Rise of the new geeks: how the outsiders won
From superhero movies to techy sitcoms to captains of industry, geeks have been running the show for years.
September 3, 2013
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From superhero movies to techy sitcoms to captains of industry, geeks have been running the show for years.
‘The Story of Film: An Odyssey,’ which will air on Turner Classic Movies, focuses on international cinema. Hollywood is not the center of the cinema universe in film critic-historian Mark Cousins’ acclaimed 15-hour documentary, “The Story of Film: An Odyssey,” which has its U.S. television premiere Monday evening on Turner Classic Movies.
Thanks to movies, people can travel to far away lands without ever leaving the comfort of their couches.
“It’s weird, alright,†maintains Rory Kinnear’s jaded TV reporter who reluctantly returns to his Kent hometown to cover the gun massacre wreaked by his former schoolmate (Sean Harris, excellent). Channel 4 has been pummelled in the ratings of late, however Tony Grisoni’s fiercely intelligent Southcliffe is the best drama they’ve screened in a fair while.
DVD was one new technology the electronics industry got right.
The last Saturday Night at the Movies show, which features a double bill of The Live of Others and Black Book, airs 8 p.m.
“Extra†is giving a Blu-ray and DVD copy of “Pain & Gain†on Extra’s Twitter.
TV shows like “Homeland” deal honestly with the “war on terror,” but movies like “Closed Circuit” often flinch
As AMC starts to gear us up for Season 4 of The Walking Dead , the Blu-rays for Season 3 have arrived today. I thought about how I wanted to approach reviewing Season 3 on Blu-ray.