0 comments by Ian Casselberry on 3/5/2015
It’s really not fair for a writer, columnist or critic to form opinions about a TV show or movie before watching it. (This can obviously apply to sports, politics or any other subject covered.) Of course, we see it happen all the time. Writers have their stories planned out before they’re actually composed, often to […]
0 comments by Ian Casselberry on 3/4/2015
Marvel certainly knows how to appease its voracious fanbase, eager for anything and everything related to its latest films. The next trailer for Avengers: Age of Ultron was scheduled to premiere on ABC this Thursday (March 5) with the pilot episode of American Crime. (That presumably would have given the new series quite a boost.) […]
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Here’s something that probably should have been thought all the way through during the path from design to physical product. There are many poses of Spider-Man from the comic books that could be given embodiment in balloon form. But when you’re talking about a character that often has his legs spread out as he’s swinging […]
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As music fans, we all have bands we love with deep devotion. Some of them have been important to us throughout our lives. Maybe it was the first band that truly got through to us. Perhaps we discovered a particular song at a meaningful time while growing up, and went on to absorb everything from […]
0 comments by Ian Casselberry on 3/3/2015
Jon Stewart is certainly having some fun during his final months as host of The Daily Show. Not that we ever should have worried that he would take himself too seriously, but getting involved in a feud with WWE star Seth Rollins? That almost seems more like a Stephen Colbert move. But in Stewart’s defense, […]
0 comments by Ian Casselberry on 3/2/2015
As contemporary action movies have raised the level of skill and choreography performed on screen, the time seems right for a new biopic of Bruce Lee. With no disrespect intended to 1993’s Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story, which took sort of a metaphysical turn imagining a childhood fear that haunted the martial arts star as […]
0 comments by Ian Casselberry on 2/27/2015
Actor Leonard Nimoy, best known to the world for playing Mr. Spock in the Star Trek TV series and film franchise, passed away on Friday (Feb. 27) at the age of 83. He died at his home in Los Angeles. Nimoy had been hospitalized earlier in the week after experiencing chest pains, which prompted many […]
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We’re probably guilty of getting too geeky here at The AP Party. But movie studios continue to churn out superhero blockbusters and the trend has flowed over to TV as well. Arrow and The Flash have been huge successes for the CW, and while they don’t feature superheroes, per se, Fox’s Gotham and ABC’s Agents of […]
0 comments by Ian Casselberry on 2/26/2015
Like many Scarlett Johansson fans, we got excited over the actor’s latest venture into the music world with a “super-pop” single entitled “Candy.” Teaming up with four other musicians, the quintet called themselves The Singles. It’s a catchy name, right? Unfortunately, there’s another band which claimed the name first and has taken issue with Johansson […]
0 comments by Ian Casselberry on 2/25/2015
Legendary singer-songwriter Brian Wilson and The Beach Boys already got the biopic treatment once in the ABC miniseries The Beach Boys: An American Family (2000). But Wilson didn’t care for that film, and 15 years later, his story will be on the big screen. Love & Mercy follows Wilson’s career from his early success with […]
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Fresh off a tribute at the Academy Awards in which she impressed many by performing songs from The Sound of Music, Lady Gaga may now be getting ready to scare the crap out of us. Ms. Gaga announced on Twitter Wednesday that she will have a role on the fifth season of FX’s American Horror […]
0 comments by Ian Casselberry on 2/24/2015
During his 50-plus years as perhaps the world’s most popular superhero character, Spider-Man has been Peter Parker. And Peter Parker has been white. But could that change with the next Spider-Man movie? When Sony and Marvel announced they were sharing the property in upcoming Marvel projects (such as May 2016’s Captain America: Civil War) and […]
0 comments by Ian Casselberry on 2/23/2015
If you heard that an octopus attacked a crab and pulled it underwater, you might figure that tentacles popped out of the water, ensnared the crab and yanked it below the surface, right? Would you have ever guessed that the eight-tentacled beast would actually jump from the water, smother the crab and wrestle it into […]
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Judging from photos taken on the red carpet before the Oscars Sunday night, Scarlett Johansson would like us all to forget that John Travolta creeped her out (or pissed her off) by laying a smooch on her cheek. So let’s help her out with that and talk about her new “super-pop” band, The Singles. Johansson, […]
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Since I thought the 2015 Oscars were in danger of being predictable, it would probably be hypocritical of me to have issues with Birdman winning Best Picture and Eddie Redmayne getting Best Actor at the Academy Awards Sunday night. Don’t misunderstand me — I certainly have no problem with being wrong on those picks. I’m […]
