This week in Movie News: the box office report for the weekend of the 22nd; my reviews of Maleficent, How to Train Your Dragon 2 and The Fault in Our Stars; the death of Richard Attenborough; the blu-ray pick of the week is All That Jazz; a new TV spot for Gone Girl; Birdman opens the Venice Film Festival with outstanding reviews; a trailer for Rosewater; the recipients of the 2014 Lifetime Achievement Oscars; a new poster for The Judge; and our Movie of the Day series returns with end of summer films for Labor Day weekend, taking a look first at Stand By Me (1986) and Crooklyn (1994).
This week in TV Home: my review of Season 2 of Rectify; the winners of the 2014 Emmy Awards; my recap of the Emmys themselves; the recap for Masters of Sex 2x07; and a Friends reunion on Jimmy Kimmel Live!