With Ben Affleck's upcoming role as Batman stealing the headlines lately, one project of his that has really been brushed out of mind is the Whitey Bulger film that he's set to direct his childhood buddy Matt Damon in. We haven't heard anything about it in a while now but this week we're receiving word that Warner Bros. and Affleck are bringing scribe Aaron Stockard on board to do some re-writes on the script, which hopefully means fresh life for this long-awaited project.
Over the past 8+ seasons of It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia, one thing the Gang hasn't been short on is money-making schemes. From exploiting a water stain that looks like the virgin Mary to selling gasoline door-to-door, they're always looking for the quickest way to make a buck, and most of the time ethics don't play a factor at all. They also aren't the most discerning group around. Plenty of people have successfully duped them, and done it multiple times. With all that considered, it's actually pretty surprising that pyramid schemes haven't showed up in an episode before. But that all changed with this fourth episode of season 9: Mac And Dennis Buy A Timeshare.
Everyone loves the holidays, especially kids, so it's no surprise that we've seen a fair share of sequels that deal with the kids' most beloved characters having another adventure once the weather gets cold and cheer is in the air. 2010's Alpha and Omega brought us the story of two wolves from the opposite ends of their pack's social order who end up falling in love after they're thrown together in a foreign land. Now, for Alpha and Omega 2: A Howl-iday Adventure, we catch back up with Kate and Humphrey with winter just around the bend as they prepare for their first holidays with their three wolf cubs, hoping it'll be a howlin' good time.
In The Power Of Love, director Tyler Maddox Simms takes the stories of multiple characters who have struggled with relationships and tells those stories against the backdrop of a radio talk show taking calls. Unfortunately, instead of series of deep, funny, or moving tales, the film opts to focus on a group of stories where almost nothing happens at all. And that is not a good plan for success, especially when the stories are mostly told to us through bland dialogue instead of being brought to life with quality acting.
Pawn Sacrifice, the Bobby Fischer film that seems to have been taking longer to get going than the average game of chess, finally is starting filming next month in Montreal, and it has added two quality new members to its cast: Peter Sarsgaard and Liev Schreiber.
In the second episode of Monday's How I Met Your Mother season 9 premiere night, the cast is settled into where we'll likely see them for much of the season, and everyone plays a fairly big role... except the Mother. Those who thought the Mother was going to be a vital part of every episode going forward are quickly proven wrong in this episode, though she does appear for the moment many fans have been waiting years for: The first interaction Ted has with her.
Season 9 of How I Met Your Mother has definitely been highly anticipated. Much more so than the anticipation that the typical gap between seasons of a TV show leads to. Meeting the mother is something die-hard fans have been waiting for since day one of HIMYM. Countless times throughout the series we've been close, almost getting a glimpse of her before a quick cut or a well-placed umbrella shielded her face from view. At the end of season 8, in a surprising and polarizing move, we got that glimpse of the mother, long before Ted did, meaning that she'd be a major part of season 9, and we'd actually have time to get to know her.
I, like many fans, was pretty disappointed with season 8 of How I Met Your Mother. It seemed as if the contract negotiations and uncertainty surrounding the end of the show severely affected the quality of what turned out to be the penultimate season. The show was less funny, less heartwarming, and less enjoyable than ever before. That frequently happens with sitcoms that overstay their welcome, so the main question going into the start of season 9 is whether season 8 was a fluke, or has the show really lost its magic and stayed on the air for too long?
It's remarkable that in the nearly 20 years since Tupac Shakur's death the music icon hasn't been the focus of a biopic. After all, he still has a passionate following, and many were insanely excited by his hologram's first appearance last year at Coachella. In fact, his fanbase is so large that he's sold over 75 million albums in the years since his death, which came at the age of 25 in 1996. Taking that enduring popularity into consideration, Emmett/Furla/Oasis Films is teaming with Morgan Creek Productions to produce Tupac.
After years and years of somehow surviving despite seemingly no customers ever buying anything from their bar at all, this week the Gang decides that it's finally time to win an award. After all, Paddy's is a bar, why can't it be the best bar in Philly? Well, it may have to do with the fact that their bartender can't make anything other than a bottle beer, or it could even be the fact that they were once dubbed The Worst Bar In America. But nah, it probably isn't any of those things. It's probably just the fact they've never been nominated right? Well, that's the thought process that leads to the Gang desperately trying to win an award on this week's episode of It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia.
