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There’s a reason VH1 was able to film so many episodes of Behind the Music in its time. There is almost always drama to be […]
Continue reading »Without a doubt, we live in an age of media glut. Even after COVID (laughs), the industry is still releasing new movies and new streaming […]
Continue reading »Steven Soderbergh retires even worse than Hayao Miyazaki . Despite his stated intention to stop making films and try his hand at drawing back in […]
Continue reading »The 1990s covered my teenage years, so of course I know all about Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lee and their infamous 1995 sex tape leak […]
Continue reading »Joel Coen’s new expressionist take on The Tragedy of Macbeth was (at least) a modest success and certainly a critical success. It’s very difficult to […]
Continue reading »Two days ago, Disney released the trailer for Moon Knight , the next in a lineup of streaming series set in the ever-expanding frontiers of […]
Continue reading »With all the growth in streaming that has killed theaters and ruined the world of entertainment, I have to admit that I’m still impressed by […]
Continue reading »Some of the very best films of all time have flaws that are not conclusive but nonetheless conspicuous: a questionable performance, a problematic element, an […]
Continue reading »Look, let’s be realistic: despite the pandemic, we won’t go to the movies like we used to. A lot of the dramas we bought tickets […]
Continue reading »I was attracted to virtual reality by the idea that I could actively immerse myself in other worlds. I loved the idea of slicing fruit […]
Continue reading »Bahamian-American actor, director and cultural ambassador Sidney Poitier passed away last week at the age of 94. Although he retired from film almost two decades […]
Continue reading »Now I’m quite content to draw inspiration from anywhere. It’s probably an exaggeration to suggest that the human race has hit rock bottom (I wouldn’t […]
Continue reading »January is Hollywood’s “junkyard month” when studios release underdog films that aren’t worthy of the summer blockbuster season and aren’t good enough for the December […]
Continue reading »Betty White’s first role came in 1930, when she played an orphan in a silly radio drama called Empire Builders. Her last appearance will take […]
Continue reading »Netflix’s new movie Don’t Look Up has garnered several … strong responses from critics and social media. The rapidly changing zeitgeist has shifted from its […]
Continue reading »Without diving too deeply into the divided responses to Lana Wachowski’s Matrix Resurrections , it’s clear that later sequels are becoming increasingly the norm. If […]
Continue reading »When I think of Paul Thomas Anderson, the cold atmosphere of the party usually does not occur to me. More like the tragic-comic poignancy with […]
Continue reading »What do you do when your favorite artist gets canceled ? If you’re HBO Max, you seem to be leaving them out of the reunion […]
Continue reading »There’s a lot of sex on TV, although most of it is a random window cover – thrown there thoughtlessly, as if at the behest […]
Continue reading »You say Christmas is shit? Christmas movies are bad, right? Well, instead of supporting a festive industrial complex by watching Miracle on 34th Street or […]
Continue reading »Moving to a streaming business model has been a tough one for theater owners and a headache for Hollywood, but we’re not talking about the […]
Continue reading »I don’t know why I thought the monthly Paramount + news reviews were a good idea or even a necessity. I mean, I think so: […]
Continue reading »Some films live forever. But some films, like old toys, are passionately loved and then completely abandoned. Sometimes this is done on purpose; films made […]
Continue reading »Few shows have exploded a lead like How I Met Your Mother . For several years in the mid-2000s, she looked like the most natural […]
Continue reading »When Disney acquired 20th Century Fox in 2019, it also acquired the once-venerable studio’s animation list that was in development, including two comic-inspired objects that […]
Continue reading »This year and every year – but especially this year – there has been a lot of talk about how the world of cinema has […]
Continue reading »While your knee-jerk reaction may indicate otherwise, there is nothing ridiculous about pairing Christmas with scary stories. For centuries in Britain, families have gathered around […]
Continue reading »While Netflix may seem a little rich to launch a new comedy series that appears to be a direct parody of The Woman in the […]
Continue reading »According to Parasite director Bong Joon-ho, “… once you break the 1-inch subtitle barrier, you will experience many more amazing films.” Fortunately, in the field […]
Continue reading »Remember the thing you like? From what came before? Well, it’s back. Hooray? Filmmaking for a franchise is cause for regret if you’re an arrogant […]
Continue reading »The cost of subscribing to streaming services to cover all of your viewing and listening needs can skyrocket, especially if you don’t take advantage of […]
Continue reading »It has been a good year for films. However, not the best year for cinemas : in 2019, when the pandemic did not affect the […]
Continue reading »HBO has just released a trailer for the second season of its acclaimed teen drama Euphoria. There was a long wait between seasons – although […]
Continue reading »Tired: My Favorite Christmas Movie is Die Hard . Wired: “My favorite Christmas movie is Eyes Wide Shut. “ You can be forgiven that the […]
Continue reading »The strangest thing about the Age of Peak Streaming is that there are TV shows that have been going on for years that I, the […]
Continue reading »Is your Roku causing you problems? You may have sat down to watch HBO Max, or started looking forward to the release of Hawkeye on […]
Continue reading »Netflix apparently doesn’t want you to go out again until 2022, given how many things they’ll squeeze into their service in December: with new seasons […]
Continue reading »We now have more broadcast and cable networks and streaming services that anyone, household, or perhaps a small village can watch, all of them desperate […]
Continue reading »In early 2003, it looked like The Matrix was about to be the next Star Wars – a sci-fi franchise with enough fanatic enthusiasm and […]
Continue reading »Just as The Wheel of Time was the result of Jeff Bezos really, really wanting Amazon Prime Video to have a Game of Thrones of […]
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