Tagged: Pop Culture

If you can't get enough of the addicting, furious fowl on your mobile device or on Facebook, the creator of the wildly popular Angry Birds game plans to launch a series of very short cartoons later this year. Rovio Entertainment announced at the MIPTV programming conference that the Angry Birds will broaden their stories beyond the famous mobile app.

Snow White is having a moment.

The new movie Mirror Mirror stars Julia Roberts as the Evil Queen. In June, another Snow White movie opens starring another Oscar winner, Charlize Theron, in the same role. And Disney is working on a new animated film loosely based on Snow White set in 19th-century China. So what makes Snow White so right for right now?

Time now for a home viewing recommendation from NPR's movie critic, Bob Mondello. He's found himself swept up this week by the 70th Anniversary edition boxed set of Casablanca.

One of us here on The Two-Way's vast staff of ... two ... enjoys Downton Abbey, the British TV series that's the Upstairs, Downstairs of this decade (hint, it's the old blogger with the receding hairline who's a fan).

For those of us who miss the show when it's between seasons (like now), at least there's this Downton Arby's spoof from Yahoo.