Entertainment

Part Two’ Dominates Box Office, Matches ‘Oppenheimer’ Opening, May End Up 2024’s Number One Film

The follow-up to Denis Villeneuve’s 2021 hit “Dune” finally made its way to theaters this past weekend after significant delay. Apparently, audiences felt watching “Dune: Part Two” was worth the wait. In its opening weekend, the sequel matched the incredible opening of last year’s Christopher Nolan epic “Oppenheimer.” Accoridng to Box Office Mojo, “Dune: Part […]

‘Hard to Walk Away From’

It should go without saying that you can tell how much someone cares about something based on how well they take care of it. Being good stewards — of anything — shows the world a genuine care and desire to nurture something. Conversely, if someone or something treats a property poorly or in negligent fashion, […]

Warner Bros. Discovery Halts Blockbuster Merger Talks: Report

Streaming’s slow, but steady, march towards becoming the very traditional cable it sought to replace has hit a small snag. As more and more services look to merge and become bigger (and more expensive) to try and rival Netflix, streaming platforms are increasingly looking like (and costing as much as) traditional cable, much to the […]

Did AI Program Actors and Write the Script?

Show, don’t tell — it’s a lesson every writer worth their salt learned early on in their career. When given the choice between telling the audience what a character feels through dialogue — i.e. a character saying “I feel sad” — and showing them through action — i.e. depicting a character staring out a window […]

Comedian and ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’ Star Dead at 76

Richard Lewis, an acclaimed comedian known for exploring his neuroses in frantic, stream-of-consciousness diatribes while dressed in all-black, leading to his nickname “The Prince of Pain,” has died. He was 76. Lewis, who revealed he had been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease in 2023, died at his home in Los Angeles on Tuesday night after suffering […]

Is Disney’s Japanese Epic the New ‘Game of Thrones’?

If you’ve been watching television for long enough — and this writer certainly has — you’ve undoubtedly heard about “the next big thing.” You know, “the next ‘Seinfeld,’” “the next ‘The Office,’” “the next ‘Band of Brothers,’” “the next ‘Lost,’” or “the next ‘Game of Thrones‘” have all been bandied about in the last 30 […]