As the Rolling Stone staff stared down the task of culling decades worth of television to a list of the 100 best shows of all time, we knew we needed help — lots of it. So, we hit up Hollywood. In addition to polling our most pop culture-obsessed staffers, we reached out to a wide swath of television actors, creators, showrunners, writers, directors, producers, and critics. The instructions: Give us your top 50 shows of any genre — no restrictions — defining “best” as whatever it means to you.
The 46 ballots we got back were often surprising,...
The 46 ballots we got back were often surprising,...
- 9/26/2022
- by RS Editors
- Rollingstone.com
Every time you change the channel, it seems that another primetime network has revamped another classic for the small screen — and sometimes, to viewers’ displeasure.
After this week’s Dirty Dancing remake, which, well, wasn’t a fan favorite, we’re taking a look back at what the Internet has had to say about the rest of the primetime musical adaptations, from the low to high notes.
8. Dirty Dancing
The latest addition to the primetime lineup of musical remakes was a little different. ABC’s Dirty Dancing wasn’t technically a musical, and it wasn’t live, as many of the revamps have been.
After this week’s Dirty Dancing remake, which, well, wasn’t a fan favorite, we’re taking a look back at what the Internet has had to say about the rest of the primetime musical adaptations, from the low to high notes.
8. Dirty Dancing
The latest addition to the primetime lineup of musical remakes was a little different. ABC’s Dirty Dancing wasn’t technically a musical, and it wasn’t live, as many of the revamps have been.
- 5/26/2017
- by Diana Pearl
- PEOPLE.com
Every week, IndieWire asks a select handful of film and TV critics two questions and publishes the results on Monday. (The answer to the second, “What is the best film in theaters right now?”, can be found at the end of this post.)
This week’s question: What is the best film (or film-related) podcast?
Neil Miller (@rejects), Film School Rejects
There are a great many podcasts in my life — from the ones I host to the ones hosted by close friends — so it’s hard to approach this subject without wanting to selfishly yell “One Perfect Pod!” Okay, now that we’ve got that out of the way, here’s a real favorite: “The Mothership,” from the folks at USA Today. More importantly, it involves two of my favorite Twitter pals Brian Truitt and Kelly Lawler. Its mandate is broad, which means there’s video game and comics talk...
This week’s question: What is the best film (or film-related) podcast?
Neil Miller (@rejects), Film School Rejects
There are a great many podcasts in my life — from the ones I host to the ones hosted by close friends — so it’s hard to approach this subject without wanting to selfishly yell “One Perfect Pod!” Okay, now that we’ve got that out of the way, here’s a real favorite: “The Mothership,” from the folks at USA Today. More importantly, it involves two of my favorite Twitter pals Brian Truitt and Kelly Lawler. Its mandate is broad, which means there’s video game and comics talk...
- 4/24/2017
- by David Ehrlich
- Indiewire
To best understand the jubilation expressed over the new black “Bachelorette” Rachel Lindsay, one need only watch the pilot of HBO’s “Insecure.”
In one of television’s most comedic and honest exchanges to date, Molly (Yvonne Orji) tearfully asks her best friend Issa (star and series creator Issa Rae) why no one has chosen to marry her. The question comes soon after Molly’s Asian-American coworker at her law firm gets engaged to a black man.
Read More: ‘The Bachelorette’ Gets Its First African-American Star: How It Almost Might Solve the Entire Franchise’s Diversity Problem
“They wife others up with a quickness,” Issa declares, easily verbalizing what far too many of us have said away from mixed company.
That’s because in real life and in pop culture, rarely do we see ourselves – with the exception of Michelle Obama – as leading ladies. From professional athletes such as Robert Griffin III...
In one of television’s most comedic and honest exchanges to date, Molly (Yvonne Orji) tearfully asks her best friend Issa (star and series creator Issa Rae) why no one has chosen to marry her. The question comes soon after Molly’s Asian-American coworker at her law firm gets engaged to a black man.
Read More: ‘The Bachelorette’ Gets Its First African-American Star: How It Almost Might Solve the Entire Franchise’s Diversity Problem
“They wife others up with a quickness,” Issa declares, easily verbalizing what far too many of us have said away from mixed company.
That’s because in real life and in pop culture, rarely do we see ourselves – with the exception of Michelle Obama – as leading ladies. From professional athletes such as Robert Griffin III...
- 2/16/2017
- by Mekeisha Madden Toby
- Indiewire
Midway through the penultimate episode of The Good Wife, Julianna Margulies' Alicia Florrick is presented with evidence of yet another one of her husband Peter's infidelities. Alicia, who's long been secretly estranged from Peter, is unfazed by the news, viewing it simply as useful to his defense in a corruption trial, until she notices that the man who brought it to her — rival lawyer Louis Canning (Michael J. Fox) — seems disappointed by her lack of emotion. "Were you wanting me to cry, Mr. Canning?" she asks, before screwing her face up like Lucille Ball's and pretending to sob as she wails, "Oh my god, I thought my husband no longer cheated!" As Alicia's expression reverts to its familiar blankness, an impressed Canning admits, "God, I love you." "I know," Alicia replies. That moment was striking not only because it was one of the few genuinely entertaining moments in...
- 5/3/2016
- by Alan Sepinwall
- Hitfix
Let's talk some more about adaptations. A couple of weeks ago, I noted that AMC's "Preacher" will make some pretty big deviations from the beloved comic book on which it's based, but noted that the most faithful adaptation of a story isn't necessarily the best adaptation. If you can capture the spirit of the original, or take a few ideas from the original while doing something new but interesting, that's okay, too. Tonight sees the official debut of a pair of literary adaptations: "Lucifer" on Fox, based on a long-running DC/Vertigo comic series where Satan has abdicated his throne in Hell to explore other interests(*); and "The Magicians" on Syfy, based on Lev Grossman's trio of novels about the students (and, later, alums) of a magical university in upstate New York. (*) The idea, and this version of the character, was introduced in Neil Gaiman's "Sandman," while Mike Carey...
- 1/25/2016
- by Alan Sepinwall
- Hitfix
From late October through mid-November, Vulture is holding a High-School-tv Showdown to determine the greatest teen show of the past 30 years. Each day, a different writer will be tasked with determining the winner of a round of the bracket, until New York Magazine TV critic Matt Zoller Seitz judges the finals on November 13. Today's battle: Linda Holmes judges Beverly Hills, 90210 versus Friday Night Lights. After you read, be sure to visit Vulture's Facebook page to vote on which show should advance. At first glance, Beverly Hills, 90210 seems to have brought a knife to a gunfight here, only the knife is acid-wash overalls with one strap fastened. You must figure you know how a mismatch of this magnitude is going to end, but hey — maybe the underdog can at least make it interesting. Don't head for the parking lot just yet. Perhaps 90210 is, in an...
