Look, let’s get this straight: Girl Meets World is not for you. Yes, you, the all-knowing twentysomething who grew up on the hit 90s ABC sitcom Boy Meets World, to which this new series is a loose sequel. I know how much you loved that show–how Read More …
If you’ve heard anything about The Fault In Our Stars, which swept the box office this weekend, it’s that it’s a tearjerker. Even if you never read the 2012 smash hit YA novel by John Green, even if you never saw the indie-tuned trailer full Read More …
BY HALEY WINTERS AND JESSIE YIM The Gods of Television giveth, and they taketh away. For every great new show we are gifted each season, we are sure to suffer twice the loss. And while some viewers are content to wait a few seasons before Read More …
At this point, we should all be ready to just throw our money at Jason Katims whenever he has even a flicker of an idea. His track record as program creator includes Friday Night Lights and Parenthood, two series that are about as close to perfect as anyone’s ever Read More …
Haley Winters goes to bat for the latest tentpole movie based on a young adult novel and finds Divergent’s Tris Prior to be the heroine young audience members need. Read More …
How to See a Movie at Sundance When Your Broke Ass Doesn’t Have Any Actual Tickets: 1. Pick the movie you’re interested in seeing. 2. Pick a different movie, because you’re sure as heck not getting into your first choice. 3. Exactly two hours and Read More …
I startled awake this morning to bright light and complete confusion—where am I? What year is it? After spending a packed three-day-weekend at the Sundance Film Festival, watching back-to-back movies in dark, thousand-person theatres, it’s hard to remember what my real life is supposed to Read More …
I rewound my DVR twice to make sure I heard it right, and yes, it’s definitely there: ten minutes into the pilot of Helix, the best faux-curse word on network TV makes its grand return. “This is gonna be the most frakked-up family reunion ever,” Read More …
I’m waiting on line at Urth Caffé when I get a text from Dan Hageman: “You here? We’re out front at a curb table.” The lunchtime bustle at Urth—the most ubiquitously “Los Angeles” coffee spot in downtown—was so crowded that I must have missed Dan Read More …
The Book Thief opened quietly on Friday, a limited release oddly suited to this film’s gentle, handsome nature. Adapted from the highly decorated young adult bestseller by Marcus Zusak, The Book Thief captures much of the novel’s compelling, wide-eyed sensibility, while enriching it with the Read More …