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The Fate of the Furious, the eighth feature film in the Fast and the Furious series, opens on a familiar setpiece: Dom Toretto (Vin...
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The Fate of the Furious, the eighth feature film in the Fast and the Furious series, opens on a familiar setpiece: Dom Toretto (Vin...
Comedy is subjective… but damn it sometimes shit just isn’t funny. We shall look at some of the most unfunny sitcom pilots ever… shitcoms...
I grew up in a time when sequels to popular and influential movies typically arrived at swift 2- to 3-year intervals. Star Wars, James...
Kong: Skull Island burst its way into multiplexes to usher out this past winter, presenting tons of movie monster bombast and over-the-waterfall-and-through-the-rocks action thrills...
What happens when a backdoor pilot is not really a backdoor pilot? I mean when it’s not officially a pilot nor intended as a...
According to movie industry data compiled by Statista, the United States has the third largest film entertainment industry in the world. This industry is...
It’s a glorious time to be a movie geek. Star Wars is in full revival mode, and we’re going to be getting our first...
If you’ve read my column or followed my Facebook for any decent duration of time, then you know my general fandom for the sitcom...
A backdoor pilot is essentially a spinoff hidden within the parent series. Last time I mentioned that Star Trek had one of these and...
There is that old saying: Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me. What is you keep getting fooled time...
Sometimes a pilot is hiding right there out in the open and you didn’t even see it. There are times an established series wants...
Donald Glover is on one hell of a roll. Not only did he release the wonderful TV series Atlanta, which did so well that...
I hate Gregg Araki. I despise his films and feel he is one of the worst and yet somehow most pretentious filmmakers of the...
Written by Tara Bennett and Paul Terry With Forewords by John Carpenter With Afterwords by Kurt Russell and Eric Powell Published by BOOM! Studios...
Seven years ago I created a comic with my five year old brother. It happened on a whim, when he said something that gave...
There is no real theme this Pilot Error other than what should have been cool ideas being completely bungled. Wonder Woman Wonder Woman...
Sometimes a pilot is aired but not the way it was shot. There are often times multiple versions of a pilot shot before the...
Lost In London is a live movie that was streamed to 550 theaters in the US and Britain. Yes, a live movie, not a...
This series Comics Coach was based on a set of posts I had written a while ago on the topic of creating comics. I...
I have always been intrigued by massive failures in entertainment; aborted high-concepts, mega-bombs, so-bad-it’s-great, etc. With all of Hollywood’s best analysts, marketers, and number-crunchers...
Have you ever watched a network flail about desperately attempting to get a concept to work and yet failing again and again and AGAIN?...
Arthur Bishop (Jason Statham) returns as the Mechanic in the sequel to the 2011 action-thriller. When the deceitful actions of a cunning but beautiful...
It’s still the Halloween season, so lets look at some horror related unaired pilots from TV past. The Munsters and The Addams Family were...
Thanks to FOG! for giving me the chance to share some of the behind the scenes on the production of the music video for...