Tag: Silicon Valley
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‘Ready Player One’: T.J. Miller Is Still in Steven Spielberg’s Blockbuster, And Technology May Be to Blame
Last December, when former “Silicon Valley” star T.J. Miller was accused of sexual assault by an anonymous woman and transphobic behavior by a film critic in the space of just two days, the actor and comedian was swiftly snipped from two big projects. First, Miller’s Comedy Central series “The Gorburger Show” was cancelled, then the…
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‘Silicon Valley’ Isn’t Ready to Say Goodbye to T.J. Miller — They Have to Torture His Character First
To say Erlich Bachman’s departure from “Silicon Valley” has been a long time coming would be an understatement. T.J. Miller, the “Silicon Valley” producers, and HBO all announced that both the actor and character would be leaving the series midway through Season 4, preparing fans for a future without the pot-smoking homeowner long before a…
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‘Silicon Valley’ Review: Zach Woods Is Extraordinary, But Season 5 Can’t Keep Up With Him
This year’s poster for “Silicon Valley” Season 5 is appropriately prescient, but not in the intended fashion. Showing a loading icon with a blurred show title in the background, the tagline says, “The future is now.” You can barely make out the message through the buffering sheen, but that’s more than can be said for…
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Mike Judge Talks Working On ‘Silicon Valley’ Without Star T.J. Miller
“Silicon Valley” has been one of the most consistently funny shows on TV over the last several years. Nominated for tons of awards, the HBO comedy had been riding high and avoiding controversy until recently, when star T.J. Miller left the series and decided to implement the scorched earth method on the way out. Now,…
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Cas Awards 2018: ‘Dunkirk’ Wins Top Sound Mixing Honor
After losing the Mpse Award for sound editing, “Dunkirk” grabbed sound mixing honors Saturday night at the 54th Cas Awards at the Omni. Pixar’s “Coco” and National Geographic’s “Jane” took the animation and documentary prizes.With the Oscars a week away, will Christopher Nolan’s audio tour-de-force win both sound editing and sound mixing? Or will it…
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‘Dunkirk,’ ‘Game Of Thrones’ And ‘Coco’ Win Big At 2018 Cas Awards
The final, yes, the final guild honor to be handed out before the Academy Awards this year were the Cas Awards Saturday night and there were few surprises from the Cinema Audio Society. The guild awarded honors to the the presumptive winner of the Sound Mixing Oscar, “Dunkirk,” as well as the massively popular “Game…
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‘Barry’: Bill Hader Juggles Two Very Different Careers in Full Trailer for New HBO Series
HBO has released a new, full-length trailer for Barry, further revealing the highly anticipated new comedy series. The show hails from SNL alum Bill Hader, who, after leaving SNL, pitched HBO on doing a series about a hitman who finds his passion in acting, and subsequently tries to balance a life between the two worlds.…
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‘Silicon Valley’ Season 5 Trailer: The Hit HBO Comedy Returns, Without T.J. Miller
The Pied Piper gang is back, and they have a whole new slew of problems. One of which, amazingly, is a litter of puppies. Silicon Valley season 5 marks a new era for the scrappy tech company. Pied Piper is finally expanding its legitimacy beyond its start-up roots, running into everything from increasingly hostile competition…
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‘Silicon Valley’ Season 5 Trailer: The Pied Piper Gang Returns
Now working without one T.J. Miller (who has been laying out ever since sexual assault allegations were revealed against the actor), it doesn’t look like the gang of “Silicon Valley” have missed a step. HBO‘s tech world comedy returns this spring, and Pied Piper might be getting bigger, but they’re still as clueless as ever.Thomas…