Eric Vilas-Boas, New York Observer

Eric Vilas-Boas

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  • Star Trek
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  • Esquire
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Past articles by Eric:

The Best New Movies and TV Shows to Stream This Week: Aug. 26-28

This week's best new movies and TV shows to watch now include 'Cruella,' 'Annette' and new 'Witcher' title. → Read More

HBO Apparently Gave James Gandolfini $3M to Stay off ‘The Office’

‘Sopranos’ stars Steve Schirripa and Michael Imperioli have revealed HBO apparently paid James Gandolfini to stay exclusive. → Read More

The ‘Loki’ Finale Is Just a Cynical Teaser: “For All Time. Always.”

The season finale of 'Loki' isn't so much a lively promise for more from the beloved trickster as it is a boring, cynical turn toward heroism. → Read More

Observer Entertainment: The ’21 Executives

Meet the leaders spearheading the entertainment companies defining 2021. → Read More

How 'Deep Space Nine' Made a Case for Unions

The pro-union writers of "Bar Association" used Karl Marx, worker intimidation, a strike, and two Ferengi brothers to dramatize the struggle between labor and management. → Read More

The 11 Films We’re Glad We Caught at SXSW 2021

SXSW 2021 has come and gone this month, and with it another attempt at doing a completely virtual film festival, but these movies are still with us. → Read More

Observer Entertainment: The 21 Supernovas of ’21

Hollywood’s gravity-shaking stars have had quite an awards season. A complete return to normalcy from the worldwide pandemic is not yet within our grasp. Everyday life must still tip-toe arou… → Read More

The Full List of 2021’s Oscar Nominees

The Oscar nominees for the 93rd Academy Awards are finally here. → Read More

Disney, Give Ronald D. Moore His Own Star War

The Star Trek vet and Battlestar Galactica creator has one dream project: Star Wars. Now that he's with Disney, it can finally happen. → Read More

The Best New Movies and TV Shows to Stream Valentine’s Day Weekend

We can’t help you sort out your love life this Valentine’s Day, but we can recommend a few things to watch. → Read More

The Best New Movies and TV Shows to Stream Right Now

This week’s best movies and TV shows to watch now include Call My Agent, The Sister, Jallikattu, and more. → Read More

The Best New Movies and TV Shows to Watch This Weekend

This week's best movies and TV shows to watch now include The Ultimate Playlist of Noise, Locked Down, Night Stalker, One Night in Miami and more. → Read More

The Best New TV and Movies to Watch This Weekend

Herself, Pieces of a Woman, History of Swear Words and more new must-watches for the week. → Read More

The Best TV and Movies to Cure Your New Year’s Hangovers

Kick back this holiday with these low-investment/high-reward romcoms, dramedies and TV episodes. → Read More

The One-Night-Only ‘Ratatouille’ TikTok Musical, Explained

Titus Burgess will star in a TikTok adaptation of the 2007 Pixar film that will air for one night only. Here's everything you need to know. → Read More

50 Mentor Names We Could Read on That Wall in ‘Soul’

Pixar's Soul has many hidden jokes to it, so we found as many names as we could in one of the most powerful easter eggs of the movie. → Read More

The ‘Justice League’ Cartoon Had One of the Best Christmas Episodes Ever

In “Comfort and Joy,” Justice League combined humor and heart to tell a story about grief during the holidays. → Read More

The Best New Movies and TV to Watch Christmas Weekend

This week’s best new movies and TV shows to watch include Wonder Woman 1984, Soul, The Midnight Sky and a few Christmas options. → Read More

Your Best New Movies and TV to Watch This Weekend

This week’s best new things to watch are Safety, The Prom, Industry, and more. → Read More

2020 Entertainment Power 50

No one could have predicted exactly how a pandemic would reshape every industry, let alone America’s entertainment business. And yet, it became clear in 2020 that movies and television would play a… → Read More