- 11/10/2015
- by Linda Holmes
- Vulture
"You're the Worst" just aired its second season premiere on Fxx. Earlier this week, I posted interviews with creator Stephen Falk and stars Aya Cash and Chris Geere, and I have a few spoiler-y thoughts on the season premiere coming up just as soon as I steal a DVD kiosk... While I've never believed that getting couples together ruins romantic comedies (go read Linda Holmes for a breakdown on The "Moonlighting" Fallacy), there's definitely a change that shows have to be nimble enough to deal with. By moving in together, Gretchen and Jimmy haven't guaranteed their long-term happiness, or proven that they'll never break up, but it's still a step that provides some level of stability, at least for now, to two human trainwrecks, and I wanted to see how Falk and company would deal with that. Fortunately, "The Sweater People" hits the subject head on, by having its two...
- 9/10/2015
- by Alan Sepinwall
- Hitfix
When I wrote my How Much Good TV Is Too Much? piece a few years ago, I feared that it was going to come across as whining from and for a very small and specific subset of the audience: #TVCriticProblems. But my fellow reviewers weren't the only ones who responded with some version of "Thank God someone finally said it!" It turns out many of you were feeling just as overwhelmed by the sheer amount of choice in the ever-expanding world of scripted television. That expansion has only accelerated, and when FX CEO (and unofficial Mayor of Television) John Landgraf came to press tour earlier this month, he was armed with statistics showing that the number of original scripted shows in primetime across broadcast, cable, and various streaming services would top 400 by the end of this year. As NPR's Linda Holmes noted in a piece on this subject over the weekend,...
- 8/18/2015
- by Alan Sepinwall
- Hitfix
Questions I have after watching two episodes of "Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll," the new FX comedy created by and starring Denis Leary, which debuts tomorrow night at 10: In what year does this show think it takes place? Leary plays Johnny Rock, former lead singer of The Heathens, a band that had a meteoric rise and abrupt fall in the early '90s. Dave Grohl appears early in the pilot to explain that The Heathens were a huge inspiration for Nirvana. But Johnny, in both past and present, sports a rooster haircut that hasn't been fashionable since Rod Stewart and Ron Wood abandoned it in the mid-'70s. The Heathens' signature song, which provides the show its title (albeit one borrowed from a much better song — also from the '70s — by Ian Dury) is catchy, but sounds like a mix of punk and glam rock that had little place...
- 7/15/2015
- by Alan Sepinwall
- Hitfix
A review of tonight's "Mad Men" coming up just as soon as I get The New York Times to print "Mein Kampf" on the front page... "This was a hell of a boat, you know?" -Roger There's a moment late in "Lost Horizon" that, if you've been on social media tonight, you've likely seen in gif form a few dozen times (or, like me, just kept it on in a loop in the background while writing about the episode). Peggy finally enters the McCann offices, Bert Cooper's infamous octopus painting under her arm, sunglasses concealing her hungover eyes, a cigarette dangling smugly from her lips. She has come a long, long way, baby, from the shy mouse whom Joan had to lead around the old Sterling Cooper office, and she is here to grab everything she's ever wanted, all on her way to one day having her name on...
- 5/4/2015
- by Alan Sepinwall
- Hitfix
A review of tonight's "Mad Men" coming up just as soon as I get you a map to the powder room... "I had a plan, which was no plans!" -Richard Early in "The Forecast," Don gets into an argument with his realtor Melanie, who can't be bothered to conceal her disgust with her client. As they study the barren living room tableau created by Marie Calvet's thievery, Don insists that it's a selling point, because potential buyers can more easily imagine their own furniture in the space. Melanie dismissively wonders if he's ever sold an apartment, and in a later conversation suggests, "this place reeks of failure." Don again shrugs off her contempt and says, "I have a good feeling about things." In a way, Don is proven right, since Melanie winds up selling the place at the asking price. But that empty apartment — and Don's reaction to realizing...
- 4/20/2015
- by Alan Sepinwall
- Hitfix
“Mad Men” begins its final stretch of episodes on Sunday night at 10 on AMC, and we asked a handful of TV critics, as well as several TV producers (some of whom have had experience ending their own shows) to predict what might happen when all is said and done for Don Draper and friends. Some took the assignment very seriously. Some opted for the ridiculous. Some fell in between. Damon Lindelof (Co-creator, "Lost"/"The Leftovers") There is a knock on Pete's door. He answers. There's a ten year old child standing there in a suit. "Hello, father..." he says, "I just want you to know that I am going to write a television show one day. And my portrayal of you will Not be flattering." Pete runs his hand through his receding hairline, shaken, but imperious. "What's your name, little boy?" The bastard son glares at his father, "Matthew." he says.
- 4/3/2015
- by Alan Sepinwall
- Hitfix
The new season of "Parks and Recreation" (which debuts with back-to-back episodes tonight at 8 & 8:30 on NBC) takes place in the year 2017, and the veteran comedy has a lot of fun with throwaway jokes about what life in the near-future is like, from souped-up tablet computers to the changed state of popular culture. Mostly, though, the fictional presentation of 2017 looks not dissimilar to what I imagine our real version of that year will look like, with one unfortunate exception: When we get to the year 2017, we won't be lucky enough to have new "Parks and Recreation" episodes to enjoy. Look, every great show — and though the ratings never reflected it, "Parks and Recreation" was a great comedy, and one that I expect to have a greater reach and impact in death than it ever had in life — comes to an end, and comedies in particular are usually better off saying...
- 1/13/2015
- by Alan Sepinwall
- Hitfix
Many thoughts on the season 1 finale of "Serial" coming up just as soon as I use Mail Kimp... Last month, I noted that the enormous, unprecedented popularity of "Serial" had people viewing it through the lens of a serialized TV drama — heck, I'm even doing a season finale review for a podcast like it was something that just aired on AMC — and wondered if the audience was going to hold this inherently messy true story to the standards of scripted fiction when it came time for the ending. Was Sarah Koenig holding something back from us for all this time? Would there be a definitive ending, or just a poetic meditation on the ambiguous nature of truth? And if it was the latter, would "Serial" fans react with the same outrage that fans of "Lost," "Battlestar Galactica," "The Sopranos," et al did when those shows didn't wrap things up in a neat and tidy bow?...
