Tag: Sam Esmail

Julia Roberts Awkward Dancing Off Too Close Was Hard to Watch. Do We Blame Barack Obama?

This is a story is about how Next’s “Too Close,” The Blackest public grinding song of the ‘90s, made a comeback and showcased how the lack of talent doesn’t frighten white folks from the dance floor. Mahershala Ali & Julia Roberts In Leave The World Behind Is Our TV Pick Of The Week Off English […]

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‘Leave The World Behind’ Viewers Have The Same Complaint About The Julia Roberts Movie On Netflix

Leave the World Behind is now streaming on Netflix, and viewers have been taking to social media to voice one very specific complaint about the apocalyptic thriller starring Julia Roberts: It’s too damn long. Directed by Mr. Robot creator Sam Esmail, the film centers on Roberts and Ethan Hawke as a husband and wife whose […]

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Sam Esmail’s Star-Studded New Movie ‘Leave The World Behind’ Has A Sneaky Little ‘Mr. Robot’ Easter Egg

When Leave the World Behind arrives on Netflix next month, Mr. Robot fans might notice a reference to the Rami Malek hacker series. According to the film’s director and Mr. Robot creator Sam Esmail, those suspicions are correct. In Leave the World Behind, Mahershala Ali arrives at Julia Roberts and Ethan Hawke’s vacation home with […]

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Barack Obama Had Some Notes About The ‘Mr. Robot’ Creator’s New Disaster Movie Starring Julia Roberts

Even a movie with three Oscar nominees can’t escape studio notes — especially if the notes come from Barack Obama. Leave the World Behind, which stars Julia Roberts, Mahershala Ali, and Ethan Hawke, is the first fictional film from Higher Ground, the production company founded by Barack and Michelle Obama. It’s described as a psychological […]

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