In Homer’s famous poem The Odyssey, the hero Odysseus traveling home to his wife Penelope after many years away fighting the Trojan War, is frequently distracted and delayed by the people and creatures he encounters. During this journey, Odysseus was…
President Donald Trump wants the U.S. to lead the world on artificial intelligence. He showed just how firm his commitment to this goal is when he announced the launch of the Stargate AI project on January 22; the project is…
As a movie and television critic who scans industry publications for the latest news, I was quite surprised last November to read that the Apple TV series Your Friends and Neighbors, starring Jon Hamm (Mad Men, The Morning Show), had…
Robert Altman’s film The Player (1992), which explores the dark underbelly of Hollywood with its story of an unscrupulous producer, Griffin Mill (Tim Robbins), who murders a screenwriter, still resonates more than 30 years since its release. Seth Rogen has…
When covering last year’s Academy Awards, I described the Academy as “playing safe” by bringing back Jimmy Kimmel as the master of ceremonies. Given that the late-night host famously became embroiled in a fiery social media exchange with then presidential…
When the actress Michele Yeoh accepted the best actress Oscar for her performance in the 2022 film Everything Everywhere All At Once at the age of sixty, she famously quipped, “And ladies, don’t let anybody tell you that you are…
Charles Dickens’s landmark publication A Christmas Carol (1843), the story of Ebenezer Scrooge the miserly misanthrope who is transformed by a Christmas Eve visit from three ghosts who show him how his past actions have led to his present spiritual…
Every year the number of Christmas movies increases. One-hundred and nine new movies were produced for the 2024 season, with three theatrically released films including Red One starring Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, Chris Evans, and J.K. Simmons. Although Red One, with a…
Wicked, the much-anticipated film adaptation of the long-running Broadway musical is enchanting audiences everywhere garnering close to $200MM in global box office revenue in its first week. The film also has the distinction of delivering the strongest box office opening…
AI Snake Oil: What Artificial Intelligence Can Do, What It Can’t, and How to Tell the Difference By Arvind Narayanan & Sayash Kapoor (Princeton University Press, 360 pages, $21.52) Artificial intelligence has become the proverbial elephant in the room. We…