- 12/18/2014
- by Alan Sepinwall
- Hitfix
NBC's semi-successful summer lineup has now become a core part of its winter/spring schedule, with "The Night Shift" and "Undateable" joining a crowded mid-season roster that will include "Allegiance," "The Slap," "A.D.," the return of "The Blacklist," and more. Earlier this month, NBC announced the first part of its mid-season plan with the compressed final season of "Parks and Recreation,"(*) which will be concluding before half of NBC's other mid-season shows even get to premiere. This is the same "drama-heavy mid-season schedule" that was the reason NBC opted to sell Tina Fey's "Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt" to Netflix, rather than try to squeeze it in here. Not counting "Parks" (which, again, NBC considers old business being dealt with as quickly as possible), the network will bring eight shows off the bench in February, March and April, and all but two ("Undateable" and the new "One Big Happy") are dramatic.
- 12/12/2014
- by Alan Sepinwall
- Hitfix
When publishing last year's top 10 list, I referred to 2013 as "The Year of Too Much Good TV." 2014 looks at 2013, laughs and calls it a piker. Even with last year's clear top show "Breaking Bad" enjoying retirement, 2014 offered an insane amount of quality television. We got good shows that became great ("The Americans"). We get a veritable flood of fantastic new series, some in familiar places ("The Leftovers" on HBO), some not (Amazon's "Transparent"), some arriving with buckets of hype ("True Detective"), some sneaking up on me and everyone who watched them ("Review"). Once upon a time, I would follow the top 10 video with a written list of the top 20 shows. (This year, you can check out the list in either the video above or the written gallery below.) Last year, I expanded that to a top 25. This year, I could easily go to 30, or 40, and not feel embarrassed of one entry on said list.
- 12/4/2014
- by Alan Sepinwall
- Hitfix
By Anjelica Oswald
Managing Editor
Tonight marks the season 11 premiere of Grey’s Anatomy, the season 4 premiere of Scandal and the series premiere of How to Get Away With Murder. Each consists of a diverse cast and is produced by Shonda Rhimes.
When Grey’s Anatomy premiered in 2005, The New York Times ran an article about the show’s diversity, due in part to the color-blind casting technique used by Rhimes, writer, producer and creator of the show. The article called Seattle Grace Hospital a “multicultural hub where racial issues take a back seat to the more pressing problems of hospital life” and said that the show was created in Rhimes’ vision: “one in which color is more description than definition.”
Nine years later, and Rhimes is still revered for her vision, even receiving the Diversity Award from the Director’s Guild of America this past January, but she’s...
Managing Editor
Tonight marks the season 11 premiere of Grey’s Anatomy, the season 4 premiere of Scandal and the series premiere of How to Get Away With Murder. Each consists of a diverse cast and is produced by Shonda Rhimes.
When Grey’s Anatomy premiered in 2005, The New York Times ran an article about the show’s diversity, due in part to the color-blind casting technique used by Rhimes, writer, producer and creator of the show. The article called Seattle Grace Hospital a “multicultural hub where racial issues take a back seat to the more pressing problems of hospital life” and said that the show was created in Rhimes’ vision: “one in which color is more description than definition.”
Nine years later, and Rhimes is still revered for her vision, even receiving the Diversity Award from the Director’s Guild of America this past January, but she’s...
- 9/25/2014
- by Anjelica Oswald
- Scott Feinberg
On Monday, I posted my review of NBC's "The Mysteries of Laura." Now it's your turn. For those who tuned in tonight, what did you think? Did you find it funny or grating? Do you have any idea yet how Debra Messing can possibly be both a cop and a mom? Were you engaged by the mystery, or too busy wondering why NYPD detectives were so busy investigating a case in Westchester? Do you have an impulse to go shopping at Laura's preferred big box store? And will you watch again? Or would you just rather listen to Linda Holmes' "CopMom MomCop" theme song? Have at it.
- 9/18/2014
- by Alan Sepinwall
- Hitfix
With a show as loaded with lazy cop tropes as "The Mysteries of Laura," it's tempting to bust out a few TV critic clichés in kind. Maybe I could suggest that the series — whose promos all suggest that the chief mystery is how in the world a woman could possibly be both a cop and a mom(*) at the same time — is in the running for the best new fall show of 1984. (*) Linda Holmes of NPR has dubbed the show "CopMom, MomCop," and her catchy alternate theme song is probably a better critique of the show than the one you're reading here. But that would be unfair to 1984, whose best new fall show was "The Cosby Show." More importantly, that season led to the first Outstanding Drama Series Emmy win for "Cagney & Lacey," a cop show that dealt with all sorts of questions about the life of a female police...
- 9/15/2014
- by Alan Sepinwall
- Hitfix
The best movie culture writing from around the internet-o-sphere. There will be a quiz later. Just leave a tab open for us, will ya? “Remembering Lauren Bacall” — Daniel McDermon at the New York Times examines the artistic sine wave created by a phenom. “Lauren Bacall’s Greatest Role: Herself” — Tim Gray at Variety notes that she crafted a public persona that often outshone her strong supporting characters. “Lauren Bacall and ‘Sex? What Sex?’ Kind of Movie Sex” — Linda Holmes at NPR celebrates a smoky, incredibly hot scene where the actors are across the room from each other and the clothes stay on. “There is nothing coy about Lauren Bacall in this sequence. This is not really flirtation as we commonly would talk about it. There is a frank eyeball conversation going on from the minute she and Bogart’s Steve — who will soon nickname her character “Slim” — encounter each other as she stands in that doorway. And...
- 8/14/2014
- by Scott Beggs
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
[In case you've Forgotten, and as I will continue to mention each and every one of these posts that I do: This is *not* a review. Pilots change. Sometimes a lot. Often for the better. Sometimes for the worse. But they change. Actual reviews will be coming in September and perhaps October (and maybe midseason in some cases). This is, however, a brief gut reaction to not-for-air pilots. I know some people will be all "These are reviews." If you've read me, you've read my reviews and you know this isn't what they look like.] Show: "The Mysteries of Laura" (NBC) The Pitch: I'll go with NPR's Linda Holmes on this one: "CopMom MomCop." Quick Response: "The Mysteries of Laura" is a broad cop drama, a broad family drama and a broad character-driven comedy all squished together. In order to achieve the absolute peak of its potential value, this premise needed a director with a genuine mastery of tones, somebody gifted with each of those sides. I think a Mimi Leder or a Tommy Schlamme or somebody from the "Shameless" factory could have made that side of things work (even if the script still would have been weak). Instead, "Mysteries of Laura" got McG and the resulting pilot is just an amorphous and ludicrous blob of hammy inconsistency centered around a performance from Debra Messing that's best described as "Robert Greenblatt loves Debra Messing, but Robert Greenblatt doesn't quite get what Debra Messing does well.
