Montag ... (Free subscription) | 11 hours ago
Gems that caught my eye today while browsing Do It! Let's Get Off Our Buts , the best book I've ever read about getting stuff done and following dreams: ... the man who says it can't be done is generally interrupted by someone doing it. - Harry Emerson Fosdick Always listen to experts. They'll tell you what can't be done and why. Then do it. - Robert Heinlein Quit now, you'll never make it. If you...
Time (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
There are scores of adaptations of Dickens' classic. But the new Robert Zemeckis version is peculiarly suited to our time
FirstShowing.net (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
And that's what you get when you combine a producer from The Passion of the Christ (Stephen McEveety) with a writer (David McFadzean) from Tim Allen's TV series "Home Improvement": complete and utter chaos. But when you combine a box office and critical disaster like North with the modern comedy classic Groundhog Day, there has to be some semblance of a decent comedy hidden in there right?...
DVD Talk (Free subscription) | 10/31/2009
Rent It Thanks to the indelible cinematic accomplishments of writer/directors Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer, the world has lost patience with the parody film. I saw Date Movie on DVD and thought it was only mediocre; it had a handful of okay gags, but it was nothing special. Then the duo unleashed Epic Movie , a film I haven't seen all of (and absolutely never will) but one that easily qualifies...
The One-Line Review (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
USA Feature Film Directors: Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, Jerry Zucker Writers: Dale Launer, O. Henry Cinematographer: Jan de Bont Composer: Michel Colombier Cast: Danny DeVito, Bette Midler, Judge Reinhold, Helen Slater, Anita Morris, Bill Pullman, William G. Schilling, Art Evans, Clarence Felder, J.E. Freeman A very nice but rather naïve young couple kidnap the wife of “The Spandex Mini-Skirt...
The Bastardly (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009
These were snapped last night at the Nokia Theater in Hollywood. The last time we posted up Jillian Murray was back in Septemper, 2008 when she attended the "The Women" movie premiere in Los Angeles. What the fuck, right? This girl should be competing with the likes of Megan Fox for tip-top roles in Hollywood blockbuster. Here’s more about Jillian: Jillian Leigh Murray (born June 4,...
Blue's News (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
Five former executives of defunct developer Midway were absolved of wrongdoing in a lawsuit filed by ex-shareholders of the developer/publisher that is now part of Warner Bros, according to a report...
GamePolitics.com (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
A United States District Court judge has dismissed a lawsuit brought against Midway Games by a group of shareholders who had alleged that the company artificially inflated its stock by deceiving the public. Filed by Joseph Zerger, “on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated,” the suit targeted Midway Games’ Steven Allison, James R. Boyle, Miguel Iribarren, Thomas Powell...
Joystiq (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
You know how this works: You're a shareholder in a major company -- let's say a major video game publisher like ... Midway Games -- and while the suits assure you that, despite lagging sales and a lousy portfolio, everything's going to be "OK!" Things started looking dodgy when CEO David Zucker abandoned ship in March of 2008 . "Everything okay in there?" you ask. "Yup, everything's...
Edge Magazine (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
Shareholders who lost millions when Midway went bust have failed to convince a federal court judge that former top executives at the publisher deceived the public about the financial state of the company. Plaintiffs had alleged that former executives - including ex-CEO David Zucker and chief financial officer Thomas Powell - failed to reveal the company’s ill health while simultaneously selling...
Celebrity VIP Lounge (Free subscription) | 10/16/2009
Singer-songwriter John Mayer is 32. Actress Angela Lansbury is 84. Actor Barry Corbin (”One Tree Hill,” “Northern Exposure”) is 69. Bassist C.F. Turner of Bachman-Turner Overdrive is 66. Actress Suzanne Somers is 63. Guitarist Bob Weir of the Grateful Dead is 62. Producer-director David Zucker is 62. Actor Andy Kindler (”Everybody Loves Raymond”) is 53. [...]
SpoilerTV (Free subscription) | 10/08/2009
BS GIVES FULL SEASON ORDERS TO "NCIS: LOS ANGELES" AND "THE GOOD WIFE" The Tuesday Freshman Dramas are the Top Two New Series of the Season CBS has given full season orders to NCIS: LOS ANGELES and THE GOOD WIFE, the top two new series of the 2009-2010 season. NCIS: LOS ANGELES, the No.1 new program of the season and ranked second among all primetime programs, is averaging 17.47...
IndieLondon (Free subscription) | 10/01/2009
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DVD Times (Free subscription) | 09/11/2009
News: Anchor Bay Home Entertainment have announced the UK DVD and Blu-ray Disc release of Big Fat Important Movie on 5th October 2009. From David Zucker, the director of The Naked Gun and Airplane!, comes a bare-knuckle comedy where no one is safe from the...
Ghost of a flea (Free subscription) | 09/07/2009
Another handy list arrives in the form of signatories to the anti-Semetic Toronto Declaration, a...
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