nialler9 (Free subscription) | yesterday
Last month, there was activity on The Avalanches myspace page that suggested that the near-nine year wait for a follow-up to Since I Left You was at an end. While the message “putting the finishing touches on album 2 !!!!!!!!!” was promising, I’m not holding my breath. Instead, I delved into the archive and found [...]
Blog Specials (Free subscription) | 09/03/2008
MGM Studios City Slickers SVHS City Slickers VideoNow you can own this Academy Award winning comedy favorite on high-resolution Super VHS. Billy Crystal, Jack Palance, Bruno Kirby, Daniel Stern and a host of other well known names provide plenty of hilarity with a western flavor. More on MGM Studios City Slickers SVHS City Slickers Video Infinity SW12 [...]
Walt at Random (Free subscription) | 08/16/2008
Ah yes, back to those golden days of yesteryear…or, actually, back 36 years to two spaghetti westerns, 70 years to yet another one-hour B flick (this time a propaganda flick for the Boy Scouts to boot) and, in between, a young Lloyd Bridges and a not-quite-so-young Randolph Scott (and even less young Edgar Buchanan). Grand Duel, [...]
Variety.com (Free subscription) | 08/12/2008
TV News: Feminine fantasies resurrect the undead -- With apologies to residents of the "Twilight" zone -- the recent trend of women and young girls swooning over vampires is starting to creep me out.
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 08/08/2008
Sing along with "The Sound of Music," screening twice Sunday at Lynwood Theatre, with Q&A sessions hosted by Charmian Carr ("Liesl").
Seattle Weekly (Free subscription) | 08/06/2008
Don't get in the car! But the fateful decision of an ambitious screenwriter (Michel Piccoli) to let his young wife (Brigitte Bardot) ride in a red Alfa with a lecherous movie producer (Jack Palance) bodes poorly for their marriage. Jean-Luc Godard's 1963 classic Contempt is about many thin...
Tip of the Day Blog (Free subscription) | 08/04/2008
By TARA PARKER-POPE As a symbol of health and wellness, nothing surpasses the simple push-up. Practically everyone remembers the actor Jack Palance performing age-defying push-ups during his Oscar acceptance speech. More recently, Randy Pausch, the Carnegie Mellon professor whose last lecture became an Internet sensation, did push-ups to prove his fitness despite having pancreatic cancer . “It takes...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 08/03/2008
No 26: Elisha Cook Jr
IGN (Free subscription) | 07/25/2008
Our columnist looks back at the handful of upcoming MMOs that were at the big show.
SCI FI Wire (Free subscription) | 07/16/2008
Jim Lee--DC Universe Online's creative director and the renowned artist on such comics as Batman: Hush and Superman: For Tomorrow--introduced the new massively multiplayer online game at Sony's media briefing at the Electronic Entertainment Expo in Los Angeles on July 15.
Boomtown - PS3/PSP (Free subscription) | 07/15/2008
All the news as it happens from the Sony Press Conference.
Variety.com (Free subscription) | 07/11/2008
Sports News: Spike Lee's 'Game Day' follows Kobe Bryant -- ESPN Films has announced four sports-themed documentaries targeted to run on ESPN and ESPN2 in the latter part of the year.
SJCPL Blog (Free subscription) | 07/07/2008
Since 2005 , the fourth Sunday in July has been set aside to honor the spirit and values of the American Cowboy & Cowgirl. This year the resolution requests July 26 be proclaimed as 2008 Day of the Cowboy. (The resolution is introduced each year until the day is made permanent.) To commemorate, we have [...]
Caption This! (Free subscription) | 07/02/2008
Dirty Harry's Place 1. "I'll take 'Dreams Larry Craig Has Had' for $400, Alex." 2. Jack Palance finally meets the one man he doesn't sh-t bigger than. 3. That sure is one well-equipped deer blind. 4. One-too-many Charmin squeezings later, Mr. Whipple finally cracks. 5. "If I have to listen to one more speech about 'hope and change,' I'm gonna start bitterly clinging to this toilet seat while I throw...
Steven Rubio's Online Life (Free subscription) | 06/26/2008
As part of my continuing effort to prove that I never have an original thought, I wanted to write down a few observations about a 60s Western I just watched, The Professionals. You see, I have nothing new to say,...
