0 comments by Tyler Lyon on 1/7/2016
During an interview with Charlie Rose which aired over the Christmas holiday, George Lucas likened the sale of Lucasfilm and the Star Wars franchise to Disney to selling his property to “white slavers.” You probably heard or read about that. But while everyone seems to be focusing on what Lucas has since called an “inappropriate analogy,” the more interesting […]
0 comments by Alex Kaufman
After President Obama’s stellar performance in the season seven debut of Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee last week, Steve Martin had a lot to live up to. Martin may have elicited the fewest laughs of any episode in a while, but that doesn’t mean the episode was bad. It was more of a discussion of the […]
0 comments by Ian Casselberry on 1/6/2016
Given its critical and box office success, a sequel to Creed was likely to happen. The story of Apollo Creed’s son chasing his father’s boxing legacy and training with Rocky Balboa ended with the promise of future visits with those characters. But after earning more than $100 million at the box office since its Nov. 25 release […]
:TORONTO, ON – NOVEMBER 08: Director Ryan Coogler surprises Canadian fans at a special advanced screening of ‘Creed’ at TIFF Bell Lightbox on November 8, 2015 in Toronto, Canada. (Photo by George Pimentel/WireImage)
0 comments by Ian Casselberry on 1/5/2016
During the New Year’s holiday weekend, Creed passed $100 million at the box office. That presumably gives director Ryan Coogler some strong bargaining leverage with a studio for his next gig. Not only has Creed‘s success been enormously profitable for MGM (considering the movie’s budget was $35 million), but it solidly establishes Coogler as a filmmaker […]
0 comments by Jeremy Klumpp on 1/4/2016
When we look back on music in 2015, the conversation will be dominated by Adele who has sold almost seven million copies of her latest album, 25, in a little over a month. The second-best selling album of 2015? Taylor Swift’s 1989, which was released in 2014, and sold almost two million copies last year. […]
0 comments by Sean Keeley on 12/31/2015
[WARNING: If you haven’t seen The Force Awakens, but intend to, don’t read this. #spoilers] Star Wars is the kind of pop culture item that is tailor-made for theories and you need no further proof than to look around the light and dark corners of the Internet to find theories on the inane and the […]
0 comments by Alex Kaufman
Is it possible to be the leader of the free world and still have a sense of humor? For President Barack Obama, the answer to that question is a definite yes. The Commander in Chief opened up the new season of Jerry Seinfeld’s Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee with one of the best episodes in […]
0 comments by Ian Casselberry on 12/30/2015
“The world is what you make of it, my friend. If it doesn’t fit, make alterations.” — Stella (Linda Hunt) This summer, while most people paid attention to the 30th anniversaries of Back to the Future and The Breakfast Club, the pearl milestone for Lawrence Kasdan’s postmodern Western, Silverado, was passed over. The second collaboration of […]
0 comments by Ian Casselberry on 12/29/2015
Annual lists of “Best Albums” are a late-night toast to a long-lost art. The music industry is in constant flux, and the cohesive work known as “the album” has long been considered a casualty even as albums have limped their way from vinyl to cassette to CD to digital MP3, and back to vinyl again. […]
0 comments by Andrew Bucholtz on 12/28/2015
The world of rock has lost one of its biggest names. VH1/Sirius XM host Eddie Trunk
0 comments by Ian Casselberry
I’m not sure Youth is a great movie. But I’m certainly glad it exists and that we have an opportunity to watch it. What I don’t think can be argued is that director Paolo Sorrentino, along with cinematographer Luca Bigazzi made a film with beautiful and curious visuals. And I’m not just referring to the scene […]
0 comments by Ian Casselberry
Marvel and Entertainment Weekly didn’t waste any time shaking off a Christmas hangover, providing geeks with a nice gift to begin the final week of 2015. The latest issue of the magazine features a first look at Benedict Cumberbatch as Marvel’s Doctor Strange on its cover. Filming on Doctor Strange just began in November and […]
0 comments by Ian Casselberry
You surely saw the new trailer for Deadpool released on Christmas Day. But maybe you weren’t checking your phone or tablet while spending time with family. Or you weren’t watching any of the NBA games on television, where the trailer made its broadcast debut. Or maybe it’s the Monday after Christmas, you’re back at work, […]
0 comments by Ian Casselberry on 12/26/2015
Three episodes into season two of Serial, I wonder if we’ve been thinking about this show all wrong. Or maybe I’ve been looking at it the wrong way. Season one was an investigation, essentially re-opening a 16-year-old murder case. Sarah Koenig and her staff were trying to determine if Adnan Syed was wrong convicted for […]
0 comments by Tyler Lyon on 12/24/2015
We made it! We are now living in a post-Force Awakens world. Star Wars: The Force Awakens has been in theaters for a week, completely taking over the culture and making millions upon millions at the box office. By the end of 2015, the movie may have earned $1 billion globally. Here at The AP Party […]
