When Jill Soloway casually dropped “topple the patriarchy” into her Emmys acceptance speech (twice), it was not the first time the writer/producer/director made her story.
Since “Transparent” debuted in 2014, Soloway put Amazon on the map as a television producer, created the first streaming show to win a Golden Globe for best series, and re-defined on-set culture by setting rules prioritizing emotional communication over throwing someone under the bus.
Read More: Emmys Winners and Losers: ‘Game of Thrones’ Broke Records & Amazon is On Fire, But What About ‘Fargo’?
And as Soloway grows, so do the Pfeffermans, the fictional Jewish family whose smothering, bickering, nit-picking love is the emotional heart of “Transparent.” In its third season, which debuts this Friday, “Transparent” comes out swinging with controversial storylines that seem intent on addressing criticism Soloway received for casting few people of color.
Neither overly defensive nor entirely ingratiating, Soloway throws Maura...
Since “Transparent” debuted in 2014, Soloway put Amazon on the map as a television producer, created the first streaming show to win a Golden Globe for best series, and re-defined on-set culture by setting rules prioritizing emotional communication over throwing someone under the bus.
Read More: Emmys Winners and Losers: ‘Game of Thrones’ Broke Records & Amazon is On Fire, But What About ‘Fargo’?
And as Soloway grows, so do the Pfeffermans, the fictional Jewish family whose smothering, bickering, nit-picking love is the emotional heart of “Transparent.” In its third season, which debuts this Friday, “Transparent” comes out swinging with controversial storylines that seem intent on addressing criticism Soloway received for casting few people of color.
Neither overly defensive nor entirely ingratiating, Soloway throws Maura...
- 9/23/2016
- by Jude Dry
- Indiewire
Here’s something to think about when you go looking for your favorite movie: it might be a TV show. Stephen King first published “The Mist” in 1980, Frank Darabont adapted it as a movie in 2007, and now The Weinstein Company is developing it for television. That’s similar to what happened to “The Dark Fields,” which was turned into Limitless in 2011, and is currently on CBS on a TV near you. Going in reverse, the late ’80s TV show 21 Jump Street has been converted into two films (with probably more on the way, which also happened with The Man From U.N.C.L.E., Get Smart, Charlie’s Angels, The A-Team, Dark Shadows, Mission: Impossible and Veronica Mars (although that last one is admittedly a spin-off film featuring most of the same actors in their original roles). However, Veronica Mars (like Entourage) helps illustrate an interesting difference from all of the TV shows that decided they needed a movie (not...
- 10/6/2015
- by Scott Beggs
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
The following contains spoilers from Tuesday’s Justified season premiere.
As FX’s Justified opened its final season with a tense hour that pitted Raylan against a federale, had Ava on edge and saw Boyd pull off a brazen bank heist, almost everyone made it out alive.
Almost everyone.
Because in the course of the aforementioned heist, Dewey Crowe was used as a distraction, to draw Raylan and Tim off Boyd’s scent. After Dewey grumbled some about his fate as bait, and with Boyd wary of the parolee’s trustworthiness, he received as recompense a bullet in the back of his head,...
As FX’s Justified opened its final season with a tense hour that pitted Raylan against a federale, had Ava on edge and saw Boyd pull off a brazen bank heist, almost everyone made it out alive.
Almost everyone.
Because in the course of the aforementioned heist, Dewey Crowe was used as a distraction, to draw Raylan and Tim off Boyd’s scent. After Dewey grumbled some about his fate as bait, and with Boyd wary of the parolee’s trustworthiness, he received as recompense a bullet in the back of his head,...
- 1/21/2015
- TVLine.com
Justified has one final round left in the chamber. And you can bet that it will hit the bull’s-eye.
This Tuesday at 10/9c, the FX drama opens its sixth and final season, picking up right where things left off with Raylan (played by Timothy Olyphant) recruiting Ava (Joelle Carter) as a C.I. to take down her estranged fiance Boyd (Walton Goggins) on Rico charges. When all is said and done, will Raylan get his man, once and for all? Will anyone in Harlan find a happy ending?
Showrunner Graham Yost spoke with TVLine about the final season’s themes,...
This Tuesday at 10/9c, the FX drama opens its sixth and final season, picking up right where things left off with Raylan (played by Timothy Olyphant) recruiting Ava (Joelle Carter) as a C.I. to take down her estranged fiance Boyd (Walton Goggins) on Rico charges. When all is said and done, will Raylan get his man, once and for all? Will anyone in Harlan find a happy ending?
Showrunner Graham Yost spoke with TVLine about the final season’s themes,...
- 1/19/2015
- TVLine.com
Jon Cryer on “Two and a Half Men” gay marriage controversy: "Hopefully we haven't done something too terrible in taste” "For us it was just a fun, silly idea that some people were taking kind of seriously, so that sort of surprised us,” says Cryer of the plan for Alan to marry Ashton Kutcher’s character. "But at the same time I understand. This is a time when our nation is changing so much. And let's remember, same-sex adoption is still illegal in some states so I can see why people would be nervous about it. And as long as the fight is still being fought they have a right to be sensitive about it.” Plus: Jon Cryer recalls when Charlie Sheen began going crazy on “Men,” Sheen says "I just think it makes sense” for him to return to “Men,” Cryer recalls being labeled “The Show Killer,” and Conchata Ferrell recalls auditioning for Berta.
