TMZ (Free subscription) | 10/08/2008
Filed under: We're Just Sayin' , George Clooney It's amazing how a little mustache can turn 47-year-old A-list leading man George Clooney (left) into a carbon copy of 64-year-old character actor Dennis Farina (right).Only one of them is hosting the new season of "Unsolved Mysteries" on Spike... Permalink
IPBiz (Free subscription) | 09/27/2008
Recalling the 2002 movie Stealing Harvard (with Dennis Farina and Megan Mullally), and noting the recent episodes of Harvard plagiarism, one wonders if a coming attraction will be captioned, Harvard Stealing? See Plagiarism at Harvard, again? Harvard Business Review article: Plagiarize with Pride **Did Harvard's rep play any role in the change of title from Stealing Stanford (USA) (working title)
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 09/26/2008
NEW YORK, Sept. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- * Note: Spike TV HD includes - "The Ultimate Fighter" - "UFC 89: Bisping vs. Leben" - "Unsolved Mysteries" - "MANswers" - season 2 - "CSI: NY" - "CSI" - "GameTrailers TV with Geoff Keighley" - The Powerblock - Spike Movies (Logo: ) PREMIERES/FINALES UFC 86: JACKSON VS. GRIFFIN Premieres Saturday, October 4 (9:00 - 11:30 PM, ET/PT). UFC 87: ST....
Seeker Blog (Free subscription) | 09/18/2008
This recently released film may be worth a try — at least for wine buffs. There are a few customer reviews at Amazon: “Bottle shock” describes what can happen to wine as it travels from place to place. Set in 1976, Randall Miller’s widescreen docudrama concerns the real-life showdown between California’s wineries and their French counterparts. [...]
talkToshiba (Free subscription) | 09/16/2008
Now there’s an interesting conundrum for a Tuesday afternoon - you have your shiny Toshiba laptop, fully updated and ready to bring you waves of electronic pleasure… But how on earth do you get it to work/school/around and about unsullied by the everyday hustle and bustle of modern life? A question that has recently troubled [...]
IndieLondon (Free subscription) | 09/05/2008
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Lessons of Darkness (Free subscription) | 09/02/2008
Unlike Incident at Loch Ness, no knowledge of Werner Herzog’s career is required to fully appreciate screenwriter Zak Penn’s sophomore directorial effort The Grand. Respectfully sending up the professional poker tournaments that crowd ESPN’s various networks, Penn’s loose, semi-improvised story...
TVShowsOnDVD.com News (Free subscription) | 09/01/2008
By David Lambert - VEI of Canada has announced that Hardcastle and McCormick - The Complete Series is on the way to DVD, with all three seasons of the show collected together as a 15-disc set. A street... (more)
Pajiba (Free subscription) | 08/12/2008
But Son, Always Serve Wine Bottle Shock / Ted Boynton...
Richard's Notes (Free subscription) | 08/09/2008
Bottle Shock looks like a great movie. I mean, Alan Rickman, Dennis Farina, what could be bad? More trailers for Bottle Shock.
JoBlo (Free subscription) | 08/08/2008
Another day, another trailer for an ensemble piece - this time, though, a comedy and a pretty funny looking one at that (funny ha ha, not funny "what's that growth on your lip?"). BOTTLE SHOCK tells the story of the "Judgment of Paris" wine competition in 1976 in which a Napa vineyard's wine bested the traditionally best French wine in a blind taste test competition. Alan Rickman, Bill Pullman, Freddy...
Ain't it Cool News (Free subscription) | 08/08/2008
Many of the subplots and distracting character details in BOTTLE SHOCK feel fake and forced, even if they are based in reality. I don't care that the father and son didn't get along, or that the son was involved in a cutesy love affair with one of his employees (Taylor). But there's enough going on here to keep things interesting without the phony Hollywood formula nonsense. The supporting cast (including...
filmcritic.com Movie Reviews (Free subscription) | 08/08/2008
Though it's hard to believe, over 30 years ago, wines from continents other than Europe (and countries other than France and Italy) were considered crap. Not less palatable or uncertain in quality: Boone's Farm meets Thunderbird. Uncivilized swill. Of course, this wasn't true. Napa Valley, as well as regions in Australia, were creating wonderful vintages. But since the French controlled everything...
International Herald Tribune (Free subscription) | 08/07/2008
Randall Miller reconstructs a watershed moment in the wine world's acceptance of California, but the film is unable to figure out what kind of movie it wants to be, and flops around between madcap comedy and rousing drama.
New York Post (Free subscription) | 08/06/2008
AS recently as 30 years ago, California wines were considered something of a joke by connoisseurs. Even most Americans were familiar only with gallon jugs of Gallo that sold for $5 or so. Randall Miller's crowd-pleasing "Bottle Shock" tells the...
