Frederica.com - Essays (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
[National Review Online; July 20, 2008] Diminished Capacity Stars: 2 Rated: NR Genre: Comedy Theater Release: July 4, 2008, Plum Pictures / IFC Films Directed by: Terry Kinney Runtime: 1 hour 28 min Cast: Matthew Broderick (Cooper), Alan Alda (Uncle Rollie), Virginia Madsen (Charlotte), Dylan Baker (Mad Dog McClure), Bobby Cannavale (Lee Vivyan) There’s virtually nothing harmful in “Diminished Capacity,”...
Gilmore Girls News (Free subscription) | 07/18/2008
The first trailer for Lauren Graham’s new movie, Flash of Genius, has been released. The movie, based on the true story of Robert Kearns, follows Ford’s theft of the invention of the intermittent windshield wiper. A man who risked everything to sue the company to receive the recognition he deserved for this invention. Flash of [...]
Hobnob Blog (Free subscription) | 07/17/2008
We asked our faculty and authors to share with us some of their favorite books and movies. Their responses are posted in "Faculty Favorites: Books and Movies." Jim Bayless (bio), a veteran legislative and regulatory attorney who has lived in...
Jalopnik (Free subscription) | 07/17/2008
What do you get when you mix Greg Kinnear, Alan Alda, windshield wipers up with a dollop of Dave Matthews Band? The trailer for the new movie "Flash of Genius." It's the true story of Robert Kearns, his family and their quest to get automakers to pay him for his invention, the intermittent windshield wiper. It looks like it'll be touching, poignant and oh yes, make the old fat cats who used to run...
Latest Movie Trailers (Free subscription) | 07/17/2008
Based on the true story of college professor and part-time inventor Robert Kearns’ (Greg Kinnear) long battle with the U.S. automobile industry, Flash of Genius tells the tale of one man whose fight to receive recognition for his ingenuity would come at a heavy price. But this determined engineer refused to be silenced, and he took on the corporate titans in a battle that nobody thought he could win....
Las Vegas Gleaner (Free subscription) | 07/15/2008
If there's one thing Americans have been clamoring for, it's to get more telephone calls with recorded political messages while they're sitting at home after a hard day's work. Thankfully, America's grown-up progressive bloggers, acting as a PAC called Blue...
Sticks of Fire: a Tampa blog (Free subscription) | 07/15/2008
A caveat first. Mary Jordan, who co-stars in the New Tampa Players production of Same Time Next Year for the next couple of weekends at the Carrollwood Cultural Center is my niece. So I’m biased. That said, the two-act play, which also stars Marc Sanders, is a hoot. Sander and Jordan reprise the rolls played by Ellen [...]
Washington Post (Free subscription) | 07/12/2008
Skipping over epochs of social awareness and sensitivity training, the one-man comedy "Defending the Caveman" retreats to the era of clubs and spears to explain the battle of the sexes today. It's as if Alan Alda never existed.
PCL LinkDump (Free subscription) | 07/11/2008
“Gee, honey, Bermuda sure is great….perfect weather, laid back attitude, acceptably attractive people of both genders in various stages of déshabillé …..but something is….missing.” “I hear you, I think I’m homesick for some of the things back home….such as Alan Alda, the Lone Ranger, and that adorable little child star, Drew Barrymore.” “Yeah…wouldn’t it be just perfect if that steel drum band started...
York Town Square (Free subscription) | 07/11/2008
Joe Florenenski of Columbus, Ohio, centersquare@paullyndestory.com, is looking for information on the Kenley Players - "America's most exciting summer theatre." The group performed in summer stock theater in York in the 1950s. "Mae West, Angela Lansbury, and a very young Alan Alda were some of the notables who traveled to York to work for John Kenley," Florenenski wrote in an e-mail... .
DCist (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
DCist's highly subjective and hardly comprehensive guide to the most interesting movies playing around town in the coming week. Hellboy II: The Golden Army So we're aware that none of you were planning on seeing any movies this week, as you're saving your money for at least a half-dozen viewings of The Dark Knight next weekend. Or was that just me? OK, the fact is that with two comic book movies already...
BigPictureBigSound.com (Free subscription) | 07/09/2008
A journalist suffering from brain damage is united with his uncle suffering from Alzheimer's in a story that may be a comedy or drama. Just like their brains, it's not all that clear.
New York Post (Free subscription) | 07/08/2008
ALAN Alda and Wayne Rogers love movies, but they have trouble remembering titles. As the "M*A*S*H" stars discussed indie films on the Fox Business Network, Alda noted, "One year was 'My Big Fat Green Wedding.' " When Rogers corrected, " 'My Big Fat...
What About Clients? (Free subscription) | 07/06/2008
Bad clients (i.e., most lawyers' clients) still call. They deserve respect, but they're stone nightmares over time. I'll refer them to you. Have fun. The answer to the question is no. "Being nice" to clients is not the goal...
MediaBistro.com (Free subscription) | 07/04/2008
Former Republican presidential candidate (on The West Wing ) Alan Alda appeared yesterday on Fox Business Network with his former co-star on M*A*S*H, and current FBN contributor, Wayne Rogers . The segment took place during a special edition of America's Nightly Scoreboard at 4pmET. So that would be Alan Alda in M*A*S*H with Wayne Rogers, who was in Ghosts of Mississippi with Margo Martindale , who...
