As an audience member, I am finding it increasingly difficult to see something new and surprising on screen.
The thought of watching films here seemed surprising: A screen, nestled somewhere between the rocks.
The first "Hunger Games" movie has been one of the biggest box office events of the year so far, so it shouldn't be surprising that Screen Junkies chose it as their latest victim in their Honest Trailers series.
Two of the three Stains, Diane Lane and Laura Dern, became legitimate movie stars, and they both show off a surprising maturity and screen presence here.
If TV can be a factor, it would hardly be surprising if the screen world of the internet didn't turn out to have an impact as well.
Once it's open, you discover another surprising departure: the screen is on the bottom, and the dialing pad is on the top.
The opening episode gives a surprising amount of screen time to Cheryl Cole, a British pop star whom Mr. Cowell jettisoned from the panel last spring, in the middle of auditions.
8.32pm ET: You may have read the New York Times preview of tonight's show, in particular this bit: The opening episode gives a surprising amount of screen time to Cheryl Cole, a British pop star whom Mr. Cowell jettisoned from the panel last spring, in the middle of auditions.
This is not too surprising: tablets' bigger screens are that much more conducive to consuming video and other content than the smaller screen of a smartphone; and in the case of something like video, those tablets will require higher resolutions, which also translates to heavier data use.
It's my fault for watching cable reruns of Scream and letting myself be charmed, each and every time, by their surprising on-screen/off-screen romance.
