Week of Aug 4-9

 This week in Movie News: Lots of new trailers, including Machete Kills, All is Lost, Diana, Muppets Most Wanted, Thor: The Dark World, The Counselor, Her, Captain Phillips, and The Monuments Men; reviews for Iron Man 3, Fruitvale Station, and To the Wonder; the box office report for the weekend of Aug 2; Oprah on Letterman; the blu-ray pick of the week The Earrings of Madame de...; the news on Johnny Depp and Jerry Bruckheimer blaming the critics for The Lone Ranger; and reports of a new film version of The Hunchback of Notre Dame.

This week in TV Home: the winners of the TCA Awards; Peter Capaldi as the new Doctor Who; the recap of last week's Newsroom; and trailers for the Ricky Gervais show Derek and the upcoming season 3 of Homeland.

Week of July 28-Aug 2

This week in Movie News: the box office report for the weekend of July 26th; one of my favorite clips from Inherit the Wind; trailers for The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, American Hustle, The Spectacular Now, and Out of the Furnace; set pics from American Hustle; Forbes' list of Hollywood's Highest Paid Actresses; the blu-ray pick of the week The Devil's Backbone; the new poster for Lee Daniels' The Butler; reports for the Avatar sequels coming soon; the news that Ellen Degeneres will return as the 2014 Oscar host; and the first look at the X-Men Sentinels.

This week in TV Home:  news items of the NBC Hillary Clinton miniseries and the confirmation of a fifth season of Arrested Development; the recap for the last episode of The Newsroom; new teasers and commentary for the upcoming seasons of Homeland, Breaking Bad, and Sherlock; my review of the first season of FX's The Americans; the news of cast departures on Parks and Recreation; and a look back on the anniversary of MTV's debut.

Also this week the Movies for Every Month page was updated with the description of the August theme: Going Global, or the films of World Cinema- and a new page was added for August with ten movie recommendations for the month.

Week of July 21-26

This week in Movie News: lots of news and clips from Comic-Con, including Andrew Garfield and Tom Hiddleston playing it up for the fans and the news that Zach Snyder will be directing a Batman/Superman team up movie in lieu of a direct Superman sequel; the box office report for the weekend of July 19th; trailers for The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, the new documentary Blackfish, Lee Daniels' The Butler, August: Osage County, and Romeo & Juliet; the first posters for X-Men: Days of Future Past; the lineup of Oscar contenders for the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival; 3 new clips for Alfonso Cuaron's Gravity: "Detached" "Drifting" and "I've Got You"; critic's raves and Oscar buzz for Cate Blanchett in Woody Allen's Blue Jasmine, plus her appearance this week on David Letterman; and reviews for 42 and The Wolverine.

This week in TV Home: the recap for episode 2x02 of The Newsroom; my full season review of Netflix's Orange is the New Black; and Jason Sudeikis' confirmation that he will not be returning to SNL this fall.

Week of July 14-19

This week in Movie News: the box office report for the weekend of July 12; new trailers for 12 Years a Slave, The Fifth Estate, and Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom; my review of Pacific Rim; an interview between Peter Jackson and The World's End crew; Forbes' list of Hollywood's highest paid actors; Comic-Con footage for The Amazing Spider-Man 2 and the as yet untitled Veronica Mars  movie; and 5 great Summer Vacation movies to watch this summer

This week in TV Home: the trailer for Season 4 of Boardwalk Empire; new teasers for the final season of Breaking Bad; my recap of The Newsroom premiere; the 2013 Emmy nominations; my thoughts on the emmy noms; my "B-" review of Season 1 of House of Cards; the trailer for Season 4 of The Walking Dead; the premiere date and trailer for ABC's upcoming Agents of SHIELD