0 comments by Joe Mags on 6/24/2015
Last Friday, President Barack Obama came to Marc Maron’s garage for an interview on the WTF podcast (the show ran Monday), days after the unspeakable tragedies in Charleston, S.C., and days before the Supreme Court determines the future of the Affordable Care Act — and, by extension, determines a large chunk of Obama’s legacy. Maron was unusually nervous […]
0 comments by Tyler Lyon
Batman is one of my favorite protagonists, period. Since I was five and and stumbled onto my parents watching a rented copy of Tim Burton’s Batman, I have been fascinated by the character and his world. My parents soon introduced me to the Adam West movie and TV series, the former of which I assumed was canon to […]
0 comments by Ian Casselberry on 6/23/2015
One of the unfortunate things about the summer especially from a comedy standpoint is that when a strange or funny story breaks in the news, Saturday Night Live isn’t around to make fun of it. Something even more unfortunate is that Maya Rudolph is no longer a cast member on SNL. Fortunately, we have Seth […]
0 comments by Ian Casselberry
Sony Pictures and Marvel Studios have finally settled on their new cinematic Spider-Man. According to The Hollywood Reporter (and soon directly confirmed by Marvel), British actor Tom Holland will play the latest incarnation of the web-slinger in a reboot of the franchise. Holland, 19, has starred in 2012’s The Impossible, BBC miniseries Wolf Hall (seen in […]
0 comments by Ian Casselberry
NBC has finally done what federal agents Will Graham, Jack Crawford and Clarice Starling never could. The network stopped Hannibal Lecter. Hannibal had always lived on the edge of cancellation, but the series starring our favorite cannibalistic serial killer has finally slipped off the edge. NBC announced on Monday that the third season of the […]
0 comments by Joe Mags on 6/22/2015
By refusing to emulate last year’s dorm room philosophy seminar of the same name, the opening installment of season two of HBO’s True Detective cemented just how removed the summer’s most anticipated drama is from its counterpart. The first go-around with True Detective was about creating binaries: Rust Cohle against Martin Hart. Man against woman. Good […]
0 comments by Ian Casselberry
The trailers for Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation are really milking that scene where Tom Cruise is hanging off the side of a military cargo plane as it takes off, aren’t they? Not that there’s anything wrong with that. It’s a memorably impressive shot and might end up being even better within the context of […]
0 comments by Jeremy Klumpp
Before Saturday night, the only original Lifetime movie I had ever watched was Untouchable: The Drew Peterson Story. It was awful, but kind of amazing, and featured an unforgettable performance by Rob Lowe as Peterson. I thought my Lifetime movie viewing days were over until I read about A Deadly Adoption starring Will Ferrell and Kristen Wiig. […]
0 comments by Ian Casselberry on 6/19/2015
Forgive the obvious statement, but divorce can be an ugly circumstance between former husband and wife, leading each side to do or say some things they might not otherwise. Among the painful aspects of the fallout from a broken marriage is for the couple to split its belongings. This is open to interpretation, but one […]
0 comments by Alex Kaufman on 6/18/2015
When I pressed play on this week’s episode of Comedian in Cars Getting Coffee, I really wasn’t sure what I would get. Jim Carrey is a true wild card, both as a person and as a comedian, but he is very funny nonetheless. The pacing of the episode was stronger than last week, though some […]
0 comments by Ian Casselberry
Now this should be interesting. WTF with Marc Maron is one of the most popular podcasts on the internet (including 100 million downloads on iTunes), featuring interviews with fellow comedians in addition to musicians, actors, filmmakers and writers. (The chats are often recorded in Maron’s garage, which he converted into a podcast recording studio.) In the […]
0 comments by Liam McGuire
According to bookmaker William Hill PLC, it seems another big name has entered the ring to replace Daniel Craig as the next James Bond: Homeland‘s Damian Lewis. From Matt Patches in Esquire: “William Hill PLC, one of the largest bookmakers in the United Kingdom, hosts betting rings for major league sports, boxing matches, and horse races. They […]
0 comments by Ian Casselberry on 6/17/2015
A couple of weekends ago, when Spy and Entourage were the big releases at the movies, another gem was released somewhat under the radar at your local theater. If you’re a movie buff, you’re probably already aware of Love & Mercy, a clever, compelling biopic about musician Brian Wilson. (The pitcher Brian Wilson can only […]
0 comments by Ian Casselberry
This past weekend, Jurassic World surpassed the domestic box office record set by The Avengers in 2012, earning $204.8 million in U.S. theaters (topping the $207.4 million Marvel earned with its superhero blockbuster). If there were any questions as to whether or not Marvel might be upset or disappointed about that, studio president Kevin Feige […]
0 comments by Liam McGuire
A college student in California is protesting the inclusion of four graphic novels in one of her college’s English classes. Tara Shultz and her parents refers to Persepolis, Fun Home, Y: The Last Man Vol. 1, and The Sandman Vol. 2: The Doll’s House — all selections in a class she already completed — as “garbage” and “pornography.” Schultz staged […]