- 8/10/2014
- by Daniel Fienberg
- Hitfix
In 2009, NPR writer Linda Holmes had a simple request for Pixar, one she put forth in an article titled, “Dear Pixar, From All the Girls With Band-Aids on Their Knees.” The entreaty? “Please make a movie about a girl who is not a princess.” At that point, Pixar hadn’t made a movie that starred a girl at all. Yes, there were important female characters in many of the company’s most beloved films, like Jessie from Toy Story and Dory from Finding Nemo, but none who could truly be considered the lead of her own movie. Most Pixar films unequivocally starred a male character — or often two, since the studio has made several buddy comedies. “The story is never ‘a girl and the things that happen to her,’” wrote Holmes, “the way it's ‘a boy and what happens to him.’”That will soon change, and in a big way.
- 6/20/2014
- by Kyle Buchanan
- Vulture
With rumors flying fast and furious as Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, and Mark Hamill were spotted in London yesterday, Disney/Lucasfilm had to pull the trigger on their Star Wars casting announcement. A photo of the first table read for Episode VII was released along with the full cast list. And the Internet promptly exploded. As it does. Here were some of the best responses in order of amusement to me in no particular order #1 - We all know our relationship with Star Wars is like First Love™. Star Wars is like love cuz I want to believe in it but I've been hurt so many times but I can't stop needing it but I don't know anymore. — Mike Drucker (@MikeDrucker) April 29, 2014 #2 - Adam Driver is the villain and nothing is more universally reviled than folk music. And I assume Oscar Isaac and Adam Driver will perform a folk number called "Please,...
- 4/29/2014
- by Donna Dickens
- Hitfix
Warning: Spoilers about many series finales -- namely "How I Met Your Mother," ""Seinfeld," "Lost," "Friends," "Cheers," "M.A.S.H.," and "Fraiser" -- are discussed below. It seems that Carter Bays and Craig Thomas have their old boss David Letterman to thank for more than just helping them start their writing careers. Dave also helped knock the grumbling over the series finale of "How I Met Your Mother" out of the online television news cycle; if Letterman hadn't dropped the bombshell that he was retiring, people might still be griping about the "How I Met Your Mother" finale, more than a week after it aired. Don't think it would have gone on this long? Then you weren't paying attention to the vitriol that permeated the web after the finale aired on March 31, from fans as well as critics. Here's one of many angry tweets by NPR's Linda Holmes, for...
- 4/14/2014
- by Joel Keller
- Indiewire
News
Ten years ago today, Unfiltered debuted on Air America Radio stations. While the big draw was Chuck D and comedian Lizz Winstead, the lasting effect of Unfiltered (which barely lasted a year) was that it introduced Rachel Maddow to a national audience. However, for most people today is April Fools Day, so be a little cynical when you check the news.
In the upcoming Walking Dead season, Alanna Masterson (Tara), Christian Serratos (Rosita) and Andrew J. West (Gareth) have been promoted to series regulars. I hope that means they’ve got plans for Tara.
All that pretty and he has to turn out to be evil. Sigh.
Brooklyn Nine-Nine cast members Joel McKinnon Miller and Dirk Blocker (who pay Hitchcock and Scully) have been promoted to series regulars.
No, The Simpsons didn’t make a mistake Sunday when they called the Springfield Elementary lunchlady Dora instead of Doris. The...
Ten years ago today, Unfiltered debuted on Air America Radio stations. While the big draw was Chuck D and comedian Lizz Winstead, the lasting effect of Unfiltered (which barely lasted a year) was that it introduced Rachel Maddow to a national audience. However, for most people today is April Fools Day, so be a little cynical when you check the news.
In the upcoming Walking Dead season, Alanna Masterson (Tara), Christian Serratos (Rosita) and Andrew J. West (Gareth) have been promoted to series regulars. I hope that means they’ve got plans for Tara.
All that pretty and he has to turn out to be evil. Sigh.
Brooklyn Nine-Nine cast members Joel McKinnon Miller and Dirk Blocker (who pay Hitchcock and Scully) have been promoted to series regulars.
No, The Simpsons didn’t make a mistake Sunday when they called the Springfield Elementary lunchlady Dora instead of Doris. The...
- 4/1/2014
- by Lyle Masaki
- The Backlot
The best movie culture writing from around the internet-o-sphere. There will be a quiz later. Just leave a tab open for us, will ya? “9 Cool Lego Movie Moments You Might Have Missed” — Eric Eisenberg watched the animated adventure a second time with a discerning eye to find some Easter Eggs and extended gags. “Beyond the Bechdel Test: Why It’s Not Enough” — Tomris Laffly at IndieWire covers the Athena Film Festival’s Bechdel 2.0 Panel where Carrie Rickey, Linda Holmes and more advocate for using the test as a stepping stone while reaching for the next plateau. “RoboCop writer Ed Neumeier discusses the film’s origins” — Scott Tobias at The Dissolve presents an interview that follows a spark on its way to becoming an explosive satirical icon. “RoboCop: The Oral History” — Simon Abrams at Esquire completes the picture by speaking with the other major players. Seems like there are a lot more articles about the original than...
- 2/13/2014
- by Scott Beggs
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
I seems like just a few days ago that I mentioned AMC’s rumored Preacher TV series. The project is now official, with Seth Rogen producing an adaptation of the Vertigo comic. From a gay pop culture perspective, Preacher had plenty of jokes about homophobes secretly repressing their own homosexuality. Nowadays that’s going to feel dated, I’m curious how they’ll adapt that quality.
John Benjamin Hickey will star in the Wgn America series Manhattan. Hickey will play a self-destructive physics professor who leads the Manhattan Project to develop the atom bomb.
Michael J. Fox will return to The Good Wife for the last few episodes of the season.
NPR’s Linda Holmes writes about Top Chef‘s “two kinds of fairness,” which includes one where the rules let an inferior chef avoid elimination and win. This has long been one of my major frustrations with Top Chef.
John Benjamin Hickey will star in the Wgn America series Manhattan. Hickey will play a self-destructive physics professor who leads the Manhattan Project to develop the atom bomb.
Michael J. Fox will return to The Good Wife for the last few episodes of the season.
NPR’s Linda Holmes writes about Top Chef‘s “two kinds of fairness,” which includes one where the rules let an inferior chef avoid elimination and win. This has long been one of my major frustrations with Top Chef.
