Seems like a lot of sitcoms are feeling the influence of Game of Thrones. Even the Simpsons have gotten into and in this clip they’ve found a way to make it even more hilarious. Instead of prank phone calls, as Bart loves to do on the regular show, they send ravens to deliver prank messages for Moe to read to the bar. This is pretty funny, especially since there’s definitely a way to tell who sent the note, but no way of telling who it really was. Prank calls are a little different thanks to Caller ID. Plus if a
This is How Prank Calling Would Work on “Game of Thrones”...
This is How Prank Calling Would Work on “Game of Thrones”...
- 10/8/2017
- by Wake
- TVovermind.com
Even though “Game of Thrones” fans are in for a very long hiatus before its final season, “The Simpsons” filled the void by paying homage to HBO’s fantasy epic on Sunday night. The animated series’ Season 29 premiere is set in an alternate world called “The Serfsons,” in which fantasy references abound from popular TV shows, movies, novels, video games, and RPGs.
First, it’s important to make the distinction between any general Medieval or fantasy reference and an actual homage to actual properties like “Lord of the Rings” or “Game of Thrones.” Even though J.R.R. Tolkien is accepted as the father of modern fantasy (high fantasy specifically), he did not invent the genre, and therefore many hallmarks of the genre – such as flying fire-breathing dragons – seen in the episode are not credited to any particular source.
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First, it’s important to make the distinction between any general Medieval or fantasy reference and an actual homage to actual properties like “Lord of the Rings” or “Game of Thrones.” Even though J.R.R. Tolkien is accepted as the father of modern fantasy (high fantasy specifically), he did not invent the genre, and therefore many hallmarks of the genre – such as flying fire-breathing dragons – seen in the episode are not credited to any particular source.
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- 10/2/2017
- by Hanh Nguyen
- Indiewire
Sunday’s (29th!) season premiere of The Simpsons transported viewers to a fantasy world where Hobbits are on the menu, Narnia‘s Aslan moonlights as a door-to-door evangelist and Genital Smurfs are among the fastest-spreading STDs in all the land.
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Even though this land’s version of Homer’s family goes by a different name — the Serfsons, a not-so-subtle nod to their low social standing — each member fulfills its usual role. Marge cooks whatever she can scrape up, including the occasional three-eyed...
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Even though this land’s version of Homer’s family goes by a different name — the Serfsons, a not-so-subtle nod to their low social standing — each member fulfills its usual role. Marge cooks whatever she can scrape up, including the occasional three-eyed...
- 10/2/2017
- TVLine.com
The Simpsons on Sunday is taking a page (so to speak) from Once Upon a Time, imagining the titular family as characters from classic Disney movies. The results are — wait for it — magical.
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Crafted by Eric Goldberg of Walt Disney Animation Studios, the gag perfectly captures who each Simpson would be in the Disney universe, including Homer as The Jungle Book‘s Baloo and Bart as the Sorcerer’s troublemaking Apprentice. (It goes without saying that Bart revels in the opportunity to abuse his power.)
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Crafted by Eric Goldberg of Walt Disney Animation Studios, the gag perfectly captures who each Simpson would be in the Disney universe, including Homer as The Jungle Book‘s Baloo and Bart as the Sorcerer’s troublemaking Apprentice. (It goes without saying that Bart revels in the opportunity to abuse his power.)
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- 4/24/2016
- TVLine.com
TomorrowWorld will not be returning for another outing this year, and here to remind us of just how much that sucks is the official aftermovie from 2015’s edition.
Showcasing the 3-day event in all its glory, we’re treated to footage of many of the artists who played the fest back in September as well as the requisite crowd and scenery shots. While it doesn’t break the mold as far as aftermovies go, it does remind us of what a good time the festival is and how unfortunate it is that it won’t return in 2016.
You can check out the TomorrowWorld aftermovie in full above along with the tracklist below. Once you’ve done so, let us know if you had the chance to attend last year.
Ekali – What So Not – Gemini Ft. George Maple (Ekali Remix)
Gent & Jawns – Turn Up
Yves V vs Skytech & Fafaq – Indigo
Bart...
Showcasing the 3-day event in all its glory, we’re treated to footage of many of the artists who played the fest back in September as well as the requisite crowd and scenery shots. While it doesn’t break the mold as far as aftermovies go, it does remind us of what a good time the festival is and how unfortunate it is that it won’t return in 2016.
You can check out the TomorrowWorld aftermovie in full above along with the tracklist below. Once you’ve done so, let us know if you had the chance to attend last year.
Ekali – What So Not – Gemini Ft. George Maple (Ekali Remix)
Gent & Jawns – Turn Up
Yves V vs Skytech & Fafaq – Indigo
Bart...
- 3/20/2016
- by Matt Joseph
- We Got This Covered
On Mubi / Off is a bi-weekly column exploring two films: one currently available on Mubi in the United States, and the other screening offsite (in theaters, on VOD, Blu-ray/DVD, etc).On Mubi Abuse of Weakness (Catherine Breillat, 2013)Two films, this week, about trauma to body and soul. One is clear-eyed and cutting, the other ostentatiously grim, lugubrious. Catherine Breillat's Abuse of Weakness (Abus de faiblesse, 2013) is the work of clarity—analytic autobiography of the best sort in which the French writer-director dissects her own swindling at the wily hands of career con artist Christophe Rocancourt, who took her for a high-six-figures sum after she suffered a debilitating stroke. The names have been changed, but innocence has not been protected. Breillat's onscreen surrogate, Maud Shainberg (Isabelle Huppert, at the height of her icy powers), is an especially harsh self-portrait—a victim, yes, but one whose so-called weakness (the title...
- 12/13/2015
- by Keith Uhlich
- MUBI
On Mubi / Off is a bi-weekly column exploring two films: one currently available on Mubi in the United States, and the other screening offsite (in theaters, on VOD, Blu-ray/DVD, etc).On Mubi Abuse of Weakness (Catherine Breillat, 2013)Two films, this week, about trauma to body and soul. One is clear-eyed and cutting, the other ostentatiously grim, lugubrious. Catherine Breillat's Abuse of Weakness (Abus de faiblesse, 2013) is the work of clarity—analytic autobiography of the best sort in which the French writer-director dissects her own swindling at the wily hands of career con artist Christophe Rocancourt, who took her for a high-six-figures sum after she suffered a debilitating stroke. The names have been changed, but innocence has not been protected. Breillat's onscreen surrogate, Maud Shainberg (Isabelle Huppert, at the height of her icy powers), is an especially harsh self-portrait—a victim, yes, but one whose so-called weakness (the title...
- 12/9/2015
- by Keith Uhlich
- MUBI
When Gwendoline Christie isn't filming "Star Wars," she's playing Brienne of Tarth on "Game of Thrones." Which means we get to hear some fun stories from the show during her "Force Awakens" press tour (but precious little about the upcoming season -- she told E! that she knows nothing about Jon Snow or even Brienne's fate, as she improvised all her lines and never read the script. Guys, I think maybe she's tired of being asked this stuff that we all know she's not allowed to answer). On last night's "Late Late Show," Christie talked about acting opposite a real live bear back in Season 3 of GoT. That would, of course, be the scene where she (and Jaime) face off against a bear at Harrenhal. The bear was played by Bart the Bear 2, who has his own IMDb page. Bart has been acting ever since he was a cub,...
