0 comments by Ian Casselberry on 6/19/2014
According to the Hollywood Reporter, Quentin Tarantino will co-write a comic book teaming up his hero from 2012’s Django Unchained with legendary swashbuckler Zorro. Dynamite Entertainment expects to release the publication later this year.
0 comments by Ian Casselberry on 6/18/2014
Aquaman has always been a pop culture punching bag. But those days could soon be over. That’s what happens when you cast the guy who played Khal Drogo on Game of Thrones, pouring molten gold on Visnerys Targaryen’s head (then watching him die face-to-face) and pulling a guy’s tongue out through the gash he cut […]
0 comments by Ian Casselberry on 6/13/2014
This is it. 22 Jump Street is the summer comedy we’ve been waiting for. This is the one that doesn’t just make you chuckle, but compels you to slap the armrest, to lurch and bounce forward in your seat because it’s the only way to get the laughs out. I realize that the calendar says […]
0 comments by Ian Casselberry on 6/10/2014
Washington state may have already been viewed as a popular future destination by some because it’s one of two states that has legalized the commercial sale and recreational use of marijuana. (Pot isn’t yet legally available for sale, but is expected to be this year.) But Washington state could be a much more fun place […]
0 comments by Ian Casselberry on 6/6/2014
Perhaps I should start this by saying I’m a Tom Cruise fan. It’s kind of popular to dismiss him these days, to roll the eyes at his latest action movie. Maybe it’s our culture’s tendency to knock a big star down a peg, to declare a guy past his prime or a relic of a […]
0 comments by Ian Casselberry on 5/30/2014
Let’s just get right to it. A Million Ways to Die in the West is the most disappointing movie of the summer thus far. Maybe I expected too much from Seth MacFarlane and his new movie. At the very least, I expected to laugh. Especially a couple of those deep, “it’s so wrong, but so […]
0 comments by Ian Casselberry on 5/27/2014
FX’s Fargo began the second half of its 10-episode season last Tuesday (May 20). Four more episodes remain with the May 27 broadcast. My friend Edwin Arnaudin and I thought the series’ halfway point to look at what the show has done so far and where it might go for the remainder of this season. […]
0 comments by Ian Casselberry on 5/23/2014
Man, was I wrong about X-Men: Days of Future Past. I generally feel like we shouldn’t go into a movie with preconceived ideas as to whether or not it’ll be any good. (Of course, we all carry some general first impressions before watching a film. Doesn’t that influence our viewing choices in the first place?) […]
0 comments by Ian Casselberry on 5/17/2014
Godzilla is not the movie that trailers and commercials lead you to think it is. Sometimes, that sort of deception can be a bad thing. Studio marketing departments and distributors try to cover up a stinker or attempt to pull in a wider audience. But in this case, such trickery is a good thing. Director […]
0 comments by Ian Casselberry on 5/14/2014
Considering the uproar that consumed the internet and pop culture when Ben Affleck was announced as the next Batman, I was a bit surprised that our daily lives didn’t come to an immediate stop when a photo of Affleck in his new Batsuit had hit the internet. I was in my car at the time […]
0 comments by Ian Casselberry on 5/9/2014
One of my all-time favorite movies is Animal House, and in that 1978 movie, the fraternity brothers were the heroes. (Interestingly, I never had any interest in joining one during college.) We’re not that far removed from Old School, in which the anti-establishment, hard partying and brotherhood of the frat allowed for an escape from […]
0 comments by Ian Casselberry on 5/5/2014
“Oh, do you raise animals?” asked the bookseller when I brought a copy of Modern Farmer with a pig on its cover to the register for purchase a couple of months ago. “No,” I said. “This is just a really interesting magazine.” First, I should say that I love magazines. Don’t tell me print is dying. […]
0 comments by Ian Casselberry on 5/2/2014
I wasn’t a big fan of Marc Webb’s new take on our friendly neighborhood Spider-Man, The Amazing Spider-Man, when it came out in 2012. The web-slinging hero looked great, thanks to updated special effects and costume design. The cast, led by Andrew Garfield and Emma Stone, were compelling and believable. That made it easier to […]
0 comments by Ian Casselberry on 4/29/2014
John Oliver began his new HBO show, Last Week Tonight, by saying what many of us were thinking. “Welcome to whatever this is.” What was Oliver’s new show going to be? Would it be something different from The Daily Show? Should it have been different, considering the spectacular job Oliver did subbing in for Jon […]
0 comments by Ian Casselberry on 4/22/2014
When I learned that FX was creating a series based on the movie Fargo, my reaction wasn’t enthusiastic. The Coen brothers’ 1996 film is a classic, nominated for a Best Picture Academy Award and resulting in Oscar wins for Frances McDormand (Best Actress) and Joel and Ethan Coen (Best Original Screenplay). Most importantly, the story — […]
