The State of Scary TV
‘The Returned’ and ‘Ash vs Evil Dead’ join ‘The Walking Dead’ in offering high-quality horror.
August 2, 2012
Ghostbusters Sequel No One Wants Will Proceed Without Bill Murray, for Real This Time, Says Desperate Dan Aykroyd
Bill Murray prefers not to sequel. Despite the fact that lifelong friend Dan Aykroyd’s been so obsessed with ramming his Ghostbusters 3 project into multiplexes that the whole endeavor increasingly feels like an insane funding scheme for his burgeoning artisanal-booze-inside-Waterford-skulls empire, Murray has refused to pull on his protoplasm-wicking Venkman coveralls to cross streams one […]
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Top Chef Masters Episode 2: Cake Disasters
There is something sort of melancholy about Top Chef Masters. Maybe it’s because Curtis Stone axes the contestants so casually in comparison to Padma Lakshmi’s Pietà-like “Pack your knives and go,” or maybe it’s just because there are more seasoned veterans with more on the line than in rookie TC seasons. Failing to impress people […]
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Vampires Cry Too … and Other Horror Stories From This Week’s Tabloids
Us Weekly Kristen Stewart & Rob Pattinson: Pattinson is sequestered at Reese Witherspoon’s ranch in Ojai while he sorts out his feelings. Reese understands Pattinson’s situation, as she weathered her own cheating scandals with ex-husband Ryan Phillippe. Damn you, Tracy Flick. Always meddling! Pattinson has been running a lot to work off some of his […]
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How’s Everyone Feeling About Vertigo Topping Citizen Kane in the Sight & Sound Poll?
Kane: no longer best movie ever. Sorry Kane.
Read moreAugust 1, 2012
A Running Diary of Aaron Sorkin’s Showdown With the Press at The Newsroom’s TCA Panel
I am sitting in the International Ballroom in the Beverly Hilton Hotel during the twilight of the 2012 Summer TCA Press Tour, as HBO, like every other network and cable channel has done this week, previews its upcoming movies with a series of panels and Q&As. In a matter of minutes, Aaron Sorkin, Oscar-winning screenwriter […]
Read morePretty Little Liars Season 3, Episode 8: ‘Stolen Kisses’
Previous Episode Recap, in 140 Characters: I can’t remember anything about the last episode because I saw Step Up Revolution & it’s the best movie I’ve ever seen so sry #PLL #secrets. — Rembert Browne (@rembert) July 31, 2012 We pick up the episode just where the last one left off, with the Liars trying […]
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The Lowest-Grossing Movie in American History Finally Makes It to DVD. Is It That Terrible?
In 2006, the top-grossing film at the box office was Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest, which played at 4,133 theaters across the United States during its five-month run and earned $423 million. The lowest-grossing film at the box office that year was Zyzzyx Road (pronounced zizz-iks), which played at a single theater in Dallas […]
Read moreYouTube HOF: Classic Schwarzenegger
Editor’s note: The Total Recall remake hits theaters this weekend, and aside from a few pro–Colin Farrell stalwarts who will not be named, most of us here at Grantland are just feeling misty for the Arnold Schwarzenegger action era of which the original was a vital part. Every Governator has his origin story, and this […]
Read moreTeam USA: It’s a Beautiful Summer Day! Time to Binge-Watch Common Law’s Freshman Season
It’s officially August. The fall shows are coming. You’re holding your breath until Connie Britton makes a triumphant return to network television in Nashville. What will you do until then? It’s the perfect time for a television marathon! Fortunately, USA’s newest original series Common Law premiered this summer, and though it started back in May, […]
Read moreJustin Bieber Inspires Olympic Glory, Gets Beaten Up For Love in New Video
Check out Bieber’s “As Long As You Love Me” video.
Read moreAugust Book Recommendations: The Devil in Silver, Every Day and We Sinners
The Devil in Silver by Victor LaValle For Pepper, what should be a 72-hour stay at the New Hyde Hospital’s psych ward turns into a prolonged, drug-induced incarceration. But as a troublemaker with a cynical edge, the mental institution gives Pepper the chance to confront his personal demons. And also a real demon. New Hyde, […]
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How Did Peter Jackson’s Third Hobbit Movie Come Together So Quickly?
Threepeat for The Hobbit.
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