- 2/7/2014
- by Lyle Masaki
- The Backlot
Social media was abuzz on Friday (January 31) following the announcement that Jesse Eisenberg will play Lex Luthor in director Zack Snyder's Man of Steel sequel.
Eisenberg will star opposite Henry Cavill as Superman, Gal Gadot as Wonder Woman, Ben Affleck as Batman and Jeremy Irons as Bruce Wayne's butler Alfred.
Batman vs Superman: Is Jesse Eisenberg the right choice for Lex Luthor?
Jesse Eisenberg: Batman vs Superman star's career in pictures
A selection of social media reaction – both positive and negative – to Eisenberg's casting as iconic comic book villain Lex Luthor is presented below:
Digital Spy
"While Eisenberg can play the insane super-genius very well, look at his work on 'The Social Network', I don't think an iconic role such as Lex Luthor is right for him. Having said that, I am intrigued by his perception of the role and the fact both he and Cavill...
Eisenberg will star opposite Henry Cavill as Superman, Gal Gadot as Wonder Woman, Ben Affleck as Batman and Jeremy Irons as Bruce Wayne's butler Alfred.
Batman vs Superman: Is Jesse Eisenberg the right choice for Lex Luthor?
Jesse Eisenberg: Batman vs Superman star's career in pictures
A selection of social media reaction – both positive and negative – to Eisenberg's casting as iconic comic book villain Lex Luthor is presented below:
Digital Spy
"While Eisenberg can play the insane super-genius very well, look at his work on 'The Social Network', I don't think an iconic role such as Lex Luthor is right for him. Having said that, I am intrigued by his perception of the role and the fact both he and Cavill...
- 1/31/2014
- Digital Spy
The best movie culture writing from around the internet-o-sphere. Just leave a tab open for us, will ya? “What Really Makes Katniss Stand Out? Peeta, Her Movie Girlfriend” — Linda Holmes at NPR digs into The Hunger Games‘ role reversal. “12 Years a Slave Producer Arnon Milchan Confirms Israeli Spy Past” — He also produced Fight Club, but there’s a Confessions of a Dangerous Minds joke in here somewhere. “Instant film recommendations for every sort of Thanksgiving” — The Dissolve forgot the Movies For People Who Chug All the Maker’s Mark-infused Egg Nog By 10am category, but otherwise it’s a solid list. “Jena Malone on her Catching Fire Audition, Stripping in an Elevator, and Her Defense of Sucker Punch” — An interesting interview at Vulture, worth it for the thoughts on a film’s shelf-life alone.
- 11/27/2013
- by Scott Beggs
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
The best movie culture writing from around the internet-o-sphere. Just leave a tab open for us, will ya? “A Critical Confusion” –Brad Stevens’ sharp take down of Will Self’s mirror-holding view on the extinction of criticism. Inside, inside baseball. “The Best Man Holiday and the Language of Expectations” — Linda Holmes laments the industry’s continual underestimation of films starring black ensembles and/or made by black filmmakers. It’s time to stop being surprised when they do well. “Here’s How Indie Movie Rental Stores Are Surviving the New Frontier” — Sean Axmaker at Indiewire adds Scarecrow Video to the list of profiles in courage against the backdrop of Blockbuster busting. “The Starving Games is the Worst Hunger Games Spoof Ever: A Liveblog” — Mike Ryan watches the new Friedberg and Seltzer so you don’t have to. I now challenge him to try doing this.
- 11/19/2013
- by Scott Beggs
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
E! reports that ABC is turning to Lady Gaga for another holiday special (following A Very Gaga Thanksgiving). This time, its a Christmas special that would include The Muppets. I hope there’s a sketch where a PETA activist calls her out for that time she wore a frog skin coat.
I mean, that’s like an atrocity as far as Kermit is concerned, right?
Discovery is working on a mafia drama from the writer of Goodfellas according to The Hollywood Reporter. The Five Families is planned as the first drama to dramatize actual events and real people.
Here’s a consolation prize for the Smash fans, 54 Below, a New York cabaret (or that’s what Wikipedia tells me) is staging a performance of Hit List with Jeremy Jordan, Krysta Rodriguez and Andy Mientus participating.
Liz Heldens created two gay-inclusive dramas for NBC with Mercy (admittedly, that gay was woefully underused,...
I mean, that’s like an atrocity as far as Kermit is concerned, right?
Discovery is working on a mafia drama from the writer of Goodfellas according to The Hollywood Reporter. The Five Families is planned as the first drama to dramatize actual events and real people.
Here’s a consolation prize for the Smash fans, 54 Below, a New York cabaret (or that’s what Wikipedia tells me) is staging a performance of Hit List with Jeremy Jordan, Krysta Rodriguez and Andy Mientus participating.
Liz Heldens created two gay-inclusive dramas for NBC with Mercy (admittedly, that gay was woefully underused,...
- 10/16/2013
- by Lyle Masaki
- The Backlot
News
Justin Long has sold a comedy series idea to NBC, according to Deadline. The series would star Long as a thirtysomething man married to an older woman with a teen child.
ABC has ordered a full season of Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., which I hope will give it time to go from promising to being the great drama it could be.
Is the increasingly-blatant sexism on Survivor killing the show? NPR’s Linda Holmes thinks so, detailing the sexist moments from the last episode and saying that the series “is morphing into a grody love letter not to men, but to bullies.”
TV Guide says that TNT is considering a sequel series to Falcon Crest, one similar to its Dallas sequel. Susan Sullivan, who won’t be appearing in the series (her character died, along with a lot of my interest in the soap) says the proposed series...
Justin Long has sold a comedy series idea to NBC, according to Deadline. The series would star Long as a thirtysomething man married to an older woman with a teen child.
ABC has ordered a full season of Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., which I hope will give it time to go from promising to being the great drama it could be.
Is the increasingly-blatant sexism on Survivor killing the show? NPR’s Linda Holmes thinks so, detailing the sexist moments from the last episode and saying that the series “is morphing into a grody love letter not to men, but to bullies.”
TV Guide says that TNT is considering a sequel series to Falcon Crest, one similar to its Dallas sequel. Susan Sullivan, who won’t be appearing in the series (her character died, along with a lot of my interest in the soap) says the proposed series...
