Tim Burton returns to form with Miss Peregrine
His insanely over-produced Alice in Wonderland films aside, director-producer Tim Burton (Batman, Ed Wood) has a better batting average than... Continue Reading
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Streep hits high note as Florence Foster Jenkins
With more than 60 directing credits to his name in just about every genre imaginable, Oscar-nominated director Stephen Frears (The Queen) is... Continue Reading
Disney breathes new fire into Pete’s Dragon remake
When I first heard that Disney was remaking 1977’s live-action/animated hybrid Pete’s Dragon, I was pretty skeptical, especially... Continue Reading
Old Hollywood shimmers in Café Society
It’s kind of ironic that the man who once famously opined that the only cultural advantage of living in Los Angeles is that “you... Continue Reading
Captain Fantastic sticks it to the man in style
Since premiering to rave reviews at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, Captain Fantastic, writer-director Matt Ross’s (28 Hotel... Continue Reading
Lufthansa Systems talks current and future connectivity, integration
With plans proceeding apace for European inflight Internet and streaming entertainment systems, including a fleetwide rollout of the latter ... Continue Reading
Turgid Tarzan turkey is totally bananas
Sherlock Holmes might hold the record for the most portrayed literary human character in TV and film and Dracula might be the most portrayed... Continue Reading
When light loads reduce the value proposition of Delta’s Comfort+
What is in-seat power worth on a transatlantic flight? This is the question your author faced when considering seat assignments on a recent ... Continue Reading
When T-Mobile promo is managed for consistency, 2Ku doesn’t shine
Almost a year to the day after the first media demo flight of Gogo’s 2Ku inflight Wi-Fi system, your author finally had an opportunity to tr... Continue Reading
Hard-partying Bad Moms is night out for your brain
If you’re anything like me, the last thing you want to watch after last week’s bitterly divisive US presidential election is a d... Continue Reading
Scandal and disco reign supreme in The Nice Guys
Believe it or not, writing a great, truly original action movie is really hard. And though The Wachowskis (The Matrix trilogy, Jupiter Ascen... Continue Reading
Spielberg transforms The BFG into BFD for film fans
Not including 2011’s fun, hugely-underrated computer animated The Adventures of Tintin, Steven Spielberg hasn’t directed a prope... Continue Reading
‘Book The Flick’ IFE choice looms as near-term inflight perk
Imagine you’re in the fast-track for security at the airport after a meeting and haven’t had the chance to refresh your iPad with that cult ... Continue Reading
Girl-powered Ghostbusters amply gets the job done
The virulently misogynistic political climate being what it is in the US at the moment, it’s no wonder that an all-woman reboot of a b... Continue Reading
Panasonic looks to transform content loading with Zero Touch
SINGAPORE — Welcome to the end of the 30-day cycle for content updates. That is the message Panasonic Avionics is sending this week with the... Continue Reading
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