What is integrity, anyway?!
From Harry Potter to Fox News, celebrities are all too happy to cash a check
The hollowness of Hollywood’s rich people stories
TV and film of the moment aren't going to galvanize anyone. But stories closer to home just might.
Celebrities will not save us
Celebrities are meeting the moment with a mixture of self-interest and evasion
The death of spontaneity
Plus some thoughts on "The Crown" and the real-world royal show of the moment
When companies go all-in on America as a brand
Plus the power of "Roundball Rock" ... and a look at the celebrity documentary industrial complex.
The off-putting comedy of Tim Robinson
His latest is HBO’s “The Chair Company.” Plus some thoughts about English vs. subtitles
Why is the reboot of “Law & Order” so bad?
It’s as if everyone forgot how to make the show.
The dearth of legal dramas
And what really happened behind the scenes of “LA Law”
Two Robert Redford films worth revisiting: “The Electric Horseman” and "The Hot Rock"
A closer look at 1979 romantic comedy and the 1972 comedic heist
“The Golden Girls” and the death of regularity
Streaming blew regularity to pieces. It's time streamers re-embrace it.
Hollywood used to be run by young hotshot power brokers. Not anymore.
The Emmys this year could make history if some of the oldest nominees are winners
Review: “aka Charlie Sheen” on Netflix
Is it a documentary if it's an exercise in celebrity image management?
What makes a good TV show?
Is there a "scientific way" to ensure TV show quality? Jeff Bezos thought so.
AI blows, Part 572
We're all born with the ability to imagine. AI proponents want us to believe otherwise
Reality TV is ubiquitous. I can not watch any of it.
How low will media execs go? They’re laughing all the way to the bank and we’re giving them a free ride there
Was the entertainment press “gunning” for “Titanic” to fail?
Just because someone says something confidently on social media doesn’t make it accurate. Which is why we need critics and other reporters who are well-versed in Hollywood history to be gainfully employed.
Is “Severance” a hangout show?
Why aren't we seeing more friendships depicted on screen, and is that just reflecting the atrophy of our social lives in the real world?
Apparently you can bet on anything. But a film’s Rotten Tomatoes score?
Gambling (especially sports gambling) is everywhere ... except ironically in TV and film