- 10/11/2013
- by Lyle Masaki
- The Backlot
Cheaters never prosper, or so they say. And if they do, they’re probably biblical moralists or writers of film noir, the kind where desperate saps with immoral get-rich schemes get punished for their transgressive ambition one way or another, sooner or later. Double Indemnity. No Country for Old Men. And Breaking Bad, the extraordinary, many-things-at-once, neo-noir, desert-western, dark-comedy serial created by Vince Gilligan, which came to an end Sunday night. For five seasons, this bold and cold AMC series chronicled the downfall of a dying, dead-on-the-inside Everyman who sold out his principles (such as they were) to feel alive...
- 9/30/2013
- by Jeff Jensen
- EW.com - PopWatch
To celebrate the 30th anniversary of Plinko, CBS is devoted an entire episode of The Price is Right to the popular pricing game today.
For those of you not aware of the strangely named, strangely alluring game, players are given one free chip (and in a guess-the-price-game, have the chance to earn 4 more) and tasked with dropping it down a giant pegboard consisting of nine circular-shaped slots at the bottom. The slots range from $0 all the way up to $10,000 (the center slot). But the twist is that the drop is not a straight one, the chips can veer sideways or...
For those of you not aware of the strangely named, strangely alluring game, players are given one free chip (and in a guess-the-price-game, have the chance to earn 4 more) and tasked with dropping it down a giant pegboard consisting of nine circular-shaped slots at the bottom. The slots range from $0 all the way up to $10,000 (the center slot). But the twist is that the drop is not a straight one, the chips can veer sideways or...
- 9/27/2013
- by Jennifer Arellano
- EW.com - PopWatch
Could this be the work of Abu Nazir’s ghost?
Homeland fans — and Showtime — were taken by surprise yesterday, when a pirated version of the drama’s third season premiere leaked online. The episode is set to air at the end of the month.
TorrentFreak writes that within hours of the file’s posting, 100,000 people had downloaded it — not surprising, considering Homeland was one of 2012′s most-pirated TV shows. Though Showtime has distributed press screeners of the episode, Deadline notes that the leaked episode is reportedly a workprint missing both visual effects and opening credits, indicating that it may not...
Homeland fans — and Showtime — were taken by surprise yesterday, when a pirated version of the drama’s third season premiere leaked online. The episode is set to air at the end of the month.
TorrentFreak writes that within hours of the file’s posting, 100,000 people had downloaded it — not surprising, considering Homeland was one of 2012′s most-pirated TV shows. Though Showtime has distributed press screeners of the episode, Deadline notes that the leaked episode is reportedly a workprint missing both visual effects and opening credits, indicating that it may not...
- 9/3/2013
- by Hillary Busis
- EW - Inside TV
News that Peter Capaldi is the Twelfth Doctor in "Doctor Who" is the main headline that came out of the live special announcing the newest Doctor. Overall, the special was the type of fluff reserved for basketball players announcing where they will next take their talents: Thirty seconds of news took up nearly thirty minutes of airtime, which was filled with breathless analysis from people with varying degrees of connection to the show's overall history. The two primary individuals most closely associated with the latest incarnation of The Doctor-Matt Smith and Steven Moffat-spoke only in pre-recorded bits, ostensibly to allow Capaldi as much limelight as possible and also to avoid any fanatical viewer that might have rushed the stage in joy/anger.
But honestly, by the time Capaldi was announced, The Boob Tube Dude had all but resolved to never watch the show again.
On the surface, it's...
But honestly, by the time Capaldi was announced, The Boob Tube Dude had all but resolved to never watch the show again.
On the surface, it's...
- 8/5/2013
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
News
With the nasty business of cancelling its two bubble dramas, ABC Family finally ordered more episodes of The Fosters and Twisted along with a third season of Switched at Birth. I’m relieved questions of “Where are they going with Jude?” won’t go unanswered like Huge fans’ questions about Alistair.
Lifetime has ordered a pilot about a staffer on a dating reality show whose job involves manipulating the cast to ensure drama. Former Buffy, Grey’s Anatomy and Glee writer Marti Noxon is tasked with the adaptation, which probably means I should brace myself.
When CBS CEO Les Moonves announced the renewal of Under the Dome, he dismissed critics’ concerns saying, “Why can’t they be under the dome for a long period of time? This is television!” NPR’s Linda Holmes explains how that comment illustrates the difference between broadcast and cable. At least cable execs understand...
With the nasty business of cancelling its two bubble dramas, ABC Family finally ordered more episodes of The Fosters and Twisted along with a third season of Switched at Birth. I’m relieved questions of “Where are they going with Jude?” won’t go unanswered like Huge fans’ questions about Alistair.
Lifetime has ordered a pilot about a staffer on a dating reality show whose job involves manipulating the cast to ensure drama. Former Buffy, Grey’s Anatomy and Glee writer Marti Noxon is tasked with the adaptation, which probably means I should brace myself.
When CBS CEO Les Moonves announced the renewal of Under the Dome, he dismissed critics’ concerns saying, “Why can’t they be under the dome for a long period of time? This is television!” NPR’s Linda Holmes explains how that comment illustrates the difference between broadcast and cable. At least cable execs understand...
- 7/31/2013
- by Lyle Masaki
- The Backlot
With the exception of The Heat — which earned a solid $40 million on its opening weekend, handily defeating the competition — it has not been a good summer for women in the movies. Put more plainly: With the exception of The Heat, women have barely been in the movies this summer at all. In the words of NPR's Linda Holmes, who wrote about the problem last month, "if you want to go to see a movie in the theater and see a current movie about a woman — any story about any woman that isn't a documentary or a cartoon — you can't." The 2013 lineup is all superheroes and crass man-boy bonding. Granted, studios release these types of movies every summer, but usually they'll at least give us one rom-com or female ensemble movie, or a woman in a role that is not "secretary to an Avenger." Or...
- 7/11/2013
- by Amanda Dobbins
- Vulture
Big Brother has been a summertime guilty pleasure for me for years. I’ve skipped some seasons (three episodes a week for nearly three months is not always a commitment I am capable of making), but I couldn’t tell you which ones without consulting Wikipedia. The seasons fade from my memory or blur into fuzzy recollections of other seasons minutes after host Julie Chen announces the results of the final vote and the “Houseguests” wave goodbye to the cameras that spied on their every whisper, argument, cuddle, swim, smoke, flirt, folly and fart for three months.
I remember the...
I remember the...
- 7/7/2013
- by Jeff Jensen
- EW.com - PopWatch
News
A German librarian has written a book on how The Simpsons has changed the way gay people are perceived. I’m always mixed about The Simpsons and its heavy usage of stereotypes, but it hasn’t shied away from repeatedly showing gay people as just part of Springfield’s landscape.
A steel mill has to have the most uncomfortably warm dance floor.
