Interview: Djimon Hounsou on Playing the Villain in “How to Train Your Dragon 2”
Djimon Hounsou, star of DreamWorks’ How to Train Your Dragon 2, on his villainous new role, the art of voice acting, and what he searches for in his career.
Archives
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Remembering Ruby Dee; “The Fault in Our Stars” succeeds and fails; Amazon vs. Warner Bros.; The case against “Edge of Tomorrow”; Trials of a documentarian.
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Is “The Goldfinch” art?; The meta-homophobia of “22 Jump Street”; Seinfeld on celebrity; Lack of TV writer jobs in NYC; “Orange” is the new “Hill Street Blues.”
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Re-reading Ramona through a parent’s eyes; what happens when female villains and avengers drive movies; Shonda Rhimes disses hashtag activism; creepy Paddington Bear.
A Community Grows in Texas: The 2014 ATX Television Festival
Libby Hill recaps the 2014 ATX Television Festival.
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The tortured history of Entertainment Weekly; Francis Coppola predicts the future of cinema again; the hypocrisy of Hollywood when it comes to abortion; Stanley Kubrick’s boxes.
An Interview with Karina Longworth
An interview with Karina Longworth, the former chief film critic for LA Weekly, now the host of “You Must Remember This.”
Overturning Perceptions: 2014 Los Angeles Film Festival Preview
A preview of the 2014 Los Angeles Film Festival.
Comfort Food TV: USA & TNT Prepare For Another Wave of Summer Hits
TNT & USA are premiering or returning eight series in the next two weeks and yet they get half the press of other networks. What are they doing right and are any of the new shows worth a look?
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The verdict on “Orange Is The New Black: Season 2”; Three masters and their audience; Arthur C. Clarke predicts the Internet; Nathan Rabin on “Blue Steel”; Indie alternatives to “Edge of Tomorrow.”
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The making of “Ghostbusters”; Neil deGrasse Tyson doesn’t hate movies; Kenneth Turan’s favorite films; Aspiring movie critics in Kenya; American voyeur in Montreal.
Confident Writing and Performances Elevate Netflix’s “Orange is the New Black”
The joy of “Orange is the New Black” comes in how it unfolds, the ways the writers and performers constantly defy expectations.
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Talk to the animals; Best films of the 1960s; Low ratings for cable networks; Tom Cruise Hair Quiz; Oscar Wilde’s journalism.
Crossing the Line: The Definition of a Prankster
Major outlets call the man who assaulted America Ferrera at Cannes and Brad Pitt in Hollywood a “prankster.” They’re wrong to do so.
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Why critics keep getting laid off; about That Episode of “Louie”; Robert DeNiro, anatomy of an actor; classic cars on film, posterized.
Jenny Slate, Gillian Robespierre on Sundance Hit “Obvious Child”
Writer/director Gillian Robespierre and star Jenny Slate discuss their edgy romantic comedy Obvious Child, a festival hit at Sundance and SXSW.
Streaming Consumer Guide: June 3, 2014
The latest and greatest additions to streaming services like Netflix, Amazon, and more.