- 12/8/2015
- by Sara Morrison
- Hitfix
Um, I'm sorry. Game of Thrones' Gwendoline Christie goes on The Late Late Show With James Corden to discuss her career, and instead has to answer a ton of personal questions about her co-star, Bart the bear? Rude! I hope Bart sees this interview and at least has the decency to talk about Gwendoline when he goes on bear late-night shows. Surely Christie enjoys country music, applause, and drinking cream out of a long-handled frying pan, too. We all do! Whatever. I'm Team Gwendoline Christie on this one, that's for sure.
- 12/8/2015
- by Halle Kiefer
- Vulture
Thanksgiving. The real inauguration of the holiday season in the United States, and in homes, countries, points and vast places all around the globe, seems to begin here. If all goes according to plan, each year we enter into it primed to consider and acknowledge the aspects of our lives that make it worth living, our blessings, if you will. And so it is this year, even when things are not necessarily following the path to peace and happiness, in cities like Paris or Beirut or Chicago, or in many homes where sickness or poverty or other circumstances beyond individual control color our day-to-day experience outside the lines of a Rockwell-esque representation of holiday bliss.
And so it also has been for my family, a stressful month-long prelude to Thanksgiving Day precipitated by the simple act of changing bedsheets. One wrong move ended up meaning excruciating back pain, eventual back...
And so it also has been for my family, a stressful month-long prelude to Thanksgiving Day precipitated by the simple act of changing bedsheets. One wrong move ended up meaning excruciating back pain, eventual back...
- 11/26/2015
- by Dennis Cozzalio
- Trailers from Hell
Thousands of colourful fans are descending upon San Diego this week for the biggest date in the geek calendar, as Comic-Con 2015 will begin tomorrow (July 9).
As with every year, there are plenty of things happening to get ridiculously excited about, whether you're actually there dressed up as Wonder Woman or you're at home awaiting the news and videos as they come in.
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Digital Spy is in San Diego to give you the latest updates, but here are just a few highlights to look out for (all times are GMT):
1. Batman v Superman takes centre stage
When: Saturday, 6.30pm (visit Digital Spy for our live blog)
With Marvel deciding to stay home this year, the Warner Bros panel is arguably the biggest ticket around. Zack Snyder's Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice will be the main attraction, with Henry Cavill, Ben Affleck,...
As with every year, there are plenty of things happening to get ridiculously excited about, whether you're actually there dressed up as Wonder Woman or you're at home awaiting the news and videos as they come in.
Comic-Con 2015: Everything we know so far
Digital Spy is in San Diego to give you the latest updates, but here are just a few highlights to look out for (all times are GMT):
1. Batman v Superman takes centre stage
When: Saturday, 6.30pm (visit Digital Spy for our live blog)
With Marvel deciding to stay home this year, the Warner Bros panel is arguably the biggest ticket around. Zack Snyder's Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice will be the main attraction, with Henry Cavill, Ben Affleck,...
- 7/8/2015
- Digital Spy
Severed limbs, evil poachers, and a gigantic killer grizzly bear – oh my! That’s exactly what Saw V director David Hackl aims to deliver in his new animalistic thriller, Into The Grizzly Maze, and he certainly doesn’t fail. The film wastes little time introducing viewers to a massive, angry bear who doesn’t take kindly to illegal hunters invading its home turf, so he/she decides to get revenge through his/her own series of grotesque murders. For every action, there’s an equal and opposite reaction, but when you screw with Mother Nature, that reaction is usually a Hell of a lot worse than normal. Mess with the bull, you get the horns – or in this case, you get the bear claws.
James Marsden and Thomas Jane star as a pair of estranged brothers with a spotty past. After Rowan (Marsden) found himself thrown in jail for killing a man,...
James Marsden and Thomas Jane star as a pair of estranged brothers with a spotty past. After Rowan (Marsden) found himself thrown in jail for killing a man,...
- 6/20/2015
- by Matt Donato
- We Got This Covered
Ron Moody in 'Oliver!' movie. Ron Moody: 'Oliver!' actor nominated for an Oscar dead at 91 (Note: This Ron Moody article is currently being revised.) Two well-regarded, nonagenarian British performers have died in the last few days: 93-year-old Christopher Lee (June 7, '15), best known for his many portrayals of Dracula and assorted movie villains and weirdos, from the title role in The Mummy to Dr. Catheter in Gremlins 2: The New Batch. 91-year-old Ron Moody (yesterday, June 11), among whose infrequent film appearances was the role of Fagin, the grotesque adult leader of a gang of boy petty thieves, in the 1968 Best Picture Academy Award-winning musical Oliver!, which also earned him a Best Actor nomination. Having been featured in nearly 200 movies and, most importantly, having had his mainstream appeal resurrected by way of the villainous Saruman in Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit movies (and various associated merchandising,...
- 6/12/2015
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
The hunters become the hunted in a harrowing trailer for the thriller Into the Grizzly Maze.
The survival drama stars Thomas Jane as police officer Beckett and James Marsden as Beckett's troubled brother Rowan.
The siblings reunite after a period of estrangement to track down a grizzly bear who is mauling hikers in their local woods.
Beckett and Rowan are sent out on the mission by police chief Sully (Scott Glenn), only for the siblings to become the hunted.
Canadian filmmaker David Hackl directs Into the Grizzly Maze, having previously worked on the horror films Saw V and Endangered.
Into the Grizzly Maze - which also stars Piper Perabo, Billy Bob Thornton and Bart the Bear – opens on June 26 in the Us. A UK release is coming.
The survival drama stars Thomas Jane as police officer Beckett and James Marsden as Beckett's troubled brother Rowan.
The siblings reunite after a period of estrangement to track down a grizzly bear who is mauling hikers in their local woods.
Beckett and Rowan are sent out on the mission by police chief Sully (Scott Glenn), only for the siblings to become the hunted.
Canadian filmmaker David Hackl directs Into the Grizzly Maze, having previously worked on the horror films Saw V and Endangered.
Into the Grizzly Maze - which also stars Piper Perabo, Billy Bob Thornton and Bart the Bear – opens on June 26 in the Us. A UK release is coming.
- 5/15/2015
- Digital Spy
If you listen closely, you can almost hear the elevator pitch on this one. It’s like Jaws, right? But, it’s in the forest – with a giant bear, guys with guns, and a token ballsy blonde to keep the ladies happy. Sure, it sounds like Into The Grizzly Maze basically writes itself, but the most cursory of looks at the newly released trailer suggests that this might actually have a very healthy B-movie pulse to it. What else could account for the presence of the legendary Scott Glenn, and Academy Award winner Billy Bob Thornton?
Directed by David Hackl (Saw V), and written by Guy Moshe (Bunraku) and J.R. Reher (making his feature length debut),the story sees two brothers reconnect with each other during a two day hike through their Alaskan childhood stomping ground. Unfortunately, it seems that their bonding experience coincides with a local bear attack issue,...
Directed by David Hackl (Saw V), and written by Guy Moshe (Bunraku) and J.R. Reher (making his feature length debut),the story sees two brothers reconnect with each other during a two day hike through their Alaskan childhood stomping ground. Unfortunately, it seems that their bonding experience coincides with a local bear attack issue,...
