Commentary Tracks

With each passing year, Hollywood seems more and more prone to shoving new faces and stars down our throat, and too often it becomes harder and harder to keep up. While some of these modern stars are gifted with immense talent (we love you, Jennifer Lawrence!) more often than not, many of these new actors […]

Austin and festivals go hand in hand. Each spring, the eyes of the world turn to the Texas capitol in search of the next big thing as SXSW takes over downtown. Music is, of course, never in short supply in Austin, but in recent years movies have gained a higher predominance in this bustling college […]

The horror community is in mourning today as it begins to process the loss of Wes Craven, a man whose name is now synonymous with terror. Over a 40 year career, the director helmed some of the scariest movies—and created some of horror’s most memorable characters—of all time. In honor of the director, who died […]

It was the kind of fallout that was an inevitability. After relative unknown auteur Nic Pizzolatto, along with director Cary Fukunaga and stars Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson, managed to capture lightning in a bottle with the debut season of True Detective. Rumors of season two began before the first was even resolved, namely that […]

It’s been on the tip of everyone’s tongues for years now, his name that is. Jon Stewart did this. Jon Stewart said that. Mostly positive, sometimes negative, always on point, after 16 years of working as the primary host of The Daily Show Jon Stewart will sign off for the final time this evening, August […]

One of the most influential figures of the 20th century, John Lennon evolved from sharp-talking pop-rocker to cynical idealist in his time growing up in the public eye. With such a resonating presence, both with and without the Beatles, filmmakers have been portraying Lennon on screen since the late 1960s. We look at some of […]

So the Emmy nominations are out, and for the most part, there are no huge surprises. Game of Thrones got all the nominations, in fact, HBO cleaned up nom wise. However, even with the big names throwing punches there was still plenty of love for the streaming networks, a trend that’s definitely headed on the […]

The world lost a true icon earlier today when Christopher Lee passed away at the age of 93. He was a living legend, occupying a place of reverence in the minds of film lovers for seven decades. In his 70 years in the business, he played some of the most beloved roles of all time, […]

Ladies in comedy are nothing new. Established acts have been paving the way for future generations since the genre became popularized in mainstream media. Continuing the upward momentum towards equality in pop culture is the shift in celebrated entertainers. While established acts like Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, Sarah Silverman, Wanda Sykes, and Joan Rivers have […]

With Lee Daniels’ ‘Empire,’ you don’t watch for just the songs. You watch for the drama, the characters, and the camp.

No matter how long and prosperous one’s life may be, eventually it must end. Leonard Nimoy passed away the morning of Friday, February 27 as a result of COPD—a byproduct of years of smoking—and he leaves behind a larger than life legacy that will live on long past any of us. Though he did a […]

The Academy Awards are this Sunday, and by Monday morning I’m sure we’ll all be debating the pros and cons of the awards given. That’s sort of a fact of life about the Oscars—every year people are upset that their favorite movie was snubbed or not awarded. Usually this sort of talk has died down […]

No one ever accused Saul Goodman of being a great lawyer, but it’s an accusation I’m making now. From the moment Bob Odenkirk’s sleazy attorney first bumbles onto the screen (Season 2, Episode 8 “Better Call Saul”) we’re supposed to look at him as a bit of a joke. Something to laugh at. Indeed, we […]

With ‘Guardians of the Galaxy’, Marvel and Disney have shown the world that the appetite for grand space epics still exists — and it’s voracious.

Stephen Mills highlights five of the most interesting, competitive, and potentially surprising races at this year’s Emmys ceremony, which airs on Monday, August 25th.

When you create a film that loses in viewership to a sultry scene between reptile and footwear or the private endeavors of a lonely primate, you’ve chosen the wrong career.

‘Gigli’ is a glimpse into an alternate dimension where Ben Affleck is cool, J-Lo is talented, and jokes about the mentally-handicapped are funny.

The finale episode of NBC sitcom Friends aired 10 years ago this month. Michael Yellin reflects on the show’s highs, lows, quirks, and shark-jumps, all the while defending the show’s ultimate accomplishments. Once upon a time, there was a television show called Friends set in a city very much like New York, except that clean, spacious apartments […]

Reese LeBlanc retraces the massive footprints of motion picture’s most reliable radioactive dinosaur — from Saturday horror greatness to cartoonish stupidity to, just maybe, a shot at redemption.

If I worked at A&E and a pitch for a TV show came across my desk that proposed this modern-day prequel to ‘Psycho,’ I would have laughed and thrown it in the trash. Thankfully, I don’t work at A&E.