0 comments by Ian Casselberry on 1/6/2015
Channing Tatum has become one of the biggest stars in Hollywood. So if he says he wants to play a superhero, a movie studio would be very smart to set him up with the project he wants. For the past year, Tatum has been rather vocal about wanting to play Gambit, an extremely popular X-Men […]
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I wasn’t in the KISS Army as a child, but if you had told my young, pre-adolescent self that Paul Stanley would one day be featured in an ad for Folgers coffee, I probably would have thought it was the greatest Folger’s ad ever made. (Years later, I would have assumed Stanley was a total […]
0 comments by Ian Casselberry on 1/5/2015
Sunday’s tragic news of Stuart Scott passing away at the age of 49 led to a variety of touching, heartfelt tributes to the sportscaster from former colleagues on ESPN and NFL Network, as well as peers and fans on social media. While watching ESPN’s 15-minute tribute to its fallen comrade, I wondered if there might […]
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If there was any doubt that Scarlett Johansson was a viable female action star, Lucy silenced such questions by making $394 million worldwide in theaters last year. Prior to headlining her own film, Johansson showed she could play an action hero with her performances as Marvel’s Black Widow in Iron Man 2, The Avengers and Captain America: […]
0 comments by Ian Casselberry on 12/31/2014
I have a love-hate relationship with year-end top 10 movie lists. I love the culmination of the year in moviegoing and thinking about which films stood apart among everything I’ve seen. As New York Times film critic Manohla Dargis once wrote, top 10 lists also serve as a public ritual, allowing one to lay his […]
0 comments by Ian Casselberry on 12/30/2014
As The Interview developed into a center of national controversy, the question of whether or not the movie was actually any good almost became incidental. First, the comedy about a plot to assassinate North Korean leader Kim Jong-un was the supposed reason for hackers attacking Sony Pictures. When national theater chains pulled the movie from their screens […]
0 comments by Ian Casselberry on 12/29/2014
John Oliver and Last Week Tonight are still on hiatus from HBO for another six weeks, but our favorite British media critic, social commentator, TV educator and fake newscaster put out a plate of cookies for us to nibble on with a short video on the show’s YouTube channel. (By the way, what kind of […]
0 comments by Ian Casselberry on 12/23/2014
A week after several national cinema chains decided to pull The Interview from their schedules, thus prompting Sony Pictures to cancel the movie’s theatrical release, it appears some people will get to see the Seth Rogen-James Franco comedy on its scheduled Christmas Day release after all. Independent movie theaters and chains had requested to show The […]
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Has it really been just over three years since Entourage ended its run on HBO? After an eight-season run, there wouldn’t seem to be many more stories to tell about Vincent Chase and his band of brothers. But apparently, that was wrong. The guys are back with a movie. (Eight seasons and a movie? Community‘s […]
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Is it too easy to say that the Star Trek franchise is looking to get more fast and furious with the third movie of its franchise reboot? (It is, and I apologize.) The new version of the Star Trek films suffered a setback when the director of the first two installments, J.J. Abrams, left to […]
0 comments by Ian Casselberry on 12/22/2014
Marvel recently cast Krysten Ritter as the lead in its upcoming Netflix series, A.K.A. Jessica Jones, the second of five shows the studio is developing with the network. One of the reasons Ritter reportedly won the role is the chemistry she had with Mike Colter (The Good Wife, The Following), who auditioned in several scenes […]
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The music world lost one of the greats on Monday, as singer Joe Cocker passed away at the age of 70. According to BBC News, the legendary rock and soul voice had been battling lung cancer. Is it possible to distill a career as full and accomplished as Cocker’s down to one or two songs? […]
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Season two of NBC’s Hannibal was something of a dreary slog at times, depicting the psychological battle between Will Graham and Hannibal Lecter. But a creative boost of energy and character delight came from the introduction of Mason Verger, the meat-packing heir with a predilection for abusing his younger sister and feeding his enemies to a […]
0 comments by Ian Casselberry on 12/17/2014
[UPDATE @ 10 p.m. ET: According to Variety, Sony Pictures has decided to cancel the theatrical release of The Interview entirely. Distributing the film on demand or DVD isn’t currently being considered.] Suddenly, things have gotten very serious with The Interview. Isn’t this movie supposed to be a comedy? The latest Seth Rogen-James Franco collaboration has been the focus […]
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Everyone has one: A widely popular movie he or she hasn’t seen. Admitting it typically brings on the “WHAT? ARE YOU SERIOUS? YOU HAVEN’T SEEN THAT?” response. It’s annoying. And I say that as someone who’s blurted that out myself. However, I’ve reformed and no longer do that. That’s probably because I have my own […]