- 5/13/2015
- by Sarah Myles
- We Got This Covered
Welcome to the March 31, 2015 edition of Outrage Watch, HitFix's (almost) daily rundown of all the things folks are peeved about in entertainment. Today's top story: the Trevor Noah backlash has already begun. The just-announced new "Daily Show" host is already stirring controversy with a number of past tweets (some of them nearly five years old) that many have deemed anti-Semitic and/or sexist. The offending tweets include jokes about Israel ("South Africans know how to recycle like Israel knows how to be peaceful"), Jewish women ("[Argentinean soccer star Lionel] Messi doesn't go down easy, just like Jewish chicks") and women in general ("'Oh yeah the weekend. People are gonna get drunk & think that I'm sexy!' - fat chicks everywhere"). Among those outraged is the always-outspoken Roseanne Barr, who tweeted the following on Monday evening (it has since been deleted from her page): Even Roseanne mad! Rt @therealroseanne @Trevornoah U should cease sexist...
- 3/31/2015
- by Chris Eggertsen
- Hitfix
Complete list of winners and nominees of the 2014 Grammy Awards, held in Los Angeles at the Staples Center on Sunday February 8. Winners will be updated as they're announced during the telecast and pre-telecast. Record Of The Year “Fancy,” Iggy Azalea Featuring Charli Xcx “Chandelier,” Sia **Winner** “Stay With Me (Darkchild Version),” Sam Smith “Shake It Off,” Taylor Swift “All About That Bass,” Meghan Trainor Album Of The Year **Winner** “Morning Phase,” Beck “Beyoncé,” Beyoncé “X,” Ed Sheeran “In The Lonely Hour,” Sam Smith “Girl,” Pharrell Williams Song Of The Year “All About That Bass,” Kevin Kadish & Meghan Trainor, songwriters (Meghan Trainor) “Chandelier,” Sia Furler & Jesse Shatkin, songwriters (Sia) “Shake It Off,” Max Martin, Shellback & Taylor Swift, songwriters (Taylor Swift) **Winner** “Stay With Me (Darkchild Version),” James Napier, William Phillips & Sam Smith, songwriters (Sam Smith) “Take Me To Church,” Andrew Hozier-Byrne, songwriter (Hozier) Best New Artist Iggy Azalea Bastille Brandy Clark...
- 2/8/2015
- by Donna Dickens
- Hitfix
Peter Bart and Mike Fleming Jr. worked together for two decades at Daily Variety. In this weekly column, two old friends get together and grind their axes, mostly on the movie business.
Fleming: I just can’t get past that a superb Super Bowl shaping up as one for the ages fell off the cliff so abruptly. Seahawks down by four, little over a minute left, both teams with timeouts. A miracle catch by Seattle by Jermaine Kearse who’d fallen on the ground. Seattle hands to the best goal line back in football, and Marshawn Lynch gets to the half yard line. I’m already thinking he scores on the next run, Seattle kicks off and Tom Brady, now down by three, has to race the Patriots up 40 yard for the game tying kick and overtime. No! Instead Seahawks coach Pete Carroll okays Russell Wilson to pass into the teeth of the Patriot defense.
Fleming: I just can’t get past that a superb Super Bowl shaping up as one for the ages fell off the cliff so abruptly. Seahawks down by four, little over a minute left, both teams with timeouts. A miracle catch by Seattle by Jermaine Kearse who’d fallen on the ground. Seattle hands to the best goal line back in football, and Marshawn Lynch gets to the half yard line. I’m already thinking he scores on the next run, Seattle kicks off and Tom Brady, now down by three, has to race the Patriots up 40 yard for the game tying kick and overtime. No! Instead Seahawks coach Pete Carroll okays Russell Wilson to pass into the teeth of the Patriot defense.
- 2/8/2015
- by Peter Bart and Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline
“A show out of ideas teams up with a show out of episodes,” is the opening tagline description for The Simpsons-Futurama crossover, Simpsorama. That’s right folks, the gang from the twice-canceled space comedy are staging a brief comeback to the small screen. In this Sunday’s weekly instalment of The Simpsons, Homer and co. will be uniting for a crossover with Matt Groening’s other animated serial.
Bringing together the Planet Express delivery crew with Springfield’s infamous family, the special episode will kick off in a traditional way: via the couch gag. The Simpsons‘ opening credits have been a long-running source of some of the series’ finest quips. Beginning with Bart’s chalky scrawls on his schoolroom board, they culminate with a different couch joke every week. So, to accurately commence this spinoff episode, the powers that be have created an amalgam of the two shows via the Simpsons’ sofa.
Bringing together the Planet Express delivery crew with Springfield’s infamous family, the special episode will kick off in a traditional way: via the couch gag. The Simpsons‘ opening credits have been a long-running source of some of the series’ finest quips. Beginning with Bart’s chalky scrawls on his schoolroom board, they culminate with a different couch joke every week. So, to accurately commence this spinoff episode, the powers that be have created an amalgam of the two shows via the Simpsons’ sofa.
- 11/7/2014
- by Gem Seddon
- We Got This Covered
The Futurama gang meets The Simpsons this Sunday (Fox, 8/7c) and Homer greets his other-worldly pals with his trademark handshake — and by that, I mean he goes on a choking spree.
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Unfortunately, as you’ll see in TVLine’s exclusive clip from the episode, Bart gets caught in the crosshairs when Homer attempts to save Leela’s pet Nibbler from a rabid gang of extraterrestrials. In the process, Homer also manages to reveal that he knows neither his son’s birthday nor how to operate a calendar. (Color me surprised.
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Unfortunately, as you’ll see in TVLine’s exclusive clip from the episode, Bart gets caught in the crosshairs when Homer attempts to save Leela’s pet Nibbler from a rabid gang of extraterrestrials. In the process, Homer also manages to reveal that he knows neither his son’s birthday nor how to operate a calendar. (Color me surprised.
- 11/6/2014
- TVLine.com
Chadwick Boseman does not look likes James Brown. He did not look like Jackie Robinson either before playing #42 in last year’s hit about the barrier-shattering athlete, but Boseman’s magnetism and charm made up for the actor’s leanness and lack of cosmetic similarity. Now, the young actor has mastered another legendary man of the 20th century, the groovy funkster whose howl on “I Got You (I Feel Good)” is still one of the most exhilarating moments in popular music.
As James Brown in Get On Up, Boseman wears a heavy jaw of make-up on his face, which could have been more distracting had the actor not nailed the slurred speech, the electric rasp, and the dazzling dancing feet of the pop music icon. It’s an performance that is as impressive as Jamie Foxx’s show-stopping turn as Ray Charles ten years ago. (Like Foxx, though, Boseman does...
As James Brown in Get On Up, Boseman wears a heavy jaw of make-up on his face, which could have been more distracting had the actor not nailed the slurred speech, the electric rasp, and the dazzling dancing feet of the pop music icon. It’s an performance that is as impressive as Jamie Foxx’s show-stopping turn as Ray Charles ten years ago. (Like Foxx, though, Boseman does...
- 7/29/2014
- by Jordan Adler
- We Got This Covered
The short answer, alas, is “no.” And really, how could it be? V.C. Andrews’ Petals on the Wind is in a class of its own, one where movie adaptations dare not go — a world in which it’s perfectly fine and great for a 40-something widower to fall in love with a gorgeous, 15-year-old shut-in who’s just been raped by her equally beautiful brother. (Don’t worry about the lack of consent, though; according to Andrews, the girl kind of wanted it anyway. Also totally normal and okay.)
