Acclaimed country artist Jennifer Nettles and Golden Globe winning Ricky Schroder headline the new NBC feature Dolly Parton’s Coat of Many Colors. Inspired by Dolly Parton’s upbringing, the feature centers on how the Parton family overcame tragedy and hardships through the power of determined faith and love.
Alicia Vikander will be honored with the Rising Star Award at the annual Awards gala at the 29th annual Palm Springs International Film Festival (PSIFF). She will join previously announced honorees Cate Blanchett, Johnny Depp, Michael Fassbender, Brie Larson, Saoirse Ronan, and director Tom McCarthy for the occasion.
The Martian, a film that’s considered to be one of director Ridley Scott’s finest films (considering he directed Alien and Blade Runner, that’s saying something), comes out on Blu-ray and DVD January 12.
January is usually a month where studios dump their worst movies of the year. It makes a ton of sense, especially since we’ve already been inundated with critically acclaimed movies which, in turn, braces us for another round of awards season.
The trailer to Dirty Grandpa, which opens January 22, gives me some hope that this movie will actually be funny, and seeing if Robert De Niro and Zac Efron will work as a comedic duo actually has my interests peaked.
Last week, Liam O’Connor had convinced Alex Parrish that her best course of action to catch the second bomber was to admit to the crime, expecting the perpetrator to slip up with the idea that she was in custody. Meanwhile, a worse for wear Ryan appeared to be in need of immediate medical attention. So what happened on this week’s Quantico? Let’s get into it.
Don’t let the cutesy graphics and occasional humor fool you, Pocket Troops is a multi-layered strategic war game that, especially since it’s free-to-play, is worth a look. I’ve devoted about four hours of gameplay to this iOS title, and my love for Pocket Troops hasn’t dissipated.
Now playing in select theaters, Hitchcock/Truffaut centers on the making of one of the most popular books on cinema. Along with culling audio from the actual conversations between filmmakers Alfred Hitchcock and Francois Truffaut, director Kent Jones talks to directors Martin Scorsese, David Fincher, Wes Anderson, and Richard Linklater (among others) about Hitchcock’s (and the book’s) influence on their careers.
CNBC announced that Jay Leno’s Garage has been renewed for a second season. Twelve original, hour-long episodes of the show premieres Spring 2016.
The fall finale of Empire’s second season airs tomorrow, and though the main storyline deals with the repercussions of a huge  and possibly disastrous business decision of Lucious Lyon (Terrence Howard), there’s also a ton of artistry amidst all the high powered dealings thanks to Alicia Keys’ guest starring role of Skye Summers.