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The Emmy Awards, taking place this Sunday, Sept. 20, always has its fair share of surprises, and this year won’t be any different. However, due to a monumental change in voting procedures that opened up voting to the general Television Academy membership—previously, only small panels of members voted in each category—all bets are off. With […]

With the school year heating up, here are some of my most anticipated movies that will be released this semester. “The Martian” (October 2) Based on the Andy Weir novel of the same name, “The Martian” follows an astronaut (Matt Damon) who is abandoned by his crew on Mars after they believe him to have […]

OK, guys: summer’s here. You know what that means! Time to spend some nice time in the great indoors catching up on the television you’ve missed over the year! Without further ado, here’s a list of some potentially off-the- radar shows I deem most worthy of your viewing. “Veep” HBO’s brutal, profanity-laden political satire features […]

FX’s brilliant, under-watched “The Americans” hit a new high in its third season. The series, about a pair of Soviet spies posing as Americans in 1980s Washington D.C., uses its action-based premise to explore deeper questions of family, identity and commitment. Philip (Matthew Rhys) and Elizabeth Jennings (the stunning Keri Russell) must balance missions from […]

Hey ladies, if you’re looking to find representation in the media, don’t look to the movies: a study by the Geena Davis Institute for Women in Media showed that, in G, PG or PG-13 films released between January 1, 2010 and May 1, 2013, women amounted to less than 31% of speaking parts. Worse yet, […]

Warning: Spoilers for the first four seasons, as well as mild spoilers for the fifth, to follow. On April 1st, 300 lucky audience members were treated to an advanced screening of the first episode of the fifth season of “Game of Thrones.” The result? After nearly a year of waiting, the first episode is…fine. It’s […]

Ok, y’all, Oscar Sunday is coming. Get your ballots out, your bets drawn, and let’s win (lose?) you some money! Best Picture Nominees: “American Sniper;” “Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance);” “Boyhood;” “The Grand Budapest Hotel;” “The Imitation Game;” “Selma;” “The Theory of Everything;” “Whiplash” Will Win: “Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)” […]

Nearly a decade after leaving the air, HBO’s “The Comeback” shocked audiences with a comeback of its own when the network announced that it would be returning for a second season. The show is presented as raw footage from former sitcom star Valerie Chrish’s (Lisa Kudrow, best known for playing Phoebe on “Friends”) reality show. […]

Each year, I have a love- hate relationship with Oscar nomination morninsg. While I am always excited about my favorite actors, writers and directors I love to see nominated, I always fear the outrageous snubs each year provides. In the former category, I am cheering on Rosamund Pike, Wes Anderson, J.K. Simmons and Emma Stone. […]

This article was originally printed on 10-9-14. “The primal questions of a marriage: what are you thinking? How are you feeling? What have we done to each other? What will we do?” These opening lines of David Fincher’s newest film, “Gone Girl,” present the central question of the film: can we ever truly know another, […]