Mike Plante’s most impressive title, by far, is senior programmer for the Sundance Film Festival. But that lacks the panache of his new position with the Las Vegas Film Festival.
Christopher Lawrence
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Maybe — just maybe — there’s such a thing as too much “Star Wars.”
Adaptations are all the rage this summer with new TV series based on novels by Stephen King, J.K. Rowling, Tom Clancy and Gillian Flynn, as well as a Marvel comic book, the movie “Heathers” and the life of Kyle Richards of “The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills.”
Sorting out the annual dog and pony show known as the upfronts.
For those of you still reeling from “Avengers: Infinity War,” Deadpool is back to offer some catharsis.
Paul Blart Mall Cop 2” can stand tall on its Segway. It’s still the worst made-in-Vegas movie I’ve seen.
It’s the biggest television event since the Super Bowl.
The first season of Netflix’s “13 Reasons Why” somehow caught people by surprise.
In the span of five short years, I’ve gone from marveling at Melissa McCarthy’s comedic sensibilities to walking into her movies with the sort of dread usually reserved for IRS audits and colonoscopies.
Should Hollywood come calling, here are some casting ideas.
Despite “Avengers: Infinity War’s” record-shattering debut having been moved out of summer — because even a world in which Christmas decorations hit stores the day after Labor Day holds its ground on referring to April 27 as “summer” — there are still plenty of blockbusters to look forward to over the next few months.
May 4, aka Star Wars Day, has become a Lucasfilm-backed celebration of all things from that galaxy far, far away. Not surprisingly, quite a few other pop-culture “holidays” have sprung up in its wake.
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