2016 Emmy Predictions: Lead Actor in a Drama Series

Lead Actor in a Drama Series is the most unpredictable category at the Emmys this year Lead Actor in a Drama Series is a wide open category. Two of last year’s nominees, Jon Hamm (Mad Men) and Jeff Daniels (The Newsroom), are ineligible this year and only two seem like locks. The two actors that…

2016 Emmy Predictions: Comedy Series

Newcomers will define the Emmy race for Comedy Series Comedy Series feels a lot more open than it actually is. While two of last year’s nominees, Louie and Parks and Recreation, are ineligible this year, the other five are returning. However, I think there is room for a lot of movement in the category especially…

2016 Emmy Predictions: Drama Series

Five of last year's Emmys' Drama Series nominees should make it back in. Which one will be left off? Drama Series is a category that probably won’t have a lot of movement from last year’s line-up. Of course, Mad Men is out of the way which opens up a spot, but barring a huge shock,…

Hush Movie Review — Another slam dunk for Blumhouse

Mike Flanagan follows-up Oculus with an equally menacing and thrilling movie in Hush Blumhouse Pictures has become a horror-movie machine and the latest one off the conveyor belt is Mike Flanagan's Hush. Most people were probably introduced to Flanagan after his second feature Oculus, a movie that we loved. While Hush strips out the supernatural elements that Oculus had, what it maintains is the…

2016 Emmy Predictions: Limited Series

This year, Limited Series is a surprisingly competitive category this year. There are feasibly nine legitimate competitors for the five slots. At the top of the list is FX's "The People vs. O.J. Simpson". They are going to feasibly be the nominations leader with multiple nominations in each category and it has the cultural clout that…

Zootopia Movie Review — One of the smartest and timely Disney animated movies

The most recent installment in the Disney renaissance, Zootopia, is also easily their most timely and political. Basically the movie could be described as "let's talk about racism with animals," but like the best animated movies it mixes social subtext with genuinely hilarious moments and interesting characters. Zootopia starts on an elementary school play starring rabbit…