The Independent (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
The Hollywood film producer and studio executive Daniel Melnick was responsible for authorising the production of some notable movies, ranging from the controversially violent Straw Dogs (1971) to the joyous That's Entertainment (1974), which celebrated the wealth of musical treasures in the vaults of MGM.
MNSpeak | Secrets of the City (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
(To the tune of “John Henry, Steel Driving Man“) Buck Henry said to his ladies Says “a deer ain’t nothin’ but a deer” Before I let this statue beat me down Lawd, I’ll die with concrete chips on my ears Lawd, Lawd, I’ll die with concrete chips on my ears Call it funny, call it noble, call it sad, call it [...]
"Let's Not Talk About Movies" (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
" The Graduate " ( Mike Nichols , 1967) During the summer of 2009, the small rom/com " (500) Days of Summer " contained a line that hit home on many fronts. The romantic hero (says the police blotter-like narrator) formed his romantic ideas at an impressionable age due to "a mis-reading of ' The Graduate .'" An easy thing to do. Lots of young romantic kids grooving on...
Shot In The Dark (Free subscription) | 10/31/2009
A program director at a radio station I used to work at let me in on the great secret of music radio – which let me in on an even greater secret of psychology. People tend to be most attached to whatever music they were listening to when they were going through or immediately after puberty. Chalk [...]
Ain't it Cool News (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
Starring Tom Hanks, Brad Pitt, Daniel Craig, Tim Roth, Steve Buscemi, Ewan McGregor, Benecio Del Toro, Terry O'Quinn, Titus Welliver, Lance Henriksen, Bill Paxton, Brad Dourif, Esai Morales, Alan Ruck, Anthony Michael Hall, Martin Sheen, Billy Zane, Demi Moore, Ally Walker, Kelly Preston, Robert Patrick, Clancy Brown, Don Rickles, Michael Ironside, Miguel Ferrer, Paul Gleason, James Remar, William...
The PopCrunch Show (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
It’s a familiar complaint, whenever books are re-imagined for film, fans and critics always cry that the novel is better than the movie. Well here are 20 cases where the surprising opposite holds true. Most of the books on this list hold literary merit, but the characters and stories just shine brighter on the big [...]
Times Online (Free subscription) | 10/22/2009
Daniel Melnick was an American film and television producer who had stints as head of production at MGM and president of Columbia Pictures. As a studio executive or as a hands-on producer, he worked on hundreds of productions, including the television series The Flintstones (1960-66) and The Fugitive (1963-67) and for the big screen the Oscar-winners Network (1976) and Kramer vs. Kramer (1979).
Philadelphia Inquirer (Free subscription) | 10/19/2009
LOS ANGELES - Daniel Melnick, 77, producer and former head of production at MGM and Columbia studios who was known for making literate and carefully crafted films that included Network, has died.
L. A. Times Dodgers Blog (Free subscription) | 10/15/2009
The film and TV producer helped launch "Get Smart," "Network," "Kramer vs. Kramer."
JeyamArticle (Free subscription) | 10/13/2009
It used to be that you had to go to the video store to get a movie. You can now save a trip to the video store and download movies right off the internet. Below is a sample of some of the movies you can find using movie download sites.
Hollywood Elsewhere (Free subscription) | 10/12/2009
Yesterday's announcement about Mike Nichols' selection as the next AFI Life Achievement Award recipient allows me to re-post a Nichols tribute that I recorded last April at the Museum of Modern Art. It was hosted by MOMA film curator Raj Roy and featured four legendary Nichols collaborators -- Meryl Streep, Elaine May, Nora Ephron and Buck Henry....
I Hate The Media (Free subscription) | 10/05/2009
You’ll find hundreds of names on Hollywood’s pro-Polanski petition. Here are the names and why it seems a bit eerie that they should support a man convicted of drugging and raping a child. Related posts: 1977 video released: Police interrogate Roman Polanski Obama names Hollywood halfwits as ambassadors to France and the Bahamas Creative accounting: now Hollywood wants bail-out money
Red Ink: Texas (Free subscription) | 10/02/2009
Most are two bit "arts film" nobodies, and most are from the french film industry as well, but there are a few big names that you'll recognize. I'll update with new names and/or links as time permits. Polanski petition signatories, as of September 29th : Fatih Akin Stephane Allagnon Woody Allen known pedophile, married his adopted daughter and was accused of molesting his 7 year old stepdaughter...
Petrelis Files (Free subscription) | 10/02/2009
Naming the Gays in TX Marriage Case; Judge's $10K Democratic Donations The Dallas Morning News today reports on an unprecedented and welcome development for gay marriage in the Lone Star state. Excerpted from the article : In a first for Texas, a judge ruled Thursday that two men married in another state can divorce here and that the state's ban on gay marriage violates the U.S. Constitution. [...]...
Libertyblog (Free subscription) | 10/01/2009
While I have to agree with Hot Air that the list of Polanski apologists is largely “European and unfamiliar,” the number of Americans on it is non-zero, and therefore disappointing. A Libertyblog axiom, that all major news stories can be...
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