I'm sure they exist, but it's almost unfathomable to imagine a cinephile who does not count themselves as a fan of the work of Martin Scorsese. Out of the group of directors who came into their own in the 1970's, the decade that revolutionized the art of filmmaking, Scorsese is perhaps the most influential of them all (with the possible exception of Steven Spielberg). Scorsese's films, from Taxi … [Read more...]
War Horse opens with a man buying a horse at auction for more than it's worth, and more than he can afford, because his foolish pride won't let him lose. This, despite the fact that the sum he puts down is likely to cause him to lose his home and farm. It ends with a man buying the same horse at auction, and declaring that he will not lose, even if he has to sell his house and farm to keep … [Read more...]
Well, Falling Skies has launched, and the debut ratings were impressive. If you're like me, you took a shine to the character John Pope, and there is a lot of him coming up in the show, and with some interesting spins. Pope is played by Colin Cunningham, and I got a chance to talk to him recently about the show, shows generally, and his character. It was a great conversation, and I hope that … [Read more...]
In just a few days, TNT will begin airing Falling Skies, its hope that it can succeed in a genre that hasn't performed especially well of late, and a lot of that hope rests on the fact that it gets to use the names Noah Wyle and Steven Spielberg (not necessarily in that order). The main idea people are going to attach to the show is that it has aliens in it, but it actually has a lot more in … [Read more...]
FOX enters the ring on the new year schedules, and they have a few interesting items on the agenda. Check out all the info below. Launching this fall is the highly anticipated singing competition series THE X FACTOR, which marks the return of Simon Cowell to FOX. Cowell, along with Antonio “L.A.” Reid, Cheryl Cole and Paula Abdul, will judge the U.S. version of the international television … [Read more...]
If you don't remember the mid-90s animated adventures of Freakazoid... well, it probably isn't all that surprising actually. You probably heard about it at some point, but it was a cartoon and a lot of people aren't going to be in that loop. Freakazoid is a wildly funny show about mild-mannered Dexter, who becomes a superhero of dubious superheroness. The show is a fast-paced … [Read more...]
No one wanted to listen when I told them League of Extraordinary Gentleman was a good movie, and yet reviews for Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull have not run particularly negative. You probably don’t actually know where I’m going with that. Crystal Skull finds Indy first at the mercy of Natasha Badanov, then surviving a nuclear bomb blast, then persecuted by his own … [Read more...]
