There’s something to see, watch or Tweet about every night in June. Here’s a look at the entertainment month ahead: Thu 1 – “Captain Underpants” Opens (5pm) “Wonder Woman” Opens (7pm) “Jimmy Kimmel LIVE Game Night” Season Premiere (8pm, ABC) “Scripps National Spelling Bee Finals” (8:30pm, ESPN) “2017 NBA Finals: Game 1” (9pm, ABC) Fri 2 […]
DreamWorks Animation hits a major milestone with this weekend’s release of “Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie”. It’s the studio’s 35th film released theatrically. But this also marks the end of another chapter in the life of the studio. “Captain Underpants” is the final DWA film to be distributed by 20th Century Fox. Comcast (NBC/Universal) recently […]
Johnny Depp returns as Captain Jack Sparrow this Memorial Day weekend in “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales”. Here are 5 franchise facts you should know before seeing installment No. 5: 1.) Depp won the Best Actor Screen Actors Guild Award for his performance in the ’03 original “The Curse of the Black […]
This Thursday, NBC airs their 3rd annual Red Nose Day telethon. The special, from the folks behind Comic Relief, didn’t attract as much attention last year as in 2015. Though there will be some elements during the 8pm “American Ninja Warrior” and 9pm “Running Wild” episodes, the fact that NBC only has the 10pm hour on […]
Thursday Night is going to be the most watched night of Primetime TV this Fall – and it’s not just because of football. The four networks are showcasing some of their most successful series and most-anticipated new shows of the season. Here’s the lineup: ABC TGIT returns with “Grey’s Anatomy”, heading into its 14th season, at […]
Usually, in a given weekend, multiple studios compete against each other at the box office with their new movies. But something rare is happening this weekend, as one major studio will be competing against ITSELF. 20th Century Fox is releasing two new movies on the same day, or rather, evening – this Thursday: “Alien: Covenant” and “Diary of […]
On the latest episode of The LCJ Q&A Podcast, comedy icon Gilbert Gottfried joins me as we run through some of the highlights of his career, from voicing Iago in “Aladdin” to getting fired by Donald Trump on “The Celebrity Apprentice”. He also discusses his new documentary, “Gilbert”, and reveals whether Disney has asked him […]
Studio Ghibli is one of the most innovative and profound animation studios in the world. Fans of their anime films can experience six of them on the big screen throughout the rest of 2017 as part of Fathom Events’ “Studio Ghibli Fest 2017”, in partnership with GKids. Theaters near you will be screening one of their classics […]
Last year, on March 26th, I wrote a piece called “And THIS… is (The End of) ‘American Idol’!” After an incredible 15 seasons, FOX ended the groundbreaking reality competition series on Apr. 7, 2016. Host Ryan Seacrest was with it the entire run, and the original panel of judges, Randy Jackson, Paula Abdul and Simon Cowell, […]
During this most recent semester of college I saw 35 new releases. But, thanks to a couple of film courses, I also got to watch 11 “classics”, each for the first time: WESTERNS “Stagecoach” (1939) – Highlighted by John Wayne’s breakthrough performance as the outlaw Ringo. “Shane” (1953) – So glad I got to see this before “Logan”; It’s […]