Steven James Snyder

I'm a Senior Editor at TIME, overseeing digital editorial coverage. When not staring at a computer screen, I'm obsessed with both the worlds of film and television (I was a film critic in a previous life), and the ways in which technology is redefining the realm of visual arts. If you're obsessed with Kubrick, Malick, Aronofsky, Tarsem, Walter White, Cormac McCarthy, Bon Iver, Steve Reich, Jon Stewart and New Zealand, I'm your man. Reach me at Steve_Snyder@timeinc.com

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Exclusive Scene From Tonight’s Warehouse 13 Season Premiere

You’ve gotta love Warehouse 13. It can go from supernatural to silly to suspenseful in the span of only a couple seconds.

Warehouse 13: Pete Lattimer Dishes on Season 2

It’s hard to think of a TV series that matured as dramatically, or successfully, as Warehouse 13. When it debuted last July 7th, it had the mystical artifact thing going for it, as well as the governmental conspiracy thread. But then it took The X-Files and mixed in a whole lot of Moonlighting and Bones. [...]

Meet Your New, Talented Spider-Man: Andrew Garfield, Future Heart-Throb

After all the rumors and night terrors, suppositions and double-questioning, Sony has finally saddled up for a new Spider-Man: Andrew Garfield.

The First Airbender: Shyamalan Talks Trilogies, Operatic Action and the Casting Controversy

It’s finally opening day for The Last Airbender, the epic Avatar adaptation that arrives under a gloom of mean-spirited and short-sighted reviews, many outraged about the racial issues surrounding its casting. More on that a bit later with my review.

Edward Cullen, Total Loser, and the Other Worst Movie Characters of All Time

There are flawed movie characters. One-dimensional movie characters. Incomprehensible movie characters.

Last Airbender Exclusive: Five Ravishing Shyamalan Freeze Frames

Airbender week: It’s finally here.

Toy Story 3: The Mounting Case Against 3D?

I hope you’ll pardon the lack of clarity in this post. I’m halfway through processing a reaction – on my way towards forming a cohesive thesis; All I have right now is a contradiction, that I’m trying to work out.

WTF Thursday (A Rant in 3 Parts): 11 More Minutes of Lost?! WTF!

Okay, I tried to write this up in a civil fashion. But then I went all Lewis Black explaining it to a co-worker. So pardon my rage, but here we go:

Okay, Hollywood, I’ll Direct The Hobbit. You’re Welcome

So is the real irony of ironies here the fact that Peter Jackson was so successful in making Lord of the Rings that it meant no one else would ever come close to the world of Tolkien?

Toy Story 3 vs. Incredibles: So What’s the Best Pixar Movie, Anyway?

I can’t remember when it happened, when I first started to just assume that each and every Pixar project would be gold.

Toy Story 3 Review: Another Playful, Paranoid, Philosophical Pixar Classic

The existential crises run deep in the Toy Story universe, ensuring that not only are these some of the most breezy, and beautiful, animated films ever conceived – but also some of the most philosophically challenging.