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Tom Brokaw passes the NBC anchor baton to Brian Williams next week. He’ll be there one night, gone the next. And today, Dan Rather announced that he will step aside from being the face of the CBS Evening News come March. This news is really just the continuation of the beginning of the end (yes,Continue reading “IT’S THE END OF THE NETWORK NEWS AS WE KNOW IT, AND I FEEL FINE”

Yes, yes, I know there are many, and many people who live in Kings County wouldn’t even want to move back into Manhattan even if they could afford it. But leave that whole argument aside for now anyway, because I’m talking about movies, not quality of life — even though the two are somewhat entwined.Continue reading “A REASON TO SPEND TIME IN BROOKLYN”

I’m slightly ashamed of myself. On Friday I wrote about a bunch of film-related activities on TV and in New York that people should take advantage of this past weekend, and somehow I managed to completely forget that the reopening of the Museum of Modern Art on 53rd Street also meant a brand new startContinue reading “FORGETTING TO BE A LITTLE MODERN”

I’m assuming this is at least somewhat attributable to the link from Gawker (thanks Jess!) because when else does anyone really pay attention to my rantings, but … I returned home Friday night to an email from someone at Revolution Studios, the company behind Chris Columbus’ upcoming adaptation of Rent. I had what one mightContinue reading “IN DEFENSE OF RENT – SAN FRANCISCO NOT REALLY TRYING TO BE THE NEW NEW YORK”

Now that I’ve gotten Bad Education out of my brain (see below), here are a few of the other things rattling around up here, including some suggestions for some fantastic movie and movie on TV opportunities this weekend that you shouldn’t miss. But first: "Former Viacom chief operating officer Mel Karmazin was named CEO ofContinue reading “MISCELLANEOUS MISCELLANY: EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO PLAN YOUR WEEKEND”

I’m just going to be blunt: If you don’t yet have a relationship with the films of Pedro Almod&#243var, get your head out of your ass and start one. Luckily for you, there’s not a better time to do so than this weekend which brings to movie theaters in New York and LA his latest,Continue reading “WHEN GETTING A BAD EDUCATION CAN ACTUALLY BE GOOD”

Yesterday I got into a brief argument with someone over this whole Monday Night Football/Terrell Owens–Nicollette Sheridan/Desperate Housewives controversy. The person with whom I was speaking was arguing (politely but aggressively, I should note) that the outrage over that sketch was justified. That it was a question of context, and 6 PM on the WestContinue reading “OFFENDED AND APPALLED AT THIS DISASTER OF CALAMITOUS PROPORTIONS”

After getting home really late last night, I absolutely did not intend to watch the entire 2 hour premiere of The Amazing Race. But dammit if that show doesn’t suck me in from the first BOMP of the opening theme, and since I couldn’t turn it off, here are a few, brief, quick first impressions:Continue reading “STILL AMAZING”

All you hear is how TV is bad for you. Well, I’ll admit to a bit of hyperbole, but after last night, I have yet another reason to declare American Dreams one of the best shows on TV. See, I had bought these Greek Lamb Burger patties at Whole Foods, and before rushing off toContinue reading “HOW TV SAVED MY LIFE”

Here I was, minding my own business, when I read an appalling — APPALLING I SAY — headline that I appear to have missed at the end of last week: Rent to Be Filmed in San Francisco. Obviously, it was being hidden from me, but thanks to Gothamist, I heard about it today. I alreadyContinue reading “IT’S SO VERY, VERY, VERY WRONG: AND YOU WONDER WHY I WENT OFF ON A RANT LAST TIME”