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I’ve been meaning to mention this since Monday, but I thought I’d give the channel a second viewing before tearing into it. I’m talking about Current TV, of course, the Al Gore backed new cable channel created for a new generation of media watchers. You know, those of us with low attention spans, who wantContinue reading “IF THIS IS WHAT’S CURRENT, NO WONDER I FEEL NOSTALGIC”

I woke up this morning just in time to catch the cast of the pending film version of Rent perform two numbers on Today. Unintentionally, I should say. A friend had IMed me to let me know they’d be on, I’m sure because I’ve already expressed my certain love for this adaptation and the film’sContinue reading “CHRIS COLUMBUS IS OBVIOUSLY BOOKING AND DIRECTING THEIR LIVE APPEARANCES TOO”

Oops, my bad. It’s August, and that means TCM brings us “Summer Under the Stars” — their 31 day tribute to many of the greatest movie stars in history. Every 24 hours features films from a different great actor or actress, and just as I did last year, I thought I’d highlight some of theContinue reading “TCM’S SUMMER UNDER THE STARS 2005 EDITION: 31 DAYS, 31 STARS — 30 SUGGESTIONS (SORT OF)”

Somehow, I actually forgot to mention something about Last Days in my post below, namely having to do with the film title. There are no credits to the movie until the very end, and when the title card shows up it reads “Gus Van Sant’s Last Days.” I haven’t seen this really mentioned anywhere, andContinue reading “SOMEHOW, I FORGOT: WHOSE LAST DAYS ARE WE WATCHING”

You see what’s happening here? I’m trying to force myself into structure. Now in case you’re wondering, this never works. It’s all about habits, right, and sometimes I stick to them and they become hard to break; other times I stick to them but before to long, they become easy to break and then it’sContinue reading “THE WEEK(END) IN REVIEW AND MY MID-YEAR UPDATE: STILL IN AWE OF MR. NOLAN; LAUGHING AT WEDDINGS AND ARISTOCRATS; VAN SANT COMES INTO FOCUS?”

When I originally started this blog all those many moons ago (geez — it’s only like 16 moons; it feels so much longer, and I’m sure even longer still for you), I really intended to regularly do two things: first, have some semblance of regular reviews of the movies I see — long, short, whatever;Continue reading “MORE THAN ENOUGH FOR ME: THE WEEKEND IN PREVIEW”

Here I go thinking I’m all back into the swing of things, multiple posts on a day even, and then suddenly I miss one. I know, it’s certainly no capital crime, but I do have several items I do keep intending to put up here. However, the big thing that has happened this week isContinue reading “OH DEAR, DELINQUENT AGAIN: I GUESS EW AND I HAVE THAT IN COMMON”

The blogosphere is ablaze today with the release of Forbes’ favorite blogs. Gothamist got mentioned as a “Forbes Favorite,” as did the great Galleycat for when you need your literary/publishing fix. Other personal favs receiving “Best of the Web” Top-100 notice include Maud Newton and Stereogum, but while browsing the “Forbes Directory of blogs whereContinue reading “WHY THE UTTER LACK OF RESPECT?”

Big news rocks the entertainment magazine world today!! OK, maybe not. But “TV Guide relaunching as Larger Magazine” actually is a pretty major development in the history of a pretty venerable institution. What’s Frank Costanza going to do when he has to add a larger physical magazine to his collection? But seriously (or something) …Continue reading “I HOPE THEY ALSO PLAN ON REVAMPING THEIR ENTIRE EDITORIAL STAFF”

This is not going to become a Michael Bay hate site (any more than it already is one), but just yesterday I revelled in the poor opening of Bay’s latest film The Island, and, to quote myself, called him an “arrogant prick.” For anyone who inexplicably felt bad for Bay because some barely-read schmuck (read:Continue reading “GET OVER YOUR EFFIN SELF”