0 comments by Ian Casselberry on 2/12/2015
NBC is surely hoping that people — especially those in the media — will forgive and forget Brian Williams over the next six months, while he serves his suspension from NBC Nightly News. But that long of a time period will also allow those who cover the media to do some reporting and uncover some […]
0 comments by Ian Casselberry on 2/11/2015
We’re probably guilty of paying too much attention to blockbusters (especially of the superhero variety) when it comes to big summer releases. But one upcoming movie worth getting excited about is Trainwreck, directed by Judd Apatow and starring Amy Schumer (who also wrote the script). Schumer is one of the rising — if not already […]
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It was an announcement that many sensed would be coming eventually, but was still nonetheless surprising when Jon Stewart made it official Tuesday night. After 17 years, Stewart will be leaving The Daily Show, breaking the news at the end of Tuesday’s broadcast. (However, word had begun circulating via social media from those who had […]
0 comments by Ian Casselberry on 2/10/2015
It’s the comic book movie fanboy dream that seemed almost impossible. Could Spider-Man someday team up on screen with Marvel superheroes like Captain America and Iron Man, just like he often does in Marvel Comics? Logistically and financially, that seemed unlikely to ever happen. Sony Pictures owns the movie rights to Spider-Man, while Marvel Studios […]
0 comments by Ian Casselberry on 2/9/2015
Monday night begins the self-imposed suspension — or taking himself off the broadcast for “the next several days” — of NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams. Weekend anchor Lester Holt will fill in on the daily newscast while NBC conducts an investigation, or until this whole thing blows over. In coming to this decision over the […]
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Whether intentional or not, the release of the red band trailer for Straight Outta Compton, the biopic about N.W.A. comes at a great time. One day after the Grammy Awards, this provides a reminder of what music is capable of (“non-violent protest,” as Ice Cube puts it in the trailer’s introduction) and can truly accomplish. […]
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Concert tour riders are one of the most intriguing, gossipy things we can discover about rock stars. The requests can often range from quirky to outlandish, such as Van Halen’s infamous request for all of the brown M&Ms to be removed from a bowl provided backstage. (As David Lee Roth explained, however, this wasn’t done […]
0 comments by Ian Casselberry on 2/5/2015
I have been both eagerly anticipating and dreading the debut of ABC’s new sitcom, Fresh Off the Boat. The Asian-American experience isn’t one that’s been depicted in many TV shows or movies, so the possibility of seeing a show based around an Asian family, largely from the viewpoint of an 11-year-old boy attempting to fit in […]
0 comments by Ian Casselberry on 2/4/2015
There’s a good movie somewhere within Black or White. Unfortunately, we don’t get that movie during its two-hour run time. Director Mike Binder (The Upside of Anger, Reign Over Me) seemingly has some important things to say about race and we currently get along in modern culture, but can’t really focus those thoughts into a […]
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Fanboys were left wanting when no Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice spot played during the Super Bowl. That allowed Marvel and Netflix to scoop up that geek love by debuting a teaser trailer for its upcoming Daredevil series Wednesday morning (Feb. 4). Was the timing intentional? Probably not, since these sorts of things have […]
0 comments by Ian Casselberry on 2/3/2015
Would you have guessed that the heating oil market in New York City was such a cutthroat business in 1981? J.C. Chandor is here to educate us on that with his latest film, A Most Violent Year. One of the reasons competition between heating oil companies in New York was so ruthless is that 1981 […]
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If you’ve been waiting more than 50 years for a new book from Harper Lee or a sequel to To Kill a Mockingbird, your patience is about to be rewarded. Lee’s publisher, Harper (which only makes this story slightly confusing), announced that the author’s second novel, titled Go Set a Watchman, will finally be published […]
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Chris Pratt and Chris Evans didn’t just make a fun Super Bowl bet with one another. As fans of the Seahawks and Patriots, respectively, both actors attended Super Bowl XLIX to cheer on their teams. But the on-screen superheroes didn’t just enjoy the festivities in seclusion with friends and fellow celebrities. With NBC broadcasting the […]
0 comments by Ian Casselberry on 2/2/2015
Some of you will surely disagree, but I think movie trailers have become the most interesting ads during the Super Bowl. They’re not trying too hard to be funny or memorable, and certainly aren’t trying to bum you out by thinking about absentee fatherhood or childhood endangerment. Movie spots are just trying to get you […]
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While most of the nation watched the Seahawks and Patriots battle it out in Super Bowl XLIX, a geek subset was also keeping a close eye on the outcome as Captain America and Star-Lord had a bet on The Big Game. Let’s go
