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It’s not easy to adapt a classic novel across cultures, but The Scandal does it beautifully. Like The Handmaiden before it, the Netflix series transposes a story originally set in the Western world—in this case, the frequentlyadapted 1782 French novel Les Liaisons dangereuses—into the setting of 18th century Joseon. Under Jung Ji-woo’s masterful direction, the…

Fall 2: Deadpointis an unusual sequel in that the heroes of the previous film aren’t at the center. As thoroughly detailed in our Fallending explainer, only one of the two besties who climbed a 2,000-foot pole made it back to terra firma alive. And she only makes a brief appearance in the second film. However,…

Amelia Dimoldenberg’s massively popular Chicken Shop Dateseries is coming to an end. After 12 years of nuggets, awkward chat, and a very compelling will-they-won’t-they with Andrew Garfield, Dimoldenberg announced on Thursday that she’s wrapping up the show, but not before going on a few more dates.