Thighs Wide Shut (Free subscription) | 11/30/2009
No Distance Left To Run , a Blur doc that will rock more than the shows Roc and The Rockford Files combined!!!!! love how they used 'The Universal' in the trailer (can you see us in the Hyde Park crowd? ) since it's one of the mos trailer friendly songs mt EVERest. curious why more movie trailers don't employ it. it really, really, really could should happen Gorillaz third album to be called Plastic...
Chris Well: Learning Curve (Free subscription) | 11/28/2009
The links getting the most hits this week at Learning Curve ... 01. Christmas Can Be Murder: 10 Seasonal Mystery Titles 02. I, ALEX CROSS by James Patterson 03. Interview: CAROL HIGGINS CLARK 04. James Patterson-branded e-reader 05. Best Mann: No sudden moves! 06. Crime Fiction Alphabet: H is for Homicide Trinity 07. Breaking through: When mysteries become lit 08. MWA vs Harlequin 09. Everyody still...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
Producer-director behind a raft of 20th-century TV classics It is no exaggeration to declare that the name of the film and television producer-director Arnold Laven, who has died aged 87, has been seen by millions of people all over the world, even if it might not have registered. Think of all those viewers of the TV series The Rifleman (1959-63) and The Big Valley (1965-69), made by Laven's company,...
Macleans.ca (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
It’s Winter Schedule day at the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, and Diane at TV-Eh has the press release the CBC sent out today. With the new Kids in the Hall limited-run reunion series, the Rockford Files-inspired Newfoundland mystery Republic of Doyle, a bunch of returning comedies, and the new comedy 18 to Life (which was originally announced [...]
Slice (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
From the Slice inbox: "Waiting for your review of Mozza and Antica. Please get to it soon. Thanks. — Pizzafreak " OK. Here you go, Pizzafreak. My blathering about "Pizza Madness 2009" continues ... — The Mgmt. [ Photographs: Adam Kuban ] Until I touched down at LAX on Thursday, October 29, most of my knowledge of Los Angeles came from CHiPs, The Rockford Files, the...
DVD Talk (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
Highly Recommended The Rockford Files Movie Collection - Volume 1 , featuring the first four of eight TV movies produced more than a dozen years after the 1974-1980 series abruptly left the air, is a wonderfully entertaining and nostalgic set. Made by virtually the same crew as the TV show - from the executive producers and writers to the grips and construction guys - these later 90-minute movies...
TV Squad (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
Filed under: Programming , Web , Reality-Free I know, I know, you're thinking, those are the only two choices I get, Happy Days and Gilligan's Island ? Yes, according to this poll over at AOL Television. For the past several weeks they've pit various TV show theme songs against each other in a tournament, and the two finalists, for some reason, are Happy Days theme and the Gilligan's Island theme....
The Rap Sheet (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
Hard to believe, isn’t it. TV.com has put together a list called “ Our 10 Favorite TV Cars .” Selections include Starsky and Hutch ’s Gran Torino, The A-Team ’s “badass” GMC van (can a van ever reasonably be called “badass”?), The Green Hornet ’s Chrysler Crown Imperial, and Batman ’s Lincoln Futura concept car ... but there’s...
Premium Hollywood (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
* The Rockford Files: Movie Collection, Vol. 1: It’s like I said in my review: if these movies aren’t necessarily up to the standards of the original series – and let’s face it: they often aren’t – it’s so good to see James Garner, Stuart Margolin, and Joe Santos back in their familiar roles that [...]
The Rap Sheet (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
Halloween turned out to be a lot more exciting at my house than I’d expected. We welcomed at least 45 trick-or-treaters, which is about twice as many as we usually see. (Maybe it was the double pumpkins and Christmas lights that drew those crowds.) Fortunately, I had plenty of sweets on hand--enough to give everybody generous helpings (which led one tyke in superhero garb to bellow out to his...
TV Envy (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
Here are some of the TV on DVD options available today. Art:21 ( Season 5 ) The Botany of Desire Craft in America ( Season 2 ) Doctor Who: The Black Guardian Trilogy Doctor Who: The War Games Edge of Darkness ( Complete Series ) Fraggle Rock ( Final Season ) Here’s Lucy ( Season 2 ) Mission Impossible ( Final Season ) The Rockford Files: Movie Collection The Shield ( Complete Series ) Spin City...
Laura's Miscellaneous Musings (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
There's been a dearth of classic film releases on DVD this year, but November 3rd is an especially good day for fans of classic film and TV. First up is the 6-film Claudette Colbert Legacy Collection. (Click the title of this post for a link with more info.) The films in the set are THREE-CORNERED MOON (1933), MAID OF SALEM (1937), I MET HIM IN PARIS (1937), BLUEBEARD'S EIGHTH WIFE (1938), NO TIME...
atHome Top Story (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
From The Rockford Files to Remington Steel , reformed con men have always made the most effective crime-fighting TV sidekicks.
Chew your grouse (Free subscription) | 10/22/2009
Nasty stomach thing for both me and Natalie. Day 2. Highlights include Another hundred pages of The Order of Phoenix Listening to The Sorcerer's Stone as a book on CD with Natalie Playing footsie under the blanket with her while reading (physical contact: a rarity) Watching AC Milan beat Real Madrid 3-2 in Champion's Cup play A nap An episode of The Rockford Files So, except for the physical discomfort,...
Ed Gorman Blog (Free subscription) | 09/22/2009
Last week I read at least a dozen articles touting this new TV season. Community got the most kudos, Glee running a distant second. As I always say, and mean, maybe it's me. All I'm doing is giving you my reactions. Believe it or not, it's possible I'm full of beans. I gave up on Community halfway through. It wasn't bad but it didn't have enough going to keep me interested. Joe McHale is good but his...
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