The One-Line Review (Free subscription) | 10/31/2009
USA Feature Film Writer/Director: Dito Montiel Cinematographer: Eric Gautier Composer: Jonathan Elias Cast: Shia LaBeouf, Robert Downey Jr., Channing Tatum, Melonie Diaz, Chazz Palminteri, Dianne Wiest, Martin Compston, Peter Tambakis, Adam Scarimbolo, Anthony de Sando Adapted from his own autobiographical novel, Montiel’s distinctive debut - recounting a few turbulent months from his blue-collar...
FULL MASTI (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Actress Katie Holmes won praise for her debut on Broadway on Thursday night, where she was cheered on by actor husband Tom Cruise and shouted at by anti-Scientology protesters outside the theater. The drama started before the curtains went up in the Gerald Schoenfeld Theater with a group of about 20 protesters, some masked, chanting "Scientology is a cult" and "Free...
TV Squad (Free subscription) | 10/25/2009
It looks like HBO is so in love with Gabriel Byrne's turn as Dr. Paul Weston that they're willing to go into uncharted territory with him. While the Isreali series BeTipul , on which it was based, only went two seasons, HBO has ordered a third round of In Treatment . This is significant because the series remained incredibly faithful to the original series through both of its first two seasons. For...
Cinematical (Free subscription) | 10/25/2009
Yes, Barnard Hughes' Grandpa stole all the thunder, between his Windex aftershave and his casual, his epic closing line, and his nonchalant way of staking the head vamp and saving his family from a pesky future of bloodlust. But the Big Bad that he killed, well, he's my favorite part of The Lost Boys . Forget the Coreys, Kiefer, or Jason. Edward Herrmann , well before his riche Richard Gilmore years,...
IndieLondon (Free subscription) | 10/24/2009
ACCLAIMED and award-winning HBO series In Treatment is to return for a third series. The innovative psychoanalysis drama stars Gabriel Byrne as a psycho therapist who attempts to juggle his own problems with the needs of his patients. Unfolding every night of the week, it drops in a different patient for half an hour per episode. Although ratings have seldom been as high as hoped, the show has won...
What's Alan Watching? (Free subscription) | 10/23/2009
Great news, particularly around these parts: HBO has ordered a third season of "In Treatment," to begin filming early next year and airing sometime later in 2010. Gabriel Byrne is still the star, Paris Barclay is still the lead director and executive producer, and the new writing showrunners (replacing Warren Leight, who himself replaced Rodrigo Garcia) will be actor-turned-Oscar-nominated-screenwriter...
The Stage | TV Today (Free subscription) | 10/20/2009
We spend an awful lot of time here at TV Today bemoaning the state of television, how messed up it always seems to be and how audience apathy is eroding away at the experience of watching the Idiot’s Lantern. We don’t spend enough time talking...
Japan Probe (Free subscription) | 10/12/2009
NTV’s Sukkuri recently sent a reporter to America to cover the Emmy Awards. Here’s a clip of the few celebrities he was able to rope into short interviews: People we get to hear say “Sukkuri” include: Daniel Dae Kim of Lost, Chandra Wilson of Grey’s Anatomy, Jesse Spencer of House M.D., Alexander Gould of Weeds, [...]
The One-Line Review (Free subscription) | 10/12/2009
USA Feature Film Writer/Director: Woody Allen Cinematographer: Carlo Di Palma Cast: Michael Tucker, Julie Kavner, Dianne Wiest, Mia Farrow, Renée Lippin, Wallace Shawn, Woody Allen Shamelessly nostalgic and near enough plotless, Allen’s gorgeously shot, perfectly pitched paean to the glory days of American radio - in which a narrator (voiced by Allen) relays radio related stories from...
The Computers Blog (Free subscription) | 10/11/2009
By Felecia Mckee We have reviews of some movies listed below. You can get to a good film download site through the search engines. You should have good luck with a search like "Movie Download Site"; if not then try "Unlimited Movie Rentals" and "Illegal Movie Download Sites". The Fragile Delinquent: Jerry's first solo attempt after separating with Dean Martin has him...
IndieLondon (Free subscription) | 10/10/2009
HBO ’S latest awards-laden drama In Treatment finally made its UK debut on Sky Arts on Monday, October 5 (2009) and immediately impressed. Produced and developed by Rodrigo Garcia, In Treatment ‘s format, script and opening theme are based, often word for word, on Hagai Levi’s successful Israeli series BeTipul , which was similarly critically-acclaimed. It follows 53-year-old psychotherapist...
New Statesman (Free subscription) | 10/08/2009
Shot from the therapist's couch, this drama has issues
Movie Moxie (Free subscription) | 10/08/2009
Dir: Joel Schumacher (The Phantom of the Opera (2004), The Client, Flatliners) Source Material: Original screenplay by Janice Fischer and James Jeremais Cast: Jason Patric, Corey Haim, Dianne Wiest, Jami Gertz, Keifer Sutherland, Corey Feldman, Jamison Newlander, Edward Herrmann, Alex Winter, Billy Wirth, Brooke McCarter, Chance Michael Corbitt USA , 1987 Seen: Originally, at a friends house on VHS....
The Dish Rag (Free subscription) | 10/07/2009
After breast-cancer treatment forced Maura Tierney to bail from NBC's "Parenthood," the network reportedly first approached Helen Hunt about taking over Maura's role. But EW reports that talks fell flat. Money, maybe? Now NBC is now looking at Lauren Graham's...
Diner's journal by Frank Bruni (Free subscription) | 10/06/2009
As she leaves her post as editor of Gourmet, Ruth Reichl looks forward to writing her next memoir, about her years at Condé Nast.
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