On the other hand, GLAAD is angry with Showtime’s Ray Donovan for its pilot where the Hollywood fixer worked for a star spotted picking up a transgender woman. Despite doing great work with gay, lesbian and bisexual characters, Donovan is part of what GLAAD identifies as part of a bad trend of depicting transgender people as subjects of mockery and disgust. I’m surprised to see House of Lies in the condemnations, my initial impression was that it had a potentially strong transgender storyline with the son.
A German librarian has written a book on how The Simpsons has changed the way gay people are perceived. I’m always mixed about The Simpsons and its heavy usage of stereotypes, but it hasn’t shied away from repeatedly showing gay people as just part of Springfield’s landscape.
A steel mill has to have the most uncomfortably warm dance floor.
On the other hand, GLAAD is angry with Showtime’s Ray Donovan for its pilot where the Hollywood fixer worked for a star spotted picking up a transgender woman. Despite doing great work with gay, lesbian and bisexual characters, Donovan is part of what GLAAD identifies as part of a bad trend of depicting transgender people as subjects of mockery and disgust. I’m surprised to see House of Lies in the condemnations, my initial impression was that it had a potentially strong transgender storyline with the son.
- 7/5/2013
- by Lyle Masaki
- The Backlot
News
A&E has cancelled the long-running reality show Intervention. That puts the end to a pretty remarkable run that helped 156 people turn sober and stay sober.
Mrs. Frederic has found a new job, C.C.H. Pounder is taking a role for a multi-episode arc on Sons of Anarchy, according to EW.
In the Flesh doesn’t make its stateside debut for a couple more weeks, but you won’t have to worry about how it ends. BBC Three just ordered a second season (or commissioned a second series to follow the UK TV terms) of the zombie drama.
In the Flesh
At the very least, appalling reality TV gives the chance to give critics a chance to write epic takedowns. This time, NPR’s Linda Holmes goes after Fox’s Does Someone Have to Go?, which turns out to be so much worse than I imagined.
Speaking of appalling reality programming,...
A&E has cancelled the long-running reality show Intervention. That puts the end to a pretty remarkable run that helped 156 people turn sober and stay sober.
Mrs. Frederic has found a new job, C.C.H. Pounder is taking a role for a multi-episode arc on Sons of Anarchy, according to EW.
In the Flesh doesn’t make its stateside debut for a couple more weeks, but you won’t have to worry about how it ends. BBC Three just ordered a second season (or commissioned a second series to follow the UK TV terms) of the zombie drama.
In the Flesh
At the very least, appalling reality TV gives the chance to give critics a chance to write epic takedowns. This time, NPR’s Linda Holmes goes after Fox’s Does Someone Have to Go?, which turns out to be so much worse than I imagined.
Speaking of appalling reality programming,...
- 5/24/2013
- by Lyle Masaki
- The Backlot
Angela Lansbury talking show tunes!
That's why you should be excited about a new season of Michael Feinstein's American Songbook.
News
FX has issued an apology to fans of The Americans who found their DVR recordings cut off early. The episode ran for 67 minutes but listings had the run time going for an hour, meaning many viewers missed vital scenes. FX is putting the full episode online for viewers to catch up.
The next target for Adult Swim — 80s detective shows. Deadline reports that the late night block has ordered a new live action series, Hole to Hole, that will parody 80s detective shows.
Since I find Artie one of the more toxic characters on Glee, I didn't expect to be excited at the thought of meeting his mother, but she's going to be played by Katey Sagal (who was once one of Bette Midler's Harlettes) which suddenly has...
That's why you should be excited about a new season of Michael Feinstein's American Songbook.
News
FX has issued an apology to fans of The Americans who found their DVR recordings cut off early. The episode ran for 67 minutes but listings had the run time going for an hour, meaning many viewers missed vital scenes. FX is putting the full episode online for viewers to catch up.
The next target for Adult Swim — 80s detective shows. Deadline reports that the late night block has ordered a new live action series, Hole to Hole, that will parody 80s detective shows.
Since I find Artie one of the more toxic characters on Glee, I didn't expect to be excited at the thought of meeting his mother, but she's going to be played by Katey Sagal (who was once one of Bette Midler's Harlettes) which suddenly has...
- 4/5/2013
- by LyleMasaki
- The Backlot
Well, this ought to harsh your Oscar buzz.
Shortly after last night’s Academy Awards ceremony ended, America’s finest satirical newspaper crossed the line on its Twitter page, as is its wont — but this time, there weren’t many people laughing. The Onion targeted 9-year-old Beasts of the Southern Wild star Quvenzhané Wallis, joking that the diminutive star (and future Little Orphan Annie) isn’t quite as sweet as she seems. [Update: The Onion has apologized for the joke. See their mea culpa below.]
Here’s the tweet; beware of crude and offensive language.
Yikes. Though hundreds of people apparently Favorited the message, just as many Twitter users took the paper to...
Shortly after last night’s Academy Awards ceremony ended, America’s finest satirical newspaper crossed the line on its Twitter page, as is its wont — but this time, there weren’t many people laughing. The Onion targeted 9-year-old Beasts of the Southern Wild star Quvenzhané Wallis, joking that the diminutive star (and future Little Orphan Annie) isn’t quite as sweet as she seems. [Update: The Onion has apologized for the joke. See their mea culpa below.]
Here’s the tweet; beware of crude and offensive language.
Yikes. Though hundreds of people apparently Favorited the message, just as many Twitter users took the paper to...
- 2/25/2013
- by Hillary Busis
- EW.com - PopWatch
It's a Glee Valentine's Day on Valentine's Day.
News
I guess Rupert Grint is the new Earl Hickey? The Harry Potter star has been cast as the star of Super Clyde, a CBS comedy pilot from My Name is Earl creator Greg Garcia. Grint will play an awkward fast food employee and superhero fanboy who inherits a lot of money and decides to use it to become a super hero who helps the deserving.
In further bad news for Up All Night, NBC has reduced its order from five episodes to just one, according to Deadline.
There's an NBC comedy pilot set in the 80s with J.K. Simmons and Parker Posey playing a married couple. I don't know what to think of that.
After struggling to find an audience all season, The Jeff Probst Show has been cancelled, despite starting out with a two-year order. Probst has strong hosting skills but,...
News
I guess Rupert Grint is the new Earl Hickey? The Harry Potter star has been cast as the star of Super Clyde, a CBS comedy pilot from My Name is Earl creator Greg Garcia. Grint will play an awkward fast food employee and superhero fanboy who inherits a lot of money and decides to use it to become a super hero who helps the deserving.
