Entertainment Weekly (6-month)

I especially love EW's special issues, like when they do Oscar coverage or a complete issue on a certain highly anticipated movie. They've also got reviews from the latest CDs, movies, TV shows, and books. And this is a weekly magazine, so you get a new issue every week--not just every month. EW Magazine is a good size as well...it is not too thick and not too skinny. The magazine is made from top-qaulity paper, and just a plain great entertainment magazine. Whenever I'm looking for the latest Hollywood/music industry news and gossip--I always turn to the ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY Magazine, because I know I can trust it!

So for all you entertainment buffs, I highly recommend this magazine. To me, it is well-worth the subscription price!


Entertainment Weakly   December 2, 2002
Brian (Dallas, TX)
65 out of 162 found this review helpful

If you need to be told what to think by glib, middlebrow writers, then EW is for you. It's an indispensible magazine for those who panic at the thought of not being squarely at the center of conventional wisdom, and who prefer to regurgitate review blurbs rather than say what they themselves think. It's basically a clearinghouse for studio and network press releases, with reviewers who make painfully obvious attempts to second guess public mood so they can calibrate their opinions accordingly.


Can't live without it!!   February 19, 2002
Westley (The South)
25 out of 34 found this review helpful

I'm a self-professed movie and entertainment junkie and I love EW. It is the best magazine that covers all spectrums of the entertainment industry: movies, TV, books, music, internet, etc. With one magazine, I'm able to keep up with what's going on in Hollywood and other entertainment centers. The articles are always well-written and interesting. The reviews are concise and informative. I also love their frequent special issues, including their annual rankings of the most powerful people in the industry and the top entertainers. Well worth the weekly issue price.


Wussy & Weak, "Weekly" Has Lost Its Edge & Drive   August 19, 2004
the-gr8shag
19 out of 34 found this review helpful

First off, I usually just stick to rating & critiquing movies. But, every time I see an ad on this website for this Time/Warner (or whatever the hell the company calls itself this week) rag-mag I start to see red.

"Entertainment Weekly", which was once an interesting weekly deluge from the ho-hum of everyday life, has become just another rag crapped out weekly to stand on newstands week after week prostituting for your hard earned cash.

Back in the summer of 89, "EW" was released and after I read a few issues, I decided to subscribe. I was instantly hooked (the new issue would arrive in my mailbox the Saturday before it would hit regular newstands) & I liked getting the latest news and reviews from movies, music, T.V., and video (that was later added in the mid-90's).

The problem with the magazine started in the late 90's. I started to notice that "EW" would cover a big movie or event that hadn't yet been released and then the following week bash the hell out of it, or try to get some piece of dirt on it in order to generate more sales.

I also hate the damn lists that "EW" comes up with. The latest entitled "The top 100 most memorable movie lines" was a joke. These lists have always annoyed me, because I feel they are truly not thought out and therefore not thought provoking.

The other & most important thing I noticed was the absolute lack of an honest review.

Case in point, a few weeks ago I picked up the latest issue in which the movie "Catwoman" had been reviewed (I wasn't to sure if it was Gleiberman or Shwarzbaum that critiqued it).

I first logged onto "Rotten Tomatoes.com" to see what percentile "Catwoman" recieved from the nation's critics.
Out of roughly 115 reviews "Catwoman" only got 10% of the good reviews while the rest trashed it (a film needs, at least, to get a grade of 60 - 65% in order to place it as a fresh or good movie). That makes "Catwoman" the worst reviewed film, so far, for 2004. Yet, "EW" gave the film a B. What erkes me even more is that "Catwoman" is released by "Warner Bros.", the same company that owns the rights to the "Harry Potter" films, "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy, & yes, the "WB" owns "Entertainment Weekly".

Is "Warner Bros." trying to bribe or threaten its own critics at one of its most popular & lucrative magazine's?

I'm not the only who has seen this developement. People have written in saying that there is favoritism among "Warner" products that are reviewed in the magazine. "EW", of course, hotly denies anything of the kind thumping there chests and standing behind there reviews, possibly in fear of being fired (they will deny that also).

My only question to the reviewers at "Entertainment Weekly" is, "Whats it like to stand in your own pile of bull**it?"

Or better yet, "What's it like to stand on a Democratic Podium?"


The Best Entertainment Magazine Out There   January 4, 2005
James Choma
19 out of 21 found this review helpful

If you're looking for a magazine that focuses on all aspects of the entertainment industry, look no further than this magazine.

I signed up for Entertainment Weekly as a charter subscriber back in 1990. I was looking for an alternative to Rolling Stone, something that focused exclusively on entertainment, and I found it with this magazine. I was hooked from the first issue and I've been a subscriber ever since. The funny thing is that I tend to keep my past issues. And as you can guess, on a weekly basis, they tend to take up space quickly! But I actually do find myself going back and referring to past issues.

Each issue is broken down into specific sections: Television, DVDs, Movies, Music, Books, etc., with fairly good commentary in each section. They rate the items reviewed on a grading scale of A to F, and often provide excellent, well thought out reviews. Yes, you're going to get latest fads (the Britney's and the Usher's) on the cover - but you'll also see established performers like Harrison Ford, Kenneth Branagh, Thomas Wolfe, and Tom Hanks on the cover as well. They cover the good, the bad, and everything else in between. If it's entertainment oriented, you'll find it here.

I especially like their annual movie and TV perview issues. ou get a great comprehensive overview of the upcoming TV season as well as almost every movie due to hit the screen, month by month.

While I really like the magazine overall, there are a few items I wish would change. The layout has gotten a little sloppy and hard to read over the past two years. Lots of colors mixed with different texts make it hard to focus. Another item is that they occassionally revise their reviews. For instance, Britney Spears's "Crossroads" movie received a B+. Once it came out on DVD, they revised their rating to a C. At least they come clean and state why they changed the rating in the DVD review. The last thing I've noticed is that they've gotten a little soft as far as their reviews go. I think they may have grown to the point where they don't want to offend any celebrities, so their interviews take a softer edge.

With Entertainment Weekly, you get what the magazine's name promises: a quality product covering all media outlets, delivered on a weekly basis. Subscribe to it and you'll be in the know as far as entertainment is concerned.