Columns
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‘Aloft’ Review: Jennifer Connelly and Cillian Murphy Leave Us Cold in a Numbing Drama
“Adrift” is a more fitting title for this unmoored and glacially paced star vehicle, which prizes exasperating inscrutability over effective storytelling
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Will Periscope and Other Live-Streaming Apps Kill the Cable TV Star?
Cable programmers have one more thing to worry about: the rise of a new crop of live-broadcasting stars on apps like Periscope and Meerkat
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Spotify’s New Push Into Video Content Reveals a Case of Netflix Envy
In the race to build successful (and lucrative) subscription businesses, video rules over audio content
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‘Tomorrowland’ Review: George Clooney’s Dystopian Drama, Like Disneyland, Is Exhausting Fun
Clooney and Britt Robertson star in the film that mimics a roller coaster ride by making us wait far too long for too little payoff
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‘I’ll See You in My Dreams’ Review: Blythe Danner Radiates Warmth and Wisdom in Lovely Drama
Danner and co-star Martin Starr make for wonderful companions — and company — in an honest but never depressing film about old age
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Verizon’s AOL Acquisition Sheds Light on ‘Over-The-Top’ Plan
As Verizon seeks to hang onto its TV viewers, the AOL deal allows the telcom giant to tap into advertising tech know-how
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‘Skinny Bundles?’ Big Media Preps for America’s Changing Cable Diet
The pressure is on pay-TV as viewing alternatives grow. Companies like Disney and Fox are still in cable’s corner, but they’re hedging their bets
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‘Saint Laurent’ Review: France’s Academy Submission Is Disappointing Oscar Bait
The second of two Yves Saint Laurent biopics — the one made without the approval of the designer’s estate — winds up being the more generic and less insightful one
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‘Hot Pursuit’ Review: Reese Witherspoon and Sofia Vergara’s Comedy Is Adam Sandler-Bad
Joyless and perfunctory, this road-trip buddy comedy apparently replaced all its jokes with screaming
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Why Hollywood Shouldn’t Use Mayweather-Pacquiao Fight To Indict Periscope
Piracy looms, but Periscope users are part of an active community, while pay-per-view events are largely “lean back” experiences
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Who Got the Last Laugh on ‘The Ridiculous Six’ Movie Set? (Guest Blog)
“What is a laugh really worth?” asks contributor Aviva Kempner. “These actors expressed their concerns about the film and were essentially told to ‘get over it or get gone’”
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Lionsgate Considered Starz Acquisition Before Stock Swap With John Malone
Starz’s valuation is one of the factors that kept a deal from happening, and now all eyes are on John Malone’s next move, insiders tell TheWrap
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‘Little Boy’ Review: Faith-Based Drama Revisits Anti-Asian Racism During WWII
Despite boasting several important moral lessons, the period piece is more artificial than a polyester teddy bear stuffed with Splenda and Cheez Whiz — and about as appealing
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‘The Water Diviner’ Review: Russell Crowe’s Directorial Debut Isn’t Just Another Vanity Project
Seen through Crowe’s beauty-seeking if exoticizing camera, the Turkey-set period epic asks difficult and urgent questions about war and masculinity
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‘The Age of Adaline’ Review: Blake Lively Auditions for Another Vogue Cover in Gorgeous But Forgettable Romance
Lively’s never been better, but “Adaline” is more interested in what she’s wearing than what her character’s thinking
