Tue, 21 May 2013
Melissa savors the flavors of Bryan Fuller's Hannibal, as Michael vents his spoiler free frustrations with Star Trek Into Darkness. Plus! New DVD, Blu-ray, Redbox, Netflix, and Hulu releases; Your roadmap to the end of the 2012-13 television season; Steppenwolf could lose their Tony nominations; Christopher Nolan may direct the next James Bond; Stallone calls on Mickey Rourke, Jackie Chan, and Wesley Snipes for Expendables 3, Joss Whedon confirms Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch for Avengers 2, and SNL says goodbye to Bill Hader's Stefan. |
Wed, 15 May 2013
As Melissa expresses her love for Shane Black's IRON MAN 3, Michael reacquaints himself with an older grumpier Arnold Schwarzengger. Plus! The Wachowski's Cloud Atlas comes to home video, Netflix runs silent, Hulu offers a feast of bad movies, Barbara Walters retires, Fox creates a 24 event series, Seth Meyers succeeds Jimmy Fallon, JJ Abrams shoots Star Wars: Episode VII in the UK, and running down network TV cancellations and renewals. |
Mon, 6 May 2013
Melissa catches up on TV season finales, as Michael keeps on acting. Plus! Iron Man 3 blitzes the box office, Baz Luhrmann's garish The Great Gatsby arrives in style, Eli Roth is trapped in an underground Chilean nightclub, Steve McQueen makes his Great Escape in HD, Bryan Singer ties up the loose ends of Fox's X-Men franchise, Marvel confirms Doctor Strange will kick off "Phase 3," Al Pacino's creative dispute leaves Universal scrambling, Mr. Rogers gets a biopic, while Brad and Angie agree to get hitched. |
Mon, 29 April 2013
Melissa finally gets around to watching Cameron Crowe's Vanilla Sky, as Michael recovers from a crazy week of theatre. Iron Man 3 dominates the overseas box office. Jodie Foster's boobs arrive on Netflix Instant. Joss Whedon wraps filming on the S.H.I.E.L.D. pilot for ABC television. Bad Robot will bring Stephen King's 11/22/66 to cable. Clint Eastwood is too old for marriage drama. Hollywood forgot not to drink and drive. And Tom Brokaw nails the quote of the week. |
Tue, 23 April 2013
Melissa get mistaken for Katherine Heigl. Michael reviews Dreamwork's latest The Croods. Tom Cruise still has bank, Rebel Wilson is still hilarious, Jeremy Piven does period BBC drama, Remembering the incomparable Jonathan Winters, Netflix debuts their original horror series, Hulu showcases early David Lynch, Fox gives Glee two more seasons, and Charlie Brown may just prove the death of 3D in Hollywood. Hurray! |
Wed, 10 April 2013
In this super-sized episode covering the next two weeks of entertainment, Michael voices his frustration over BBC's neglecting the significance of Donna Noble as a Doctor Who companion, while Melissa reviews the Netflix release of Shane Carruth's Sundance favorite Primer. Plus! Remembering the amazing Roger Ebert; Orlando Bloom makes his Broadway debut; Kellan Lutz is the new Hercules; Rob Zombie offers us a vinyl record from Hell; Repo Man gets a Criterion Blu-ray; the Bond girls get their own documentary; questioning whether you can be an A-list action hero, pop star, or rapper is you are openly gay; Justin Bieber brings the Norway educational system to a halt; and Jada Pinkett reveals she and Will Smith have an open marriage. |
Mon, 1 April 2013
Melissa and Michael compare and contrast Christopher Eccleston and David Tennant as Doctor Who. Plus! Previewing Stephen Sommers' Odd Thomas, honoring the memory of Richard Griffiths, creating a Chinese version of Iron Man 3, rebooting Howard the Duck, critiquing Kim Kardashian's acting debut, and running down what you can expect to find this week in movies, TV, Blu-ray, DVD, books, music, and theatre. |
Mon, 25 March 2013
Melissa sits Side-by-Side with Keanu Reeves, as Michael recalls the horrors of direct-to-DVD Disney sequels. Plus! A letter from a dying solider, animation continues to dominate the box office, Cartoon Network comes to Netflix, another new Tyler Perry movie, the future of Doctor Who, Tilda Swinton in a box, Mary Tyler Moore gets Hot in Cleveland, and Jay Leno is put out to pasture... again. |
Mon, 18 March 2013
As Melissa revisits the various worlds of Aaron Sorkin, Michael immerses himself in the world of Tom Hooper's Les Miserables. Plus! Nic Cage is a neanderthal, Gerard Butler rescues the President, Christian Bale is Moses, Alan Thicke returns to sitcom television, and Rob Thomas' Veronica Mars is gifted new life by fans and Kickstarter. |
Mon, 11 March 2013
While Michael is up to his eyeballs with theatre, Melissa begins dismembering the misplaced fandom for The Walking Dead. Plus! Oz dominates the box office, horny teens becoming Spring Breakers, a wealth of animation comes to Blu-ray, Chris Cooper will be the Green Goblin, Eddie Murphy is once again Axel Foley, Valerie Harper refuses to roll over to cancer, Star Trek Into Darkness gets a new trailer, and Kevin Smith begins work on Clerks III. |
