Only Murders in the Building is a half-hour-ish (!) mystery-comedy series on Hulu. It stars Steve Martin, Martin Short, Selena Gomez, and Amy Ryan. Five first-season episodes have dropped so far, and it was this week.
And: Small Engine Repair is a film adaption written by, directed by, and starring John Pollono and based on his black comedy drama (black dramedy?) stage play of the same name. It is the first movie showing exclusively in theaters that the Nose has covered since January, 2020.
Some other stuff that happened this week, give or take:
- Rolling Stone: For the first time in 17 years, we鈥檝e completely remade our list of the best songs ever. More than 250 artists, writers, and industry figures helped us choose a brand-new list full of historic favorites, world-changing anthems, and new classics
- Empire:
- Parasocial relationships aren鈥檛 to blame for the John Mulaney/Olivia Munn pregnancy discourse.
- Peely鈥檚 鈥榡ust a banana man,鈥� after all
- The newly unearthed history behind one of the most offensive video games ever made
- The veteran actor has a cold, but that鈥檚 nothing a few avocado pancakes, some hydration therapy, a bike ride, hot tea, half a slice of Key-lime pie, and the magic of life can鈥檛 fix. Three days with the star of Loki, The French Dispatch, and all those movies you know by heart.
- The collision of Certified Lover Boy and Donda should have been a thrilling moment. Instead, it鈥檚 petty, frustrating, and lacking in high stakes.
- With streetwear-style drops and a shrewd embrace of social media, New England鈥檚 favorite purveyor of extremely normal coffee has turned itself into a lifestyle brand.
- 鈥淢any people saw it basically as kind of like Dick Cheney conducting a search for the vice president鈥nd then deciding that he would be the best vice president.鈥�
- Nolan鈥檚 follow-up to 鈥淭enet鈥� will reportedly begin production in the first quarter of 2022.
- Kick off the football season with this underappreciated, Denton-filmed comedy, which captured some truths about Texas football that later, more-serious movies would expand on.
- Ahead of Sunday night鈥檚 ceremony, we place our bets on likely winners and shout out those shows and stars poised to get robbed
- Minaj, under the guise of urging vaccine caution, is helping mainstream a dangerous form of anti-science.
- Alien probe or a 鈥渃hunk of Pluto鈥�? The scientific debate over 鈥橭umuamua continues
- The Bobby Moynihan/Ron Funches-hosted reality series finds itself stuck without an ending, and pulled from its plum post-Olympics timeslot
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Colin McEnroe and Cat Pastor contributed to this show.
