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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

Pastor Robert Jeffress appeared on HBO’s “Real Time with Bill Maher” and discussed his recent controversial comments about the Mormon Church. He lamented that conservative commentators have been very harsh with him over the comments while liberals have praised him.

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

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

From this week’s “Real Time with Bill Maher” on HBO. Mr. Maher would be the first to call “tea baggers” racist.

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

Comedian Bill Maher targeted Sarah Palin in the opening monologue of his weekly HBO series “Real Time”.

“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

The hate on display here is palpable. (Strong language, NSFW)

Appearing on HBO’s “Real Time” with Bill Maher, the syndicated columnist expresses his deepest desires for Republicans. This is the same man who claimed to lick the doorknobs of Gary Bauer’s campaign offices in 2000 so that the staff could

UPDATE: After Chris Matthews backed out, the creators of the show decided they would take this scene in a different direction that doesn’t feature known pundits. Sorkin and his team expressed interest in having Breitbart on in a future episode,

As with Bill Clinton before him, Anthony Weiner has managed to spotlight the ironic discrepancy between what feminists say and the things for which they stand. A NY head of NOW remarked to the New York Daily News that the

In honor of Memorial Day, I thought we’d to try something a little different for this week’s spotlight. I wanted to feature an artist who has written some great songs that pay tribute to our fallen heroes. As luck would

I’ve written several articles skewering HBO for producing political projects destined to air immediately prior to the 2012 election, where the vast majority of the cast and crew are passionate Barack Obama supporters, and where the content is aimed at

Ed. Note: Just a note of thanks from everyone in the BIG family to Dan for his superb coverage of this invaluable festival. In five short years G. I. Film Festival co-founder Brandon Millett, with his wife and fellow founder

John Wayne may be dead but the Western still lives on. We all have an idea in our head that pops up whenever we think of the Western. Certain characteristics come to mind such as horses, six-guns, cowboy hats, dusty

In a 2008 appearance on HBO’s Real Time with Bill Maher, Christiane Amanpour claims she had a very reliable source in American intelligence who told her Osama Bin Laden’s whereabouts.

Smitten by her blonde curls and still blissfully unaware of how cruel the world could be, at the age of eleven I called my first crush on the phone fully confident it would end with the beginning of a lifelong

Andrew Breitbart was confronted on HBO’s “Real Time with Bill Maher” by liberal political analyst Laura Flanders. Ignoring Maher’s questions and moving on her own agenda for the show she challenged Breitbart to apologize to Shirley Sherrod. It didn’t end

Andrew Breitbart was confronted on HBO’s Real Time with Bill Maher by liberal political analyst Laura Flanders. Ignoring Maher’s questions and moving on her own agenda for the show she challenged Breitbart to apologize to Shirley Sherrod. It didn’t end

I wrote at length about the timing of HBO’s adaptation of “Game Change,” — an obvious hit job that even the New York Times, Atlantic and Poynter Institute criticized for a lack of sourcing. But the Left is not about

Paul Giamatti is one of the most unique actors working in films today, since he mixes a bug-eyed exasperation with an intense energy that can make him either immensely lovable or intensely annoying. Ever since he broke through to critical

Just in time for that royal wedding I actively avoid any news on, we’re getting the latest film to take home top honors at the Oscars, The King’s Speech. While it wasn’t my personal pick to win Best Picture, The

BH: But I think in the end, it’s turned out great. JS: I think if we can continue to do well in the ratings, anecdotally, it continues to do well. And if we are lucky enough to get nominated or

Soul Surfer These days, it seems everyone wants to be famous – and the younger the person, the more attention-obsessed they seem to be. But what if you garnered international attention because a shark literally bit off your arm? That