TVShowsOnDVD.com News (Free subscription) | 10/01/2008
By David Lambert - A few weeks ago we had the scoop about A&E's upcoming new 21-DVD release of the Monty Python's Flying Circus - Collector's Edition, set to arrive on November 18th. Now the studio... (more)
Arizona Republic (Free subscription) | 10/01/2008
Avondale's screening of Community Cinema is an effort to bring social issues to West Valley residents and connect them with groups that will help them become involved in solutions. The free monthly series launches Oct. 5.
Entertainment Weekly (Free subscription) | 09/30/2008
There's a term that's used in TV writers' rooms — usually in those of sitcoms, but it applies to almost any type of serialized storytelling. Legend has it that it was invented by Hank Azaria when he was on the Fox sitcom Herman's Head. He would often, as that legend had it, ask the writing staff, ''Who's carrying the idiot ball this week?'' In other words, which character was doing the incredibly stupid,...
Entertainment Weekly (Free subscription) | 09/30/2008
There's a term that's used in TV writers' rooms — usually in those of sitcoms, but it applies to almost any type of serialized storytelling. Legend has it that it was invented by Hank Azaria when he was on the Fox sitcom Herman's Head. He would often, as that legend had it, ask the writing staff, ''Who's carrying the idiot ball this week?'' In other words, which character was doing the incredibly stupid,...
RopeofSilicon: Latest Headlines (Free subscription) | 09/30/2008
Pegg's good, but this flick is just a'ight
Metroblogging Los Angeles (Free subscription) | 09/30/2008
Can’t find a reason to peel yourself away from Dancing with the Stars on Tuesday nights? Are you also flat broke? The American Cinematheque and PBS’s Independent Television Service (ITVS) have you covered. Well, at least for one Tuesday a month. Starting tomorrow night (September 30), ITVS will begin screening one free documentary a month on select [...]
Comics Should Be Good! (Free subscription) | 09/23/2008
Here’s the latest Storytelling Engine from John Seavey. Click here to read John’s description of what a Storytelling Engine IS, anyways. Check out more of them at his blog, Fraggmented. Storytelling Engines: The Simpsons (or “And Then The Children Were Rescued By…Oh, Let’s Say Moe.”) The storytelling engine of the Simpson family is a pretty familiar one to [...]
Akel Hawa (Free subscription) | 09/19/2008
Angelina Jolie, Jennifer Lopez, & Pamela Anderson all couldn’t fufil their better or for worse wedding vows… Angelina Jolie, Jennifer Lopez, Pamela Anderson and Britney Spears all have one thing in common - they all seem to be vying for the shortest marriage ever. Britney notoriously wed her high school friend Jason Alexander [...]
Cinema Blend (Free subscription) | 09/13/2008
Who says fat boys can't run? Well, Simon Pegg certainly did in Run Fatboy Run .
Recurring Decimals..... (Free subscription) | 09/07/2008
With very little to do last night, I ended up watching a TV re-run of Pretty Woman. Of course, the story felt quite corny and contrived compared compared to the experience when I first watched it almost 20 years ago [1] - although Julia Roberts’ gorgeous and breathtaking looks seemed timeless. Anyway, watching the movie now, [...]
Variety.com (Free subscription) | 09/03/2008
DVD Reviews: Thousands of anti-war protesters take to the streets of a major Midwestern city during a presidential nominating convention and clash with heavily armed police. Substitute 1968 with 2008, Vietnam with Iraq, Chicago with Minneapolis-St. Paul and the Democrats with the Republicans and DVD release of "Chicago 10" seems as timely as ever.
Blogger News Network (Free subscription) | 09/03/2008
The Democratic National Convention was held last week up in Denver and the Republican National Convention is being held in my backyard, Minneapolis and Saint Paul, as I am writing this review. There were some non-credible threats on Obama at Denver and there were some decent small-scale riots and arrests on the first day here [...]
Film Junk (Free subscription) | 08/28/2008
Chicago 10 Written and Directed by: Brett Morgen Starring: Hank Azaria, Dylan Baker, Jeffrey Wright, James Urbaniak, Mark Ruffalo, Roy Scheider, Nick Nolte, Amy Ryan With the continued presence of U.S. troops in Iraq and public support dwindling over the past few years, comparisons to the Vietnam War are becoming more and more frequent. Sure, there are plenty [...]
From the Front Row (Free subscription) | 08/27/2008
It's interesting watching Chicago 10 while the 2008 Democratic convention is going on in Denver at the same time that the events chronicled in the film happened nearly forty years ago to the day.It is especially shocking to the eyes of a 22 year old to see such unrestrained violence and police brutality over a peaceful war protest, even with our own modern day parallels with the Iraq war. One would...
TheCelebrityCafe.com (Free subscription) | 08/23/2008
A risk analyst is pushed out of his shell by a free spirit.
