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Welcome to my new FOG column where I’ll try my darndest to mine NETFLIX for gems to instantly watch. Despite the negative press and...
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Welcome to my new FOG column where I’ll try my darndest to mine NETFLIX for gems to instantly watch. Despite the negative press and...
My guilty pleasures of pop culture aren’t just devoted to bad movies and television series. I very often find myself defending musicians, comedians, movie...
My initial reaction to Jason Zinoman’s Shock Value: How a Few Eccentric Outsiders Gave Us Nightmares, Conquered Hollywood, and Invented Modern Horror was “awesome...
Putting the books aside for a minute (blasphemy), think about the whole generation has grown up on the phenomenon of Harry Potter movies. This...
ACCUSATION: Corny DEFENSE: Classic 20 years ago Walt Disney Pictures brought forth upon our summer movie screens an adaptation of Dave Steven’s graphic novel...
Critics are a little torn between admitting that Super 8 is a pretty good pop-corn summer movie and chastising it for going more than...
Not to snob out when I should be geeking out, but I was walking past the landmark New York theatre, the Ziegfeld, tonight and...
ACCUSATION: Outdated fluff. DEFENSE: What a feeling! Let’s get the undebatable out of the way first. Time has not been kind to Flashdance (1983,...
ACCUSATION: Franchise killer. DEFENSE: Third time’s a charm. With this week’s release of the fourth installment of Wes Craven’s Scream franchise, I thought I’d...
Traditionally, Broadway shows are not to be reviewed until officially opening. Since the opening for SPIDER-MAN: TURN OFF THE DARK continues to push into...
Ever have one of those crazy anxiety dreams where you’re back in Grade School, it’s the first day of classes and you can’t seem...
It should come as no surprise that the recent media coverage of Charlie Sheen’s breakdown is a golden ticket for ratings success. Everyone loves...
I have this friend that periodically watches nothing but specific genres of movies he may have missed. Nothing goes unwatched, and everything gets explored...
ACCUSATION: Teen Chick Drama DEFENSE: Twin Peaks Redux I’ve said this before, but I’m saying it again. ABC Family’s hit teen drama Pretty Little...
I was recently alarmed by one of these future-tech articles published over New Years that explained what trends in 2011 we can expect. In...
Just a few thoughts on a few films that few cared for… SOLITARY MANI’m surprised this one wasn’t a bigger hit, since it’s another...
I love visiting my family back in the Midwest, but secretly, I think I love getting to visit the house I grew up in. ...
Gamers love to have options, and although there are plenty of alternate models of balance boards compatible with the Wii, only one has the...
ACCUSATION: Craptacular demise. DEFENSE: He’ll be back. Here’s the deal. I finally sat down to watch, for the first time ever, the last major...
ACCUSATION: Unmarketable. DEFENSE: Unmissable. Go ahead and wiki Steven Jay Russell here. Or better yet, read the excellent Esquire article about his vida loca...
There were two things I thought I would never see in my lifetime, let alone in the same year: 1) Pee Wee Herman on...
ACCUSATION: The Blah. DEFENSE: Gory gobs of goodness. Unlike the violent re-imaginings introducing today’s generation to horror movie “classics,” the 70s/80s approach to remakes...
Cannes was all a flutter last night with the return of those kids who have got the ability to morph, and to even up...
When Molly Ringwald paid tribute to the late John Hughes in the pages of the New York Times, fans rejoiced not only at her...