Is it just me? I can’t seem to get excited about the new iPhone. ATT’s recent moves have killed the ability to actually get full use out of the rumored new features – like video chat, tethering, and multitasking to those who buy into ATT’s company line about how you’ll never reach 2GB – imagine […]
TELEVISION: HBO’s The Neistat Brothers – Fun Homemade Films About Stuff!
The new HBO series, The Neistat Brothers [Fridays, 11 p.m., encores on Mondays and Wednesdays], is a prime example of what cable makes possible. It’s an eight-episode series composed of collections of short films by and about brothers Casey and Van Neistat [NYE-stat] – artists and filmmakers who became online sensations with shorts like iPod’s […]
TELEVISION: Persons Unknown – NBC Kicks off Scripted Summer Series with Exposition-Heavy Pilot!
Persons Unknown [NBC, Mondays, 10/9C] is NBC’s first scripted series of the summer and is best described as a high concept/indifferent execution drama. The idea is that seven people from different areas and classes wake up to find themselves locked in hotel rooms in what appears to be the center of a small town [not […]
MOVIE REVIEW: Splice: In the Beginning There Was Shelley… and Whale!
Splice is the latest there-are-things-Man-was-not-meant-to-know movie – a modern update on Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, via James Whale’s original Frankenstein movie. Like that film, there will no doubt be a number of critics and members of the audience who view it as a revolting piece of trash. I expect that, like Whale’s Frankenstein, it will survive […]
Michelle kind of Hates Splice
Splice is one of those movies that I had no real interest in seeing but after being cooped up in the house for 4 days, I was like why not take a drive into town. The movie starts off well enough – a couple of conceited scientist, Clive Nicoli (Adrien Brody) and Elsa Kast (Sarah […]
MOVIES: First Look: Micmacs – Amelie Director Throws in Everything Including the Kitchen Sink!
Jean-Pierre Jeunet has already made his mark on the greater North American consciousness with the rapidly-coming-considered-a-classic, Amelie. If not for budgetary concerns, he might have repeated the feat with The Life of Pi, a film about a boy and tiger stranded in a lifeboat. Since that never came to pass, Jeunet has taken the tale […]
Television: Starz Finalizes Casting For Their Camelot Series
Los Angeles – June 3, 2010 – Starz and GK-TV announced today that Joseph Fiennes, Eva Green, Jamie Campbell Bower and Tamsin Egerton have signed on to the upcoming series “Camelot.” ”With Joseph Fiennes, Eva Green, Jamie Campbell Bower and Tamsin Egerton in the cast, we’ve got actors who can bring real passion and intensity […]
TELEVISION: Royal Pains Returns with HankMed in Financial Trouble!
One of the endearing qualities of Royal Pains [Tuesdays, 10/9C] as it begins its second season tomorrow evening is that it’s all about its characters – where many medical shows are about their situations. Tomorrow’s premiere finds HankMed broke; Divya about to face a huge life change; Boris about to encounter health problems and Hank […]
Movie News: Production Round-Up Week of 5.28.10
Hollywood is having the same financial ups and downs as the rest of business world. On the down side, MGM , which is almost $4 billion in debt, said on Thursday that its lenders agreed to let it skip interest and principal payments until July 14. In a news release, the struggling studio said […]
TELEVISION: Burn Notice Season Four – Michael’s in a Brand New Game!
Following the strangest cliffhanger of the series to date, Michael Weston finds himself in a brand new situation in tomorrow’s fourth season premiere of Burn Notice, Friends and Enemies [USA, 9/8C]. That posh library in the middle of a very secure prison leads to a real game changer for everyone’s favorite burnt spy!
CONTEST: Win A Royal Pains Summer Gift Bag
ROYAL PAINS is back every Thursday at 10/9c on USA Network! ROYAL PAINS stars Mark Feuerstein, Paulo Costanzo, Reshma Shetty and Jill Flint. Season Two welcomes multiple Golden Globe and Emmy winning actor Henry Winkler in a recurring role as Eddie R. Lawson, Hank and Evan’s father. Campbell Scott, Christine also return as guest stars. Marcia […]