"S.H.I.E.L.D.," the Joss Whedon-produced "Avengers" spin-off, had the biggest profile of any of ABC's pilots, and is the first major TV product of the Marvel/Disney partnership. ABC clearly has hig...
SHOW: "Castle" (ABC)
IN ITS FAVOR: Steady as she goes for ABC's Monday 10 p.m. procedural, which has managed to hold its ground even with NBC's "Revolution" moving into the hour. "Castle"...
Ken continues to be the one man at SCDP with the ability to separate his identity at work from the one he has outside it, refusing to help the agency land his father-in-law as a client and selling science fiction stor...
Year first released: 2001
Director: Jean Pierre Jeunet
Why we'd consider: There are few contemporary live action directors who use perspective and dimension as creatively as Jean-Pierre Jeunet. Arguably, any of his ...
Walter Salles' remake of Hideo Nakata's 2002 Japanese film maybe isn't an improvement, but it's definitely a surprisingly nuanced companion film that does some things very right. Rafael Yglesias' script has a strong e...
The mastermind of the "Up" series checks all of the requisite boxes. From "Coal Miner's Daughter" to "Gorillas in the Mist," he has displayed confidence with the biopic format and honorin...
On coming out of nowhere for her first Sudden Death performance: "I felt like I had to do something, because nobody even knew who I was. So I was like, "OK. I'm gonna just do something that'll blow everybody...
Hulk fans hoping to see the Avenger in his own spin-off may get angry when they hear the latest news from actor Mark Ruffalo.
After the stellar success of Ruffalo's take on the big green guy in last years &qu...
Previous collaboration: “Gone Baby Gone” (2007)
Why Ben should: No disrespect to the Oscar-winning “Argo” director, who has a sure hand with actors, but he’s not his own best leading man...
With Selena Gomez about to move past her good girl image in the upcoming "Spring Breakers," we thought it was a perfect time to uncover the not-so-secret dark cinematic pasts some of Hollywood's most wh...
