Author Donald Sobol has died. NPR has an obituary. At All Things Considered, crime novelist Jonathan Hayes remembers Sobol’s famous character, Encyclopedia Brown. “I loved these stories because they were about a kid like me, a kid who solved mysteries with logic and common sense, often exposing the […]
Michelle Kuo and Albert Wu compare Breaking Bad with The Sopranos, The Wire and Mad Men before examining its approach to evil: “Within this quartet, Breaking Bad is most similar to The Wire, and indeed is its twin and mirror image….David Simon likened The Wire to a Greek […]
“As with many things, the news of Sage Stallone’s untimely passing today took me back to my days working at Dave’s Video, a laserdisc store that was a major industry stomping ground back in the early ’90s.” At Hitfix, Drew McWeeny remembers Grindhouse Releasing founder, Sage Stallone. Lianne […]
Todd Stadtman assembles a list of India’s mightiest film superheroes for The Times of India!
Indian actor Dara Singh has died. In remembrance, Todd from Die, Danger, Die, Die, Kill! has gathered together all his pieces about Singh’s films. The Times of India has responses from fans and filmmakers. The BBC has an obituary.
Actor Ernest Borgnine has died. The New York Times has an obituary. Michael Wilson remembers his brushes with Borgnine. Bruce Campbell remembers Borgnine in his autobiography. TCM will remember him with a film marathon on July 26.
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