0 comments by Jeremy Klumpp on 1/15/2017
With host Felicity Jones, Saturday Night Live does not begin 2017 with a bang. After a few seasons of trying to find its footing after the loss of key cast members, the first half of season 42 has been a rousing success for Saturday Night Live. Buoyed by possibly the most absurd presidential election in […]
0 comments by Alex Kaufman on 1/13/2017
Could an episode of Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee with Norm Macdonald be anything but just a little weird and morose? Norm Macdonald, comedy’s biggest cynic, took a ride with Jerry Seinfeld this week and it is only fitting the trip came on a rainy day. While the poor weather and uncomfortable car (at least […]
0 comments by David Lauterbach on 1/12/2017
Homeland has undergone much change during its first five seasons. Season six could be the best yet. Since it first premiered in October 2011, Showtime’s Homeland has had its fair share of ups and downs. However, in recent seasons, there have been a lot more “ups.” With the sixth season set to debut this Sunday, Jan. 15, […]
0 comments by Ian Casselberry
CHiPs tries to appeal to nostalgia, but based on its trailer, the movie just looks like a bad comedy exploiting a familiar brand name. Cashing in on nostalgia is a cottage industry for Hollywood, with movie studios always trying to capitalize on a brand or familiar name — ideally with a modernized or satiric take. […]
0 comments by Ian Casselberry on 1/11/2017
Stories and art are powerful ways of coping with pain, as A Monster Calls portrays in heartbreaking detail. [link_box id=”36688″ site_id=”1″ layout=”link-box-third” alignment=”alignright”]Denial can be a powerful, sometimes necessary way to get through a life that either isn’t going as planned or seems outright unbearable. To some extent, La La Land deals with this theme, with […]
BERLIN, GERMANY – FEBRUARY 11: Ethan and Joel Cohen attend the ‘Hail, Caesar!’ photo call during the 66th Berlinale International Film Festival Berlin at Grand Hyatt Hotel on February 11, 2016 in Berlin, Germany. (Photo by Matthias Nareyek/WireImage)
0 comments by Ian Casselberry
After a series adaptation of their movie Fargo became a success, the Coen Brothers are ready to create their own project for television. Some might think that the Coen Brothers have already ventured from feature films into television with their 1996 film Fargo being adapted into two successful and critically acclaimed seasons on FX. But […]
0 comments by Ian Casselberry on 1/10/2017
A true-life story that should have been told long ago finally receives its deserved attention on the big screen. [link_box id=”36688″ site_id=”1″ layout=”link-box-third” alignment=”alignright”]The most amazing thing about Hidden Figures is that its story has somehow remained untold at least to a wide mainstream audience until now. How did we get through school, especially during […]
0 comments by Jay Rigdon on 1/9/2017
Another week of Sherlock, another heart-in-your-throat ending. This time a cliffhanger, even. We’ll get to that below, in the spoiler section, but you should probably go ahead and watch this episode. (You can do it right now at pbs.org, even. Go ahead, tell your boss I said it was fine.) Sunday night’s episode, “The Lying Detective,” picked […]
0 comments by Liam McGuire on 1/8/2017
Unlike the Golden Globe Awards, I’m not going to overstuff this lede. Let’s just get into it. Here’s what stood out during Sunday night’s always entertaining Hollywood award show. Opening monologue Host Jimmy Fallon started off the evening with a taped musical number about being stuck in traffic featuring cameos from Nicole Kidman, Kit Harrington, […]
0 comments by Ian Casselberry on 1/7/2017
I spent most of 2016 lamenting what a terrible year for movies it was. The summer, especially, was one of the worst in recent memory, with many disappointing blockbusters that relied more on brand names and spectacle, rather than story and characters. But as typically happens, the late summer and fall provided much more substance. […]
0 comments by Alex Kaufman on 1/6/2017
A new year means a new season of Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee. Now in its ninth season, host Jerry Seinfeld has the unenviable task of keeping the show fresh. Of course, it helps when the guest is as personable as Kristen Wiig. While I didn’t laugh a ton, the episode took some production risks that […]
0 comments by Ian Casselberry on 1/3/2017
Ridley Scott says cinema is “mainly bad,” but has he looked at his run of movies from 2001 to 2015? As popular as superhero movies have become, dominating pop culture and much of the current blockbuster movie landscape, many fans, critics and filmmakers have lamented how much Marvel and DC Comics tentpoles have taken over […]
0 comments by Ian Casselberry on 1/2/2017
We can’t wait for Ben Affleck’s Batman movie in 2018, right? However, Affleck says we might have to. Despite the pleas and wishes of Warner Brothers and DC Comics movie fans, Ben Affleck continues to insist that he’s not ready to make the solo Batman film that he’s set to write and direct. Affleck has […]
0 comments by Jay Rigdon
Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman are back as Sherlock Holmes and Watson. Let’s talk about Sunday’s season four premiere, “The Six Thatchers.” “The Six Thatchers” served as the fourth season premiere of Sherlock. And my goodness, what a return to this particular world. So, there’s no real way to discuss the main developments of the episode without […]
0 comments by Jay Rigdon on 12/30/2016
It’s been a lengthy hiatus for Sherlock, but the series proper returns this Sunday evening on PBS. Aside a fantastical one-off special last winter set mostly in the Victorian era, there have been no new episodes of Sherlock since January of 2014. That long wait is about to be over, so what should we expect? (Don’t say […]
