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Whether anyone intended it to happen, somehow TV has become better than just about any movie that comes out of Hollywood. But this could...
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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...
In short, the Kindle Fire delivers. But you have to keep in mind that it is an e-reader, not a tablet computer. This distinction...
It’s not quite the end of the year yet, but I’m ready to make a bold prediction for 2012: HBO is going to offer...
A few weeks ago a woman launched a lawsuit against the makers of Drive because the film’s trailer bore little resemblance to what the...
I’ve spent the last two weeks slowly slogging my way through the Star Wars Blu-rays. For the first time, I watched all the movies...
This week the Star Wars trilogies come to Blu-ray. Predictably, there is a loud outcry over the fact that we’re getting the 1997 special...