So yeah: In Lifetime’s version of Flowers in the Attic,...
So yeah: In Lifetime’s version of Flowers in the Attic,...
- 5/27/2014
- by Hillary Busis
- EW.com - PopWatch
A review of tonight's "Game of Thrones" coming up just as soon as I get lost on the way back from my embroidery lesson... "You just do what needs to be done." -Olenna There's always a certain level of role play going on in "Game of Thrones," as various characters try to fake it until they make it — whether that's to safer territory or greater power. Dany had to act the mighty Khaleesi long before she had the power she does now, Arya keeps trying to convince people that she's a hardened killer (and, at times, that she's a boy), Tyrion had to spend a while pretending like he belonged as the King's Hand, etc. But we get an especially strong dose of the idea in "Oath-Keeper," in which an abundance of characters choose to pose in new guises, or have these identities thrust upon them. Early in the episode,...
- 4/28/2014
- by Alan Sepinwall
- Hitfix
Twentieth Century Fox
As with any show that runs into extreme longevity, The Simpsons will forever be shackled by a need for fidelity to the past that in no way stands in the way of unique, original storylines to keep fans happy. But with very nearly 550 episodes under their belts, that attention to detail in writing can inevitably suffer, and continuity errors that conflict established facts and storylines in the canon can and do appear, leading to unquantifiable rage from fans, and accusations of sloppiness.
To combat the inevitably disproportionate response to the appearance of plot-holes and missed continuity threads, later episodes have simply ignored canonical details for a laugh, but if you look hard enough, there are plenty of examples that suggest that someone in the bowels of Simpsons HQ wasn’t really paying enough attention, and let some glaring issues get in.
These aren’t always ruinous, by any means – after all,...
As with any show that runs into extreme longevity, The Simpsons will forever be shackled by a need for fidelity to the past that in no way stands in the way of unique, original storylines to keep fans happy. But with very nearly 550 episodes under their belts, that attention to detail in writing can inevitably suffer, and continuity errors that conflict established facts and storylines in the canon can and do appear, leading to unquantifiable rage from fans, and accusations of sloppiness.
To combat the inevitably disproportionate response to the appearance of plot-holes and missed continuity threads, later episodes have simply ignored canonical details for a laugh, but if you look hard enough, there are plenty of examples that suggest that someone in the bowels of Simpsons HQ wasn’t really paying enough attention, and let some glaring issues get in.
These aren’t always ruinous, by any means – after all,...
- 4/3/2014
- by Simon Gallagher
- Obsessed with Film
There are certain characters on “Game of Thrones” who could probably have been played equally well by a few dozen actors across the UK and Europe. Then there are the ones who, because of certain traits given to them by author George R.R. Martin, needed a very specific combination of talent and physical appearance. Peter Dinklage as Tyrion Lannister is obviously one of those, and Gwendoline Christie as Brienne of Tarth is another. At an imposing 6’4”(*) with icy blonde hair and large blue eyes, Christie makes an impression, and is absolutely convincing as the stoic warrior who keeps beating up all the men who underestimate her. (*) Tall actresses often wear flats to downplay their height, but when I interviewed Christie, she was wearing heels, making her even taller, and one of the few actors of either gender I’ve ever had to look up at. Christie and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau had...
- 4/2/2014
- by Alan Sepinwall
- Hitfix
Just when you thought Lego couldn’t get any cooler – with a blockbuster hit at the cinema solidifying its long-held status as the must-have toy for any self-respecting person of any age – news arrives of an all-lego episode of The Simpsons.
The beloved satirical animated show officially became “the longest-running American prime-time scripted television series” in 2009, when it surpassed its closest rival in longevity – Gunsmoke. Five years on, The Simpsons show no sign of slowing down, and will mark a staggering 550 episodes, with “Brick Like Me” – an all-lego instalment – on May 4 2014.
TV Line reported the episode synopsis:
“Homer wakes up in a world where his family and everyone in Springfield are made of LEGOs. He must then ‘put together’ how he got there, and somehow figure out how to get home.”
The news of this landmark episode comes hot on the heels of the February 1 release of a brand new,...
The beloved satirical animated show officially became “the longest-running American prime-time scripted television series” in 2009, when it surpassed its closest rival in longevity – Gunsmoke. Five years on, The Simpsons show no sign of slowing down, and will mark a staggering 550 episodes, with “Brick Like Me” – an all-lego instalment – on May 4 2014.
TV Line reported the episode synopsis:
“Homer wakes up in a world where his family and everyone in Springfield are made of LEGOs. He must then ‘put together’ how he got there, and somehow figure out how to get home.”
The news of this landmark episode comes hot on the heels of the February 1 release of a brand new,...
- 2/19/2014
- by Sarah Myles
- We Got This Covered
Long running shows can occasionally be forgiven for a less than stellar episode, but “Specs and the City” seemed less like something that was written and more like something that was thrown together from a lot of random, and sometimes well-worn, gags. The Simpsons sometimes does this now, they create a comedy blender where a bunch of random ingredients are thrown together, chopped up and liquefied into an unappetizing paste that doesn’t taste quite as bad as it sounds. “Specs” takes on the Super Bowl, Google, Valentine’s Day and the paradoxical capacity for Marge and Homer’s marriage to endure, but none of it adds up to much.
This week’s elaborate couch gag found Homer missing the epic match-up between the Seahawks and the Broncos because Bart threw his six-pack over a hydro line like a beat up pair of sneakers. Watching it, I wondered if the...
This week’s elaborate couch gag found Homer missing the epic match-up between the Seahawks and the Broncos because Bart threw his six-pack over a hydro line like a beat up pair of sneakers. Watching it, I wondered if the...
- 1/27/2014
- by Adam A. Donaldson
- We Got This Covered
Today was a busy day for some of the smaller guilds with the Visual Effects Society, the Cinema Audio Society, and the Makeup and Hairstylists Guilds all announcing their nominations for 2013.
First, we have the Ves, whose main category to look at is “Outstanding Visual Effects in a Visual Effects-Driven Feature Motion Picture,” where we find Gravity and four other nominees that are just going to have to be happy with the fact that they got nominated. This is perhaps the easiest category to call in the entirety of awards season, and I don’t mean just here, but for the Oscar as well (Last year’s winner, Life of Pi, easily took this category before going on to claim the Oscar). It’s true that films like The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug and Star Trek Into Darkness had outstanding effects as well, but nothing even came close to the amazing,...
First, we have the Ves, whose main category to look at is “Outstanding Visual Effects in a Visual Effects-Driven Feature Motion Picture,” where we find Gravity and four other nominees that are just going to have to be happy with the fact that they got nominated. This is perhaps the easiest category to call in the entirety of awards season, and I don’t mean just here, but for the Oscar as well (Last year’s winner, Life of Pi, easily took this category before going on to claim the Oscar). It’s true that films like The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug and Star Trek Into Darkness had outstanding effects as well, but nothing even came close to the amazing,...
