Saturday, October 23, 2010

L.A. Times - Entertainment News

L.A. Times - Entertainment News

Hollywood's little secret: movie purgatory

Posted: 24 Oct 2010 12:00 AM PDT


Sometimes, studios change their minds about releasing a movie, even if it has already been completed.

Sometimes, studios change their minds about releasing a movie, even if it has already been completed.


Movie review: 'Paranormal Activity 2' fine-tunes the shivers that made the first movie a hit

Posted: 23 Oct 2010 12:00 AM PDT


With a bigger cast and more voyeuristic stakeouts, the sequel fine-tunes the shivers that made the first movie a hit.

Just when you thought it was safe to auto-record your McMansion existence along comes "Paranormal Activity 2" to make static video grays, a corner time stamp and well-placed bumps in the night further cause for audience nervousness.


Idris Elba pieces it together in 'Luther' on BBC America

Posted: 23 Oct 2010 12:00 AM PDT


His detective gladly bends the rules to solve the whodunit puzzle on the six-part series.

His detective gladly bends the rules to solve the whodunit puzzle on the six-part series.


'Scream 4' teaser trailer reunites Courteney Cox, David Arquette, Neve Campell

Posted: 22 Oct 2010 05:42 PM PDT


After unveiling new footage at last weekend's Spike TV Scream Awards, the gang from "Scream 4" is back with a full official teaser trailer.


Television review: 'Sherlock' makes a mad dash for the 21st century

Posted: 23 Oct 2010 12:00 AM PDT


The new adventures of the famed detective and Watson, airing on KOCE and KCET, plug into the latest technology while retaining the smart dialogue and dry wit at the heart of the legend.

Sherlock Holmes — you all know that guy. (And if you don't, I would very much like to speak with you; your strange case interests me.) Like Santa Claus or Peter Pan or Hamlet, he is among those — spoiler alert! — fictional characters who stand for a whole class of behavior and purpose and who shape the very way we think about thinking. We greet his periodic returns to the screen with excitement, but also with trepidation: As a man out of copyright, he is subject to all sorts of remaking and remodeling and speculation upon his closeted character. (I don't mean sexually closeted, but there's speculation on that account too.) He has been used, and he has been abused.


Attenborough continues to bring nature's wonders to the small screen

Posted: 23 Oct 2010 12:00 AM PDT


The British octogenarian takes viewers to back in time with 'First Life' on Discovery Channel.

The British octogenarian takes viewers to back in time with 'First Life' on Discovery Channel.


Martin Freeman: 'The Hobbit' finds its Bilbo Baggins

Posted: 22 Oct 2010 04:08 PM PDT


Even moreso than Frodo in "Lord of the Rings," Bilbo is front and center throughout "The Hobbit."

Even moreso than Frodo in "Lord of the Rings," Bilbo is front and center throughout "The Hobbit."


PREACH IT! In which Zach Galifianakis does our Mel Gibson preaching for us

Posted: 22 Oct 2010 05:36 PM PDT


If we weren't Zach Galifianakis fans before, we sure are now.


Taylor Swift: What it means to be 'Mean'

Posted: 22 Oct 2010 12:48 PM PDT


Massively popular and completely uncontroversial, Swift receives very little meaningful negative media attention.

Massively popular and completely uncontroversial, Swift receives very little meaningful negative media attention.


Television review: 'Luther' on BBC America

Posted: 16 Oct 2010 12:00 AM PDT


Star Idris Elba and creator Neil Cross put a new spin on the standard police procedural.

The brilliant-but-troubled detective/cop-with-something-extra procedural has crept over the TV listings like so much kudzu, or, to be more local, bougainvillea — lovely to look at in many places but increasingly familiar in form and hue. And we all know what familiarity breeds.


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