It's practically inevitable that Hollywood will jump at the chance to exploit the tragedy of the January 6 insurrection to make a blockbuster movie, and there's some impulses that I hope they avoid... Read More
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In the past decade Netflix has grown to massive heights, almost singlehandedly shaping the streaming industry in its image. As for the DVD-by-mail business? It's still around, and now branded as "DVD.com," but for how much longer? Read More
At first glance 'Dead Man Walking' looks like a typical piece of liberal Hollywood message-based filmmaking, but the film is different from others in the genre in quite a few key ways and 25 years after its release, it's every bit as devastating as it was upon arrival. Read More
There's a lot of humor to be mined from the idea of Hollywood coastal elites descending on a small town to make a movie, and in December of 2000, David Mamet's State and Main executed that formula flawlessly. Read More
Music, and the stories behind the music, was the subject of a lot of documentaries in 2020. Ranging from legacy acts looking back into their pasts to rare untold stories of cult favorites. Read More
2020 has offered us some great content, helping us persevere during one of the most trying years in history. But there's one bit of pop culture that has every one of those things beat - and it's a podcast episode. Read More
Ever since its debut on Netflix, 'One Day at a Time' has gone on to become a beloved cult favorite, but despite that it seems it's run out of places to go. Read More
Ben and Jerry's has announced the arrival of "Punch Line," which is a tie-in with Netflix's "Netflix is a Joke," and the flavor also comes with a "hotline" where fans can call and hear jokes. Read More
The 1990s were the days of high-concept movies, and what higher concept is there than The American President? Read More
The show is called 'The G Word with Adam Conover' and will be an adaptation of Michael Lewis' book, 'The Fifth Risk.' Read More
Like most years, the Philadelphia Film Festival was held at the end of October. Unlike most years, they held a series of drive-in screeners and an online streaming platform. Here's our thoughts on some of the fest's most notable films. Read More
Barry Sonnenfeld's 'Get Shorty', which arrived in theaters 25 years ago last month, was one of the most purely entertaining studio comedies of the 1990s. Read More
The film had a fun premise, funny gags, and it was missing a lot of the fat often associated with Sandler comedies; but probably its biggest accomplishment was being able to see modern cultural phenomena coming before its time. Read More
Even though CES 2021 is being held virtually, it’s not lacking in celebrities. iHeartRadio, held an event featuring Ryan Seacrest, Dua Lipa, and Billie Eilish. Here's a play by play of the event. Read More
In these days of culture wars, it appears that the definition of the word "censorship" has been defined down considerably. With the latest example involving the removal of… a single Bob Dylan song from YouTube. Read More
'Wonder Woman 1984' is one of four "woman" movies that arrived not only in 2020 but in the month of December, and here's our opinions of each. Read More
The Philadelphia radio station drew major national attention with its countdown of the top 2,020 songs of all time, which was dominated by classic rock and saw "Thunder Road" come in at #1. Read More
Since 2005, film executive Franklin Leonard, has been putting out this annual list of the best unproduced screenplays, and this week, the 2020 version was released by Showtime's Desus and Mero. Read More
Yes, this is very much a real thing and it will star Mario Lopez as Col. Harlan Sanders, the smoldering romantic lead. Read More
'Syriana,' released 15 years ago, was an Oscar-nominated thriller that featured an all-star cast. While it may not be talked about much now, or anybody's favorite of the decade, it's still very much deserving of another look. Read More
Few public figures have had quite the fall from grace as former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani. Which undoubtedly had a role in the viral resurgence of a TV movie from 2003 starring James Woods. Read More
'Morning Glory'. which was released 10 years ago last week, is a TV news comedy that has a lot of charms and grapples with the loss of the soul of the news business. Read More
TikTok has emerged as the social media app of the moment, so much so that advertisers and their clients are clamoring to jump on the bandwagon, producing some expectedly amusing Twitter reactions. Read More
'Borat 2' has been in the cultural conversation a lot since it's release and that's drawn very mixed reactions from within the Kazakh diaspora based on their portrayal in Cohen's latest. Read More