Week of Dec 29-Jan 3: 'Breaking Bad' is my #1 Show of 2013

This week in Movie News: review of Rush; the box office report for the last weekend of 2013; the last two Movie of the Day entries look at The Apartment and When Harry Met Sally for New Year's Eve; review of American Hustle; the PGA and WGA nominations give a clearer picture of the Oscar race heading into the nominations in two weeks; Ohio Film Critics love Gravity; review of Prisoners; and the trailer for Veronica Mars.

This week in TV Home: my Top 10 TV Shows of 2013 (I hope to get my Top 10 Movies of the year posted by the end of January, as I still have to see more of them).

Week of Dec 22-27: Best Movies to Ring in 2014

This week in Movie News: Christmas week was a short week, as our Movie of the Day series took a look at A Christmas Tale, A Christmas Carol, While Your Were Sleeping, Holiday and About a Boy; review of Saving Mr. Banks was posted; the trailer for the documentary Tim's Vermeer; and the box office report for the weekend of the 20th.

This week in TV Home: recap of the final SNL of the year; trailer for the upcoming fifth season of Justified; the new mini-episode of Sherlock; and the teaser for the upcoming second season of Orphan Black.

Week of Dec 15-20: R.I.P. Peter O'Toole

This week in Movie News: the teaser for Interstellar; tributes to Peter O'Toole and Joan Fontaine; the box office report for the weekend of the 13th; Houston, Kansas City and San Francisco critics winners; St. Louis, Dallas Ft. Worth and Online Critics winners; the Critics Choice nominations; Indiana and Southeastern critics winners; trailer for 22 Jump Street; review of Blue is the Warmest Color; Chicago and Toronto critics winners; blu-ray pick of the week The Blue Angel; Austin and Phoenix critics winners; the returning Movie of the Day series looks at Bad Santa, Die Hard, The Nightmare Before Christmas and Batman Returns; the teaser for Dawn of the Planet of the Apes; the London Critics Circle nominations; the 25 movies added to the National Film Registry; Florida, Las Vegas and Dublin critics winners; the trailer for How to Train Your Dragon 2; the Black Reel Awards nominations; winners for the Black Critics Circle, Alliance of Women Film Journalists and the Village Voice; Ellen's first trailer for the Oscars; Nevada and Utah critics winners; review for The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug; the second trailer for The Grand Budapest Hotel; and the 9 foreign films shortlisted for the Oscars.

This week in TV Home: recaps for SNL and the Homeland season finale; review of the first season of Masters of Sex; 5 great TV shows for Christmas; and a review of the first season of the creepy French drama series, The Returned.

Week of Dec 8-13

This week in Movie News: winners of the Boston Online and Boston Society of Film critics; the WAFCA nominations and winners; NYFCO winners; box office report for the weekend of the 6th; L.A. Film Critics Winners; British Independent Film Awards winners; OFCS nominations; the AFI Honorees; Variety Actress Roundtable; trailer for Jupiter Ascending; teaser for Godzilla; blu-ray pick of the week Mary Poppins; review roundup for American Hustle; the SAG nominations; trailer for Edge of Tomorrow; San Diego critics winners; poster for Dawn of the Planet of the Apes; the Golden Globe nominations; DFCS winners; and the AAFCA winners.

This week in TV Home: teaser for Downton Abbey's Christmas Special; recaps for SNL and Homeland; AFI's Top 10 Shows of 2013; trailer for Sherlock Season 3; the SAG TV Nominations; the Golden Globe TV noms; and the trailer for Season 2 of House of Cards.

Week of Dec 1-6

This week in Movie News: the sad news of Paul Walker's death; the box office report for the long Thanksgiving weekend; Oscar roundup for Best Picture; review of 12 Years a Slave; the Satellite award noms; the Gotham award winners; blu-ray pick of the week Nashville (1975); the NYCC winners; Oscar shortlists for documentary and visual effects; the second trailer for Her; casting news of Gal Gadot as Wonder Woman; NBR winners; first clip from Veronica Mars; trailer for Amazing Spider-Man 2; Time Magazine's Top 10 movies of the year; the third trailer for Monuments Men; Rolling Stone's Top 10 movies of the year; production video diary for The Hobbit; review for The World's End; Film.com's Top 25 movies montage of 2013; report on what's in theaters this weekend; the Annie Award noms; and a special movie of the day Invictus (2009), as a tribute to the late Nelson Mandela.

This week in TV Home: review of Boardwalk Empire's fourth season; recap of last week's Homeland; the Satellite TV noms; the PGA TV noms; new teaser for House of Cards Season 2; and the WGA TV nominations.

Also this week, the December movie recommendations are here, with 10 Christmas Classics to cozy up with this holiday season. The description for the month of December is on the Movie of the Month page, while the complete list of ten films is on the December movie page.

Week of Nov 24-29

This week in Movie News: the box office report for the weekend of the 22nd; EW's Entertainer of the Year Sandra Bullock; Thanksgiving week Movie of the Day series looks at Hannah and Her Sisters, Pieces of April, What's Cooking?, and Planes, Trains and Automobiles; Hollywood Reporter Roundtable on the Actresses; the Independent Spirit Awards nominations; and the Oscar Roundup for Best Supporting Actress.

This week in TV Home: recaps for SNL and Homeland; new promo for Sherlock Season 3; and 5 great TV shows for Thanksgiving.

Week of Nov 17-22

This week in Movie News: the box office report for the weekend of the 22nd; the speeches from The Governor's Awards in Hollywood; the second trailer for The Wind Rises; review of Stories We Tell; new trailer for The Past; blu-ray pick of the week JFK (1991); Adele Exarchopoulos interview on Charlie Rose; new trailer Muppets Most Wanted; Oscar Roundup for Best Actor; Gravity companion short film "Aningaaq"; Jennifer Lawrence on Letterman; new posters for The Wolf of Wall Street; and the new trailer for Nymphomaniac.

This week in TV Home: recaps for SNL and Homeland.