- 1/15/2014
- by Jeff Beck
- We Got This Covered
Unless I’m mistaken, the first 10 minutes of tonight’s episode of The Simpsons had more gags per second than the entire season so far. It was a pleasant surprise, too, because judging from the episode’s title, “Married to the Blob,” I had my doubts. After all, Married to the Mob has been used as the basis for a punny Simpsons’ title in the past, as in season 10’s “Mayored to the Mob” Aka: the one with Mark Hamill. Fittingly, Bi-Mon-Sci-Fi-Con was revisited briefly in “Blob,” and with the nerd-based humour that lay at the heart of the episode — including a couple of great cameos — this week’s Simpsons made it clear that you can’t always judge an outing by its title.
To begin with, Radioactive Man provides some laughs early on, this time in comic book form. From sky tweets from Commissioner Sweeney, to the evil of the Fossil Fuel Four,...
To begin with, Radioactive Man provides some laughs early on, this time in comic book form. From sky tweets from Commissioner Sweeney, to the evil of the Fossil Fuel Four,...
- 1/13/2014
- by Adam A. Donaldson
- We Got This Covered
Settling in for Fruitvale Station, I already knew where Oscar Grant (Michael B. Jordan)’s story was headed. Grant’s final moments, in the first hours of 2009, facedown on cold pavement with a bullet from the gun of a Bay Area Rapid Transit (Bart) officer lodged in his back, have been immortalized through the media. The shooting sparked protests across the city of Oakland and made headlines worldwide.
What I never could have expected was how Ryan Coogler’s utterly devastating dramatization of the incident, and of the quiet, normal days leading up to it, would pull me into Oscar’s life and force me to see the world through his eyes in a way I never would have believed possible. That’s the brilliance of Fruitvale Station - it’s a brutal and heartbreaking documentation of a national tragedy, to be sure, but it’s also an involving work...
What I never could have expected was how Ryan Coogler’s utterly devastating dramatization of the incident, and of the quiet, normal days leading up to it, would pull me into Oscar’s life and force me to see the world through his eyes in a way I never would have believed possible. That’s the brilliance of Fruitvale Station - it’s a brutal and heartbreaking documentation of a national tragedy, to be sure, but it’s also an involving work...
- 1/13/2014
- by Isaac Feldberg
- We Got This Covered
The Costume Designers Guild has revealed the nominees for its 16th annual awards for film, TV, and commercial categories. We'll find out the winners on Feb. 22nd. Judd Apatow will receive the Distinguished Collaborator Award at this year's ceremony. Costume Designer April Ferry will be presented with an Honorary Career Achievement Award.
Here's your complete nominations list:
Excellence In Contemporary Film
Blue Jasmine . Suzy Benzinger
Her . Casey Storm
Nebraska . Wendy Chuck
Philomena . Consolata Boyle
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty . Sarah Edwards
Excellence In Period Film
12 Years a Slave . Patricia Norris
American Hustle . Michael Wilkinson
Dallas Buyers Club . Kurt & Bart
The Great Gatsby . Catherine Martin
Saving Mr. Banks . Daniel Orlandi
Excellence In Fantasy Film
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug . Ann Maskrey, Richard Taylor, Bob Buck
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire . Trish Summerville
Oz the Great and Powerful . Gary Jones, Michael Kutsche
Outstanding Contemporary Television Series
Breaking Bad . Jennifer Bryan...
Here's your complete nominations list:
Excellence In Contemporary Film
Blue Jasmine . Suzy Benzinger
Her . Casey Storm
Nebraska . Wendy Chuck
Philomena . Consolata Boyle
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty . Sarah Edwards
Excellence In Period Film
12 Years a Slave . Patricia Norris
American Hustle . Michael Wilkinson
Dallas Buyers Club . Kurt & Bart
The Great Gatsby . Catherine Martin
Saving Mr. Banks . Daniel Orlandi
Excellence In Fantasy Film
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug . Ann Maskrey, Richard Taylor, Bob Buck
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire . Trish Summerville
Oz the Great and Powerful . Gary Jones, Michael Kutsche
Outstanding Contemporary Television Series
Breaking Bad . Jennifer Bryan...
- 1/10/2014
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
Although my three days as a glorified extra on the set of Big Ass Spider! were indeed grueling and it turns out I'm onscreen for just a blink-and-you'll-miss-it blip, it was fun. I just love being on set. Not only that, on Big Ass Spider! I was among friends.
My roommates were also extras (Andrew Kasch is Cocoon Victim #1 – below is a picture of us, snapped by Buz Wallick… not to mention Andrew’s cat, Frodo, getting more screen time than either of us).
I'd met the hero of whole shebang, Greg Grunberg, a number of times from the interview circuit when I worked for the Syfy Channel and covered "Heroes" endlessly. I made a new Bff in Lombardo Boyar, who is, in the film, my savior. So, in spite of driving the dreaded 405 freeway home each evening in peak traffic, covered in syrup and caked with dirt, every day was pure fun.
My roommates were also extras (Andrew Kasch is Cocoon Victim #1 – below is a picture of us, snapped by Buz Wallick… not to mention Andrew’s cat, Frodo, getting more screen time than either of us).
I'd met the hero of whole shebang, Greg Grunberg, a number of times from the interview circuit when I worked for the Syfy Channel and covered "Heroes" endlessly. I made a new Bff in Lombardo Boyar, who is, in the film, my savior. So, in spite of driving the dreaded 405 freeway home each evening in peak traffic, covered in syrup and caked with dirt, every day was pure fun.
- 1/9/2014
- by Staci Layne Wilson
- DreadCentral.com
The Art Directors Guild and the Costume Designers Guild have become the latest groups to announce their nominees for 2013. They may not be considered as big or as important as the Producers Guild, the Directors Guild, or the Writers Guild, but they are still a pretty good prognosticator for who will eventually take home the Oscar in their respective categories.
The Art Directors split their categories up into Period, Fantasy, and Contemporary Films (along with various TV categories), but the main one of importance here is the Period, where we find the more fanciful, eye-catching designs. Here, we find what was mostly expected: American Hustle, The Great Gatsby, Inside Llewyn Davis, Saving Mr. Banks, and 12 Years a Slave. If I had to venture a guess, I’d say that The Great Gatsby has this one in the bag. There were those who didn’t enjoy the film (I actually found...
The Art Directors split their categories up into Period, Fantasy, and Contemporary Films (along with various TV categories), but the main one of importance here is the Period, where we find the more fanciful, eye-catching designs. Here, we find what was mostly expected: American Hustle, The Great Gatsby, Inside Llewyn Davis, Saving Mr. Banks, and 12 Years a Slave. If I had to venture a guess, I’d say that The Great Gatsby has this one in the bag. There were those who didn’t enjoy the film (I actually found...
- 1/9/2014
- by Jeff Beck
- We Got This Covered
They make our favorite stars look their best when the director yells “Action!” and the men and women of the Costume Designers Guild have selected the best and brightest of the past year.
For the 16th Annual Costume Designers Guild Awards the field is filled with outstandingly talented nominees, with the winners to be announced on February 22nd at the Beverly Hilton Hotel.
The Excellence in Contemporary Film hopefuls include Suzy Benzinger (“Blue Jasmine”), Casey Storm (“Her”), Wendy Chuck (“Nebraska”), Consolata Boyle (“Philomena”) and Sarah Edwards (“The Secret Life of Walter Mitty”).
Additionally, writer/producer/director Judd Apatow will receive the Distinguished Collaborator Award for his years of contributions to the industry.
