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

‘MaXXXine’ Is a Bloody, Brilliant End to Iconic A24 Trilogy
FINAL GIRLAfter the one-two punch of “X” and “Pearl,” “MaXXXine” is a thrilling conclusion to an outstanding slasher trilogy.

Nicole Kidman and Zac Efron Are Absurdly Sexy Together
BEAUTIFULLY BIZARREThis movie may sound a little too much like “The Idea of You,” but trust us—it’s so much more fun.

Can the Moviegoing Masses Handle ‘Kinds of Kindness’?
SEE//SKIPA guide to the week’s best and worst TV shows and movies from The Daily Beast’s Obsessed critics.

With Her New Indigenous Drama, Lily Gladstone Is Unstoppable
ON BEATGladstone gives a second masterful turn in as many months in this quietly beautiful family story.

When the Vampire Who Can’t Kill Met a Suicidal Human Teen
TWIST OF FATEThe new movie “Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person” is one of the most original takes on the vampire subgenre. (The film’s title alone!)

Bethenny Frankel Deserves to Be the New Lifetime Movie Queen
GO CRY ABOUT ITFrankel’s foray into television movies, “Danger in the Dorm,” is about as good as you’d expect it to be. But the reality TV alum holds it together with plenty of maternal heart.

Maya Hawke’s ‘Inside Out 2’ Character Is All Too Relatable
SEE/SKIPA guide to the week’s best and worst TV shows and movies from The Daily Beast’s Obsessed critics.

‘Jackie’s Back’: The Best Mockumentary You’ve Never Seen
YIELDDolly Parton, Liza Minnelli, and Bette Midler all know Jackie is a star. So where have you been?

A Giant Talking Bird Is No Match for Julia Louis-Dreyfus
FLIGHTYDeath takes the form of a mutant macaw in this uneven film, co-starring a stellar Louis-Dreyfus.
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