James Marsh’s remarkable ‘Man on Wire’ was such a purely enjoyable and crowd-pleasing documentary that it was likely inevitable that someone would make a super-powered Hollywood version. After all, the tale of Ph...
Not that the first season didn’t have its silly excesses (remember the guy who tied people to balloons?), but it appears that the second season of ‘Gotham’ is unafraid to embrace a little of the campiness that, f...
As far as new TV shows go, this fall has been pretty much a bust so far. This may be the worst pilot season in recent memory. Thankfully, we still have lots of returning favorites to watch instead. Which series are you happy to se...
ABC’s new mystery thriller/soap opera ‘Quantico’ may be one of the few primetime series on the network without Shonda Rhimes’ sticky fingers all over it, but given the results it might as well. The show pla...
Goddammit. Just when I was starting to hope that the writers behind ‘The Strain’ might have forgotten about Zach and would ignore him for the rest of the season until the character could be recast again, the annoying b...
‘Fear the Walking Dead’ is starting to feel very much like the creators came up with a concept for an 90-minute TV movie and then stretched it out across six episodes. Every time the show hints at something interesting...
How desperate must NBC be to bring back ‘Heroes’ this season? Did anyone miss the show in the five years it’s been off the air? The network describes ‘Heroes Reborn’ as a “retooling” rathe...
NBC sure spent a lot of money on the TV adaptation of Robert Altman’s 1992 Hollywood satire ‘The Player‘, but I’m not sure that the writers understood what the movie was about.
In an all-around successful weekend, both Adam Sandler’s animated sequel and Nancy Meyers’ new film opened to solid numbers, alongside the expansions of some films that did well in limited release.
Looking for new Blu-rays to buy this week? You might find an interesting title or two. Let’s get avengin’!
Robert De Niro, once one of the most vital actors of his generation if not all time, has yet another bland, forgettable comedy coming out this week. He’s made a lot of those in the last decade and a half. In this week’...
September continues to be surprisingly busy for movies this year. This weekend brings three new nationwide releases, one nationwide expansion, one new notable limited release, and one limited expansion.
