If you're a fan of Garrison Keillor and A Prairie Home Companion, there's a good chance you're already familiar with the documentary The Man on the Radio in the Red Shoes. It's just the nature of Keillor fans to find out what's going on. The touring dates sell out practically before anyone knows they're on sale. If you happen not to be aware, and have any interest in Garrison Keillor at … [Read more...]
Mark you calendar now screenwriting hopefuls and movie fans of all denominations. The 2009 Screenwriting Expo is coming in October, and there's a lot going on for anyone remotely interested in putting their ideas on paper. Check out the Screenwriting Expo's homepage here. Press release is below. Acclaimed writer, actor, and producer John Cleese will be a Guest of Honor at the 2009 … [Read more...]
It's a great week for catching up on previous releases at the theater, unless you're a serious fan of bad horror, but there's lots of other stuff going on out there. So, let's hit it. TV.com is jumping on the uncertainty bandwagon when it comes to the new Smallville season - Are we getting Wonder Twins? Everyone is talking about the fact that Lifetime, having just kicked out Project … [Read more...]
Video game titles spawned from movies rarely manage to hold my attention for more than a few minutes. Even some of the best efforts are either bizarrely difficult in odd ways (almost anything Disney), or just aren't all that fun once the initial experience wears off. I'm not sure where everyone will put G. I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra - The Game in their spectrum, but I find it a solid effort... … [Read more...]
HP wants you to "pimp out" your home office, and they have just the products (and some specials) to make the ultimate home office a reality. Visit HP and check out all the desktops, laptops, printers, and more, that can turn your home office into a real star. While you're there, take advantage of their HP $30 stackable site-wide coupon*, and be sure to browse around all their laptop options, … [Read more...]
You may already be familiar with Snood , the addictive matching game has been around for years on GameBoy and PC/Mac, but now the game has entered the iPhone arena and it has done some growing up on the way. The cute blocks have been updated, have some new friends, and the iPhone app version allows you to play against friends. For those who aren't already addicted, Snood is a block matching … [Read more...]
The 8th season of Smallville begins to answer questions that have been around since the beginning... such as how far in the timeline the show is willing to go. The Daily planet has a new reporter, and we're starting to get our answer. Jimmy Olsen has a picture of The Red-Blue Blur, and Davis Bloome is beginning to realize he's Doomsday. We've gone all the way from the farm to Metropolis … [Read more...]
I've always considered Quentin Tarantino to be the precocious child of the film world. Clever, sure, even surprisingly advanced, but the key fact to remember about precocious children, is that they're all children. Unquestionably a true student of film, and developed enough in his theory and creativity to have a definite and unique vision of filmcraft, Tarantino nevertheless creates films in a … [Read more...]
Another week, and a lot of great stuff going on to continue my quest to not really cover everything, so let's just go. Pretty big news this week is the story of the producers of Terminator Salvation filing for bankruptcy. After a variety of lawsuits and other mayhem circulating the internet, the bankruptcy move has a lot of people scratching their heads. LA Times story on Terminator … [Read more...]
Returning for a second season last night, August 19th (new episodes airing Wednesdays at 10pm) is truTV's Black Gold, the series that focuses on the lives of Texas oil workers. Brought to you by the creator of Ice Road Truckers and Deadliest Catch, Black Gold is another installment of the reality television genre's most compelling efforts. Being a roughneck is a job that perhaps does not get … [Read more...]
You may know the Ronalds Brothers for their Undead Office Comedy Netherbeast Incorporated , which was released with a limited theatrical and is now available on DVD. NetherBeast Incorporated stars Darrell Hammond (SNL), Dave Foley (Kids in the Hall), Jason Mewes (Clerks 1 & 2), Judd Nelson, and Robert Wagner. You might also know them as co-writers on the second season of Tyler … [Read more...]
If you haven't caught Lockup on MSNBC yet, you're really missing an interesting facet of television's abilities. While reality TV continues to spin out of control down avenues of the useless and uninteresting (witness the recent bow of "other" Kardashian show to high ratings), Lockup is an intelligent and somewhat inspired documentary effort. The show digs into the lives of guards and … [Read more...]
For those upset at the loss of The Unusuals (a wonderful show that should have been given a chance), especially due to the loss of overall Adam Goldberg screentime available, or those who are even remotely aware of 2001's Bartleby, you will be happy to note the release of (Untitled) on October 23rd. From the writing/directing team that brought us Bartleby (Jonathan Parker and Catherine … [Read more...]
Everyone's favorite rich people are back in the Second Season release of Gossip Girl on DVD, August 18th. The Upper East Siders are in their senior year, and every relationship spins in countless direction. It's 25 episodes on 7 discs, and this is really a serious package. As new characters jumped on board, and various people plotted to destroy various other people, the second season of … [Read more...]
After spending several years trying (apparently) to alienate anyone who has ever liked anything Disney (by sequeling everything into absurdity), and moreover seemingly championing Pixar as their only hope (by proving they can do nothing nearly as well), Disney returns to their only competent in-house team, Ron Clements and John Musker. What we learn, by the time we’re done watching Treasure … [Read more...]
Moving on from Office Space, Mike Judge moves away from the cubicles and toward something generally in the area of the George Lopez show's situational styling. We're following a small-business owner, the curious menagerie he employs in his factory, and the strange twists that develop as a result of his less than perfect marriage. I've got a lot of new images and some interesting character … [Read more...]
