Aug 31-Sep 5: R.I.P. Joan Rivers

This week in Movie News: a third teaser for Foxcatcher; our Labor Day Movie of the Day series finishes up with looks at A Place in the Sun, The Sandlot and Picnic; the box office report for the last weekend of August; the trailer for Hugh Grant and Marisa Tomei in The Rewrite; a new scene from Disney's Big Hero 6; the announcement of the 2014 Kennedy Center Honorees; and a new US trailer for Mike Leigh's Mr. Turner.

This week in TV Home: a new trailer for Season 5 of Downton Abbey; the recap for Masters of Sex 2x08; and the death of legendary comedian Joan Rivers at age 81.

Also this week, the September movie picks arrived, now complete with trailers, so head over to the Movies for Every Month page for the full description for September, and here to the September movie page for the full list of ten great "back to school" flicks.

Aug 24-29: Breaking Bad Triumphs at the Emmys

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!

Aug 17-22: Predicting the 2014 Emmys

This week in Movie News: a final look at the stars we lost last week, with video tributes to Lauren Bacall and Robin Williams; the box office report for the weekend of the 15th; new posters for Dumb and Dumber To; the teaser for Jason Reitman's Toronto bound Men, Women & Children; the blu-ray pick of the week is Y Tu Mama Tambien; my review of Jon Favreau's Chef; a new poster for The Theory of Everything; a new trailer for Nightcrawler; and my review of the new release Calvary, starring Brendan Gleeson.

This week in TV Home: this was a much busier week than usual, as we have the winners of the Creative Arts Emmys; a new trailer for Homeland Season 4; the recap for Masters of Sex 2x06; David Letterman's moving tribute to Robin Williams; an Emmy spoof teaser that reunites the Breaking Bad co-stars; a gag reel for the sixth season of Parks and Recreation; and my final Emmy Predictions for next Monday's telecast- here are links to Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 and Part 4.

Aug 10-15: R.I.P. Robin Williams

This week in Movie News: I catch up on some movies that came out in the spring, with reviews of The Amazing Spider-Man 2 and Neighbors; the box office report for the weekend of the 8th; the third trailer for Maps to the Stars; the blu-ray pick of the week Out of the Past; and the teaser for Johnny Depp's Mortdecai; but mostly the week was preoccupied in the news by the loss of two Hollywood legends- Lauren Bacall and Robin Williams, the latter of whom's sudden and tragic suicide prompted an outpouring of public grief and media attention not seen in years.

This week in TV Home: recap for Masters of Sex 2x05; the teaser for Better Call Saul; and the trailer for the final season of Boardwalk Empire.

Aug 3-8: Marvel Triumphs with 'Guardians of the Galaxy'

This week in Movie News: a pretty slow week, as all we have are reviews for Life Itself, Locke and Guardians of the Galaxy; the box office report for the weekend of the 1st; a first look at Amy Adams in Big Eyes; and trailers for The Theory of Everything, The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, Left Behind, The Book of Life and Camp X-Ray.

This week in TV Home: recap of Masters of Sex 2x04 and the trailer for the final season of Sons of Anarchy.

Jul 27-Aug 1: Comic-Con Touches Down

This week in Movie News: Comic-Con makes a splash this week with the new picture of Wonder Woman, the first look at Mad Max: Fury Road, a new trailer for Sin City: A Dame to Kill For, and the new trailer for Interstellar; and in other news the box office report for the weekend of the 25th; the new teaser for The Hunger Games: Mockingjay- Part 1; teaser for The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies; blu-ray pick of the week is Woodstock (1970); trailers for Horns, Night at the Museum 3 and Birdman; teasers for Into the Woods and Nightcrawler; and a look at Josh Brolin as Thanos in Guardians of the Galaxy.

This week in TV Home: recap for Masters of Sex 2x03; Comic-Con released a trailer for the fifth season of The Walking Dead and a blooper reel for the last season of Game of Thrones.

Also this week the August movies have arrived with trailers for each of them, so click here for the Movies for Every Month page, which explains the theme for August, and here for the list of eleven foreign language films to kick back with all month long.

Jul 20-25: R.I.P. James Garner

This week in Movie News: the box office report for the weekend of the 18th; the death of James Garner; reviews of Under the Skin, Godzilla and Dawn of the Planet of the Apes; the first trailer for The Imitation Game; the first look at The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies; the trailer for Dear White People; the blu-ray pick of the week Witness for the Prosecution (1957); trailers for Whiplash, Fifty Shades of Grey and Hot Tub Time Machine 2; and the first look picture of the Batfleck.

This week in TV Home: a slow week in TV, as we just have the recap of last week's Masters of Sex.