Recent Articles by Ed Gross

It’s virtually impossible — very much by design — to watch the trailer for the superhero-turned-horror movie Brightburn without thinking of Superman. From it, we quickly gather that a child has landed on...

Of all the fairy tales in existence, the one of “Aladdin and the Magic Lamp” has remained the most popular, though few versions have enjoyed the same sort of success as Disney’s 1992...

Seven years have passed since we first got word of this particular stage musical, but what’s a little time when your name is Back to the Future and you’ve got a certain DeLorean...

If there was one Classic TV show in the 1950s that really conveyed the idea of the family sitcom, it would have to be Father Knows Best, which starred Robert Young (Marcus Welby,...

For nerd culture — which has become much more mainstream over the past dozen years or so — this is definitely a time of change. And loss. HBO’s Game of Thrones is coming to an...

Due to box office and critical results, following the one-two punch of Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice and Justice League, Ben Affleck’s tenure as the Dark Knight was a relatively short one. In fact, following...

When you think of Doris Day, it’s difficult not to think about all of those wonderful romantic comedies she made in the 1950s and ’60s with the likes of Rock Hudson, Cary Grant, James Garner...

While Disney is successfully turning their animated classics into live-action films — the next two out of the gate being Aladdin and The Lion King — the studio is continuing its efforts to create live-action spin-offs...

When it comes to Classic TV, The Mod Squad may not be the first television show from the late ‘60s/early ‘70s to come to mind — at least not in the same way...

The legend of the late Judy Garland is being brought to the big screen in Judy, starring Renée Zellweger in the title role. The film, which also stars Bella Ramsey as Lorna Luft, Gemma-Leah...

For George Schlatter, the creator of Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In, there was a key moment when the Classic TV comedy sketch series had gone from an oddity to cultural phenomenon: Sammy Davis, Jr.,...

For actor/singer John Schneider, there’s a reason that he’s still going strong 40 years after debuting in the Classic TV series The Dukes of Hazzard at just 19 — and much of it...

A high-concept TV series was certainly nothing new in the 1960s. Think about it: we had seven stranded castaways (Gilligan’s Island), bumbling spies somehow managing to save the world despite themselves (Get Smart),...

Before he helped bright the Star Wars franchise back to life with The Force Awakens in 2015, director/producer J.J. Abrams had worked his magic to help infuse new life into the final frontier with 2009’s Star Trek,...

If you were to determine who among the many actors or actresses that have graced the small screen should be considered a National Treasure, hands down it’s Betty White. For more than 70...

In the new trailer for this summer’s superhero blockbuster, Spider-Man: Far From Home, actor Tom Holland provides a warning at the outset for those who haven’t seen Avengers: Endgame. (Though, at this point,...

As we proclaim “May the 4th Be With You,” we celebrate Star Wars with one simple question: Who in their right mind would want to go up against Darth Vader? This is the...

There’s no question that Henry Cavill’s life was a lot easier in some ways before he was cast as Superman in 2013’s Man of Steel or August Walker in 2018’s Mission Impossible: Fallout. In those...

She served as part of the Dutch resistance against the Nazis during World War II, was a movie actress for 40 years, and was devoted in the latter part of her life to...

Throughout Hollywood‘s history, the public as well as the industry have been mutually shocked upon finding out how much actors have been paid for certain projects. While the numbers are astronomical — as...