TV and Movie News (page 491)

Weekend Box Office: 'Inferno' Burns Out
October 30, 2016 @ 8:52 am PST    Inferno, The DaVinci Code, Boo! A Madea Halloween, Jack Reacher: Never Go Back, The Accountant, Ouija: Origin of Evil     EG    
Moviegoers decided that they'd rather do something on the weekend before Halloween besides going to see the new thriller from Tom Hanks and director Ron Howard.

NBC Considers 'Will & Grace' Reboot
October 28, 2016 @ 8:22 am PST    Will & Grace, The Mysteries of Laura, Heroes, Fuller House, Arrested Development, Gilmore Girls     EG    
The sitcom is a staple of syndicated broadcast TV, but does it have enough of a fan base to make a revival work?

New Movies October 28: 'Inferno' Goes It Alone
October 28, 2016 @ 6:47 am PST    Inferno, Boo! A Madea Halloween, Sully, Doctor Strange, The DaVinci Code     EG    
Tom Hanks will have theaters to himself this weekend, in terms of fresh new movies, at least. His novel-based thriller is the week's only new wide release.

'Sherlock' Season 4 Gets a Release Date
October 27, 2016 @ 9:39 am PST    Sherlock, Doctor Strange, Captain America: Civil War     EG    
Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman are very busy actors, but they apparently found enough time to make three more episodes of the popular detective series.

Can 'Exorcist' Film Tie-In Save the Series?
October 26, 2016 @ 9:26 am PST    The Exorcist     EG    
Fox's 'The Exorcist' series is not doing so well in the ratings, but a new plot development might lure some new viewers to check it out.

Will 'Notorious' Be the First Cancellation of the Fall?
October 26, 2016 @ 8:54 am PST    Notorious, How To Get Away With Murder     EG    
The fall TV schedule is going to get some thinning sooner or later, and the purge might have started this week.

New on Netflix for November: 'Gilmore Girls' and 'Jungle Book'
October 25, 2016 @ 12:18 pm PST    The Jungle Book, Gilmore Girls, Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life, Meet the Blacks, The African Queen, Zootopia     EG    
November won't be quite as cold and blustery as you feared it might be, thanks to a couple of hot new properties that are coming to Netflix during the month.

Did 'Walking Dead' Push Fans Too Far?
October 24, 2016 @ 11:18 am PST    The Walking Dead     EG    
The producers of TWD promised that the season-opening episode would be brutal, but fan reaction seems to indicate that they overestimated how much brutality was appropriate.

Weekend Box Office: Madea Outruns Jack Reacher
October 24, 2016 @ 10:30 am PST    Boo! A Madea Halloween, Jack Reacher: Never Go Back, Ouija: Origin of Evil, The Accountant, The Girl on the Train, Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children, Keeping Up with the Joneses     EG    
It turns out that moviegoers last weekend were more in the mood for spooky laughs than they were interested in Tom Cruise's action hijinks. Consequently, Madea had a much better weekend than anyone predicted.

Matt LeBlanc Makes Sitcom Return in 'Man with a Plan'
October 21, 2016 @ 9:07 am PST    Man With a Plan, Friends, Kevin Can Wait, The King of Queens , Top Gear     EG    
Lately, if you've wanted to see Matt LeBlance, you've had to tune it the BBC's Top Gear. Starting next week, he'll be back where some fans thinks he belongs, in a network sitcom.