0 comments by Ian Casselberry on 5/30/2015
The concerns were real. The fears have been confirmed. The piling on is justified. Cameron Crowe’s latest film, Aloha, is a total mess. You might guess that the movie couldn’t go wrong with Bradley Cooper and Emma Stone as lead actors. Having two of Hollywood’s biggest stars to headline his film looked like great fortune […]
0 comments by Ian Casselberry on 5/29/2015
I love Dwayne Johnson. I’ll see just about anything he’s in. (Though I’ve somehow managed to avoid the recent Fast and Furious movies and last summer’s Hercules, so I suppose I’m not as dedicated a fan as I believe myself to be.) As Exhibit A for proof of my devotion, I submit San Andreas. Had anyone […]
0 comments by Ian Casselberry on 5/28/2015
Trevor Noah has been a controversial choice to replace Jon Stewart as host of The Daily Show. But for those who held out hope that Comedy Central might rethink its decision and tab someone else for the fake news anchor chair, the network made it clear that Noah is still happening with an ad touting […]
0 comments by Ian Casselberry on 5/26/2015
Arnold Schwarzenegger is going to turn 68 years old this year. That seems a bit too old to play Conan the Barbarian, the role that arguably first made the bodybuilder an action star in 1982. Yet 33 years later, Schwarzenegger is ready to reprise his role as the Cimmerian destroyer, taking the lead in The […]
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Going into Tomorrowland, I wasn’t expecting to like it, given negative early reviews and a 49 percent rating on Rotten Tomatoes. But I also wondered if the negative buzz came from so much anticipation for Brad Bird’s new film, yet without much known about it, that perhaps critics and writers developed a preconceived idea of the […]
0 comments by Ian Casselberry on 5/23/2015
Since we haven’t even gotten through the Memorial Day holiday weekend yet, it’s probably too early to declare the breakout star or cultural icon of Summer 2015 yet. But the early front-runner has to be Charlize Theron’s Imperator Furiosa from Mad Max: Fury Road. The ferocious, avenging war rig driver with a buzz cut, grease […]
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If you watched Bill Murray’s final appearance on the Late Show with David Letterman this week (and weren’t too distracted by the comedian being covered in cake residue and frosting), you might recall the two briefly mentioning an upcoming Christmas special that Murray had filmed with director Sofia Coppola. Netflix has now released a teaser […]
0 comments by Ian Casselberry on 5/22/2015
I’m going to admit right away that this probably won’t be a fair review. Usually, I tend to shrug my shoulders or roll my eyes at outrage over a cherished film being remade for modern audiences. Regardless of the remake, the original lives on. And if the update somehow manages to improve on the source […]
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Perhaps it shouldn’t be a surprise that CBS had crews dismantling the set of the Late Show with David Letterman the morning after Letterman had his final show at the Ed Sullivan Theater in New York City. After all, the network has to renovate the venue in preparation for Stephen Colbert’s debut with the new […]
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Had Hannibal not been renewed by NBC for a third season (though another network may well have picked the show up), season two could have been a suitable series finale in which the bad guy gets away. No, that probably wouldn’t have been satisfying for the presumed main character of the show, profiler Will Graham (played […]
0 comments by Ian Casselberry on 5/21/2015
Foo Fighters seemed like a curious musical guest for David Letterman’s final show Wednesday night. Not to say that the 68-year-old talk show host can’t like a modern act, but you might have figured an older group — perhaps one that endured and was a recurring guest over Letterman’s 33-year run on TV — would […]
0 comments by Ian Casselberry on 5/20/2015
With David Letterman having his final show Wednesday night, perhaps no one among the current late-night set is more indebted to him than Seth Meyers. Jimmy Kimmel might be more outward about his admiration toward Letterman and the influence he had on his career, but Meyers is currently hosting the show that Letterman made an […]
0 comments by Ian Casselberry on 5/19/2015
We’re going to presume that most of you reading this have seen 2014’s Captain America: The Winter Soldier. For one thing, Marvel movies have taken over the world. Even our parents have seen most of these things. For whatever reason, maybe you missed it last summer and if you saw Avengers: Age of Ultron found yourself wondering […]
0 comments by Ian Casselberry on 5/18/2015
You could almost hear Twitter shout collectively as Don Draper closed his eyes, smiled and the famous “I’d like to buy the world a Coke” Coca-Cola ad played out the final episode of Mad Men. If you were on Twitter at the time, your timeline practically did shout with a flurry of updates. Especially after […]
0 comments by Ian Casselberry on 5/16/2015
I probably think about these sorts of things more than I should, but when Mad Max: Fury Road was announced, I wondered if it would be a potential disaster. There doesn’t seem to be a statute of limitations on the length of time for a sequel, but 30 years really appeared to be pushing it. […]
