‘Succession’: The Roy Siblings Meet Their Match in Alexander Skarsgård’s Lukas Matsson

Kendall, Roman and Shiv head to Norway to close the GoJo deal and find themselves in over their heads in…

April 24, 2023

How ‘Spring Breakers’ Forecast the Next Decade of American Chaos

Released 10 years ago today, this art-trash magnum opus was all sex, violence, and avant-garde riffs on Girls Gone Wild…

March 24, 2023

‘Cocaine Bear’ Has More Coke and Gore Than a Night With Charlie Sheen

Director Elizabeth Banks’ loosely-based-on-a-true-story tale of a cocaine-huffing bear ripping likable actors to pieces in the woods knows exactly what…

February 27, 2023

Does the Queer Scene Have a Ketamine Problem?

It's helped countless LGBTQ people find comfort and clarity — but as use increases, so do worries about addiction and…

January 9, 2023

‘I Wanna Dance with Somebody’: Fact-Checking the Whitney Houston Biopic

What’s right, wrong or suspect in filmmaker Kasi Lemmons’ new movie about the life and death of Whitney Houston?

December 26, 2022

Scott Weiland: Stone Temple Pilots, Jamie Weiland Remember Troubled Singer

"There was a big mirror there for Scott: taking what he saw in himself, whether he liked it or not,…

December 30, 2015

Docu review: Amy

Documentary on the late, great Amy Winehouse is the perfect tribute to a lost artist

July 8, 2015