The irony of TV’s content comfort trap
In an entertainment landscape overflowing with programming, why are we inundated with reboots, remakes and reimagings? It’s because we find solace in the familiar.
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Star Trek Stuff
For the American television viewing public, it began on a Thursday evening in September of 1966. September 8th to be specific. That was the night that “Star Trek” first aired, on NBC. One has to wonder if the executives at CBS who turned down the chance to air Star Trek who turned it down because…
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Tail Slate suggests a few ‘war films’ for Memorial Day Viewing
Don’t know about you but I can’t handle watching ‘The Green Berets’ on another Memorial Day weekend
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The Politics of ’13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi’
To say that conservatives who are horrified at the prospect of Hillary Clinton being elected President this November are salivating at the release of the film “13 Hours” would be a major understatement.
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A film franchise fast approaches forty years and it’s still going strong
Rocky’s incredible journey continues.
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James Horner – An appreciation
It’s sad to know that we’ll never hear another original James Horner composition again.
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Our favorite Philip Seymour Hoffman performances
TailSlate has taken a look at Hoffman’s filmography and chose five of his film performances that are our favorites.
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Jaws-Dropped: The bizarre phenomenon that was ‘Sharknado’
Sharknado achieved an astonishing level of popularity, not only bringing in record numbers for its channel but also becoming some sort of event.
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The 25th anniversary of the first ‘Die Hard’ film brings us ‘A Good Day to Die Hard’
Bruce Willis became an action star with his unforgettable turn as John McClane in 1988’s ‘Die Hard’.
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‘Safe Haven’ is the latest in a long line of Nicholas Sparks books to become films
Films based off of Sparks’ novels have been hitting the big screen on a regular basis since 1999.
