0 comments by Ian Casselberry on 7/12/2015
Hannibal has been canceled by NBC, but that didn’t stop producer Bryan Fuller and the series cast from appearing at Comic-Con at a scheduled panel for the show’s fans. But rather than hold a wake for the grand, artistically grisly retelling of the Hannibal Lecter mythology and taking a virtual victory lap, Fuller showed a […]
0 comments by Ian Casselberry on 7/11/2015
Lucasfilm and Disney didn’t bring a new trailer for Star Wars: The Force Awakens to Comic-Con for their panel presentation. But they didn’t just settle for letting moderator Chris Hardwick ask the new cast questions, while taking some other queries from the audience. No, J.J. Abrams and company brought a behind-the-scenes reel from the set, […]
0 comments by Ian Casselberry on 7/10/2015
Director Paul Feig has been tweeting out glimpses from the set of his Ghostbusters reboot, starring Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig, Leslie Jones and Kate McKinnon. So far, we’ve seen the Ghostbusters’
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Nicolas Cage almost played Superman. Those of you that follow such things online likely already know that, but many still might not. Yet it really nearly happened. The movie was called Superman Lives and was to be directed by Tim Burton, with production geared toward a 1998 release. Based largely on the popular “Death of […]
0 comments by Ian Casselberry on 7/9/2015
If you read the Spider-Man comic books, watched the cartoons or seen the movies and thought, “You know, I wish they made Aunt May younger and more attractive,” Marvel and Sony have listened to your (presumably) unvoiced desires. According to Variety‘s Justin Kroll, Marisa Tomei is the top pick to play Peter Parker’s aunt in the […]
0 comments by Ian Casselberry on 7/8/2015
As impressive as Marvel’s Daredevil was in its first season, the absence of two key characters from the Daredevil comic book mythology was notable and gave fans something to hope for in the next edition of the Netflix show. We’ll be getting at least one of them in season two. Marvel announced on Tuesday that […]
0 comments by Ian Casselberry on 7/7/2015
As disheartening — though not surprising — as the news of NBC canceling Hannibal after three seasons may have been, the announcement didn’t necessarily seem dire to fans of the show (#Fannibals) because it seemed likely that the series could find a home at another network. When the show was in danger of being canceled […]
0 comments by Ian Casselberry on 7/6/2015
John Oliver and Last Week Tonight had the weekend off for the 4th of July holiday, but the show thankfully gave us our fix of sharp commentary on pertinent topics with a one-minute, web-only exclusive. As Oliver explains, Last Week Tonight usually devotes 15 minutes to one particular topic each week. But for this holiday […]
0 comments by Ian Casselberry on 7/3/2015
Earlier this year, we got a glimpse of what Michael Fassbender might look like as Steve Jobs in the upcoming biopic written by Aaron Sorkin and directed by Danny Boyle. Fassbender looked like… well, he looked like Fassbender. Of course, how an actor physically embodies a real-life figure and how the character is written is […]
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The San Diego Comic-Con begins next week on July 9 and Entertainment Weekly usually commemorates the occasion with a special issue devoted to the geek gathering. With Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice set to hit theaters next March, the blockbuster is poised to make the splashiest showing among fans and bloggers with a dynamic Hall H […]
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Those who know me consider me Mr. Entertainment, so I get asked about movies I’ve seen that often go unheralded. I used to see about 70 movies in the theater each year, and often most of those were, sadly, something you would wish upon your worst enemy. Or your grandmother. Or your maternal grandmother. Not saying I have […]
0 comments by Ian Casselberry on 7/2/2015
The only thing more predictable than the plot in another Terminator movie is a negative review for the film. Terminator: Genisys is awful, and its legacy might be killing this franchise off for good. Like the killer robot that just can’t be vanquished, that keeps coming back when you think it’s finally dead, we’ve kept […]
0 comments by Ian Casselberry on 7/1/2015
Stephen Colbert doesn’t begin his stint as new host of The Late Show until Sept. 8, and the poor guy might just be climbing the walls waiting for the next chapter of his career to begin. I mean, he’s so eager to host some TV show that he took a substitute gig for a cable […]
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It’s difficult to be surprised by a movie trailer anymore. Certainly, you have an idea of what’s coming when previews circulate quickly online or are readily available to be watched. The days of seeing a trailer for the first time in the theater is increasingly rare. But trailers that try to hold something back until […]
0 comments by Ian Casselberry on 6/30/2015
As The AP Party’s Jeremy Klumpp noted in his Saturday Night Live recaps during this past season, the show posted several “Cut For Time” sketches online that weren’t part of the live broadcast. Yet some of these skits turned out to be funnier than what made it to air, making their omission curious. What SNL […]
