Things We Saw Today: Things Are Not Looking Good for That Winchester Movie We Were so Excited About

We’ve been anxiously awaiting the release of Helen Mirren’s Winchester Mystery House supernatural thriller, which opened today. So we’re devastated by the reviews of the movie which are overwhelmingly not great. In fact, they’re terrible.

The story behind Sarah Winchester and her labyrinthian mansion is a fascinating one, but CBR called the movie “an absolute waste of the Winchester Mystery House.” The NYT says “this super-silly feature … stubbornly resists being classed up,” despite Mirren’s presence. Uproxx only managed a live blog, and much of that was about the Nunes memo.

We are exceedingly disappointed.

• Hold on, Margaret Atwood isn’t making money off of Hulu’s Handmaid’s Tale series? Apparently, she’s only being paid as an executive consultant and isn’t receiving royalties or anything for having created the original work since she had already sold the rights for the atrocious 1990 movie. At least the recent increase in book sales has profits going to her. (via Jezebel)

• As if we weren’t excited enough for this summer’s Crazy Rich Asians, here’s a clip of the awesome, jazz-infused score being recorded. SOLD.

• The father of three girls who were abused by Larry Nassar attacked the former gymnastics doctor during the survivor’s testimony hearings last week. Warning: the video is incredibly upsetting. (via BuzzFeed)
• Also very upsetting: apparently, the majority of high school students (92%!) don’t recognize slavery as a central cause of the Civil War. (via SPLC)

Hopefully your weekend won’t be nearly as upsetting as all that. Have a great one, friends!

(image: YouTube, trailer)

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Vivian Kane (she/her) is the Senior News Editor at The Mary Sue, where she's been writing about politics and entertainment (and all the ways in which the two overlap) since the dark days of late 2016. Born in San Francisco and radicalized in Los Angeles, she now lives in Kansas City, Missouri, where she gets to put her MFA to use covering the local theatre scene. She is the co-owner of The Pitch, Kansas City’s alt news and culture magazine, alongside her husband, Brock Wilbur, with whom she also shares many cats.

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