Moby Grape was, perhaps, the best band to come out of the San Francisco scene in the 1960s. Unfortunately, their label screwed things up for them by releasing, simultaneously, five singles from their first album. To this day, the release of an album by a Grape is an event to be celebrated. Don Stevenson is […]
Megamind Takes The [Bleep] Out Of Superhero Movies–In 3-D!
Just when you were beginning to think you couldn’t handle another superhero movie, Dreamworks Animation comes along with a clever, quirky superhero spoof that hits its target spot on. In a deft play on the genre, Megamind answers the question: what would happen if a supervillain actually won? And what happens after that?
If You Don’t Stand For Something – New Sucker Punch Trailer!
The first Sucker Punch trailer was a dazzling array of images. The new one suggests that director Zack Snyder has something of a plot going on – something about imagination setting you free – but there’s still more dazzling images and an amazing cast of gorgeous women:Emily Browning, Abbie Cornish, Jena Malone, Vanessa Hudgens, Jamie […]
Online Scavenger Hunt Leads To Sneak Peek of Pretty Little Liars’ Winter Premiere!
In my estimation, ABC Family’s Pretty Little Liars is the best teen soap currently being aired on North American Television – and I’m not alone. Now, ABC Family has introduced an online scavenger hunt – Pretty Little Liars’ Secret Seekers. – whereby the show’s fans will have the opportunity to win a private premiere screening […]
Singer Plumb Selling Autographed Copies of BLINK CD
Singer Plumb is according to her Twitter account “I’m clearing out of the plumb merch closet here at home.” She’s selling off the remaining stash of her autographed copies of her CD “BLINK” for $10 which includes shipping and handling. Sounds like a great deal folks! Hurry while supplies last. Here’s the link to where […]
New Episodes of Burn Notice are Back with a Bang
When last we left our friends at Burn Notice, Michael Westen was unconscious, bloody with multiple gunshot wounds and lying on the pavement in front of a burning SUV. Today we start things up right where we left off…well three days later, in a hospital room, Michael beat up from his extensive injuries but ready […]
March Story – Watch Out or the Ills Will Get You!
‘You must never touch things if you don’t know what they are,’ says March at the beginning of Volume 1 of March Story, a darkly entertaining manga from VIZ Media. Ills are dark spirits that hide within the form of beautiful works of art and possess the unwary who come in contact with them – […]
The 4 Ed Sullivan Shows Starring The Beatles is finally on DVD! Michelle’s Review
One of the biggest Pop Cultural moments in the last 100 years happened February 9, 1964 when television host Ed Sullivan uttered the immortal words – “Ladies and Gentleman: The Beatles,” and the rest as they say is History. The funny thing about that moment is, it’s often replayed but I’ve never saw the full […]
Shaken, Stirred & Obsessed –Syfy Goes Nuts With Marathons For Thanksgiving Weekend!
What do James Bond [in all his various incarnations from Connery to Craig], Ghost Hunters and Hollywood Treasure have in common? They are all being marathoned [is that even a word?] for the Thanksgiving weekend. Then, to add to the multi-faceted fun, there’s an airing of Steven Spielberg’s Jurassic Park and the premiere of Triassic […]
First Look: UK Gangster Flick London Boulevard!
In the criminally underseen In Bruges, Colin Farrell won a Golden Globe for his portrayal of a hitman. In the upcoming London Boulevard – which hits UK screens later this month – he returns to that kind of role as he plays an ex-con turned celebrity bodyguard [Keira Knightley plays the celebrity] whose past [in […]
Ambitious TCM Documentary Series Moguls & Movie Stars is Fascinating!
Tonight, TCM presents the first of seven one-hour episodes of its ambitious history of filmmaking in America, Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood [Mondays, 8/7C]. Featuring previously unseen footage [a Frenchwoman directing a sound-sync film twenty-two years before The Jazz Singer!] and interviews with both noted film historians and Hollywood luminaries, the series […]