The 16th Annual Cdg Awards nominees are:
Excellence In Contemporary Film
Blue Jasmine – Suzy Benzinger
Her – Casey Storm
Nebraska – Wendy Chuck
Philomena – Consolata Boyle
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty– Sarah Edwards
Excellence In Period Film
12 Years a...
For the 16th Annual Costume Designers Guild Awards the field is filled with outstandingly talented nominees, with the winners to be announced on February 22nd at the Beverly Hilton Hotel.
The Excellence in Contemporary Film hopefuls include Suzy Benzinger (“Blue Jasmine”), Casey Storm (“Her”), Wendy Chuck (“Nebraska”), Consolata Boyle (“Philomena”) and Sarah Edwards (“The Secret Life of Walter Mitty”).
Additionally, writer/producer/director Judd Apatow will receive the Distinguished Collaborator Award for his years of contributions to the industry.
The 16th Annual Cdg Awards nominees are:
Excellence In Contemporary Film
Blue Jasmine – Suzy Benzinger
Her – Casey Storm
Nebraska – Wendy Chuck
Philomena – Consolata Boyle
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty– Sarah Edwards
Excellence In Period Film
12 Years a...
- 1/8/2014
- GossipCenter
Nominees for the 16th Costume Designers Guild Awards, which celebrate excellence in film, television and commercial costume design, were announced today.
The winners of the seven competitive awards will be revealed at the gala on Saturday, February 22 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel.
This year, Judd Apatow will receive the Distinguished Collaborator Award in recognition of his support of Costume Design and creative partnerships with Costume Designers. An Honorary Career Achievement Award will be presented to Costume Designer April Ferry for her outstanding work in film and television.
Nominees For The 16th Annual Costume Designers Guild Awards:
Excellence In Contemporary Film
“Blue Jasmine” – Suzy Benzinger “Her” – Casey Storm “Nebraska” – Wendy Chuck “Philomena” – Consolata Boyle “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty” – Sarah Edwards
Excellence In Period Film
“12 Years a Slave” – Patricia Norris “American Hustle” – Michael Wilkinson “Dallas Buyers Club” – Kurt & Bart “The Great Gatsby” – Catherine Martin “Saving Mr. Banks” – Daniel Orlandi
Excellence...
The winners of the seven competitive awards will be revealed at the gala on Saturday, February 22 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel.
This year, Judd Apatow will receive the Distinguished Collaborator Award in recognition of his support of Costume Design and creative partnerships with Costume Designers. An Honorary Career Achievement Award will be presented to Costume Designer April Ferry for her outstanding work in film and television.
Nominees For The 16th Annual Costume Designers Guild Awards:
Excellence In Contemporary Film
“Blue Jasmine” – Suzy Benzinger “Her” – Casey Storm “Nebraska” – Wendy Chuck “Philomena” – Consolata Boyle “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty” – Sarah Edwards
Excellence In Period Film
“12 Years a Slave” – Patricia Norris “American Hustle” – Michael Wilkinson “Dallas Buyers Club” – Kurt & Bart “The Great Gatsby” – Catherine Martin “Saving Mr. Banks” – Daniel Orlandi
Excellence...
- 1/8/2014
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Winners of the 16th annual Cdg Awards will be announced February 22 in a ceremony at the Beverly Hilton, where writer/producer/director Judd Apatow will be honored with the guild’s Distinguished Collaborator Award and designer April Ferry will receive an Honorary Career Achievement Award. Here are this year’s nominees for excellence in film, television and commercial costume design: Nominees For The 16th Costume Designers Guild Awards Excellence In Contemporary Film Blue Jasmine – Suzy Benzinger Her – Casey Storm Nebraska – Wendy Chuck Philomena – Consolata Boyle The Secret Life of Walter Mitty– Sarah Edwards Excellence In Period Film 12 Years a Slave – Patricia Norris American Hustle – Michael Wilkinson Dallas Buyers Club – Kurt & Bart The Great Gatsby – Catherine Martin Saving Mr. Banks – Daniel Orlandi Excellence In Fantasy Film The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug – Ann Maskrey, Richard Taylor, Bob Buck The Hunger Games: Catching Fire – Trish Summerville Oz: The Great and Powerful – Gary Jones,...
- 1/8/2014
- by THE DEADLINE TEAM
- Deadline TV
I’ve said before that The Simpsons’ comedy is usually at its sharpest when dealing with political material, but if there’s another fertile ground where the show digs up lots of laughs it’s in its own backyard: Hollywood. In tonight’s outing, “Steal this Episode,” the show quite thoroughly savaged all sides of the issue of pirating Hollywood movies, modern blockbusters, spoiler culture and the current state of venturing to the cinema. Throw into the mix perhaps the largest collection of celebrity guest voices that the show’s done in a while, and you have a recipe for an average though still sometimes amusing episode.
So, what went wrong? Well, pirating jokes seem so 2002, and anyone who knows anything about computers knows that finding pirated movies online is about as easy as finding something on Youtube. If you can Google it, you can find it, and I, at least,...
So, what went wrong? Well, pirating jokes seem so 2002, and anyone who knows anything about computers knows that finding pirated movies online is about as easy as finding something on Youtube. If you can Google it, you can find it, and I, at least,...
- 1/6/2014
- by Adam A. Donaldson
- We Got This Covered
The Simpsons has a long, proud history of Christmas specials, from “Grift of the Magi” (the one with Funzo), “Skinner’s Sense of Snow” (the one where the kids are trapped at school), and “‘Tis the Fifteenth Season” (the one where Homer realizes his holiday selfishness). Heck, even the first ever episode of The Simpsons was a Christmas special, “The Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire.” Of course, this opens up an interesting paradox since the Simpsons themselves never age and they’ve had about 14 different Christmases. So with the exception of that first one, in which the Simpsons added Santa’s Little Helper to their family, I guess each new holiday episode usurps the previous one.
So this Christmas, the Simpsons celebrated with a few extra friends as a combination of radioactive steam and particulate from the tire fire meant that Springfield was the only city in the country to have a white Christmas.
So this Christmas, the Simpsons celebrated with a few extra friends as a combination of radioactive steam and particulate from the tire fire meant that Springfield was the only city in the country to have a white Christmas.
- 12/16/2013
- by Adam A. Donaldson
- We Got This Covered
After a one week break for American Thanksgiving festivities, The Simpsons returned with a new episode that didn’t necessitate a trip to the store in order to get your favourite food to eat when disappointed. The focus of “Yellow Subterfuge” is Principal Seymour Skinner, and another scheme to bring Springfield Elementary under his fastidious desire for uniformity with the promise of a field trip on board a submarine. Even Bart Simpson summons the restraint to stay away from pranking in order to gain a place on that field trip, but is mere restraint enough, and has Skinner gone a bit around the bend this time?
From the first scene, the answer to that second question is an obvious yes. Tip of the hat to Quentin Tarantino as Skinner dreams of being Django Unchained, shooting school bullies, having a sweeping theme song, and riding into the sunset on the back of Superintendent Chalmers.
From the first scene, the answer to that second question is an obvious yes. Tip of the hat to Quentin Tarantino as Skinner dreams of being Django Unchained, shooting school bullies, having a sweeping theme song, and riding into the sunset on the back of Superintendent Chalmers.
