When I began reading Michael Cieply's article in the May 15th New York Times, "For Movies, A Summer That's Shy on Sequels," my main thought was: "What's the point?"

A year ago, the headline would've read, "For Movies, A Summer That's Full of Sequels," which, it turns out, is...

Odds are, you've seen David Pasquesi or heard his voice, though you may not realize it. Of the seventeen movies he's appeared in, six were directed by fellow Second City alums, including three by fellow Chicagoan Harold Ramis. He played Stew the Meat Man in the television show and...

Here we are at the beginning of the end of Season 4. "There's No Place Like Home Part 1" was a great start to a season finale and once we have all three parts, I think this episode will be even better. This may...

We open up with Spike having a serious heart to heart with himself. "Why would you want to be the outcast and act like the asshole? It's gonna follow you in your career!" Oh wait, he's talking about Dale.

Dale is vowing that he's just "gonna focus on the task...

Back in 1989, in his smash hit Say Anything, John Cusack famously stood with a boom box above his head outside the home of the woman he loved blasting Peter Gabriel's "In Your Eyes." With his latest films on the Iraq war, Cusack is standing outside Hollywood with a...

Hollywood has its share of characters, and we throw around words like "legendary" and "iconic" easily. Warren Cowan was a character the best writer couldn't have invented and deserved the labels like legend and icon. He passed away Wednesday night, marking the end of an era in Hollywood.

It's not...

Second Life now has is own film auteur.

He is Douglas Gayeton; and his movie, debuting tonight May 15 as a half hour on Cinemax Reel Life, is Molotov Alva and His Search for the Creator" --a unique and ground-breaking kind of documentary about Second Life, from

As the opening of Sex and the City gets closer I've noticed a bunch of articles asking whether you can be a feminist and still like Sex and the City. Give me a break. Of course you can be a feminist and like Sex...

One of the nice things about the Writers Guild strike (...okay, the only thing nice) is that it allowed members to meet their fellow-writers in daily protest.

One such person I crossed paths with (though via email) was Rob Kutner, an Emmy-winning writer for The Daily Show with Jon...

"If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face."
--George Orwell

It has been 60 years since George Orwell published his novel 1984. Described as political satire, it is, in reality, a political prophecy.

1984 portrays a global society of total control...

Just in case you're wondering, there is still no verdict in the Pellicano trial. That's right. They're still deliberating and in case you've forgotten, they started way back on May 1st. The jury had an extra long day yesterday--deliberating from 8:00AM until 3:00. (They take a lunch break at 11:00...

Otis Redding, Marvin Gaye, Jackie Wilson, Curtis Mayfield, my beloved Ike Turner...they are all gone dammit. Gone.  How any self respecting (or self flagellating) Christian thinks I should believe in God is beyond me. Not that I need God necessarily and yet,...

So, last night Marissa Jaret Winokur got the boot, meaning she won't be in next week's finale. It's too bad. In an earlier show Carrie Ann Inaba had said Marissa exemplified what this competition is all about. And she did. Her huge personality and immense excitement for dance were contagious...

Whores no more.

On the job, the key for many of us is adapting by adopting -- an alternate personality, that is. But some jobs arouse emotions and sensations that are too overwhelming for the conscious mind. In the process called splitting, we shunt those off to a kind of...

Looking for something a little better than Hard Candy? Get a taste of Robyn's new self-titled release. This album came out in 2005 in Europe, but took two years to get a release date scheduled domestically. It is well worth the wait.

Perez Hilton was raving about her months...

Viewing the evolution of Hollywood films over time, I tend to place our male movie stars in one of two categories: romantic leads, and what we'll call "everyman" leads.

First and foremost, romantic leads attract the ladies in...

Goldfrapp
Goldfrapp is a conduit of mystery, melody, and imagination. Founded in 1999 in the U.K. by amazing vocalist/front woman Alison Goldfrapp and composer/synth artist Will Gregory. This duo's music...