Tag: Columbo

  • Where to Watch Poker Face Starring Natasha Lyonne

    Where to Watch Poker Face Starring Natasha Lyonne

    In January 2023, Rian Johnson (Knives Out) introduced the world to Poker Face, a case-of-the-week television series starring Natasha Lyonne as the resident sleuth. Sure to fill the mystery-shaped hole in anyone’s heart, the story follows Charlie Cale (Lyonne) as she hits the road with her Plymouth Barracuda, encountering an assortment of strange people and…

  • Comedy? Mystery? The Editing Ensures That ‘Poker Face’ Is Both

    Comedy? Mystery? The Editing Ensures That ‘Poker Face’ Is Both

    Ever since his debut feature “Brick,” writer-director Rian Johnson has been a reliable creator of intricately structured thrillers that skillfully weave plot, theme, and character into perfectly calibrated pieces of smart and satisfying entertainment. Johnson’s Peacock show “Poker Face,” a mystery series that follows eccentric fugitive Charlie (Natasha Lyonne) as she solves crimes using a…

  • Eddie Van Halen Was Offered A Role In All Three Bill & Ted Movies

    Eddie Van Halen Was Offered A Role In All Three Bill & Ted Movies

    “Bill & Ted Face the Music” was one of my favorite movies that I saw during lockdown. I saw many better films too, but there was something about the eternal optimism and good nature of William S. Preston, Esq. (Alex Winter) and Theodore Logan (Keanu Reeves) that made them feel like the kind of heroes…

  • Michael Sheen on ‘Dolittle’, ‘Good Omens’ Cosplay, and Directing the Three-Part Series ‘The Way’

    Michael Sheen on ‘Dolittle’, ‘Good Omens’ Cosplay, and Directing the Three-Part Series ‘The Way’

    I recently sat down with Michael Sheen, who stars as the villainous Dr. Blair Müdfly in director Stephen Gaghan’s Dolittle, opening this weekend. While sitting in his trailer on the Universal backlot, Sheen and I had a wide-ranging conversation about working with Robert Downey Jr. and spending so much time looking at a tennis ball…

  • Oscar-Nominated Film Editor Edward Abroms Dies at 82

    Oscar-Nominated Film Editor Edward Abroms Dies at 82

    Oscar-nominated and Emmy Award winning film editor Edward Abroms died on Feb. 13 of heart failure in Thousand Oaks, Ca. He was 82.He received an Academy Award nomination in 1983 with Frank Moriss for “Blue Thunder.” Abroms won Emmys for “My Sweet Charlie” in 1970 and for “Columbo” in 1972.His TV credits include “Ironside,” “Murder…