People are talking about This is It like there's no tomorrow, and you can win tickets to the IMAX showing in Chicago, Philadelphia, and New York... and there is no tomorrow, so get moving! Michael Jackson’s This is It is coming to IMAX theatres for only 10 days for fans to enjoy the King of Pop’s music like never before in IMAX’s laser-aligned digital sound! To ramp up for the excitement, … [Read more...]
Back at the end of March, I put up an article that talked about television ratings which focused on Dollhouse, True Blood, and The Chopping Block, and it actually stirred some people up. The basic idea was simply that television networks and advertisers had to look at a lot more than ratings, and maybe the simple overnight ratings aren't particularly relevant anymore at all. True Blood had been … [Read more...]
Hitting theaters January 8th, 2010, Daybreakers is a new spin on the general world of vampires. While we've become accustomed to vampires as the overwhelming minority, in Daybreakers almost everyone is a vampire. Ethan Hawke plays Edward Dalton, a researcher in the year 2019, in which an unknown plague has transformed the world's population into vampires. As the human population nears … [Read more...]
Of all the DVD releases of shows that didn't last through a first season run that have (bizarrely, I think) come along in the last year, no show actually deserves the treatment more than Day Break. Not that the somewhat odd, sci-fi effort starring Taye Diggs is the best show you've ever seen, but it's a really fun thriller full of twists and turns, and the seven episodes that never made it to air … [Read more...]
Few shows represent the pinnacle of television's inane possibilities better than Mister Ed. My Mother the Car, perhaps. And yet, considering the truly idiotic fare that takes up so much airtime these days, I can't say that I don't enjoy a bit of the silly fun that was all over the place not that long ago. While there have been a couple of DVD releases along the "Best of" lines, the complete … [Read more...]
I've got a special treat today. I have 3 copies of a really special DVD up for grabs. Yellowstone: Battle for Life is a wonderful presentation that aired on Animal Planet back in March. The production is now on DVD, complete with some nice bonuses. America’s first National Park, Yellowstone, is one of the most spectacular wildernesses on Earth and home to some of the richest wildlife beyond the … [Read more...]
Fitting itself nicely into a sub-genre dominated in recent times by 2002's cult-indie winners Igby Goes Down and The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys, Assassination of a High School President is a clever, dark look at the lives of teenagers who are rather more intelligent than they're given credit for. Fitting in nicely with those other representatives, Assassination has some younger people you've … [Read more...]
I've given you some info on the upcoming film (Untitled) before, and for some reason it just looks like something that is really going to work for me. The quirky craziness coupled with Adam Goldberg's ability to deliver... well, quirky craziness, gives me a lot of hope for this film about the odder aspects of the art world. I've got a giveaway for you today, and what I have is a poster for the … [Read more...]
There's a lot of good stuff this week, so much so that I'm actually putting this together when I had intended to skip this week's edition. Sadly, there aren't really enough DVDs of great interest, and the ones there are will likely be covered individually. One of the more interesting notes, or at least one that has people talking, are the recent TV adds and losses. ABC has given full season … [Read more...]
Continuing on with their major push toward the iPhone, EA is bringing Command & Conquer Red Alert to the iPhone and iPod Touch at the end of October. Having already put together some incredible iPhone games in the sports realm recently (Tiger Woods, Madden 10, FIFA 10), and with a strong list of other impressive entries (notably The Sims 3), EA isn't letting up on the iPhone any time … [Read more...]
Zombieland is one of those little Hollywood jokes that's going to come at us once in a while. Two guys who never really did anything before and/or a director who never really did anything before, are at a party with a couple of producers and Woody Harrelson. Well, you almost hope that's how it happened anyway, because the alternative is worse. When we're lucky, as is pretty much the case here, the … [Read more...]
Identical cousins is not something you see on television everyday (and, okay, with good reason), but the odd duo played by Patty Duke won over audiences in a big way. Created by Sidney Sheldon and William Asher (who would go on to direct Bewitched, Gidget, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, and more), The Patty Duke Show managed a fairly impressive run and was a lot of fun. The complete first season … [Read more...]
One Eskimo is a difficult group to describe, and their new "visual album," makes for an equally challenging task. Some have noted their recent tour with Tori Amos as a good start in approaching a description of their musical style, but I'm not sure that's as helpful as is apparently believed. One Eskimo is an indie-jazz hybrid that hints at small coffee shops and bookstores you think stay open … [Read more...]
Perhaps tied a little too closely to the generic plot arc of a sports film, Whip It nevertheless delivers a fun time and a long overdue worthwhile return to generational exploration. It is unfortunately macabre now to say that there is no John Hughes working in Hollywood today, but there hasn't been since the mid-80's, and while Drew Barrymore is not remotely John Hughes, Whip It is at least a … [Read more...]
The feature-length animated film that started it all, widely known as Disney's Folly before it premiered, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, hit shelves yesterday, October 6th, in the Diamond Edition release, and it is an amazing treatment filled with special features. The package includes 2 Blu-Ray discs, and a standard DVD format copy of the film. A standard DVD release will follow on November … [Read more...]
One of the worst reviewed films of the year comes to DVD tomorrow, October 6th, with theatrical and unrated releases, and despite a 16% freshness rating, there are moments of fun in the Harold Ramis effort. Many were quick to slam Year One, and wonder in shock at the downfall of Ramis, the man behind Caddyshack, Animal House, Stripes, and Groundhog Day, but I think they may have been a bit too … [Read more...]
