0 comments by Ian Casselberry on 12/16/2015
Oscar Isaac is already a highly regarded actor among many movie fans and critics. But with his role in Star Wars: The Force Awakens and next year’s X-Men: Apocalypse, he might break into the cultural mainstream into outright celebrity very soon. Being featured on the cover of GQ could certainly be an indication of the […]
0 comments by Ian Casselberry
The selling point for Heat was simple, yet significant. Al Pacino and Robert De Niro were in the same movie. Two iconic actors considered among the very best in the profession dating back to the 1970s, yet had never been in a film together. Nowadays, casting Pacino and De Niro would be notable, but more […]
0 comments by Jeremy Klumpp
I was about halfway through Adam Sandler’s new Netflix movie, The Ridiculous 6, when I realized that I hadn’t laughed. I had sighed, grunted, and said, “What?” out loud, but I wasn’t laughing. This lasted for another hour until The Ridiculous 6, an utterly terrible attempt to parody the western, was over. That’s right, this […]
0 comments by Ian Casselberry
Just when you thought there probably wasn’t anything more to say or do with Star Wars: The Force Awakens besides seeing the movie (did you watch the SportsCenter special on lightsaber duels?), Jimmy Fallon and The Roots come up with something creative, fun and delightful. Tuesday’s The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon featured a video […]
0 comments by Ian Casselberry on 12/15/2015
Back in September, the New York Times announced that best-selling author and National Book Award winner Ta-Nehisi Coates would be writing a Black Panther series for Marvel Comics. At the time, the series was slated for next spring, but now we have a bit more specific release date. Marvel’s Black Panther No. 1, written by […]
0 comments by Liam McGuire
Star Wars: The Force Awakens opens this week and with its release, Star Wars mania is in full effect. People are dusting off their lightsabers and Stormtrooper outfits, and will head to the theater in droves. The film has already broken presale records and many expect it to be the highest grossing film of all time. […]
0 comments by Ian Casselberry on 12/14/2015
Trekkers who hoped that the third of the rebooted Star Trek films might harken back to the original series’ tenets of exploration, diplomacy and science are probably going to hate the trailer for Star Trek Beyond. One of the criticisms from longtime fans regarding J.J. Abrams’ updated movies is that they were more Star Wars than Star […]
0 comments by Jeremy Klumpp
In the early days of Saturday Night Live, it wasn’t surprising for a host to return within the same season or calendar year. Candice Bergen, Buck Henry, and Elliott Gould all hosted twice during the first season with Henry hosting 10 times total during the show’s first five seasons. But as SNL grew in popularity […]
0 comments by Ian Casselberry on 12/12/2015
One year ago at this time, the podcast Serial was a cultural phenomenon. People downloaded the show (a spinoff of This American Life) every week, eager to listen to and then discuss the story host Sarah Koenig and her staff told over 12 episodes. That story was the 1999 murder of Hae Min Lee and […]
0 comments by Matt Zemek on 12/10/2015
It’s easy to pass judgment on other people instead of remaining focused on the power of ideas. Keep that thought in mind — we’ll revisit it later in this piece. For now, though, remember this: Dalton Trumbo followed the road less traveled, sticking to the substance of his cause and not taking resistance personally. That central […]
0 comments by Jeremy Klumpp
One of the unofficial traditions at Saturday Night Live is breaking, which is unintentionally breaking character, usually by cracking a smile or laughing in the middle of a sketch. It has been a part of SNL from the very beginning. Adam Sandler and Andy Samberg even used it as the basis for the digital short, “That’s […]
0 comments by Ian Casselberry on 12/8/2015
With Netflix’s release of Jessica Jones, the second of its five planned Marvel series, development is now throttling up on another of its superhero shows. On Monday, Heroic Hollywood’s Umberto Gonzalez reported that a showrunner is now in place for Iron Fist, featuring the company’s famed martial artist with the mystical power to channel his energy into […]
0 comments by Ian Casselberry
The cast of The Hateful Eight and director Quentin Tarantino appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live! Monday night to promote the film, which will open in limited release on Christmas Day. Missing from the guest list was Channing Tatum. who does have a role in the film but hasn’t been seen in any of the trailers. To […]
0 comments by Ian Casselberry
There’s probably no point in asking “Was anyone asking for… ?” questions when it comes to sequels anymore. Studios love to utilize popular brands and acclaimed films with name recognition. And with streaming providers like Netflix and Amazon getting into the film production game, the need for more content is pronounced. So while a sequel […]
0 comments by Tyler Lyon
Warning: The following contains spoilers for the entire Hunger Games film series. It ended without much noise. Despite being a financial success, the final film in The Hunger Games franchise, Mockingjay – Part 2, was a disappointment for Lionsgate with the lowest opening weekend ($101 million at the box office) for the series. It might […]
