0 comments by Ian Casselberry on 6/6/2016
The Supergirl TV show is moving from CBS to The CW this fall, and surely wants to make a splash in its new home. With three other superhero shows already on the network — Arrow, The Flash and Legends of Tomorrow — Supergirl probably has to do something to stand out, as well. How about […]
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Here in the first full week of June, it’s time to start thinking about what the songs of the summer will be in 2016. But could the most important music story of the summer take place in court? Next week (June 14), Jimmy Page and Robert Plant of Led Zeppelin will appear in Los Angeles […]
0 comments by Ian Casselberry on 6/3/2016
Approximately a month after booting novice director Seth Grahame-Smith from superhero movie The Flash, Warner Brothers has found a new, but experienced filmmaker to lead its upcoming DC Comics film. Rick Famuyiwa, who helmed last summer’s indie hit Dope, has been tabbed to direct the standalone film featuring DC Comics’ scarlet speedster. Hiring him follows a tendency […]
0 comments by Ian Casselberry on 6/1/2016
A perfectly pleasant comedy suddenly found itself open to new interpretations and scrutiny over the Memorial Day weekend, when Begin Again director John Carney chose to rip actress Keira Knightley without provocation during an interview with The Independent to promote his new film, Sing Street. What made Carney’s remarks puzzling is that writer Elisa Bray […]
0 comments by Ian Casselberry on 5/31/2016
Could Disney actually be unhappy with how the next Star Wars movie, Rogue One, currently looks? That was the bold headline over the Memorial Day weekend from the New York Post. According to the Post‘s Emily Smith, Disney executives were not happy with what they saw from a first cut of the film and have […]
0 comments by Ian Casselberry on 5/28/2016
Director Bryan Singer basically started the era of comic book superhero movies 16 years ago with X-Men. He showed that these kinds of films could be done — and done well — by taking the material seriously, creating characters that viewers would care about, casting those roles with good actors, and being faithful enough to […]
0 comments by Ian Casselberry on 5/25/2016
Season 22 of Dancing with the Stars began with four current or former professional athletes in the competition, which is why we thought the show was worth covering here at The Comeback. Athletes such as football players Emmitt Smith and Donald Driver, Olympic gold medalists Shawn Johnson and Kristi Yamaguchi, and race car driver Helio […]
0 comments by Ian Casselberry on 5/22/2016
Promotion for Star Trek Beyond has been strangely quiet since the first trailer for the sequel debuted last December. Many in the movie press and fan blogs raised an eyebrow when there was no presentation for the movie at April’s CinemaCon, the event at which studios present their upcoming releases for theater exhibitors. The lack […]
0 comments by Ian Casselberry on 5/20/2016
Comedy sequels can be a tricky thing. How many good ones have really been made? Name one off the top of your head before you start Googling. For me, the first one that came to mind was 22 Jump Street, which may have actually improved on its predecessor. Maybe National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation? I know several […]
0 comments by Ian Casselberry on 5/18/2016
Much like a group of paranormal investigators and exterminators staring at a grave supernatural being that threatens our plane of existence, Sony Pictures bravely released the second trailer for the Ghostbusters reboot to face a mob of fear and uncertainty on Wednesday. Somewhere along its production path, this update of the 1984 action-comedy starring Dan […]
0 comments by Ian Casselberry on 5/17/2016
It was double elimination night on Dancing with the Stars. Five pairs remain in the competition, with two shows remaining. So to get down to the three necessary for the finale, two couples had to go. This late in the contest, someone deserving of a better fate is going to be booted. With two hours […]
0 comments by Ian Casselberry on 5/16/2016
After the critical disappointment of Batman v Superman (the movie failed to draw $1 billion in the worldwide box office, as well), Warner Brothers is hoping Suicide Squad is a much bigger success. While the team-up of DC Comics’ super-villains likely won’t earn as much as BvS‘ $869 million (as of May 15), if it’s […]
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At face value, Money Monster appears to be exactly the right movie for the time we live in. A blue-collar worker who loses his life savings in the stock market because he followed the hyperbolic advice of a TV personality and Wall Street analyst demands answers after the stock tanks, costing the company and its investors $800 million. […]
0 comments by Ian Casselberry on 5/10/2016
This week on Dancing With the Stars, America is the fourth judge! Well, for the special team-up routines later in the show anyway. Of course, the “fourth judge” thing is overblown, since the fan vote is always the main factor in determining who stays and who goes. But drama! In an attempt to create suspense […]
0 comments by Ian Casselberry on 5/6/2016
At face value, Captain America: Civil War shouldn’t work as a movie. Other superhero franchises have stumbled badly when including far too many characters, resulting in an overstuffed story that has to cater to each important figure in the storyline and eventually buckles under its own weight. Additionally, superhero movies poised as middle chapters intended to […]
