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After having gone two years without cable TV, it seems unlikely that I’ll ever pay for it again. Between the channels I get over...
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After having gone two years without cable TV, it seems unlikely that I’ll ever pay for it again. Between the channels I get over...
Let me start this post with a preface: I’m not trying to jump on The Newsroom bashing bandwagon. I watch the show because I...
Sure, when it comes to the genre of science fiction, there are not many things more important than a futuristic look or an outer...
Seemingly every aspect of Breaking Bad has been praised: the acting, the writing, the direction, the character development, etc. But all great TV shows...
This is the first installment of my new regular comics feature here on Forces of Geek. The comic book industry can be tough to...
It was a reunion I had never expected to see last night when Jesse Katsopolis, lead singer of Hot Daddy and the Monkey Puppets...
Last week an attempted sale of Hulu was aborted. The broadcast networks don’t make money from it, but they are not quite ready to...
Summer drags on, which means I watch lots of emails go by. Mostly lots of screaming about film-related paperwork. Oh, let me tell you....
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...
Interview by Lauren Berkley Even if you don’t recognize the names Arie Kaplan and Jonathan Blitt, I bet you have either read, seen, or...
Report by Anthony Sword, Photographs by Emily Eggan and B.S. Walker Greetings fellow geeks! I had the honor of representing FOG! at this year’s...
Twenty years before Fresh Prince Will Smith departed West Philadelphia for Bel Air, audiences embraced another series set in the City of Brotherly Love. ...
Richard Matheson, one of the preeminent voices of the scary and the fantastic passed away on Sunday at age 87. A screenwriter and author,...
You may not know the name of voice actor Billy West, but you sure as hell know the characters that he has brought to...
TMZ is currently reporting that actor James Gandolfini died of a heart attack in Italy where he was attending the 59th Taormina Film Festival...
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...
There are times here at Mystery Box H.Q. when I set out to write about a subject that I feel is so undeniably a...
In a recent Fresh Air interview with Steven Soderbergh, Terry Gross made an insightful observation that was easy to miss: Ironically, more people will...
Within the first three stories of a TV series, the tone and overall scope of the series is standardized. Also, the primary (or secondary)...
Interview conducted by Lauren Berkley The season finale of BBC America’s Orphan Black airs this Saturday, June 1, and it has already been renewed...
Massachusetts native filmmaker Adam Green is a busy guy. In the next few weeks, season two of his television series, Holliston premieres on Fear...
This is the final edition of Why Love the 90’s? I decided to ask T.J. what he felt was the most underrated piece of...
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...
Everyone loves Muppets. Everyone. Thanks to The Muppet Show, Sesame Street and various Muppet movies, everyone knows the big ones. But there are dozens...