Culture Beast: So… Does ‘Cloud Atlas’ Suck?

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1 FILM Does Cloud Atlas Suck? The book was a hit, the trailer looks fantastic, but is the movie any good? In theaters today, Cloud Atlas is packed with special effects and a bevy of Oscar-winners. The Daily Beast’s Ramin Setoodeh says the $100 million time-travel extravaganza is a flop, but Marlow Stern begs to differ. Read their debate before you shell out $14 to see it tonight. Read it at The Daily Beast

2 BOOKS Tom Wolfe’s Bloody New Novel Twenty-five years after Bonfire of the Vanities, race, art, and crime seethe in Tom Wolfe’s new novel, Back to Blood, which hit bookstores this week. Michael Moynihan reviews the satire of “post-racial” America. Read it at The Daily Beast 4 ART Designer of the Year Revealed Best known for masturbating under a false floor at a gallery in 1972, Vito Acconci’s larger body of work was recognized by Design Miami this week. Blake Gopnik reports. Read it at The Daily Beast Legions of girls are obsessing over British Sherlock actor Benedict Cumberbatch with a devotion typically reserved for boy bands and Biebers…” READ IT NOW › 5 MUSIC The Next Big Swedish Thing We have Icona Pop to thank for last summer’s infectious hit single “I Love It.” Ahead of their new album, the pair chats with Marlow Stern about bad breakups and crazy parties. Read it at The Daily Beast 3 TELEVISION The Munsters Rise Again Herman and Lily are back in Mockingbird Lane, which airs tonight on NBC. Jace Lacob drops dead for the dark remake’s eerie charms. Read it at The Daily Beast Good Wife, High Fashion Vintage American Circus Bottega Veneta’s Best Looks Species Named After Celebs In response to Meet Chanel’s Underage Model: The models (children) are not to blame. It is the “industry” and designers who can’t bear to let these girls grow up before sending them to work. — Melissa Dressel Paschke In response to Best Bits from Rod Stewart’s New Biography: I’ve been a big fan ever since I first heard “Maggie May” in 1971. And his new stuff is great. His raspy voice really stands out on his remakes of old classics. — no mas

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