Friday Night Lights has now reached the point where its new characters have earned equal footing with fan favorites such as Tim Riggins and Landry. And it’s about time, since we’re more than half-way through the season. This week’s episode began, however, with two of the show’s most familiar and welcome faces. FNL took us on a college road trip with Julie and Tami, and if their squabbling didn’t result in a murder (can anyone ever look at a college-tour TV episode and not think of the one in The Sopranos‘ first season?
Hunker down, Tudors fans, ’cause we have boatloads to discuss. Yesterday’s excellent ep was certainly fitting for Mother’s Day. Forget that it was directed by a woman, it was all about women: Katherine as the martyred wife and mother, Lady Elizabeth as her loyal servant willing to give up a man for her boss, Mary as the forgotten daughter, and Anne (Natalie Dormer, pictured) as, let’s not mince words, the dotty, demanding “Kill your ex-wife and get me pregnant” bitch.
As the pilot for a failed Friends-inspired sitcom, it might have been called England Made Me, referring to an American tourist cutie, entangled with three London mates — unknowing competitors — and all the wacky misunderstandings that algebra allows for. But the British romantic comedy The Very Thought of You has none of the smooth structural advantages of American relationship sitcoms, and none of the charms of clever British constructions like Sliding Doors, either: It feels like a project first sketched on the back of a pub napkin by guys who actually believe the dating advice in Maxim magazine.
A battle of the stars descended on The View on Monday morning as Star Trek met Star Wars amid a literal intergalactic lightsaber probe into Whoopi Goldberg's shirt at the Hot Topics table. In celebration of interview guest Jodie Turner-Smith's role in the upcoming Star Wars franchise TV series The Acolyte, the cohosts collectively unsheathed individual lightsabers while seated at the table, with Sara Haines and Ana Navarro using their new space powers for mischief as Goldberg attempted to throw the program to commercial.
Whoopi Goldberg and Joy Behar took a little time to enjoy (maybe?) The View of cohost Sara Haines' wardrobe during Thursday's live broadcast. As the panel discussed contention surrounding Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, Haines paused to jokingly ask Goldberg and Behar to bring their eyes back up above the Hot Topics table. "I was a little torn on this myself because I agreed with them supporting Speaker McCarthy," Haines said before looking to her left and right.
Holy moly, America. For the first time since Christmas weekend in 2008, four movies debuted to more than $20 million each this weekend: The Vow, Safe House, Journey 2: The Mysterious Island, and Star Wars: Episode I — The Phantom Menace 3D. The first three of those four films far exceeded industry expectations, helping to make this the biggest non-holiday February weekend ever. The box office was also up around 30 percent compared to the same weekend last year.
[SPOILER ALERT: Read on only if you have already watched Sunday’s midseason finale of The Walking Dead.] What the hell has happened to Rick Grimes? The dude has gone from refusing to carry a firearm to gunning down anyone and anything in his path. And then, after he guns them down, he tells them to shut up! Does that make any sense? Beats me! So we went to the source himself for answers.
Zombies love them a good Winnebago! Here’s the poster AMC’s breakout hit The Walking Dead is bringing to Comic-Con. This first-look poster depicts our heroes trapped on the roof of their trusty camper on a clogged highway. C’mon guys, give the undead a turn at the wheel. (And for those who missed it, here’s the first scene released from WD season 2 that previewed during Sunday’s premiere of Breaking Bad). The Walking Dead will have its Comic-Con panel on Friday and EW will be there with full coverage.
From what I can tell, The Warrior’s Way is not based on a video game, but it sure looks like it: Operatic violence, lushly surreal panoramas, vivid Wild West characters who resemble children’s action figures. Oh yeah, it also features cowboys vs. ninjas. (The Indians, it appears, are wisely going to sit this rumble out.) Oddly enough, the appearance of Geoffrey Rush seemed more foreign to me than the ninja hordes.
McCullough’s book about Orville and Wilbur Wright isn’t as weighty as his Pulitzer Prize-winning doorstops—it’s his slimmest biography yet—but his research and storytelling remain engagingly detailed. How two unknowns successfully solved the puzzle of flight from their bicycle shop in Dayton, Ohio, while better-financed efforts crashed is one of the great American success stories. Though the book is a bit thin when covering their rivals and the ruthless quest to finish first, McCullough, using family letters, provides an intimate portrait of the brothers who went from fixing bikes to socializing with kings.