In further bad news for Up All Night, NBC has reduced its order from five episodes to just one, according to Deadline.
There's an NBC comedy pilot set in the 80s with J.K. Simmons and Parker Posey playing a married couple. I don't know what to think of that.
After struggling to find an audience all season, The Jeff Probst Show has been cancelled, despite starting out with a two-year order. Probst has strong hosting skills but,...
- 2/14/2013
- by LyleMasaki
- The Backlot
Felicity + Kevin Walker + 80s flashback = Someone at FX is a genius.
News
Former Ugly Betty hunk Eric Mabius hasn't committed to a U.S. show since it ended, but TVLine says we can look forward to a guest-appearance on Blue Bloods.
The Neighbors' upcoming George Takei episode is getting even more nerdtastic. TV Guide reports that Mark Hamill will also appear in the episode.
Add Ke$ha to the list of pop stars with reality shows.
Bad news if you were looking forward to seeing a Bryan Cranston and Jane Kaczmarek share the screen again. It turns out Kaczmarek will appear in a DVD extra... or maybe it's good news? I mean, what if they're planning a Breaking Bad/Malcolm in the Middle mash-up for the DVDs?
This pilot season's ridiculous idea is a series based on Disneyland's Big Thunder Railroad ride, which will follow a 19th century family...
News
Former Ugly Betty hunk Eric Mabius hasn't committed to a U.S. show since it ended, but TVLine says we can look forward to a guest-appearance on Blue Bloods.
The Neighbors' upcoming George Takei episode is getting even more nerdtastic. TV Guide reports that Mark Hamill will also appear in the episode.
Add Ke$ha to the list of pop stars with reality shows.
Bad news if you were looking forward to seeing a Bryan Cranston and Jane Kaczmarek share the screen again. It turns out Kaczmarek will appear in a DVD extra... or maybe it's good news? I mean, what if they're planning a Breaking Bad/Malcolm in the Middle mash-up for the DVDs?
This pilot season's ridiculous idea is a series based on Disneyland's Big Thunder Railroad ride, which will follow a 19th century family...
- 1/30/2013
- by LyleMasaki
- The Backlot
It's the return of Tammy on tonight's Parks & Recreation.
News
Can an Office reunion with Bj Novak keep my fading interest in The Mindy Project from completely disappearing? (Vulture reports that he'll appear in two episodes.)
One of my favorite TV critics, NPR's Linda Holmes notes the high levels of violence in many of the critical favorites of the past several years.
Disney thinks ratings for Dancing with the Stars dropped this season because viewers tune in for trainwrecks and an All-Star season meant that the dancers were too good. All-Star or not, wasn't that the point of bringing back Bristol Palin and Kirstie Alley?
While officially, PBS says it trusts its audience to stick around and wait for new episodes of Downton Abbey when they air stateside, the broadcaster would like to shorten the wait time so that episodes can air soon after their UK debut.
I've loved the...
News
Can an Office reunion with Bj Novak keep my fading interest in The Mindy Project from completely disappearing? (Vulture reports that he'll appear in two episodes.)
One of my favorite TV critics, NPR's Linda Holmes notes the high levels of violence in many of the critical favorites of the past several years.
Disney thinks ratings for Dancing with the Stars dropped this season because viewers tune in for trainwrecks and an All-Star season meant that the dancers were too good. All-Star or not, wasn't that the point of bringing back Bristol Palin and Kirstie Alley?
While officially, PBS says it trusts its audience to stick around and wait for new episodes of Downton Abbey when they air stateside, the broadcaster would like to shorten the wait time so that episodes can air soon after their UK debut.
I've loved the...
- 12/6/2012
- by LyleMasaki
- The Backlot
This story first appeared in the June 29 issue of The Hollywood Reporter magazine. Six top pundits (including THR's Tim Goodman) join the same group chat to discuss, dish on and just plain dis the shows that might or might not score Emmy gold. Also on the chat: NPR's Linda Holmes, Time's James Poniewozik, The Boston Globe's Sarah Rodman, HitFix.com's Alan Sepinwall and The A.V. Club's Todd VanDerWerff. Photos: Portraits of TV's Darkest, Smartest and Sexiest Drama Actors Tim Goodman: What if we had to replace all of last year's drama nominees (Mad Men, Game of Thrones, Boardwalk
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- 6/20/2012
- by THR Staff
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Don't read on unless you've seen Season 5, Episode 12 of AMC's "Mad Men," entitled "Commissions and Fees."
"What is happiness? It's a moment before you need more happiness." - Don in the Dow Chemical meeting
It's somehow appropriate that this episode of "Mad Men" was full of references to accounts, ledgers, commissions, fees and expenses.
That's because, at the heart of the episode, there was a terrible miscalculation.
Don's fundamentally crippled when it comes to emotions -- he has them, but he often doesn't know how to deal with them or even what they are. He usually self-medicates them away with alcohol or tries to bury them with work or women. He may be slightly more attuned to what's going on inside his heart these days, but that's not saying much, considering the incredibly stunted place he started from.
The strangest dichotomy about Don is that he both can and can't...
"What is happiness? It's a moment before you need more happiness." - Don in the Dow Chemical meeting
It's somehow appropriate that this episode of "Mad Men" was full of references to accounts, ledgers, commissions, fees and expenses.
That's because, at the heart of the episode, there was a terrible miscalculation.
Don's fundamentally crippled when it comes to emotions -- he has them, but he often doesn't know how to deal with them or even what they are. He usually self-medicates them away with alcohol or tries to bury them with work or women. He may be slightly more attuned to what's going on inside his heart these days, but that's not saying much, considering the incredibly stunted place he started from.
The strangest dichotomy about Don is that he both can and can't...
- 6/4/2012
- by Maureen Ryan
- Aol TV.
What is Movie News After Dark? It’s just a nightly movie news column that has problems finding a place to park, just like the rest of you. We begin tonight with a stop at The Mary Sue, where images have been uncovered featuring Doctor Who‘s new companion, as played by Jenna-Louise Coleman. According to Steven Moffat: “Who [Coleman is] playing, how the Doctor meets her, and even where he finds her, are all part of one of the biggest mysteries the Time Lord ever encounters. Even by the Doctor’s standards, this isn’t your usual boy meets girl.” Fun. Now that Ridley Scott’s Prometheus is in the can and ready for mass consumption, the Alien director is talking about other films that he may make, some that he won’t make, and for some reason, he’s still talking about that Monopoly movie. Did we not learn anything from Battleship? Fox...
- 6/1/2012
- by Neil Miller
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
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