- 10/31/2014
- by Norman Weiss
- Hitfix
The actor is about to appear in the return of BBC1's Sherlock and Peter Jackson's blockbuster sequel The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
There was a scene in The Office in which Tim Canterbury, the benign sales rep played by Martin Freeman, compared his life to a roll of the dice.
"My situation now may only be a three. If I jack that in, go for something bigger and better, I could easily roll a six," he told the programme's faux documentary maker. "I could also roll a one. Ok? So I think … just leave the dice alone."
Freeman, who will star alongside Benedict Cumberbatch in the eagerly awaited return on New Year's Day of BBC1's Sherlock, and as Bilbo Baggins in Peter Jackson's blockbuster sequel The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug next week, has just rolled a double six.
It has been an extraordinary rise for the 42-year-old actor,...
There was a scene in The Office in which Tim Canterbury, the benign sales rep played by Martin Freeman, compared his life to a roll of the dice.
"My situation now may only be a three. If I jack that in, go for something bigger and better, I could easily roll a six," he told the programme's faux documentary maker. "I could also roll a one. Ok? So I think … just leave the dice alone."
Freeman, who will star alongside Benedict Cumberbatch in the eagerly awaited return on New Year's Day of BBC1's Sherlock, and as Bilbo Baggins in Peter Jackson's blockbuster sequel The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug next week, has just rolled a double six.
It has been an extraordinary rise for the 42-year-old actor,...
- 12/7/2013
- by John Plunkett
- The Guardian - Film News
Stars: Timothy Olyphant, Nick Searcy, Joelle Carter, Jacob Pitts, Erica Tazel, Walton Goggins, Patton Oswalt | Created by Elmore Leonard, Graham Yost
Last week’s penultimate episode of Justified seemingly tied everything in a nice little bow, for the most part. Everything was swiftly and cleanly dealt with. Drew Thompson was in police custody and Ellen May was rescued from a death at the hands of Boyd and Ava and the Detroit mob lost out to the wit and brain power of our gunslinger. But, because all of season four has been chess pieces moving up and down the board in the background of the Shelby/Drew mystery, it all had to come to a head. And it blew over big time because ‘Ghosts’ is one of the most intense hours of Justified in a long line of intense hours that the show has logged under it’s belt.
The great thing is,...
Last week’s penultimate episode of Justified seemingly tied everything in a nice little bow, for the most part. Everything was swiftly and cleanly dealt with. Drew Thompson was in police custody and Ellen May was rescued from a death at the hands of Boyd and Ava and the Detroit mob lost out to the wit and brain power of our gunslinger. But, because all of season four has been chess pieces moving up and down the board in the background of the Shelby/Drew mystery, it all had to come to a head. And it blew over big time because ‘Ghosts’ is one of the most intense hours of Justified in a long line of intense hours that the show has logged under it’s belt.
The great thing is,...
- 4/3/2013
- by Nathan Smith
- Nerdly
Before we get started here, I thought some of you may be interested in the fact you can buy the four film Coen Brothers' Blu-ray set from Fox for $24.99 right now, which includes Blood Simple, Fargo, Miller's Crossing and Raising Arizona. If you're interested, just click here to pick it up. There's also an interesting ten-film John Wayne DVD collection featured in the "Even More" section of today's post.
Underworld: Awakening I like this film and they sent me the Blu-ray, but I haven't yet had a chance to watch it. All the Underworld films starring Kate Beckinsale I find quite fun. It's big, loud and dumb fun as far as I'm concerned and I don't really know if I make a special exception for this franchise over others, but based on how this one ends I do hope they go forward with one more, but as Underworld: Rise of the Lycans proved,...
Underworld: Awakening I like this film and they sent me the Blu-ray, but I haven't yet had a chance to watch it. All the Underworld films starring Kate Beckinsale I find quite fun. It's big, loud and dumb fun as far as I'm concerned and I don't really know if I make a special exception for this franchise over others, but based on how this one ends I do hope they go forward with one more, but as Underworld: Rise of the Lycans proved,...
- 5/8/2012
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
I was going through all my bookmarks and I came along this one that I have not shared with you all yet! Shame on me! Courtesy of GeekDad.
Whether you’ve been using Twitter since 2006, are determined never to use it unless dragged kicking and screaming, or are somewhere in between, you probably know that it’s wildly popular with all sorts of people. In addition to the celebrities who make a big deal about Twitter (e.g., Ashton Kutcher), there are tons of people, both famous and not, who tweet about lots of interesting things.
Here's a updated list of people to follow on Twitter.
