In BEING HAL ASHBY, LIFE OF A HOLLYWOOD REBEL by Nick Dawson (Screen Classics, University Press of Kentucky; 2009), one of the classic American filmmakers is given his due both as an editor and director, in additional to being somewhat of a womanizer, dreamer, addict, and iconoclast. Dawson gives ample space in the book’s 440 […]
TELEVISION: CBS Picks Six!
The producers of six new series got word today that their shows will be on CBS’ schedule when it’s unveiled on Wednesday morning. The six new shows – four dramas, a comedy and a reality series – are: The Good Wife, Miami Trauma, Three Rivers, the as-of-yet-untitled NCIS spin-off, Accidentally on Purpose, and Undercover Boss. […]
TELEVISION NEWS: It’s Season Finale Night for 24, Gossip Girl and One Tree Hill
Don’t forget the season Finale of 24 is tonight. And for those that still care, Gossip Girl and One Tree Hill have their finales tonight as well. 24 Promo I’ll be watching 24 tonight, but I sort of lost interest 4 episodes ago when they went one twist two many with Tony’s reverse heal turn. […]
BLU-RAY ANNOUNCEMENT: A River Runs Through It, Coming July 28, 2009
River Runs Through It, the stunningly beautiful and moving family drama set against a background of fly fishing and the Montana wilderness, debuts on Blu-ray Disc July 28 from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. Directed by Academy Award® winning director Robert Redford[1], the film won high praise for bringing to the screen the lyrical and spiritual […]
TELEVISION: Fox Reveals 2009-10 Schedule!
At this morning’s Fox upfront, the network unveiled its schedule for 2009-10 and, as usual, some new shows [Human Target, Past Life and Sons of Tucson] were held back to mid-season because of the baseball playoffs. One drama and two comedies [Glee, Brothers and The Cleveland Show] will premiere in the fall. Significant changes: House […]
VIDEO GAME NEWS: Guitar Hero 5 Coming this fall
The folks at Activision need to “slow their roll” because they are killing the Guitar Hero franchise with all of these releases. How many does Guitar Hero 5 make it? 4 or 5 different titles in 4 months? None of them compatible with each other? Let’s see we have Guitar Hero: Metallica which came out […]
TELEVISION NEWS: Fox Cans Sarah and Cold Case Survives
As the Joker says, what kind of topsy turvy world do we live in when Dollhouse is renewed but Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles gets the big boot in the butt? But according to EW it’s official it’s gone. On the ok news side, Cold Case has been picked up. You can check out the […]
TELEVISION: Chuck Gets Picked Up; Cold Case Still on Bubble!
Chuck fans can breathe a little more easily tonight. The Los Angeles Times is reporting that the spy spoof/action dramedy has been picked up for a third season – which means that we’ll find out what other cool stuff the geekiest spy on TV has picked up from the new, modified Intersect. NBC will release […]
MOVIE NEWS: Meet the Cast of Night at the Musem: Battle of the Smithsonian, Hollywood Comes to DC!
Hollywood has come to Washington D.C., as Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian, the sequel to the 2006 family hit movie debuts in the museum’s backyard. Since most of the action takes place in and around the famed exhibits surrounding the National Mall, the cast and crew decided to come promote the film […]
TRAILER PARK: Five Hot Trailers to discuss this week. Week of 5.17.09
Before I start this, let me just say Movie Studios attitudes towards the Internet is just dumb. I’m getting all of these clips from YouTube but the morons ban embedding the clips, even though right below the official trailer there’s always 20 other copies of it. How dumb is that? Here are 5 hot movie […]
TELEVISION: ABC Picks Up Eastwick; Fox Gives Bones Two-Year Extension!
Maria Elena Fernandez, TV writer for the Los Angeles Times is reporting that ABC has picked up Eastwick – the second TV series to be based on John Updike’s famous novel, The Witches of Eastwick – and that Fox has shown romantic comedy/procedural drama hybrid Bones two more years of love. For Bones, the deciding […]