dimanche 2 février 2014
Actor Philip Seymour Hoffman Dead at 46
Multiple outlets are confirming that Philip Seymour Hoffman has been found dead in his Greenwich Village apartment. The Academy Award-winning actor was just 46 years old.
The details of Hoffman’s passing aren’t yet entirely known but all appearances suggest that a drug overdose was the cause of death. The New York Times cites law enforcement sources as saying, “Investigators found a syringe in his arm and an envelope containing what is believed to be heroin.” Hoffman was found by a friend, screenwriter David Katz, who had become concerned when was able to get in touch with Hoffman
TMNT: "The Good, The Bad, and Casey Jones" Review
Warning: Full spoilers from the episode to follow.
It had been awhile since the Turtles last graced our TV screens, but the heroes in a half-shell were back in full force this week, along with the man himself: Casey Jones! Going off the title alone, "The Good, The Bad, and Casey Jones" was destined for greatness, as Casey dawned his painted hockey mask ready to take on the "mutant freaks" corrupting his city. Here, we got a good look at Casey's new-and-improved duds, which included nail-spiked hockey pads, an assortment of melee weapons and a homemade, retractable taser -- not bad for a would-be vigilante!
Much like Raphael's debut encounter with Slash, this week's episode also dealt with Raph's turtle temper. This storyline kicked off with a slick free-for-all fight, in which Raphael schooled Leonardo with his beastly moves. ("Looks like you leveled up to the boss fight!") But it wasn't until Raph went topside to blow off some steam that he crossed paths with Casey -- and what better way for the two to meet than in a brawl with the Purple Dragons. Of course, it took no time at all before Raph and Casey turned on each other, going stick vs. sai. ("Got to admit, throwing stars are cool!")
Ride Along Threepeats at Weekend Box Office
Kevin Hart and Ice Cube's hit comedy Ride Along pulled off the rare "threepeat" at the box office, staying the No. 1 movie in North America for the third weekend in a row with an estimated $12.3 million haul.
New releases That Awkward Moment and Labor Day both debuted to lukewarm results. The former -- a comedy starring Zac Efron, Michael B. Jordan, and Miles Teller -- bowed in third place with roughly $9 million. Labor Day, a romantic drama starring Kate Winslet and Josh Brolin, opened in seventh place with $5.3 million.
Here are the weekend estimates via Rentrak:
J.K. Rowling Regrets Ron and Hermione Relationship
J.K. Rowling has just reignited a major Harry Potter fan debate in a big way. You'll never find a more impassioned section of your fanbase than the "shippers," and there have always been fans who advocated that Harry and Hermione should have ended up together, not Ron and Hermione. Now Rowling has revealed that she actually thinks that, at the least, Hermione probably ended up with the wrong guy for her.
Emma Watson is the guest editor on the new issue of the magazine Wonderland, and she interviewed Rowling for the issue. In the interview, which the Sunday Times first reported on, before it hits stands, Rowling confesses, “I wrote the Hermione/Ron relationship as a form of wish fulfillment. That’s how it was conceived, really." Rowling basically says she stuck with her original plan even while it didn't completely add up for her as the years went on and she developed and grew the characters, telling Watson, "For reasons that have very little to do with literature and far more to do with me clinging to the plot as I first imagined it, Hermione ended up with Ron.”
samedi 1 février 2014
Black Sails: "II." Review
Warning: Full spoilers for the episode follow...
As you might expect, most pilots usually cost more than the average series episode as they often contain a bit more action and a larger production scale than the chapters that follow. All part of the series wanting to suck people in right away and give them big moments to talk about. Then, by the second episode (and this especially pertains to period dramas), things mellow out a bit. No, “II.” wasn’t flat or uninteresting, but its lack of oomph compared to last week’s premiere was evident.
It also now becomes more clear why a lot of people see this series as the pirate version of HBO’s Deadwood as this chapter was very much about pirate prosperity. Commerce. Future prospects and scores. Dastardly deals and double talk in place of raiding and pillaging. And at the heart of it, Flint. A man who, going against the grain, thinks big picture. Thinks of a world after his pirating days are over. And he realizes that his dream of an autonomous “nation of thieves,” who are able to operate out of the reach of the Royal Navy, requires a huge payday. And this is the one reason, over all else, why he desperately wants to find the Spanish treasure. So that he and others of his kind can stand in equal footing with those who’d normally try to subjugate them.
Helix: “The White Room” Review
Note: Full spoilers for the episode follow.
Every episode of Helix starts off my reminding us how little time has passed since Alan Farragut and his team arrived in the Arctic. Even though we at home may be getting frustrated at the lack of hard information about the virus, it’s only been five days and things have morphed quickly for the characters. It makes me wonder if the show is designed to be binge-watched. At any rate, “The White Room” was a lot of fun, whether or not it actually moved the virus plot along. The scene of Alan discussing his progress with Dr. Duchamp was really just a jargony way of saying, “Yup, still working on that cure.” Which is fine since we’re not in this for the microscopes, right?
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