Name Twitter ID Why They’re Listed Here Phil Plait BadAstronomer The Bad Astronomer himself; a source for great space-related info and a dose of healthy skepticism. James Urbaniak JamesUrbaniak The voice of Dr. Venture on The Venture Brothers, and a very funny tweeter.
Whether you’ve been using Twitter since 2006, are determined never to use it unless dragged kicking and screaming, or are somewhere in between, you probably know that it’s wildly popular with all sorts of people. In addition to the celebrities who make a big deal about Twitter (e.g., Ashton Kutcher), there are tons of people, both famous and not, who tweet about lots of interesting things.
Here's a updated list of people to follow on Twitter.
Name Twitter ID Why They’re Listed Here Phil Plait BadAstronomer The Bad Astronomer himself; a source for great space-related info and a dose of healthy skepticism. James Urbaniak JamesUrbaniak The voice of Dr. Venture on The Venture Brothers, and a very funny tweeter.
- 8/23/2011
- by Mars
- GeekTyrant
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Ask any American what they know about British pop culture and chances are they will tell that they love The Office and Extras with that guy who does the embarrassing comedy stuff. Beyond that they probably know of nothing since Monty Python. British television, especially comedy, extends so much further than some fat bloke from Reading that we feel it is our duty to introduce you to some of the finest imports the 51st state has to offer. So if you need a last item here or there for a lover of comedy, all are top quality stocking stuffers, most are available easily, and none of them have anything to do with Ricky Gervais.
The League of Gentlemen: The Collection
DVD - $55.99
{amazon}B0007Y0982{/amazon}
A horror themed sitcom that is as funny as it is strange. Set in...
Ask any American what they know about British pop culture and chances are they will tell that they love The Office and Extras with that guy who does the embarrassing comedy stuff. Beyond that they probably know of nothing since Monty Python. British television, especially comedy, extends so much further than some fat bloke from Reading that we feel it is our duty to introduce you to some of the finest imports the 51st state has to offer. So if you need a last item here or there for a lover of comedy, all are top quality stocking stuffers, most are available easily, and none of them have anything to do with Ricky Gervais.
The League of Gentlemen: The Collection
DVD - $55.99
{amazon}B0007Y0982{/amazon}
A horror themed sitcom that is as funny as it is strange. Set in...
- 12/17/2010
- by JPP Staff
- JustPressPlay.net
You get two Edward Nortons for the price of one in pot/philosophy comedy "Leaves of Grass," written and directed by, as well as co-starring, Tim Blake Nelson. Norton plays identical twins -- Bill, a buttoned-down Brown professor with a rising career, and Brady, a fast-talking pot farmer who never left the small Oklahoma town in which the pair grew up. When Brady gets into trouble, Bill finds himself trekking back home for the first time in years for what he's been told is his brother's funeral. The Kincaid boys exemplify the type of role that Norton seems to do best, showcasing his skill with the dialect and physical qualities of a character to make the twins two very believably distinct people. "Leaves of Grass" arrives in theaters after a roundabout route that started with a premiere at last year's Toronto Film Festival, followed by a screening at SXSW where...
- 9/16/2010
- by Alison Willmore
- ifc.com
I’m a day late, but I’m sure you all don’t mind. These DVD and Blu-rays are still sitting on the shelves. Check out what I recommend below.
Grab Em’ Right Away:
Un Prophete/A Prophet
Directed by: Jacques Audiard
Written by: Thomas Bidegain & Jacques Audiard
Starring: Tahar Rahim & Niels Arestrup
Why should you buy this film? It’s the best French film I’ve seen from last year. It somehow didn’t win the Best Foreign Film award last year; and as much as I’d like to say it deserved it more than the film that did win the award I can’t – since I haven’t actually seen the film that did win it, The Secret in Their Eyes. This film is the mob film of this generation. When we talk about mobster movies everyone likes to jump immediately to The Godfather but that movie...
Grab Em’ Right Away:
Un Prophete/A Prophet
Directed by: Jacques Audiard
Written by: Thomas Bidegain & Jacques Audiard
Starring: Tahar Rahim & Niels Arestrup
Why should you buy this film? It’s the best French film I’ve seen from last year. It somehow didn’t win the Best Foreign Film award last year; and as much as I’d like to say it deserved it more than the film that did win the award I can’t – since I haven’t actually seen the film that did win it, The Secret in Their Eyes. This film is the mob film of this generation. When we talk about mobster movies everyone likes to jump immediately to The Godfather but that movie...
- 8/4/2010
- by Andrew Robinson
- The Film Stage
To help celebrate Entertainment Weekly’s 20th anniversary (one more year and we can finally drink booze!), the writers and editors have carefully curated a list of the 100 greatest characters in pop-culture over the last 20 years. Whether the fictional women, men, ogres, muppets, babies, and cartoon rockers who made our list were initially created before 1990 didn’t matter so long as they made a lasting impact in the culture after 1990. Some characters were so inseparable in our minds and hearts — like a certain highly articulate TV mother and daughter, for example — that we simply listed them together. (Hey, it’s our list,...
- 6/1/2010
- by Adam B. Vary
- EW.com - PopWatch
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