Coleman Spilde

Entertainment Critic

Coleman Spilde is a Brooklyn-based entertainment critic for The Daily Beast covering pop culture high and low, from celebrity news to the latest in film, television, and music. He studied Media with a concentration in Analysis and Criticism at Hunter College where he learned to dissect subjects to the minutiae while finding the humor in everything. His work has appeared in Taste, WhatCulture, and his newsletter Top Shelf, Low Brow, among others.

Emma Stone, Rachel Dratch, Rosie Perez, and Cole Escola.

Emma Stone Just Made the Best ‘Real Housewives’ Parody Ever

“Real Housewives” is deceptively difficult to satirize well. Leave it the bonkers genius of Julio Torres’ “Fantasmas” to cast Emma Stone and Rosie Perez in the best one yet.

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A photo illustration of Kevin Bacon and Mia Goth in MaXXXine.

‘MaXXXine’ Is a Bloody, Brilliant End to Iconic A24 Trilogy

After the one-two punch of “X” and “Pearl,” “MaXXXine” is a thrilling conclusion to an outstanding slasher trilogy.

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A Family Affair

BEAUTIFULLY BIZARRE

Nicole Kidman and Zac Efron Are Absurdly Sexy Together

This movie may sound a little too much like “The Idea of You,” but trust us—it’s so much more fun.

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Emma Stone dances in a street in 'Kinds of Kindness'

Can the Moviegoing Masses Handle ‘Kinds of Kindness’?

A guide to the week’s best and worst TV shows and movies from The Daily Beast’s Obsessed critics.

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Lily Gladstone.

With Her New Indigenous Drama, Lily Gladstone Is Unstoppable

Gladstone gives a second masterful turn in as many months in this quietly beautiful family story.

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