- 12/9/2013
- by Adam A. Donaldson
- We Got This Covered
Musicals have been tap dancing their way into moviegoers' hearts since the invention of cinema sound itself. From Oliver! to Singin' in the Rain, here are the Guardian and Observer critics' picks of the 10 best
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• Top 10 animated movies
• Top 10 silent movies
• Top 10 sports movies
• Top 10 film noir
• More Guardian and Observer critics' top 10s
10. Oliver!
Historically, the British musical has been intertwined with British music, drawing on music hall in the 1940s and the pop charts in the 50s – low-budget films of provincial interest and nothing to trouble the bosses at MGM. In the late 60s, however, the genre enjoyed a brief, high-profile heyday, and between Tommy Steele in Half a Sixpence (1967) and Richard Attenborough's star-studded Oh! What A Lovely War (1969) came the biggest of them all: Oliver! (1968), Carol Reed's adaptation of Lionel Bart's 1960 stage hit and the recipient of six Academy awards.
• Top 10 documentaries
• Top 10 movie adaptations
• Top 10 animated movies
• Top 10 silent movies
• Top 10 sports movies
• Top 10 film noir
• More Guardian and Observer critics' top 10s
10. Oliver!
Historically, the British musical has been intertwined with British music, drawing on music hall in the 1940s and the pop charts in the 50s – low-budget films of provincial interest and nothing to trouble the bosses at MGM. In the late 60s, however, the genre enjoyed a brief, high-profile heyday, and between Tommy Steele in Half a Sixpence (1967) and Richard Attenborough's star-studded Oh! What A Lovely War (1969) came the biggest of them all: Oliver! (1968), Carol Reed's adaptation of Lionel Bart's 1960 stage hit and the recipient of six Academy awards.
- 12/3/2013
- The Guardian - Film News
Under different circumstances, I might begin by complaining about how The Simpsons is putting a lot of time and effort into making some overly complex title sequences and not investing much time in doing if not original storytelling, at least comedic storytelling. However, it’s pleasure to say that this week, the show had all the bases covered. Episode writer Tim Long kept a pretty tight focus on the main story, a fairly smart and even-handed political satire that trumpets the grand quality of bi-partisanship.
During a rainy recess, Lisa ducks into the library and meets the new girl at Springfield Elementary, second grader Isabel Guiterrez (guest voice Eva Longoria). They bond over the Brontë sisters, and the fact that they’re both middle children who have to sit on the hump in the middle of the back seat, and later they decide to do a project about Fdr together...
During a rainy recess, Lisa ducks into the library and meets the new girl at Springfield Elementary, second grader Isabel Guiterrez (guest voice Eva Longoria). They bond over the Brontë sisters, and the fact that they’re both middle children who have to sit on the hump in the middle of the back seat, and later they decide to do a project about Fdr together...
- 11/25/2013
- by Adam A. Donaldson
- We Got This Covered
We learned earlier this year that we'd be meeting Monroe's parents on a future episode of "Grimm," and now word has come that a couple of genre vets have signed on to play the parts. Read on for the details.
Per TVLine, Dee Wallace (E.T. the Extraterrestrial, The Howling, The Lords of Salem) and Chris Mulkey (pictured; The Purge, "Boardwalk Empire") will play the Wesen’s mom and dad, Alice and Bart.
They're none too pleased to hear their son (Silas Weir Mitchell), a Blutbad, is involved with Rosalee (Bree Turner), a Fuchsbau, and, even worse, has become friends with a Grimm. Let the fireworks begin!
For more info visit "Grimm" on NBC.com, check out some InstaGRIMMS on Instagram, "like" "Grimm" on Facebook, and follow "Grimm" on Twitter.
Visit The Evilshop @ Amazon!
Got news? Click here to submit it!
Keep a grimm outlook in the comments section below!
Per TVLine, Dee Wallace (E.T. the Extraterrestrial, The Howling, The Lords of Salem) and Chris Mulkey (pictured; The Purge, "Boardwalk Empire") will play the Wesen’s mom and dad, Alice and Bart.
They're none too pleased to hear their son (Silas Weir Mitchell), a Blutbad, is involved with Rosalee (Bree Turner), a Fuchsbau, and, even worse, has become friends with a Grimm. Let the fireworks begin!
For more info visit "Grimm" on NBC.com, check out some InstaGRIMMS on Instagram, "like" "Grimm" on Facebook, and follow "Grimm" on Twitter.
Visit The Evilshop @ Amazon!
Got news? Click here to submit it!
Keep a grimm outlook in the comments section below!
- 11/14/2013
- by Debi Moore
- DreadCentral.com
You know that you’ve reached a level of complete cultural penetration when The Simpsons take notice, so to Drake I now say enjoy your remaining moments of relevancy.
This week’s episode followed Homer as he tired to go Yolo – “You Only Live Once” – by living his childhood dreams. For the first time this season, we get a Simpsons episode that’s rather low-key and not high concept, which is probably why it was a fairly satisfying outing for the show.
When Kurt Van Houten arrives to pick-up Milhouse in a flashy sports car and talks of taking DJ classes, Homer and Marge laugh off his Yolo-titude as a midlife crisis, but the more Homer thinks about it, the more he realizes that he too is in kind of a rut. Enter Homer’s childhood Spanish pen pal Eduardo Barcelona (known in America as “Eddie Miami”), who arrives in...
This week’s episode followed Homer as he tired to go Yolo – “You Only Live Once” – by living his childhood dreams. For the first time this season, we get a Simpsons episode that’s rather low-key and not high concept, which is probably why it was a fairly satisfying outing for the show.
When Kurt Van Houten arrives to pick-up Milhouse in a flashy sports car and talks of taking DJ classes, Homer and Marge laugh off his Yolo-titude as a midlife crisis, but the more Homer thinks about it, the more he realizes that he too is in kind of a rut. Enter Homer’s childhood Spanish pen pal Eduardo Barcelona (known in America as “Eddie Miami”), who arrives in...
- 11/11/2013
- by Adam A. Donaldson
- We Got This Covered
After a long baseball break, The Simpsons returned to the TV line-up with a memorial service, both fictional and actual. The former was a bit of a letdown as the writers trotted out some tired old tropes and gags, while the latter was actually quite touching.
The episode began with a bittersweet tribute to the late Marcia Wallace, the actress who gave voice to Mrs. Krabappel for 25 years. It was a touching and sentimental tip of the hat, with Bart writing “We’ll really miss you, Mrs. K.,” on the chalkboard and looking a little bereaved at the idea of never seeing his much loved (and loathed) fourth grade teacher again. Of course, Mrs. K. isn’t really gone, her character is just now retired, but with The Simpsons, understatement works best, and even the most cynical fan should have been left with a tear in their eye.
Unfortunately, the...
The episode began with a bittersweet tribute to the late Marcia Wallace, the actress who gave voice to Mrs. Krabappel for 25 years. It was a touching and sentimental tip of the hat, with Bart writing “We’ll really miss you, Mrs. K.,” on the chalkboard and looking a little bereaved at the idea of never seeing his much loved (and loathed) fourth grade teacher again. Of course, Mrs. K. isn’t really gone, her character is just now retired, but with The Simpsons, understatement works best, and even the most cynical fan should have been left with a tear in their eye.
Unfortunately, the...
