0 comments by Ian Casselberry on 7/31/2015
I don’t think any film series in recent memory continues to baffle and impress me more than the Mission: Impossible franchise. When the first one was released in 1996, even with Tom Cruise starring, it seemed to be jumping on the wave of movies adapting popular or cult TV shows. But with Cruise’s star power […]
0 comments by Ian Casselberry on 7/30/2015
After Daredevil rolled out on Netflix April 10, the question became when we would see the next series from Marvel on the streaming outlet. Though the next program, Jessica Jones, was being filmed, no premiere date or schedule had been announced. However, those plans became a bit clearer with this week’s Television Critics Association press […]
0 comments by Ian Casselberry on 7/29/2015
Television executives are always looking for new trends and so it shouldn’t come as a surprise that transgender shows are popping up all across the cable landscape. And this summer, Big Brother features its first transgender contestant, Audrey Middleton. It’s not the first time we’ve seen transgender characters on TV. Laverne Cox has wowed us […]
0 comments by Ian Casselberry on 7/27/2015
Perhaps you remember Will Ferrell hijacking the Cactus League back in March. During spring training, the comedian appeared in five games, fielded nine different positions and played for 10 MLB teams altogether. Though the one-day tour was intended to raise awareness and money for charity, Ferrell’s stunt also provided material for a Funny or Die […]
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Southpaw got a lot of advance buzz due to pictures of Jake Gyllenhaal’s phenomenal condition hitting the Internet. But as impressive as the star’s monster abs are, a whole movie can’t be built around them. Or maybe it can. At times, it sort of felt like director Antoine Fuqua was indeed emphasizing the spectacular shape Gyllenhaal […]
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Just as the Vacation reboot (sequel?) is set to hit theaters July 29, the duo behind this new version has its next gig lined up. Deadline’s Mike Fleming Jr. reports that John Francis Daley and Jonathan M. Goldstein have been hired to write the new Spider-Man film for Sony Pictures and Marvel Studios. The two […]
0 comments by Ian Casselberry on 7/24/2015
“I am tired with grief and despair and a consuming rage for humanity…the shame is ours. A shame so fierce it should burn us like the sun burns the desert.” Bob Geldof, Live Aid programme, July 1985. Born in the 1970s, I was made in the 1980s. A lot of my pop culture references are […]
0 comments by Ian Casselberry on 7/21/2015
After talking to so many comedians for his book, Sick in the Head, Judd Apatow apparently got the itch to do some stand-up. Of course, he also has a new movie to promote. Apatow is a multimedia machine. His brand is strong. Critics have been generally favorable toward Trainwreck, which opened last weekend. (In her […]
0 comments by Ian Casselberry on 7/17/2015
I’ve learned my lesson when it comes to underestimating Marvel. Four years ago, I thought Thor was going to be a flop. It was one thing to sell Iron Man to a public that was only familiar with pop culture icons like Batman, Spider-Man and Superman. But Marvel grounded a character viewed as second-tier in […]
0 comments by Ian Casselberry on 7/16/2015
Comic-Con attendees got their first look at Oscar Isaac as the title villain of next spring’s X-Men: Apocalypse with a poster and some very poor quality leaked footage from the film’s Hall H presentation. But those of us who weren’t in San Diego now have an official look at the X-Men’s latest adversary, courtesy of […]
0 comments by Ian Casselberry on 7/15/2015
What has to be done to stand out in the coffee creamer business? Judging by supermarket shelves, it seems like Nestlé and its Coffee-Mate brand rule the market, but apparently the company still wants to make a splash when rolling out a new product. As reported by AdWeek, Nestlé is launching an all-digital campaign beginning on […]
0 comments by Ian Casselberry on 7/14/2015
We’ve written extensively about the upcoming Fantastic Four and the uphill battle versus negative publicity that the production and director Josh Trank has faced in recent months. But trailers for the film have seemed to quiet fears and apprehensions a bit, as an impressive cast and impressive special effects eased some concerns about the very […]
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Did Saturday Night Live really think a sketch featuring Dwayne Johnson dressed up as a giant daisy wasn’t suitable for the live broadcast when The Rock hosted back in March? Apparently so. Or producers thought they’d share some comedy gold with us during the long summer hiatus. In the latest “Cut For Time” sketch released […]
0 comments by Ian Casselberry on 7/13/2015
After The Wire and its epic five-season run, anything David Simon does for HBO should be considered must-watch TV. (Your opinion might vary on his follow-up, Treme.) That appears to be true for the writer-producer’s latest effort of the network, Show Me a Hero. A trailer for the six-part miniseries premiered on HBO Sunday night […]
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By now, you’ve surely seen the new trailer for Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice from Comic-Con. It’s probably been hours since the last time you watched it, so why not check out Liam McGuire’s breakdown after you’re done here. If you haven’t seen it yet, how have you managed to avoid it? Do you just […]
