0 comments by Liam McGuire on 3/8/2016
The new Spider-Man reboot in partnership with Sony and Marvel Studios has added Zendaya to its cast. According to Deadline, actress-singer Zendaya has landed the role of Michelle in the new adaptation of the web-slinger. There are no details what her role entails – whether she’s playing a romantic lead, a villain or someone else altogether – but […]
0 comments by Ian Casselberry on 3/7/2016
Adding an Academy Award winner to a superhero film probably can’t hurt its chances of quality. Perhaps that applies even more when the actor in question is J.K. Simmons (who won the Best Supporting Actor Oscar in 2015 for his role in Whiplash). According to The Hollywood Reporter‘s Rebecca Ford, Simmons is joining the cast […]
0 comments by Ian Casselberry
Now that Peyton Manning has announced his retirement from the NFL, the quarterback is widely expected to go into broadcasting and become the next great studio or game analyst. But now that he’s no longer playing football, Manning has even more time to do what he arguably does even better than play quarterback: perform in […]
0 comments by Jeremy Klumpp
Jonah Hill has hosted Saturday Night Live four times now, establishing himself as a host who is comfortable performing on the show. Even though Hill in recent years has moved into slightly more dramatic fare in movies, he has never been one to shy away from being the butt of the joke. This serves him well at […]
0 comments by Kevin McGuire on 3/6/2016
If you loved seeing Michael B. Jordan portray the son of Apollo Creed, Adonis Creed, the first time, you may just get a chance to see him take the character one step further. Irwin Winkler, the producer of the highly successful Creed, says the first steps toward a sequel are imminent, according to The Hollywood […]
0 comments by Ian Casselberry on 3/4/2016
Through eight episodes of Serial’s second season, we’ve heard from Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl about the conditions of his imprisonment by the Taliban and his deterioration of his mental state during five years of captivity. Episode nine, titled “Trade Secrets,” begins with Bergdahl’s release back to the United States. What goes through one’s mind when seeing […]
0 comments by Alex Putterman on 3/3/2016
It used to be that you could make fun of Donald Trump willy-nilly without much fear. He was just a goofy-haired businessman with a reality TV show and a knack for self-aggrandizement. Now that Trump is one of two people with a substantial chance at becoming America’s next president, it’s much riskier to, say, make […]
0 comments by Ben Sieck
Much ado has been made about reviving the Ghostbusters franchise, and now fans finally have a glimpse at the finished product with some familiar theme music to boot. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_oo3eDgblX8 The trailer is the first opportunity for fans to see how the dynamic of four female leads will play out on the big screen — a […]
0 comments by Andrew Bucholtz on 2/29/2016
Star Trek has been referenced in plenty of music, from Weird Al’s “White and Nerdy” (“Only question I ever thought was hard/Was do I like Kirk or do I like Picard?”) to The Beastie Boys’ “Ch-Ch-Check It Out” (“All you Klingons in your Grandma’s house…”) and “Intergalactic” (“Like a pinch on the neck of Mr. […]
0 comments by Ian Casselberry
More anticipated at the 2016 Academy Awards than the Best Picture race between The Revenant, The Big Short and Spotlight was the opening monologue from host Chris Rock. One of our culture’s sharpest comedians (regardless of race) literally had the floor to himself to address the #OscarsSoWhite controversy surrounding this year’s ceremony and its troubling […]
0 comments by Ian Casselberry on 2/27/2016
Nearly two months into 2016, no movie has a finer cast than Triple 9. There might not be another movie all year that boasts such a collection of acting talent. Unfortunately, a stellar group of performers doesn’t always guarantee a great film. Without such an impressive cast, Triple 9 would probably be nothing more than a […]
0 comments by Yaron Weitzman on 2/26/2016
Will Alejandro G. Iñárritu become the first director to have a film win Best Picture in two consecutive years, or can a surging takedown of Wall Street by the goofball who created Anchorman pull off the upset? Or perhaps this is the year where the Academy elects to award simplicity and power and Spotlight walks […]
0 comments by Bart D
The Truth might still be out there, but are more X-Files episodes? Following a successful six-episode run (ratings-wise, at least), there could be more to come. With more loose ends hanging out there than at the end of the original series, continuing the revival would be a good thing and maybe that was the intention […]
0 comments by Ian Casselberry on 2/25/2016
The 2016 Academy Awards won’t have much suspense when it comes to the Best Actor and Best Actress categories. Most of the uncertainty and thrills will be saved for the Best Director and Best Picture races. However, both of the lead acting races appear to be locks. So this is a probably a terrible year to […]
0 comments by Bart D on 2/23/2016
This can’t be the end of The X-Files. It just can’t. “My Struggle II” culminated the 10th season revival, a six-episode blast to the past that at times felt clunky, comedic, rushed, smooth, and authentic. The finale provided an ending that was inconclusive and completely ridiculous. Maybe this is the ultimate X-File, a miniseries purported […]
