As pop-culture editor, I feel like I should keep tabs on all of the rabid fan groups out there. You have your Trekkies, your comics addicts, wizard rock bands, and so on. Not that I ...
Are you sick of big-budget mega-blockbusters yet? (Not counting The Dark Knight, of course, because who could get sick of that?) Dial it down this weekend by heading out to see American Teen, Nanette Burstein ...
Whenever we go on vacation, my significant other looks to see if there are any drive-ins near our destination. We’ve gone once or twice, and it makes me nostalgic for something I didn’t really experience ...
I fully admit that, when I was of a certain age, I had it bad for the New Kids on the Block. I had a room plastered in NKOTB trading cards, and, though I never ...
A few weeks ago, I promised to try and muster up enough energy to get through the Tony Awards. After Sunday night, I can say I mostly delivered on my promise, in that I DVRed ...
Soon, networks will make good on their promise for a 52-week programming cycle, and those of us who dread the outdoors (which are pretty, but don’t come in HD) will finally have reason to stay ...
It’s no surprise that the big screen Sex and the City movie captured the top spot at the box office this weekend—and, clocking in at almost two and a half hours (around the time it ...
Memorial Day Weekend is always a big deal, pop-culture-wise. And this upcoming Memorial Day weekend, there’s only one game in town: Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. This movie makes me nervous. ...
Emmy nominees won’t be officially announced until July 17, but the “short lists” of finalists have already leaked and circulated on the blogosphere. What would we do without the Internet? Here’s my 2 cents about ...
The Tonys often feel like the forgotten stepchildren of awards. All the razzle-dazzle of Oscars, Emmys, and Grammys are over by March, but the Tonys take place in June—so far outside of awards season, yet ...
The calendar might still say spring, but here on Pop Culture Standard Time, summer has announced itself with a bang. The first summer entertainment blockbuster out of the gate was, surprisingly, a video game. Not ...
Finally, after reading endless dispatches from Cannes and Sundance, we get a film festival closer to home (at least on the East Coast). The Tribeca Film Festival is underway, opening with the Tina Fey/Amy Poehler ...
This week finally sees an end to the presidential primaries in Pennsylvania—hallelujah! With so much time, so many similarities between the candidates (at least on the Democrat side), and so little to do between primary ...
Last Wednesday, television juggernaut American Idol launched its Idol Gives Back campaign, raising funds for six charities serving kids in the U.S. and Africa, including the Children’s Defense Fund, the Global Fund, Make It Right, ...
With all of the news about Barack Obama’s pastor and the 40th anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., race has been at the forefront of the national conversation recently. Yet few ...
OK, movie prices are up and only get higher, but would you pay $35 for a movie ticket? Australian company Village Roadshow Limited bets you are, once you see their ultra-luxe Gold Class Cinemas. The ...
I spent last Saturday campaigning for a new District Attorney. I was with a small band of devoted followers, all chanting for change and justice in the form of Harvey Dent, a man pledged to ...
In some ways, I think Shrek‘s success hurt future animated films more than it helped them. Sure, the character designs were cool and the films have their funny moments (especially when Puss in Boots is ...
They whiffed, they wobbled, they stalled, but midseason television shows are finally underway. Midseason replacements are in a very odd phase right now. Half the shows scheduled for debut were stunted by the writers’ strike, ...
Few studio directors can get away with making a movie about how movie studios are completely unnecessary. To do so, you’d have to be charming, whimsical, and possibly French. Enter Michel Gondry, the fanciful director ...
