Week of Sept 22-27

This week in Movie News: a birthday tribute to Bill Murray; the box office report for the weekend of the 20th; the extended trailer for Under the Skin; the blu-ray pick of the week Halloween; featurette on Gravity; first look at a pic from Dumb and Dumber 2; the trailer for Dom Hemingway; the trailer for Frozen; the teaser for Foxcatcher; the NYFF lineup; a featurette for the new Oldboy; reviews from NYFF for Captain Phillips; and the new trailer for Philomena.   

This week in TV Home: my final Emmy predictions; the Emmy winners list; recapping the Emmy show; recap of the penultimate Breaking Bad; the trailer for Showtime's Masters of Sex; behind the scenes video of Downton Abbey season 4; and the fall season promos and premieres for the weekend.

Week of Sept 15-20

This week in Movie News: the trailer for Grudge Match; the box office report for the weekend of the 13th; 12 Years a Slave becomes the Oscar frontrunner; the teaser for Grace of Monaco; John Hughes tribute week with nods to The Breakfast Club, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Pretty in Pink, Sixteen Candles, and Some Kind of Wonderful; my review of This is the End; the trailer for Nebraska; the blu-ray pick of the week The Bride of Frankenstein; Ben Affleck on Late Night; Leonardo Dicaprio in a new Woodrow Wilson biopic; trailer for a new version of Great Expectations; new images from Catching Fire; the new U.S. trailer for Blue is the Warmest Color; and the poster for Labor Day.

This week in TV Home: my Emmy predictions in Comedy Series, Supporting Acting in a Drama, Lead Acting in a Drama, and Drama Series; recaps of Breaking Bad and The Newsroom; the Creative Arts Emmy winners; the news on Mad Men's final season split; the new trailer for Burton and Taylor; a new teaser for Toy Story of Terror; and Peter Dinklage on Sesame Street.

Also this week I added a subscription page to the site, where people can subscribe to the movie and TV blogs through email. Click here to subscribe! 

Week of Sept 8-13

 This week in Movie News: the box office report for the weekend of Sep 6; TIFF Round-up #1; a tribute to Peter Sellers; early reviews for Captain Phillips; the trailer for Enough Said; the blu-ray pick of the week The Fly; TIFF Round-up #2; a look back at United 93 on 9/11; a special anime review of Berserk; a featurette on The Wizard of Oz in 3D; new trailers for August: Osage County, Don Jon and Oldboy; the trailer for Escape From Tomorrow; Woody Allen getting the Cecil B. DeMille award; and a Friday the 13th movie pick- The Vanishing.

This week in TV Home: Bruno Mars announced as the Super Bowl halftime show; recaps for Breaking Bad and The Newsroom; first few hosts of the new SNL season announced; the trailer for the new HBO miniseries True Detective; my Emmy predictions for Supporting Actor & Actress in a comedy series; the teaser for American Horror Story: Coven; Breaking Bad spinoff greenlit; Emmy predictions for Lead Actor & Actress in a comedy series; the Kennedy Center Honors announced; my thoughts on Laura Prepon leaving Orange is the New Black; Jimmy Fallon's Breaking Bad spoof; and Aaron Paul interviewed by Vanity Fair.

Week of Sept 1-6

This week in Movie News: First reaction from Telluride for Labor Day and 12 Years a Slave;  the trailer for Prisoners; Jennifer Lawrence in Vogue; the box office report for Labor Day weekend; the trailer for Ron Howard's Rush; the blu-ray pick of the week, Mystery Science Theater 3000; first reaction in Venice for Philomena, Under the Skin and The Wind Rises; first teaser for Under the Skin; a behind the scenes look at 12 Years a Slave; the full trailer for Gravity; who's getting Honorary Oscars this year; trailer for Kill Your Darlings; TIFF reminder; the trailer for the new RoboCop; the first awful reviews for Diana; and Rolling Stone's list of the 25 best movie soundtracks.

This week in TV Home: the new trailer for Season 4 of Downton Abbey; the recap of this week's Breaking Bad; and a speech from Kevin Spacey on the BBC talking about the new way of watching TV.

Also this week: new monthly movie picks for September, all ten related to the theme of the month- "Back to School"

Week of Aug 25-30

This week in Movie News: the box office report for the weekend of Aug 23; 5 movies about civil rights- The Long Walk Home, Malcolm X, In the Heat of the Night, Mississippi Burning, and The Butler; new trailers for Divergent and Dallas Buyers Club; Iron-Jawed Angels for Women's Equality Day; casting news for the new James Brown biopic; blu-ray pick of the week To Be or Not to Be; the President's comments about The Butler; new poster for The Monuments Men; my review of Mud; the lineup of Oscar contenders for the Telluride Film Festival; MLK's "I Have a Dream" Speech picture of the day; first reactions to Gravity at the Venice Film Festival; casting news on James Spader in Avengers 2; and the slaughtering of Getaway by the critics.

This week in TV Home: Anna Gunn's editorial in the New York Times; recaps of Breaking Bad and The Newsroom; recapping the VMA's; and the new meme of Breaking Bad's Hank and Marie watching the VMA's.

Week of Aug 18-23

This week in Movie News: new trailers for Short Term 12, Ender's Game, The Grandmaster, The Counselor, Parkland, Inside Llewyn Davis, and Blue is the Warmest Color; a tribute to Mae West on her birthday; the box office report for the weekend of Aug 16th; the lineup of Oscar contenders at the New York Film Festival; first looks at the set pics for Noah and Foxcatcher; my review of Lee Daniels' The Butler; the poster for The Zero Theorem; the blu-ray pick of the week, 1953's Shane; the casting news and backlash on Ben Affleck cast as Batman; and the news of a local theater in Kentucky refusing to show The Butler.

This week in TV Home: recaps of Breaking Bad and The Newsroom; videos for Lady Gaga's "Applause" and the director's cut of Nirvana's "Heart-Shaped Box"; news of Tatiana Maslany guest starring on Parks and Recreation; new trailers and poster for Season 3 of Homeland; news of cast recruits for the upcoming Season 39 of Saturday Night Live; and the VMA's Most Memorable Moments over the years.

Week of Aug 11-16

This week in Movie News: the box office report for the weekend of Aug 9th; new trailers for Philomena, Fading Gigolo, The Wind Rises, and Blue Caprice; a deleted scene from Iron Man 3; the blu-ray pick of the week; and 5 summer concert movies to celebrate the anniversary of Woodstock.

This week in TV Home: my review of the first season of Broadchurch (currently airing on BBC America); recaps of Breaking Bad and The Newsroom; and the second trailer for the new season of Boardwalk Empire.