Recent Articles by Ed Gross

The women of Star Wars have finally risen to a point of equality to their male counterparts, as proven by the fact that so much of the action of recent films in the series have...

CloserWeekly.com’s Classic TV & Film podcast describes itself as celebrating the golden age of television and movies, then and now. Well, it’s not easy finding somebody who represents both aspects of this podcast,...

As so many of us are dealing with the loss of Stan Lee, we’ve dug into the archives for an interview that was conducted with Stan the Man seventeen years ago, but had...

Yes, we know that Matthew Broderick is and forever will be Ferris Bueller (you know, the guy who took the most famous day in history off?), but three years before he brought Ferris to life,...

There are legends and then there are legends, and writer Stan Lee without question falls into the latter category. Sadly, the man whose imagination has filled movie theatres, toy shelves, comics racks (hey, there...

Television in the 1960s was filled with a lot of high concepts, but nothing was quite like The Andy Griffith Show. During this time, there was the wacky adventures of seven stranded castaways...

For all of her success at Fox News, Megyn Kelly had a bumpy ride from the start with NBC, a point that is being driven home even more in the aftermath of her...

Hulu, Netflix, and Amazon may be streaming giants, but can even they stand up to the combined might of the Avengers, the Galactic Empire, and… Olaf? Nope, we don’t think so either, but...

Hollywood leading man, icon, and legend Rock Hudson is going to be back in a major way as the subject of Mark Griffin’s new biography, All That Heaven Allows, which is being published...

In the days before VHS — which were in the days before DVDs, which were before Blu-rays, which were before streaming — your only hope for re-watching a movie that you loved was...

In Ralph Breaks the Internet, the CG animated follow-up to 2012’s Wreck-It Ralph, Ralph (voiced by John C. Reilly) and his little pal Vanellope (Sarah Silverman) move from the world of video games to the...

Do the producers of ABC’s Modern Family know something that we don’t? Okay, that’s a ridiculous question, since they obviously know everything about what’s coming up on the show and we know nothing, but it...

While Disney has brought us both animated and live action versions of Rudyard Kipling’s The Jungle Book, actor/director Andy Serkis is offering up a whole new live-action take on the material that is promising...

Blockbusters may be his forte — the Transformers films and Ted among them — but Mark Wahlberg has certainly proven that he has no problem getting in there for serious dramas, gentle comedies,...

It seems that Benedict Cumberbatch has gone from superhero Doctor Strange to Dr. Seuss in the new animated adaptation of How the Grinch Stole Christmas, which has been simply retitled The Grinch. It’s based on...

One of the television shows that define the phrase “Classic TV” is the ’70s cop sitcom Barney Miller, starring Hal Linden as the title character who serves as captain of New York’s 12th Precinct....

Although he’s kept a low profile for the past few years, Mike Myers certainly seems to be popping up everywhere recently. For starters, he makes an appearance in Bohemian Rhapsody as EMI executive Ray Foster, then he...

Jack Thorne may not be the only writer to ever have two shows running on Broadway at the same time — and no doubt there will be more to follow in years to...

Whether or not you believe in karma, actress Erinn Hayes is no doubt feeling at least a little bit of delight at the announcement of the Rashida Jones-produced new sitcom that’s in development...

As Frasier celebrates its 25th Anniversary, Kelsey Grammer along with his original co-stars and producers from the show all took to the stage for a celebratory panel held at the USC Comedy Festival Vol. 4...