I have always found the idea of a horror franchise to be somewhat backwards.
Horror frequently relies on the unknown to scare us. There is an involuntary element to what happens when a great scare delivers.&n...
I watched and reviewed almost all of ESPN's "30 for 30" films, but since the documentary series relaunched last year under the simpler ESPN Films banner, I have to admit I've lost track. I have DVDs of all...
Joss Whedon and Drew Goddard are very clever.
Clever does not always translate, though, to creating something that engages an audience and that works as a film experience, particularly when you're talking about som...
We have become so strident and divided on the subject of politics in this country that it's easy to look at the new film "Game Change" (Saturday at 9 p.m. on HBO), about Sarah Palin's role in the 2008 presid...
Comedy Central has picked up three new unorthodox-sounding shows starring three comedians with larger-than-life personalities and opinions.
First off, “The Burn” will star the “Roastmaster Gener...
I've read the first book in George R.R. Martin's epic "A Song Of Ice and Fire" series, and I'm a fan of that book. I have heard a wide range of opinions about the rest of the series, and I've done my b...
Last Thursday (March 1) night, following the two-hour "American Idol" results show, FOX paraded its newly minted Top 13 up and down a blue carpet on the rooftop of Los Angeles' Grove shopping complex.
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Think Bruce Springsteen likes how things are going? Here are a few lines from his new album, “Wrecking Ball,” out March 6.
*“I got a Smith & Wesson 38/I got a hellfire burning and I got ...
There is no need for a "21 Jump Street" movie.
You could say that about much of what Hollywood makes these days, but I remember when the original TV show was on the air, and "21 Jump Street" was...
There are shows you watched once upon a time and still think back on fondly, there are shows you spent years watching and now wonder what on earth you were thinking, and then there are shows where you can't always be ...
