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There’s no doubt that James Gandolfini’s death has resonated with people more than most celebrity deaths. And it’s particular impressive considering that he’s pretty...
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There’s no doubt that James Gandolfini’s death has resonated with people more than most celebrity deaths. And it’s particular impressive considering that he’s pretty...
For me, the most surprising aspect about the revelations of the NSA’s spying programs are: 1) That the NSA is largely absent in movies...
In a recent Fresh Air interview with Steven Soderbergh, Terry Gross made an insightful observation that was easy to miss: Ironically, more people will...
Discussions of this season’s “Game of Thrones” have been dominated by accusations that the show’s gratuitous nudity is sexist — women are constantly baring...
Mad Men The last two seasons of “Mad Men” were by far the best of the series; so far the current season — also...
Whether anyone intended it to happen, somehow TV has become better than just about any movie that comes out of Hollywood. But this could...
TV broadcasters are meeting this week in Las Vegas to discuss their growing concern over cord-cutters and the resulting decline in advertisement revenue. It’s...
Easily the biggest piece of entertainment news this month was that the Veronica Mars Kickstarter campaign raised several million dollars overnight. As many people...
The Game of Thrones Season 3 premier is days away, but I have to be a mute because I’ve read the books. My friends...
When I think of Hollywood in the 1950s and ‘60s, one thing that quickly comes to mind are movies that were so long that...
I’m ashamed to admit it, but I was lurking Battleship on HBO the other night — I’m always curious if a movie is quite...
As the Manti Te’o controversy has been fiercely raging for the last several weeks, the reactions in the comments sections of online media outlets...
We all know that the last season of Homeland was below par — I’m not going to relitigate that. But what I find striking...
We’ve been so inundated with super hero movies in the last decade that we’re now well into reboot territory. In 2012 Spider-Man was rebooted,...
The hot feature for home video gadgets this holiday season is 4k upscaling. All the new Blu-ray players and A/V receivers have it and...
My first reaction to announcement of Star Wars Episode VII, was an intense feeling of dread — like a great disturbance in the force....
It’s a James Bond anniversary year, which means lots of marathons and retrospectives. But the truth that no one wants to talk about is...
About a month ago Weeds ended its eight-season run. Despite being Showtime’s first hit series, helping the network to gain ground on rival HBO,...
After having cable TV for my entire adult life, last year I decided to cut the cord. Obviously, life went on. While I’m not...
The problem with the Oscars is that it has two divergent goals: 1) Recognize excellence in filmmaking; and 2) Producer an award show that...
In 1913 Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring caused a riot at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées. In 2012, a ringing cell phone nearly caused a riot...
The big, but quietly reported news out of Hollywood this week is that domestic movie attendance is at a 16-year low. That’s obviously a...
I’ve increasingly noticed that blood splattering in movies is being done in post-production with computers. I’ve ignored it for a while, but after watching...
It’s incredible that people in the entertainment industry continue to deny the influence of social media – many still think it’s 1997. What follows...