I'll preface this by saying that compiling a list of the top 25 Community episodes so far has been the most difficult task I have ever encountered as an entertainment journalist. The cult NBC comedy, which premieres its fifth season tonight, has maintained a rabid fan following for a reason; its unique blend of character-driven humor and meta commentary puts it in a totally different class from any other half-hour comedy series currently airing on television.
Though fans of AMC's Breaking Bad are likely still coming down off a meth-like high induced by the show's brilliant finale "Felina" (check out our review here) last fall, show creator Vince Gilligan is currently hard at work on an upcoming spin-off series called Better Call Saul, which is set to focus on the misadventures of skeevy criminal lawyer Saul Goodman (Bob Odenkirk).
Though Seth MacFarlane, the hugely successful comedian behind Family Guy and Ted, definitely has his fair share of detractors (his "We Saw Your Boobs" gag at this year's Oscar ceremony proved a particular divisive moment for audiences), enough people enjoy his raunchy style of humor that his projects are usually pretty big news. His upcoming comedy Western, A Million Ways to Die in the West, which MacFarlane directed, wrote and stars in, is certainly no exception.
Hot on the heels of new images yesterday from next April's Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Marvel has released a first image from their most peculiar big-screen venture to date, Guardians of the Galaxy, which is set to hit theaters next August.
Though a lot of Marvel-centric news swirling around the internet over the past month has been focused primarily on Avengers: Age of Ultron and Ant-Man, superhero sequel Captain America: The Winter Soldier is actually the next film coming out of the mega-successful film studio. Scheduled for next April, the sequel is set to send the Cap (Chris Evans) on a modern-day adventure around Washington, D.C..
December is a wonderful time of year, filled with holiday cheer, delicate snowflakes, warm nights next to crackling fireplaces and, my favorite, best-of lists. And looking back on 2013, I had my work cut out for me. It has been a truly fantastic year for cinema.
The 'romantic dramedy' is a concept that continues to elude many Hollywood filmmakers and screenwriters today, despite its seemingly self-explanatory nature. A 'rom-drom,' as it's known to some overeager cinephiles, should feature aspects of romance, drama and comedy. That's the basic explanation, and the one that writer-director Stuart Blumberg applies to Thanks for Sharing, a film that takes on the tricky subject of sex addiction.
It's been a great few years for horror, and that's in large part thanks to films like Insidious, which took traditional haunted-house concepts and added a fresh twist to the proceedings. After two excellent installments in that series, with a third scheduled for 2015, it's clear that screenwriter Leigh Whannel isn't opposed to continuing the franchise despite the apparent departure of stars Rose Byrne and Patrick Wilson in Insidious: Chapter 2.
Few upcoming sports dramas have garnered as much early buzz as Ivan Reitman's football-centric Draft Day, which boasts a Black List-topping script and an all-star cast.
2013 has been a great year for entertainment. We've seen a surplus of phenomenal, Academy-bait films in the past few months, from big-budgeted blockbusters like Gravity to character-driven indies like Nebraska, that will make the upcoming Oscar race one of the most crowded in years.
