Film & TV
B Roll: Indeed, Big Brother is Watching
What happens when bad reality TV reveals uncomfortable truths about the state of America?
Netflix Pick of the Week: "What's Eating Gilbert Grape?"
Did you know that Leonardo DiCaprio and Johnny Depp were in a movie together? Or that Johnny Depp used to have long, ginger locks?
BREAKING BAD RECAP: "Ozymandias"
My name is Ozymandias, king of kings: Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!
Trailer of the Week: "Enough Said"
The clever trailer for Nicole Holofcener’s new movie "Enough Said" – about a middle-aged divorcée who begins dating a man she secretly discovers to be the disliked ex-husband ofher whiny new friend – turns an otherwise simple plot into a witty, wonderful observance ofthe natural awkwardness of relationships, romantic or otherwise. What We Love: The trailer reveals the film’s fundamental hook without eliminating interest over the outcome; Eva (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) meets her new friend Marianne (Catherine Keener) just seconds before she meets Albert (James Gandolfini - in one of his last roles), and the subsequent montage builds each relationship (a friendship between Eva and Marianne based on complaining about men, and an unlikely romance between Eva and Albert) in a neat trajectory full of cute, pithy moments.
What Television Show Are You Most Excited For This Fall?
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Most Anticipated Films & TV Shows of Fall 2013
Embarrassed about your addiction to "Pretty Little Liars?" We don't judge. But expand your horizons with these fall premieres.
B Roll: Holy Cinema In the Age of Mechanical Reproduction, Batman
This is nothing new. For over a decade now—this summer and its lineup being the most recent and obvious example—critics, professionals and amateurs alike have locked their hawk–eyed gazes on the biggest fad in Hollywood.
Poll: What Movie are you Most Excited for this Fall?
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Professors' Choice: Most Anticipated Movies and TV Shows
While it may be hard for us to process the fact that professors have lives outside of their chosen fields of expertise, such is the case. Here are their picks for best upcoming films and TV shows. Do with them as you wish.
BREAKING BAD RECAP: "To'hajiilee"
Don't expect everyone to have an A1 day once this cliffhanger is resolved.
Review: "Austenland"
Both a "Pride and Prejudice" adaptation and parody of the fad surrounding the book’s legacy, "Austenland" is about a lovesick, Mr. Darcy-obsessed young woman (Keri Russell) who travels to a British theme park that simulates a fantasy of life in Regency England – complete with a love triangle with a handsome misanthrope and a rakish stable boy.
NETFLIX PICK OF THE SUMMER: "Orange Is The New Black"
It’s been called “Oz” with chicks.
Penn Summer in Film and T.V.
Plenty of Penn students toil away their summers in New York and D.C. — here are a few scene–stealers who headed out West to make their marks in the entertainment industry.
Film on the Walk
We ambushed some of your peers on Locust, and here are there picks for the best movies of the summer. You know, in case you were too busy doing shit to get cultured like these kids.
Poll: What's your Favorite Movie of the Summer?
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BREAKING BAD RECAP: "Rabid Dog"
Dealing with last week's revelations, Walt must decide what to do with Old Yeller. Should he resort to a half or full measure?
THE NEWSROOM RECAP: "Willie Pete"
“The Newsroom” is once again an interesting place to be.
