Month: December 2012
First Look at Ender’s Game
Hyrum Graff (Harrison Ford) and Ender Wiggin (Asa Butterfield). Due in theaters next fall. More info here.
The ‘Mad Men’ Economic Miracle
Cable TV has developed one of the most clever business models in our modern economy. (…)AMC(…) tweaked its business and began offering two or three hours of original programming on a few dozen nights a year. (…)This business model, perhaps as much as artistic creativity, is responsible for TV’s current golden age. Networks have effectively entered into a quality war. Basic-cable channels have to broadcast shows that are so good that audiences will go nuts when denied them.
Flophouse: The Epic Entertainment Fails of 2012
There was a lot to anticipate in world of entertainment in 2012, but not everything lived up to the hype. From movie blockbusters to comics reboots, we’ve made a list of the media that disappointed us most over the last 12 months – or at least the glorious failures we enjoyed watching implode from afar.
via Flophouse: The Epic Entertainment Fails of 2012 | Underwire | Wired.com.