Is anyone these days doing the trailer better than David Fincher-associated projects?

A trailer is probably 2:30 in length, give or take, but a good one is an art form, and a great one is amazing (and may have a positive affect on your revenue stream). Amazon Prime Video added a trailer function to… Continue Reading

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“The Neighbors” on ABC will likely get cancelled, but in some ways, it’s better than “Modern Family”

Ridiculous headline? Perhaps. Modern Family is beloved by the Emmys and starting to be beloved by syndication. The Neighbors was a show seemingly doomed from the start — aliens in suburbia, with the most famous person being Jami Gertz — that is likely to… Continue Reading

Brief thought exercise: does Mad Men need to end with Don, Roger or Pete dying?

You all know the theory by now, hopefully: because Mad Men‘s title sequence contains a man plummeting towards Madison Avenue, there’s been speculation for about seven years now that one of the main characters will die as the series ends. Well,… Continue Reading

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A completely unscientific look at Ross and Rachel, Danny and Mindy, Jess and Nick and the culture of will-they-or-won’t-they

Yesterday, The Guardian wrote this about The Mindy Project: The Mindy Project‘s Mindy and Danny are TV’s last romantic hope. There is no longer any great ‘will-they, won’t-they’ mystery, because they have (kissed on an airplane, which was amazing), and now they will. The final shot… Continue Reading

Somehow, 20 years after “The Mask,” 2014 might be the year of Cameron Diaz

This could be the year of Shailene Woodley, or maybe in a looser way Miles Teller (or hell, maybe even Steve Carrell), but it’s doubtful anyone is going to be in as many mass-promoted movies in 2014 as Cameron Diaz. Consider… Continue Reading

Here are the basic pros and cons of the “How I Met Your Mother” finale

Watched it last night, been trolling the Internet for reaction most of last night/today, and here’s the basic rundown of thoughts. Cons First: The final sequence with the kids was essentially taped during the pilot, meaning that the show knew how… Continue Reading

As How I Met Your Mother ends, here’s a scientific look at what makes a great sitcom

How I Met Your Mother concludes this evening. Maybe 2-3 years ago, I would have called it my favorite show on television. Now it’s still in the discussion there, but because I cut cable this past summer and didn’t always want to… Continue Reading

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Hulu has a billion dollars (not all profit). It appears to be re-investing in original shows.

As more people cut the cord, streaming services like Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon Prime are going to become increasingly important (I forgot Chromecast there; muh b). This will all be tied up in whatever the “TV of the future” is… Continue Reading