I was debating whether the Oscars were worth writing about. I worked a lot the last few days, I’m tired, and, at this point, host Chris Rock’s joke that they’re the “White BET awards” seems entirely accurate. Still, people would not care if the Oscars did not matter. It’s why…
7. Zoolander 2 Release date(s): February 12 Ah, the Wall Street 2 of comedy sequels. The cultural timing seems right but can it break the comedy sequel curse? Anchorman 2 was supposed to, then missed the mark wide. Skepticism aside, the characters of Derek Zoolander, Hansel and Mugatu (played by…
7. Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation Dir. Christopher McQuarrie (The Way of the Gun, Jack Reacher) Tom Cruise, Rebecca Ferguson, Simon Pegg, Jeremy Renner, Ving Rhames, Sean Harris, Alec Baldwin, Simon McBurney, Tom Hollander Tom Cruise never fails to entertain and he takes home Sam Flynn’s Imaginary Award for Best…
As you’re hopefully aware, The Walking Dead, like cultural counterpart Game of Thrones, spawned from separate-but-equal source material, in this case an ongoing comic series by Robert Kirkman. I wrote an article back when Season 5 concluded in March of this year comparing those shows’ cliffs whence they will run…
COMING SPRING 2016 ON HBO WARNING! SPOILERS FOR THE SHOW AND THE BOOK SERIES BELOW! This was a season of change, concision, and convergence for the biggest series in the world. Series showrunners David Benioff and Dan Weiss took over a decade of author George R.R. Martin’s struggle to tell his…
7. TV NEWS! Hannibal, X-Files, more 24, Arrested Development, Prison Break Hannibal returns for its third season Hannibal returned to NBC last night of this premiere and it was the start of a season series creator Bryan Fuller calls “the series [ he] always wanted to make.” The hour was a…
The Top 7 things you must know about pop culture and entertainment at the end of every week: Sam Flynn’s 7. 7. TV NEWS! On the heels of last week’s orgasmic tweet by David Lynch that he would be returning after all to direct Showtime’s revival of his classic 1990-91…
The week is long and hard, that’s why every Friday, you can relax and catch up on everything you need to know in Hollywood and beyond with Sam Flynn’s 7, my breakdown and analysis of the week in film and TV. 7. El Mayimbe stuffs If you’re at all into online…
The week is long and hard, that’s why every Friday, you can relax and catch up on everything you need to know in Hollywood and beyond with Sam Flynn’s 7, my breakdown and analysis of the week in film and TV. It’s May and that means the end of the networks’…
The week is long and hard, that’s why every Friday, you can relax and catch up on everything you need to know in Hollywood and beyond with Sam Flynn’s 7, my breakdown and analysis of the week in film and TV. NOTE: Apologies for my missed Friday deadline, for those of…