- 11/4/2013
- by Adam A. Donaldson
- We Got This Covered
Last week Guillermo del Toro's opening for "The Simpsons Treehouse of Terror Xxiv" was revealed. Today website MoviePilot dissected the opening to make sure you didn't miss a single reference.
The opener of the 24th annual “Treehouse of Horror” is from Guillermo del Toro and features monsters and classic characters from horror films throughout history. In “Oh The Places You’ll D’oh,” the first of three spine-tingling stories, Homer rides around Springfield wreaking havoc as “The Fat in The Hat” in a rhyming Dr. Seuss-ian tale. In “Dead and Shoulders,” Bart is beheaded during a kite accident; his head is attached to Lisa’s body and they must live together as one. The final terrifying tale, “Freaks no Geeks,” features Mr. Burns’ traveling circus, The Burnsum and Bailey Circus, which has stopped in Springfieldland in the 1930s. Trapeze artist Marge and Strong Man Homer are performers, and...
The opener of the 24th annual “Treehouse of Horror” is from Guillermo del Toro and features monsters and classic characters from horror films throughout history. In “Oh The Places You’ll D’oh,” the first of three spine-tingling stories, Homer rides around Springfield wreaking havoc as “The Fat in The Hat” in a rhyming Dr. Seuss-ian tale. In “Dead and Shoulders,” Bart is beheaded during a kite accident; his head is attached to Lisa’s body and they must live together as one. The final terrifying tale, “Freaks no Geeks,” features Mr. Burns’ traveling circus, The Burnsum and Bailey Circus, which has stopped in Springfieldland in the 1930s. Trapeze artist Marge and Strong Man Homer are performers, and...
- 10/7/2013
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
To begin, let’s take a moment to congratulate The Simspsons for being renewed for its 26th season. Say what you will about the show, and the inconsistent quality of recent years, but that’s a remarkable and rare achievement for a television series. With each passing year it seems likely that The Simpsons will never end, or will otherwise have to get ratings so low that even syndication and merchandising sales wouldn’t even make it worth Fox’s while to keep cranking out new episodes.
But now let’s talk about “Treehouse of Horror Xxiv,” the 24th time that the show’s put together a Halloween spook-tacular. You may think that October 6th is a little early for a Halloween special, but considering that more than half of the “Treehouses” of the last decade have run in November, at least we got it before the holiday that it venerates.
But now let’s talk about “Treehouse of Horror Xxiv,” the 24th time that the show’s put together a Halloween spook-tacular. You may think that October 6th is a little early for a Halloween special, but considering that more than half of the “Treehouses” of the last decade have run in November, at least we got it before the holiday that it venerates.
- 10/7/2013
- by Adam A. Donaldson
- We Got This Covered
The legendary Halloween episodes of "The Simpsons" have just gotten even more epic in scope and fun! How could this be possible, you ask? Three words: Guillermo del Toro. Check out the man's take on the opening for "The Simpsons Treehouse of Terror Xxiv" and get excited!
“The Simpsons titles are so iconic and yet they’ve never been riffed in this vein,” Del Toro tells Entertainment Weekly. “I really wanted to land the connections between the [show’s] set pieces and the titles and some of the most iconic horror movies and intersperse them with some of my stuff in there for pure joy,” he says. “For example the idea that Ms. Krabappel could be outside the school with Alfred Hitchcock, which is a reference to the sequence in The Birds that happens outside of the school in Bodega Bay. To use Chief Wiggum as the Cyclops from Harryhausen, dipping the [Lard Lad] donut in a water tank,...
“The Simpsons titles are so iconic and yet they’ve never been riffed in this vein,” Del Toro tells Entertainment Weekly. “I really wanted to land the connections between the [show’s] set pieces and the titles and some of the most iconic horror movies and intersperse them with some of my stuff in there for pure joy,” he says. “For example the idea that Ms. Krabappel could be outside the school with Alfred Hitchcock, which is a reference to the sequence in The Birds that happens outside of the school in Bodega Bay. To use Chief Wiggum as the Cyclops from Harryhausen, dipping the [Lard Lad] donut in a water tank,...
- 10/3/2013
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
The Simpsons turns 25 this year, meaning if you’re old enough to remember a time when The Simpsons weren’t on TV, you’re more than free to take a minute and feel old. So given that fact, I’ve decided to take it upon myself to review this season of The Simpsons for our humble site, because no matter how you feel about the show itself, and its continued level of quality, 25 years on TV is an occasion that should be marked.
To begin with, a bit of disclosure: I don’t think I’ve watched new episodes of The Simpsons on a regular basis for the last 10 years or so. I’ve tuned in for landmark episodes, the “Treehouse of Horror” specials and the random entry every now and then, but it hasn’t been appointment viewing in a long time. In a sense that’s a shame because in high school,...
To begin with, a bit of disclosure: I don’t think I’ve watched new episodes of The Simpsons on a regular basis for the last 10 years or so. I’ve tuned in for landmark episodes, the “Treehouse of Horror” specials and the random entry every now and then, but it hasn’t been appointment viewing in a long time. In a sense that’s a shame because in high school,...
- 9/30/2013
- by Adam A. Donaldson
- We Got This Covered
Lifetime’s upcoming adaptation of V.C. Andrews’ novel Flowers in the Attic is rounding out its cast with Orphan Black‘s Dylan Bruce, the actor revealed via Twitter on Tuesday.
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Bruce will play Bartholomew “Bart” Winslow, the trophy husband of Corrine (played by Scrubs‘ Heather Graham), a recent widow who puts her four children into a pretty terrible situation at her parents’ mansion after their father’s death. A disturbing family secret causes the children’s grandmother, Olivia (Political Animals’ Ellen Burstyn), to lock the children in the attic, where the...
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Bruce will play Bartholomew “Bart” Winslow, the trophy husband of Corrine (played by Scrubs‘ Heather Graham), a recent widow who puts her four children into a pretty terrible situation at her parents’ mansion after their father’s death. A disturbing family secret causes the children’s grandmother, Olivia (Political Animals’ Ellen Burstyn), to lock the children in the attic, where the...
- 8/21/2013
- by Vlada Gelman
- TVLine.com
A few weeks ago I shared with you a few horror movie facts that would blow your mind. This time around we are going to focus on the small-screen. We are going to look at some creepy moments from horror based television shows. These shows range from sitcoms, late night cable shows and even a kids show.
Before we begin, I should let you know that all these entries made the list for very different reasons. Some were genuinely terrifying, others were just silly or dumb; but for whatever the reason check out 10 Horror TV Moments That Genuinely Got Under Your Skin. If I forget your favorite horror show or favorite scene from a show I mention please feel free to let me know in the comments section.
Spoiler Alert For Certain Entries
10. Guy Gets Turned Into A Jack-In-The-Box – The Twilight Zone
Season 3, Episode 8
It’s a Good Life (November...
Before we begin, I should let you know that all these entries made the list for very different reasons. Some were genuinely terrifying, others were just silly or dumb; but for whatever the reason check out 10 Horror TV Moments That Genuinely Got Under Your Skin. If I forget your favorite horror show or favorite scene from a show I mention please feel free to let me know in the comments section.
Spoiler Alert For Certain Entries
10. Guy Gets Turned Into A Jack-In-The-Box – The Twilight Zone
Season 3, Episode 8
It’s a Good Life (November...
- 8/12/2013
- by Jesse Gumbarge
- Obsessed with Film
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