Tag: HBO

YOUR GUIDE TO 88 THANKSGIVING MARATHONS AND SPECIALS Why do people still watch television? I look at this list and all I see is the promise of endless commercials interrupted by the occasional non-commercial. In the age of DVD and

HBO’s “Boardwalk Empire” is a hit. Many people are comparing it to “The Sopranos” in terms of style, substance and effect. And there is no doubt that in many ways, it is similar to “The Sopranos.” But there is one

Is HBO’s ‘The Pacific’ An Underrated Masterpiece? After the brilliant “Band of Brothers,” I was excited about this HBO mini-series and then Tom Hanks had to get goddamned stupid and partisan and anti-American and ruin the whole thing. I knew

SIX-MINUTE ‘ DARK KNIGHT RISES’ PROLOGUE ATTACHED TO NEW ‘MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE’? Whoa. I’m there. This might be the best idea Hollywood’s come up with since, well… since offering Christopher Nolan the Batman franchise to begin with. And I dig the

THR: The drama, which seems to have the “it” factor from the opening credits, has the potential to be a game-changer for the pay TV network, THR TV critic Tim Goodman writes. —– You can look back at the history

APPLE NEGOTIATING WITH STUDIOS IN PREP FOR ITS OWN MOVIE CLOUD SERVICE The idea here is that you purchase a film through iTunes and then they store it for you and allow you to watch it from any device with

JAVIER BARDEM IS BOND 23’S VILLAIN This is good news. Bardem is a larger-than-life presence on the screen and Bond could use some larger-than-lifeness — especially if all that larger-than-lifeness is filmed on a tripod. GENE HACKMAN TO COME OUT

Think of Sarah Jessica Parker, and her performance as Carrie Bradshaw in the “Sex and the City” TV show and movies likely comes to mind. After all, she became a pop culture icon playing a high-living New York City single

MGM’S ‘RED DAWN’ REMAKE LIKELY TO HIT THEATRES BY FALL OF 2012 Another year? My heart goes out to the remake producers and filmmakers in a big way. I’ve spoken to them, they’ve written for us and while they’ve handled

This is good news for Netflix, which needed some, and bad news for cable television and outlets like HBO. Streaming is the future and Dreamworks knows it: Netflix Inc has won a deal to pipe Dreamworks Animation movies starting in

“DARK SHADOWS” SET PHOTOS We all spend a lot of time complaining about sequels and remakes and remakes of sequels posing as prequel-reboots, but sometimes Hollywood jumping in the wayback machine is an inspired idea. “Dark Shadows” is a gothic

Associated Press: The Emmys keep buying what “Mad Men” is selling. The 1960s Madison Avenue saga won its fourth consecutive best drama series award Sunday, while big-hearted romp “Modern Family” claimed its second best comedy trophy. “Modern Family” producer Steve

Maybe I need to start calling this “The Early-Afternoon-On-The-West-Coast Call Sheet”. Anyone who runs any kind of blog will tell you that it takes more work to write something when there isn’t much to write about. The search for inspiration

What would you do if you woke up and found yourself in a mansion atop the Hollywood hills, living with your superstar best friend, and suddenly have access to an endless amount of money? For the last eight seasons, this

As I watch documentary recollections of 9/11, I remain of the opinion that it will be a nearly impossible task to contextualize the atrocity in any form of popular culture. That’s not to say it can’t happen, but to do

BUMMER: STARZ ENDING STREAMING DEAL WITH NETFLIX As of Feb. 2012, Netflix will no longer stream Starz, which means a lot of newer movies won’t be available. Bad timing with the new Netflix price increase starting today. Starz content was

EXCLUSIVE: KEITH DAVID JOINS WACHOWSKI’S ‘CLOUD ATLAS’ One of the most underused, under-appreciated actors in Hollywood is The Mighty Keith David, a true screen talent and presence who has made every project he’s been associated with better since his first

—DVD SALES DOWN 18.3% IN 2011; ITUNES DOMINATES DIGITAL MOVIE SALES— Interesting Variety article, that for some reason isn’t behind their suicidal paywall. Bottom line is that even though digital sales are picking up, they only make up a fraction

“RUNAWAY SLAVE” NEEDS YOUR HELP— How’s that for a headline! The folks behind “Tea Party: The Documentary Film” have started a new project with C.L. Bryant, a one-time NAACP leader who saw the light and moved to the right. The

—REDBOX REVENUES SOAR— Not that I personally rent from Redbox all that often, but that doesn’t mean I don’t admire a brilliantly simple concept so well executed it’s a wonder no one came up with it before. I remember VHS