You regulars will note that I often cite the works and thoughts of one Alan Wolk frequently, and there’s plenty of good reasons why I do. His TVREV.com site is one of the better compilations of media analysis and forethought out there, and his white papers are often filled with WTF insights that you tend … Read more
If you’re old enough to want to seek content like this out on your own, you’re probably too old to have known much about Freddy Fazbear, or exactly why his big screen debut has turned out to be the most impactful event on the film industry of 2023 this side of Mattel IP and/or armageddon. … Read more
When 2023 sunsets in a couple of months, once again the list of celebrities we’ve lost will be lengthy and emotional, a sobering reminder of the passages of time and, for those of us of a certain age, our own mortality. But there’s always some comfort in the fact that as beloved as someone may … Read more
You know a convention is about to open when an agenda finally goes live. In the last few days, the details of the one for this week’s INFINITY FESTIVAL HOLLYWOOD were posted. If your curiosity wasn’t already whetted before, it should be. This year’s events are grouped by day into buckets and tracks with specific … Read more
I have been as robust a booster of Apple TV+ since it started, and only partially because so many people I admire and like have worked there. I didn’t pay a penny for it for the first two years I had access to it, as at the time I was upgrading my devices and Apple … Read more
As almost any striking actor or writer has learned over the past few months, how Wall Street and the investment community defines success is a lot different than the barometers their world tends to use. Awards, critical acclaim, buzz and, in many cases, even actual audience, publicly available or not, is secondary to the perception … Read more
Go ahead, bring on your jokes. We’ve heard them all, and we can make better ones when given the opportunity to do so. Today will be yet another day of reckoning for the troubled Warner Brothers Discovery executives, and our friend Yosemite Zas and his posse will be doing their best to assuage the concerns … Read more
We’re a week from Halloween, a month from Thanksgiving, and two months from Christmas, and Fran Drescher’s still fighting. With her SAG-AFTRA negotiating team set to resume discussions later today with the so-called Gang of Four at AMPTP, and since SAG-AFTRA membership is still prohibited from promoting their actual work, the main reason we saw … Read more
If you are to believe the amount of praise being thrown at the legendary feet of Martin Scorcese and the equally storied cast and crew of those who made KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON, this weekend’s attempt to take back the theatrical movie industry from upstart concert films, the 2024 Academy Awards results are a … Read more
When I was told by the news director of the mid-sized CBS affiliate I interned for in college that I had a “face for radio and a voice for television”, long before the concept of multiplatforming was a thought, I decided to focus my attention on writing. Eventually, even that took a back seat to … Read more