Predicted Winner: Sylvester Stallone, Creed This is another category that is truly a toss-up. Given the way previous awards have swung, the race appears to be between Stallone and “Bridge of Spies” star Mark Rylance. This is a very complex category to judge because Rylance secured nomi
Predicted Winner: Alicia Vikander, The Danish Girl In an unpredictable 2015 race, Vikander appears to be the favorite going into Sunday night, having secured the Critics Choice Award and the SAG for her role as Gerda Wegener in Tom Hooper’s glossy drama “The Danish Girl”. Her stiffest comp
Vikings returned with a vengeance...literally. Picking up right where it left off at the end of season 3, Ragnar, Lagertha, and Rollo were all put in a position to exact revenge in "A Good Treason," and how they chose to respond rather shocking. Let’s back up a little bit, though, and
"War and Peace” concluded with love, death and two marriages. Before getting there, the final hours found a gravely injured Andrei (James Norton) moved into the path of his ex-flame Natasha (Lily James), the latter of whom would claim a bit of redemption as she cared for the man she’d spurne
On a technical level, Denis Villeneuve’s cagey thriller is a mesmeric spectacle of near perfection. Taut with a laser precision and deafening focus, “Sicario” revolves around the work of a government task force, policing the war on drugs at the U.S./Mexico border and their reluctant new recruit K
Pretty Little Liars finally gave viewers a glimpse of its most underutilized character: Mona Vanderwaal. In her one scene with Spencer, she gave the season its biggest energy jolt to date. Mona is a character that has time and again proven to be incredibly valuable to the show. She’s run the ga
Pop Artist of the Year: Taylor Swift Whether she was assuring a paramour their coupling would never go out “Style”, reeling over the betrayal of a close friend in “Bad Blood” or experiencing her “Wildest Dreams”, Taylor Swift was reigning supreme as the hits off her 2014 smash record ‘1989’, k
A full year of television has come and gone, and after watching a plethora of series – the time has arrived for Eclectic Pop to recognize the best and brightest. 13 series made the cut to be mentioned among the year’s best. They span the contributions of cable, streaming and network broadcasting. B
War and Peace hurdled towards its conclusion with a penultimate installment that saw turmoil at the home front reach a fevered pitch. Natasha made the life-altering decision to break off her engagement with Andrei so she could hook up with Helene’s devious brother, Anatole. Despite vowing to
2015 was an interesting year for movies and when it came to selecting the best and brightest, most of the top choices made themselves known pretty early in the year. There are just over 25 titles mentioned below, each categorized to hone in on exactly what they succeeded at. So without further a
Pretty Little Liars cleared up some misconceptions from last week by revealing why Emily was seeing a doctor and Spencer was sharing flirtatiously darted looks at Caleb. It turns out Emily is donating her eggs and Spencer’s crush on Caleb isn’t unrequited. The monumental decision to donate DNA
Pretty Little Liars continued to pull back the curtain on the current state of the girls’ lives post-5 year jump and for one Liar in particular, the answers continue to get worse and worse. That Liar is Emily, who added a possible cancer diagnosis to her growing list of heartbreaking misfortun
Reign kept the plates of intrigue spinning with another dazzling installment. English and French court shared the hour and each location was entertaining in its own right. First up: English court, where Queen Elizabeth ruthlessly schemed to finally unite herself and Robert Dudley in matrimony fo
With 2016 in full swing, TV is back in action and Eclectic Pop has highlighted the two best new bets from the winter line-up. First up is the American broadcast of BBC's adaptation of Leo Tolstoy's "War and Peace." "War and Peace" The latest adaptation of Leo Tol
"Pretty Little Liars" took its much anticipated 5 year leap forward, during the premiere of season 6B. Just as “One Tree Hill” did before, “Pretty Little Liars” decided to skip over those awkwardly redundant college years and the strange year of “self searching” that follows by cushio
Reign returned from its plot packed fall finale with even more twists and turns. Catherine and Mary banded together to prove the former’s innocence after last year’s cliffhanger found the Queen Mother falsely accused of poisoning the fallen Francis. Narcisse arose as the hour’s major power player
Eclectic Pop completes its look back at the popular content of 2015 with the reveal of its Top 20 most read articles of the year. Movies, music and television converge for a final tally that yields intriguing results. So which topic came out on top?
When it came to Eclectic Pop’s television coverage in 2015, interest was spread all over the place. ABC Family’s (now Freeform) cult drama “Pretty Little Liars”, HBO’s “True Detective” and The CW’s overall line-up (“The Flash”, “Arrow”, “Vampire Diaries”) proved enduringly popular with readers.�
2015 has come and gone, so it’s time to look back, unveil and analyze the year’s most popular content on Eclectic Pop. We begin our journey with movie reviews. When it came to the most read reviews of 2015, only two 2015 titles made it into the Top 10 (“Mad Max: Fury Road,” “Jurassic World”). Wh
Netflix Need a new TV show to binge-watch and wondering which ones on Netflix are worth checking out the most? Eclectic Pop has narrowed down the best Netflix has to offer from their original programming to those outside that realm and came up with this selection of the Top 5... #5: Bloodline (Net
Sarah Lancaster stars as a struggling actress hoping for her big break on Broadway when a trip to her hometown for Christmas opens the door to an alternative path in life. For Beth (Lancaster), returning home does not mean she immediately falls back into the arms of the one who got away (he’s al
By and large, Hallmark Channel’s movies are known for their adorable sense of innocence and whimsical fun, and in the “12 Gifts of Christmas,” those themes are exquisitely brought to life. This smile-inducing installment in the ever-popular “Countdown to Christmas” franchise is a winner.
Candace Cameron Bure stars as an uptight writer, who is heading to spend Christmas with her fiancé and meet her soon-to-be in-laws for the first time. Of course, things can never be that simple or we would not have a movie to watch. So that means Bure’s Paige finds her New York-bound plane ride th
This Friday (Dec 18), a brand new playlist will premiere on #RKC. 35 songs will comprise the latest Eclectic Selection line-up. A sprinkling of Christmas music previously played favorites and a few new picks will be among the selections, sending the year off in melodic surrender. Below you
Just based on the premise, it sounded dead on arrival. That did not stop ABC from giving “Wicked City” the green light. Understandably, network television is more willing than ever to take chances on programming that, years ago, would have never made it past a pitch meeting. They are competing a
“Krampus” is an odd movie, which owes most of its idiosyncrasy to its attempt at merging two incredibly disparate genres with distinctly opposing tones: the genial, family friendly nature of Christmas movies and the disorienting mayhem of horror. In “Krampus”, the outcome of these hot and cold ge
