0 comments by Ian Casselberry on 8/29/2016
After last week’s episode seven, I wrote that it would be unforgivable for HBO’s The Night Of to end without the audience knowing who killed Andrea Cornish. Even if the police, the prosecution or defense, or Nasir Khan didn’t know who really committed the murder, the audience deserved to know after following this story along […]
0 comments by Ian Casselberry on 8/28/2016
How much appeal will a movie about the first date between Barack Obama and Michelle Robinson have for audiences? Those who are fascinated by the Obamas and their story, who even love them, will surely be intrigued by such a film. Naturally, there will also be plenty who won’t care at all, whether because of political beliefs […]
0 comments by Ian Casselberry on 8/25/2016
Depending on your view, building a superhero blockbuster around B-list characters didn’t work so well for Warner Brothers and DC Films this year. Yet the studio has plans to develop another project around even lesser known characters whose popularity among comic book fans might even be arguable. On Wednesday, Variety‘s Justin Kroll reported that Doug […]
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An episode of Mr. Robot without Elliot? Considering that the show is built around him and his other personality, which is also the title character, the idea was almost unimaginable. Except for showrunner Sam Esmail, apparently. After last week’s big reveal (which many had already predicted) that Elliot has been in prison during the first […]
0 comments by Ian Casselberry on 8/24/2016
At the end of a summer movie season filled with disappointing blockbusters, a smaller film about a pair of brothers who become bank robbers might be the best of the crop. Hell or High Water is certainly one of the best movies of the year thus far. Sometimes, it’s a person approaching a situation from the […]
0 comments by Ian Casselberry on 8/22/2016
This past weekend (beginning Aug. 19) is considered the last of the summer movie season. If that’s the case, Focus Features and Laika Studios saved one of the best for last with Kubo and the Two Strings. One of the reasons that this past summer seemed so disappointing — which also generally applies to blockbusters […]
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With one episode remaining in HBO’s The Night Of, are you beginning to feel fear? Are you beginning to wonder if this limited series can possibly come up with a satisfying ending for the finale? HitFix’s Alan Sepinwall reported that next week’s eighth episode will be 95 minutes long, so the creative team of Richard […]
0 comments by Ian Casselberry on 8/20/2016
Jonah Hill and Miles Teller as penny-stock arms dealers selling to the U.S. military in Iraq? Directed by the guy who did the Hangover movies? The concept almost sells itself. War Dogs is mostly able to coast on that. Basically, this is The Wolf of Wall Street or Pain and Gain, but with guns. Fast-talking salesmen […]
0 comments by Ian Casselberry on 8/18/2016
Season two of Mr. Robot has been one long mind trip, which has turned off some viewers who liked the snappier pace and bigger stakes of the first season. The mind games continued in episode seven, “h4ndshake.sme,” as showrunner Sam Esmail finally pulled back the curtain and revealed the season’s big twist. The fan theories […]
0 comments by Ian Casselberry on 8/17/2016
Anything related to the next Spider-Man movie, Spider-Man: Homecoming, is bound to draw some interest. That’s especially true with Marvel taking the wheel on the friendly neighborhood wall-crawler’s adventures this time around. Most of the news concerning Spider-Man: Homecoming has involved casting. Michael Keaton will play the main villain, The Vulture. Marisa Tomei and Robert […]
0 comments by Ian Casselberry on 8/15/2016
It would be no big surprise — and really, no surprise at all — to see Henry Cavill return as Superman in Justice League. For those of you who still haven’t seen Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, this is venturing into spoiler territory, but we’re going on five months since the film was in […]
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Could an extremely disappointing summer movie season end up being rescued by an animated film featuring a hot dog (voiced by Seth Rogen) that very much wants to get inside a bun (voiced by Kristen Wiig)? With two weekends remaining in August, maybe there’s still time for that. At the very least, Sausage Party brings […]
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With a presidential election three months away, Comedy Central would presumably want one of its late-night political commentary shows on the air. Yet the network announced on Monday that it is canceling The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore approximately 18 months after its debut. The Nightly Show‘s last show will be this coming Thursday, Aug. 18. Wilmore […]
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Finally, with three episodes remaining, The Night Of provides a suspect with motive to murder Andrea Cornish, one that could possibly create reasonable doubt for a jury regarding Nasir Khan’s guilt. At the end of episode six, “Samson and Delilah,” John Stone finds out some background information on Andrea’s mysterious stepfather — Don Taylor, whom […]
0 comments by Ian Casselberry on 8/12/2016
A historical spy thriller about the covert mission to assassinate high-ranking Nazi officer Reinhard Heydrich in Czechoslovakia isn’t what most typically think of as summer movie fare. Anthropoid is most certainly not a summer blockbuster film, but it’s a refreshing palate cleanser for those who have become tired of empty-calorie franchise tentpoles during what’s been an […]
