Posted on April 21, 2016 at 10:00 am
Travis Hopson of WETA Around Town, Jason Fraley of WTOP Radio, and I will join celebrated television movie critic Arch Campbell in a panel discussion about the world of movies, both on and off the screen. With Netflix and Amazon expanding into producing or buying first-run features, the lines between television and feature films are …
Posted on April 21, 2016 at 8:00 am
TIME has a terrific list of Netflix hacks to make sure you are getting the most out of the streaming service. Most useful — adjusting streaming rate to get rid of the annoying buffer pauses. Sneakiest: erasing your history.
Posted on April 20, 2016 at 3:42 pm
Elizabeth Banks, actress, producer, and director (“Pitch Perfect 2”), has a new website about funny women called WHOHAHA.
Posted on April 20, 2016 at 8:00 am
Lisa Rosman has a great list of moviemaker autobiographies to listen to on audiobooks. These are not necessarily the biggest stars with the splashiest careers. They are the ones with the most interesting stories, and the ones that are best read by ear rather than eye. I’d add Rob Lowe’s Love Life and Stories I …
Posted on April 19, 2016 at 5:36 pm
B+| Lowest Recommended Age: | Mature High Schooler |
| MPAA Rating: | Rated R for some sexuality/nudity, language and brief drug use |
| Profanity: | Some strong language |
| Nudity/ Sex: | Sexual references and situations, brief nudity, |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: | Drinking, drunkenness, drugs |
| Violence/ Scariness: | Some disturbing scenes relating to medical issues |
| Diversity Issues: | A theme of the movie |
| Date Released to Theaters: | April 22, 2016 |
| Date Released to DVD: | August 8, 2016 |
| Amazon.com ASIN: | B01GP4HSH2 |
“Hologram for the King” is an uneven but engaging and always-watchable film based on the book by Dave Eggers. Like Arthur Miller, David Mamet, and many others, Eggers chose a salesman as a central figure and metaphor to illustrate the mixture of optimism, determination, and despair that is the Sisyphean life of someone whose job …
