Amanda and Jenn discuss genre novels about older characters, read-alikes for Ted Lasso, and wanderlust in this week’s episode of Get Booked. Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. Feedback Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy by Cathy O’Neil (rec’d by Jeff) Last Night at the […]
Disney Sets Massive Movie Deal With Sony Pictures, Bringing More Marvel to Disney Plus
Disney has set a massive movie licensing pact with Sony Pictures for the U.S. that promises to reunite Spider-Man and other Marvel properties on Disney Plus starting with Sony’s 2022 release slate. The wide-ranging deal also calls for Sony titles to run across Disney’s array of streaming and linear platforms, making it unprecedented in scope. […]
Oscar predictions: Can anything beat ‘Nomadland’?
Ahead of Sunday’s 93rd Academy Awards, Associated Press Film Writers Jake Coyle and Lindsey Bahr share their predictions for a ceremony that is forging on in the midst of the pandemic. BEST PICTURE The Nominees: “The Father,” “Judas and the Black Messiah,” “Mank,” “Minari,” “Nomadland,” “Promising Young Woman,” “Sound of Metal,” “The Trial of the […]
Gina Prince-Bythewood: Movies Won’t Be the Same Without the ArcLight
My husband and I, when we were dating, would go to the movies once a week. Nobody else at the time had assigned seating. You know when you used to go to the theater, and you’d have to get there super early, searching for two spots, and you knew where you’d like to sit and […]
CDC, Warner Bros. and Ad Council team up for PSA to promote mask wearing
The PSA shows clips from the movies “Austin Powers in Goldmember,” “Casablanca,” “Creed,” “Harley Quinn: Birds of Prey,” “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows—Part 2,” “IT,” “The Joker,” “Justice League,” “The Lord of The Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring,” “The Matrix,” “Mad Max: Fury Road” and “Wonder Woman.” Every character can be seen wearing […]
‘Harry Potter and The Philosopher’s Stone’ hits $1 billion box office, 19 years after release
UPDATE: Harry Potter and The Philosopher’s Stone has now grossed over $1 billion, nearly 19 years after it was first released. The milestone was reached after a new 4K 3D remaster of the first Harry Potter film was released in China on 14 August, giving new fans the chance to watch it on the big […]
Harry Potter Stage Star Noma Dumezweni Joins Live-Action The Little Mermaid
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Reality Bites: In the land of nationalist Neros, billionaire saints and creepy crawlies
As I write this, India is recording over 2 lakh Covid cases and over 1000 deaths daily. After setting their trolls on Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for offering sensible advice, the BJP has finally taken a few tips, like allowing international vaccines in—this will take a few months, sadly. Of course, the media makes it […]
UGC’s draft History syllabus for undergraduates drops Arthashashtra, Kalidasa and Charak Samhita
While the importance of the Mughal period has been diminished, rulers like Babur have been depicted as ‘invaders’ in the chapter under ‘Medieval History’. In the syllabus comprising ‘Modern India’, the importance of the role played by Mahatma Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru has been underplayed. The 1857 rebellion has been termed as “the first war […]
Oscars 2021: 19 geeky facts from Borat to Boseman
James Dean, Jeanne Eagels, Ralph Richardson, Massimo Troisi and Spencer Tracy were also nominated after their deaths (twice, in Dean’s case), while Heath Ledger and Peter Finch are the only two actors to have won.