Category: media

Beginning Monday morning, the script of the first episode, written by the show’s creator, Frank Darabont, who developed “The Walking Dead” for AMC, will be released in a stream of Twitter messages in its entirety — except for the surprise ending.

“When the first group of campuses received the tablets this fall, more than 300 students at three high schools almost immediately removed security filters so they could freely browse the Internet.”

When British actor Steve Coogan (“Tristram Shandy,” “The Trip”) felt pigeonholed in both the UK and the US, he just bought a story and co-wrote the screenplay, including a dramatic part for himself.

“Naomie Harris’s task has been to treat [Winnie Mandela’s] transition from innocent young woman to violent demagogue sympathetically – or at least with understanding.”

“Viewing reality TV as both credulous consumer and critic isn’t uncommon. Plenty of us get as much pleasure out of pulling a show apart limb by limb as we do out of engaging with the storyline.”

“The film industry doesn’t exist in a bubble. It’s part of a larger society that tends to have biases and prejudices.”

The currently hot “Frozen” is the first feature film from Disney Animation with a woman director, but perhaps not because of Walt (in 1941): “The girl artists have the right to expect the same chances for advancement as men, and I honestly believe they may eventually contribute something to this business that men never would or could.”

“Cable and satellite TV bills have never been higher, and more mad-as-hell consumers are cutting the cord. And nothing, not even consolidation among operators, stands to reverse the trend.”

“If you could capture a photorealistic 3-D model of just about anything, what you do with it? The xxArray makes 3-D imaging about as simple as entering a photo booth and pushing a button. And the implications for digital media forms are tantalizing to say the least.What do you think?”

Steve McQueen’s 12 Years a Slave leads the field with seven nominations, followed by Alexander Payne’s Nebraska with six. The two films face each other in the best feature, director, lead actor, and supporting male and female actor categories.