Reviews, premieres, and the latest on screen entertainment.
Reviews, premieres, and the latest on screen entertainment.
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In December 2016, Carrie Fisher tragically died at the age of 60. The actress, author and pop culture icon suffered a sudden case of cardiac arrest, following a medical emergency on a flight from London to Los Angeles. Star Wars fans fondly remember for her for playing Leia Organa, the…
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Everybody loves the holiday classic Home Alone. It's the heartwarming story of a neglectful family that carelessly forgets to bring their youngest child with them on Christmas vacation. At first, eight-year-old Kevin enjoys the freedom of being home alone, watching gangster movies and pigging out on junk food. But when…
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We have gotten so used to the cycle of one Game of Thrones season coming out a year that the withdrawal symptoms have come into full effect. You might have found yourself endlessly searching Reddit for fan theories, looking at any set photos shared on Twitter, or hugging your Game…
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The superhero genre is pretty prolific as of 2018. Movies in Marvel's cinematic universe, like this year's Black Panther and Avengers: Infinity War, have been breaking box office records, and it seems that every other comic book character is making their way onto the big screen, with San Diego Comic…
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For many years, The Walking Dead has been one of the shows (alongside Breaking Bad and Game of Thrones) that you pretty much have to know to have a conversation with someone you don't know very. If the answer to "did you see the Walking Dead last night?" is "no"…
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This year hasn't been a good one for Rick and Morty co-creator Dan Harmon. Back in December 2017, Harmon was accused of inappropriate behaviour by a former writer on his sitcom Community. After he posted a tweet declaring that 2017 was "the Year of the Asshole," he stated that his New Year's…
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Saving Private Ryan is commonly regarded as one of the best war movies ever made, praised for its unflinching, and historically accurate, depiction of conflict in the midst of World War II. At the time of its release, the brutal film earned almost universal praise from critics and audiences, and…
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It often seems like every British actor (and a few musicians) have made an appearance in the Harry Potter films. By now they're something of an acting institution, and introduced American audiences to a whole cast of performers who were household names in the United Kingdom at the time, but…
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Alan Rickman was one of the greats; there's no doubt about that. From his coldly sarcastic (but deeply emotional) performance as Professor Snape, to his role as a cheating husband in Love Actually, not a bad word could be said about his acting prowess. However, an old interview with the…
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We all know that the Marvel cinematic universe would be a much poorer place without the talents of director James Gunn. Before he joined Disney, he was known as an edgy, black-humoured kind of filmmaker. When the movie Guardians of the Galaxy was first announced, many doubted that a space…
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Since Harvey Weinstein's downfall, a lot of people in the entertainment industry have been exposed for offensive behavior. It has cost them their jobs. From Kevin Spacey's sexual assault allegations to Matt Lauer's sexual harassment allegations to Roseanne's racist tweet, we've seen famous figures drop one by one. In the…
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Can you believe it's been a full decade since Breaking Bad first aired? It feels like a long time since it's left our screens, but ten years seems far too much. The show started off a little slow, with enough viewers to guarantee a second season - but then things…
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In 2017, comedian Hari Kondabolu released the documentary The Problem With Apu, creating a cultural firestorm. In the film, Hari discusses representations of Indian-Americans in entertainment. Today we're hearing more voices from that community, but that was not always the case. In the past, Indian characters often fell victim to crude…
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Millennials grew up obsessed with the Harry Potter franchise; we've all got accounts on Pottermore, we know which house we'd be sorted into, and I don't know about you, but I even know what my Patronus would be. In fact, we can be weirdly passionate about aspects of the books and…
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Game of Thrones' final season doesn't have an official release date yet, but we may have some idea when it will come around. We know for sure that it will come out in 2019, but what month or day is up for debate. In an interview with Metro, Maisie Williams…
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Forbes has been publishing their highest-paid lists for 20 years now, with each year bringing the news of who's earned the most doing what. The publication recently released their Celebrity 100 list, which chronicles the celebrities who earned the most money in the last year. The highest paid actor among them…
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There's no doubt about it: superheroes are everywhere right now. In fact, in many ways the superhero movie has become as ubiquitous as the western genre used to be. I guess that's understandable when their themes are so broad, and they can draw upon decades worth of lore and continuity.…
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Filming has officially wrapped for Game of Thrones, which is causing mixed emotions everywhere. On the one hand, it means that we're finally closer to seeing the show on our screens once more, now that all they've got to do is edit the footage and animate all those computer-generated dragons…
