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Leslye Headland: Acolyte Nudity “Had to Happen”
This week’s episode of The Acolyte featured more eye candy than usual, and I don’t mean the show’s middling effects work. Qimir/The Stranger/Smilo Ren appears in the nude to show Osha his scar, but she sees much more than that. Showrunner Leslye Headland spoke with Collider’s Maggie Lovitt a...
Read MoreThe Acolyte’s Ratings Are a Disaster, Triggering Possible Luke Skywalker Return
The Acolyte is sinking Disney Star Wars even more than Lucasfilm’s last streaming disappointment. That Park Place ran down the series’ viewership numbers, and they’re bad – as in half of Ahsoka’s numbers. Last week’s episode, which was the show’s fifth, had 232.2 million minutes watc...
Read MoreLeslye Headland Says The Acolyte Isn’t Gay After All
It’s become a bit trite to say that the making of a piece of entertainment, or some real-life story surrounding it, is more entertaining than the art itself, but The Acolyte almost demands it, especially after showrunner Leslye Headland’s latest howler. Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter about...
Read MoreAcolyte Writer Blames Dave Filoni for Bad Episode
As you may know, a lot of people (myself included) had issues with the latest episode of The Acolyte. In retrospect, perhaps “Day” is more controversial than the already-hated “Destiny.” Anyway, one of the show’s lovely writers, Claire Kiechel, responded to fan outrage by blaming Dave Filo...
Read MoreREVIEW: The Bikeriders (2024)
I didn’t know anything about The Bikeriders going into it. I’d seen some buzz and a poster, but I wasn’t actively following it. This actually didn’t hurt my experience because the movie tells you exactly what it is very early on. The Bikeriders is based on a book by Danny Lyon containing pho...
Read MoreEntertainment Media Attacks Nerdrotic, The Critical Drinker, and Fans in General Over The Acolyte
The entertainment media is taking up defensive positions around The Acolyte, and they’re coming for anyone who doesn’t like it… which appears to be pretty much everyone outside of the entertainment media. Looper targeted Nerdrotic and the Critical Drinker in a video which has since been taken ...
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