0 comments by Ian Casselberry on 7/3/2015
Earlier this year, we got a glimpse of what Michael Fassbender might look like as Steve Jobs in the upcoming biopic written by Aaron Sorkin and directed by Danny Boyle. Fassbender looked like… well, he looked like Fassbender. Of course, how an actor physically embodies a real-life figure and how the character is written is […]
0 comments by Ian Casselberry
The San Diego Comic-Con begins next week on July 9 and Entertainment Weekly usually commemorates the occasion with a special issue devoted to the geek gathering. With Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice set to hit theaters next March, the blockbuster is poised to make the splashiest showing among fans and bloggers with a dynamic Hall H […]
0 comments by Ian Casselberry
Those who know me consider me Mr. Entertainment, so I get asked about movies I’ve seen that often go unheralded. I used to see about 70 movies in the theater each year, and often most of those were, sadly, something you would wish upon your worst enemy. Or your grandmother. Or your maternal grandmother. Not saying I have […]
0 comments by Ian Casselberry on 7/2/2015
The only thing more predictable than the plot in another Terminator movie is a negative review for the film. Terminator: Genisys is awful, and its legacy might be killing this franchise off for good. Like the killer robot that just can’t be vanquished, that keeps coming back when you think it’s finally dead, we’ve kept […]
0 comments by Alex Kaufman
Seinfeld has begun streaming on Hulu, but that cash windfall has not stopped Jerry Seinfeld from working on his current show, Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee. This week’s guest was Trevor Noah, the South African-born comedian who is becoming known as “the guy who is replacing Jon Stewart.” This is a chance to get acquainted […]
0 comments by Ian Casselberry on 7/1/2015
Stephen Colbert doesn’t begin his stint as new host of The Late Show until Sept. 8, and the poor guy might just be climbing the walls waiting for the next chapter of his career to begin. I mean, he’s so eager to host some TV show that he took a substitute gig for a cable […]
0 comments by Ian Casselberry
It’s difficult to be surprised by a movie trailer anymore. Certainly, you have an idea of what’s coming when previews circulate quickly online or are readily available to be watched. The days of seeing a trailer for the first time in the theater is increasingly rare. But trailers that try to hold something back until […]
0 comments by Ian Casselberry on 6/30/2015
As The AP Party’s Jeremy Klumpp noted in his Saturday Night Live recaps during this past season, the show posted several “Cut For Time” sketches online that weren’t part of the live broadcast. Yet some of these skits turned out to be funnier than what made it to air, making their omission curious. What SNL […]
0 comments by Joe Webb
Steve Martin and the North Carolina bluegrass band Steep Canyon Rangers will merge together with comedy legend Martin Short in, “A Very Stupid Conversation” on July 11 at WinStar World Casino in Thackerville, OK. The show will include musical performances (including Martin on the banjo), witty banter, and storytelling. An actor, comedian, and author, Martin […]
0 comments by Ian Casselberry
We can presumably all agree that 33 years old is far too young an age to die. That it happened to comedian Chris Farley due to a drug overdose adds to the tragedy, if that’s even possible. Dying that young also adds some mystique to a performer’s career, however. We wonder what could have been, had […]
0 comments by Joe Mags
(This post contains spoilers. I’d highly recommend watching episode two BEFORE reading. You can read my thoughts on the first episode of True Detective, season two here.) At the spectacular Landmark Theatre in Syracuse, N.Y., on Sunday afternoon, my family and I went to see Rebel Without a Cause for $5. Spearheaded by the immortal James Dean, […]
0 comments by Ian Casselberry on 6/29/2015
Giving Ted 2 a bad review seems like the easy move, the critical equivalent of shooting at a stationary target from point blank rage. But before you write this off as some sort of snobbery, I ask that you consider that I try to appreciate certain movies for what they try to do. Not every movie is […]
0 comments by Ian Casselberry
If you were a fan of the X-Men comic books in the 1990s, chances are you were a fan of — or very familiar with — Psylocke, whether because you thought she was a cool, kick-ass character or, well, do a Google search and see how that era might have set comics back a bit […]
0 comments by Alex Kaufman on 6/25/2015
When Jerry Seinfeld is really comfortable with a guest, Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee can really shine. This week’s episode saw Seinfeld’s longtime friend Bill Maher as his guest. The episode was both engaging and informative, but a reused topic and some awkward editing brought it down slightly. WARNING: If you haven’t seen the episode […]
0 comments by Ian Casselberry
Oh, how cool would this be if it was real? A children’s book version of Fight Club? The concept is delightfully absurd, which is surely why author Chuck Palahniuk thought it would be fun to read from his new venture — which doesn’t really exist, in case you were about to click over to Amazon […]
