Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about TV shows, movies, video games, entertainment & culture. Diabolical interdimensional evil, happy-go-lucky hiveminds ...

Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure briefly expanded to television in ways many fans missed, leaving behind a strange chapter of ...

Once primarily reliant on broadcasting classic movies, AMC has steadily branched into producing its own original television programming for decades. More impressively, some of its earliest originals ...

The Tumultuous Rise of American Sports Gambling, by Danny Funt. The book is available for purchase now. Bill Simmons never seemed like the type to bite his tongue. In many ways, he earned the nickname ...

From quiet authority to explosive intensity, J.K. Simmons has built a career on characters that linger long after the final scene. His performances reveal how consistency, precision and risk turned a ...

Bill Simmons said Giannis reminds him of a character in the 90s movie "Heat." ...

Bill Simmons and Pablo Torre had a very public disagreement earlier this year. Now, Simmons is praising Torre’s work in a new Washington Post feature. “I didn’t like his Belichick stuff and said so.

When I am having a particularly hard day or am stuck in some part of a new screenplay, I turn to some of my comfort movies to inspire me and/or make me feel good. And I know I'm not alone in that ...

Here’s a roundup of the month’s best movies and TV shows, as covered by The Wall Street Journal’s critics. “Song Sung Blue” won me over early on, when a bar fight breaks out over the remark shouted by ...

It’s a new year, but over at Amazon Prime Video, some things never change. The streamer continues to add must-see movies and TV shows to its programming lineup, and January 2026 has plenty of content ...