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The New York Musical Theatre Festival has already started its last week, and I’m ashamed to say I haven’t had a chance to go to anything nor do I have any idea how well they’ve been doing. I hope it’s been a relative success because I think the concept of such a festival is somethingContinue reading “REMINDER THE SECOND: NYMTF SCREENINGS THIS WEEK”

It’s DVD release day, and today brings us the Best Movie of 2004 (so far): Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. You can buy it or you can rent it, but whatever you do, see it if you haven’t yet, and if you have, I’m sure like me most of you want to see itContinue reading “JUST A REMINDER: AN IMPORTANT DVD-TUESDAY”

108-Year-Old Man Starts Smoking Again. I used to smoke. I used to smoke a lot, in fact. But I quit nearly 10 years ago, and seeing the price of a pack of cigarettes these days, I did it at just the right time. Still, even though the smell gets to me sometimes now that I’veContinue reading “IF I LIVE TO 108, I WILL TOTALLY START SMOKING AGAIN TOO”

See, I’m not the only person still out there taking a microscope to the new TV season. NPR’s “Talk of the Nation” takes a look at the networks’ programming today during it’s second hour (3 pm Eastern). Of course, the New York NPR station, WNYC, doesn’t broadcast “Talk of the Nation,” so I often streamContinue reading “THE FALL SEASON IN (P)REVIEW: TUESDAYS SHOWING BITS OF POTENTIAL — KEY WORD IS “BITS””

About six weeks ago, the news that Craig Kilborn was leaving his CBS Late, Late Show post smacked the entertainment world across the fact like a feather. Really, nobody cared, and plenty were probably quite happy. But today’s news is different. NBC announced, and Jay Leno apparently will as well on tonight’s Tonight Show, thatContinue reading “A REAL LATE NIGHT CHANGING OF THE GUARD”

Last week was filled with milestones: my birthday (and Alfonso Ribeiro’s!), Jen Daily Refill’s birthday, Yom Kippur, the last day of summer, the first day of fall, the effin 49ers being shut-out for the first time in 27 years (at least I had plenty to drink). Arriving with the first day of fall also comesContinue reading “THE FALL SEASON IN (P)REVIEW: A SCHEDULE APPROPRIATE FOR UGLY MONDAYS”

Oh yeah, there’s reason to stay home this Saturday night for sure. That’s the night that Hustle premieres. You know — Hustle. The original film on ESPN. Who says ESPN can’t get quality filmmakers. They’ve got Tom Sizemore starring as Pete Rose in a film directed by the (once) great Peter Bogdanovich. Sure, way backContinue reading “WHO SAID FILMMAKING TAKES A LONG TIME”

As we inch closer to that moment of the day when the sun disappears and millions of us New York Jews somehow manage to stop eating for a full 24-25 hours and become like PETA activists refusing to wear any piece of clothing that may have come from an animal, all in order to reflectContinue reading “OFTEN CALLED TEASERS, THEY MAY AS WELL JUST SAY “GOTCHA””

If I’m anything, it’s loyal. To a fault, as some like to say. For example, I’m staring into the abyss of a football season where my beloved 49ers will likely lose well-over 10 games, but you’ll still find me every Sunday I can at a sports bar to catch the game. Stupidly enough, I showContinue reading “BREAKING UP IS HARD TO DO”

Rest in peace Russ Meyer. It’s not really easy to call his films “good,” but they certainly were important, and for influential young boys like me coming-of-age in the 80s, they were better than Porky’s. But I’m definitely not a Meyer expert. And The cinetrix, with the help of Roger Ebert (who has a WGAContinue reading “THANKFULLY, THE NEWS DIDN’T BREAK UNTIL AFTER MY B-DAY”