Is it possible to produce a good TV news show and make it popular at the same time? That's the question facing volatile cable-news anchor Will McAvoy (Jeff Daniels) and the idealogical staff that has been foisted upon him in this HBO drama series from Aaron Sorkin ('The Social Network') that follows their efforts to 'do the news well.'
Even film executives know there are some titles that shouldn’t be touched. For many movie fans, “The Wizard of Oz” falls into that category. Yes, we’ve had a musical spin on the tale (1978’s “The Wiz”) and various prequels and spinoffs (1985’s “Return to Oz,” 2013’s “Oz the Great and Powerful”).