After months of dithering, the Sci Fi Channel has finally determined that Caprica will be added to their schedule in 2010. The announcement, made today, is that the series has a twenty episode order – including the two-hour pilot. The series, which a prequel to Sci Fi’s signature series, Battlestar Galactica, stars Eric Stoltz [Milk, […]
BLU-RAY REVIEW: Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
If you have read my reviews for any length of time you will know that one of my many film bias is an extreme dislike of talking animals in my movies. Generally, they creep me out and take me right out of the experience. The one exception to that rule was The Chronicles of Narnia. […]
VIDEO GAME REVIEW: Call of Duty: World at War
I’m not going to start this review off by going into the history or the franchise or the Treyarch vs. Infinity Ward versions. This review won’t mention it, I promise, sort of. If you pick up the latest Call of Duty epic expecting last year’s amazing COD 4, then you will get a mixed experience. […]
MOVIE REVIEW: Transporter 3: Taking Package X From Point A to Point B!
The basic premise of the Transporter movies is, as noted above, taking Package X from Point A to Point B. What makes the series fun is the obstacles that pop up every time we see Frank Martin [Jason Statham] take on a new gig. In Transporter 3, Frank is unwittingly involved into helping an eco-terrorist […]
MOVIE REVIEW: Four Christmases: Would-Be Wicked Comedy Runs Out of Steam!
The trailers and TV spots for Four Christmases suggest that its lead couple, Brad [Vince Vaughn] and Kate [Reese Witherspoon] are going to have to cram in four visits to their divorced parents and their various dysfunctional families when plans to go to Fiji are ruined by flight-cancelling fog. The problem with the film is […]
DVD Review: PIXAR Outfits The WALL*E 3-DVD Set With A Cornucopia of Goodies!
When WALL*E premiered, I described it as follows: “WALL*E is the best film of the year – let alone the summer – so far. Easily.” While that was before The Dark Knight and a number of amazing smaller films came out, this eco-fable/romance between the decidedly blue collar trash compacter on tank treads and the […]
MOVIE TRAILERS: Revolutionary Road
Here’s a peak at the upcoming Leonardo flick Revolutionary Road. I’m not sure how they are trying to market this film but it’s one of the most interesting Trailers I’ve seen in awhile. It’s all music, no big voice guy, just a little dialog at the end.
MOVIE REVIEW: Twilight, Michelle’s Take!
I had all sorts of jokes for the Twilight movie, most of them bad and centering on whether or not the impotent, permanently stuck, 17 year old Vampires were Priests – considering their penchant for staying in High School for over a century, but I’ll refrain. A few months ago, I was in London when […]
DVD REVIEW: Studio One Anthology: Amazing Programming From the Dawn of the Television Age
Beginning in 1948 and boasting a nine year run – and over four hundred and fifty episodes – Studio One was the premiere anthology series in a time when live television drama was brand new. Every week, brought a new story – and the multitude of other anthology series that followed were equally productive. To […]
Hollywood Insider: Will Smith Walks the Red Carpet In Cleveland Ohio and Eclipse Covers It
November 20, 2008 Will Smith arrived in Cleveland Ohio hours ahead of a snowstorm to promote his new movie Seven Pounds, a drama about a man who suffers a tragedy then helps seven strangers, opens nationwide December 19th. When he arrived in Cleveland, the 40 year old actor was in the middle of five city […]
MOVIE REVIEW: Twilight – Lush, Romantic and Empty
Twilight is beautiful to look at, with its sweeping vistas, picturesque small town streets and almost inhumanly beautiful cast. It’s well filmed, though there are far too many close-ups and tight two-shots for my taste. The editing is flawlessly; Catherine Hardwicke does a perfectly fine job of eliciting performances from the cast – and the […]