The State of Scary TV
‘The Returned’ and ‘Ash vs Evil Dead’ join ‘The Walking Dead’ in offering high-quality horror.
December 23, 2014
Kitsch and a Witch: Tim Burton’s ‘Big Eyes’ and the Movie Musical ‘Into the Woods’
‘Big Eyes’ is Tim Burton pretending to be ordinary, while ‘Into the Woods’ is diet Sondheim.
Read moreAmerica Wins: The ‘Entourage’ Movie Trailer Is Here
The boys are back. My God, how we’ve missed them.
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‘The Moment’ Podcast: Brian Koppelman and Dave Ramsey
Dave Ramsey, one of the most successful radio hosts on earth, talks about how he turned his life around — and how we all can too.
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‘Rembert Explains’ Podcast: Jenna Wortham of ‘The New York Times Magazine’
Jenna Wortham of ‘The New York Times Magazine’ and Rembert Browne look at technology’s domination of the year in culture, young Americans’ triumph over apathy, and more.
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Tenure Track: The Most Improbable Movie Professions of Mark Wahlberg
Maybe you never realized it. Maybe you just don’t want it to be true. But facts are facts: Amid all players still currently active, Mark Wahlberg has one of the greatest shooting percentages in Hollywood.
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The 10 Most Underappreciated Actors on TV This Year
The 10 Most Underappreciated Actors on TV This Year
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Three Wise Migos: A Very Special Holiday Tale for Our Times
This is the story of Quavo, Takeoff, and Offset, the Three Wise Migos, three men from Atlanta who set out to find the new King of Rap.
Read moreDecember 22, 2014
Every Which Way But Loose: Clint Eastwood’s ‘American Sniper’ and Angelina Jolie’s Eastwood Impersonation ‘Unbroken’
Two very different directors. Two very similar, very inert movies.
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Hollywood Prospectus Podcast: The 2014 Wall of Fame, With Drake, Reese, Clive, and More (With Video)
Chris Ryan and Andy Greenwald put Reese Witherspoon, Drake, Clive Owen, and Steven Soderbergh on their 2014 Wall of Fame. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aahZEaEo_4Q Listen to this podcast here. Subscribe to the Grantland Network and “The Hollywood Prospectus Podcast” on iTunes, and check out our podcasts page.
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How ‘Breakin’ 2: Electric Boogaloo’ Became a Movie and Then a Meme
Ever make an ‘Electric Boogaloo’ joke? Here’s why.
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Nothing Exciting Should Happen on ‘Homeland’ Ever Again
By ‘Homeland’ standards, pretty much nothing happened in the Season 4 finale that aired on Sunday night. But “Long Time Coming” is one of the best episodes of the last two seasons of the series, precisely because it’s by far the quietest.
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Weekend Box Office Winners & Losers: A Special Holiday All-Winners Edition
Hollywood may have earned itself a place on the naughty list these past two hack-filled weeks, but that didn’t stop Gandalf Claus and WETA’s army of digital elves from dumping a dragon’s weight in gold on the box office this weekend.
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Here Is the Christmas Album That Will Be Terrorizing You This Week (and the A Cappella Group That Has Been Dominating 2014)
They’re called Pentatonix, and they are confusing.
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