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Clash of the Titans (Blu-ray) Tuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 6:56AMRecommended The last movie to feature stop-motion animation effects by living legend Ray Harryhausen, Clash of the Titans (1981), is a decidedly mixed bag, playing much like any of his films but classed up a bit with better production values and pricey actors while unfortunately sucking a lot of the simple pleasures out of it at the same time. Film fans have enormous nostalgia for Harryhausen's ...
‘Mad Men’ Dolls in a Barbie World, but the Cocktails Must Stay Behind Monday, March 8, 2010 @ 7:17PMMattel is planning versions of Barbie and Ken styled after four “Mad Men” characters in a promotion for the television series as well as for Barbie.
Wayne Shorter -- Live In Montreux 1996 Saturday, March 6, 2010 @ 1:29AMWayne Shorter Live at Montreux 1996 Eagle Eye Media 2009 Wayne Shorter may look 20 years younger than 76, but he is quite simply one of the last giants, every bit as influential and artistically significant as Sonny Rollins, perhaps second only to John Coltrane when one considers his compositions and just how many of them have become jazz standards...
DVD Review: Doctor Who - Dalek War Thursday, March 4, 2010 @ 2:32PMBad title, good television.
[cover] Lone Gunman : Clint Eastwood: Misunderstood master or machista? - Monterey County Weekly Thursday, March 4, 2010 @ 2:21AMLess is more. Despite the generally respectful reviews of Invictus, when this year’s Academy Awards are announced on March 7, Clint Eastwood will not be marching up to the podium. He’s not even nominated in the best director category, which looks like a shoot-out between the former husband-wife team of Kathryn Bigelow (The Hurt Locker) and James Cameron (Avatar), though Morgan Freeman, who plays ...
Michael Katsidis-Kevin Mitchell lightweight title fight set for May Tuesday, March 2, 2010 @ 12:39PMInterim lightweight titlist Michael Katsidis of Australia will head to England for a mandatory defense against Kevin Mitchell after Mitchell's promoter, Frank Warren, won the purse bid on Tuesday.
Cannon - Season Two, Volume Two Tuesday, March 2, 2010 @ 7:28AMRecommended Cannon . Starring William Conrad. With guest stars Tom Skerritt, Paul Michael Glaser, David Soul. Special Guest Star Tim O'Connor. Tonight's Episode: Quinn and the Fat Man Act One William Conrad is back as butterball private eye Frank Cannon in CBS DVD/Paramount's release of Cannon - Season Two, Volume Two , a collection of 12 episodes from the 1972-73 television season. I've pretty ...
The Internecine Project Tuesday, March 2, 2010 @ 7:28AMRecommended At once intriguing and disappointing, The Internecine Project (1974) is a cynical spy-cum-caper film - a slickly-executed puzzle of a movie that's nonetheless reasonably entertaining thanks to its above average cast and their performances, and a generally intelligent, serious approach. This Scorpion release sources a somewhat dog-eared and greenish 35mm theatrical print, but it's 16 ...
David Denby: Clint Eastwood’s shifting landscape. Sunday, February 28, 2010 @ 11:06PMOn a beautiful day in Wyoming, in 1880, three men gather on a slight rise behind some rocks, ready to do a bit of killing. Two of them—William Munny (Clint Eastwood) and Ned Logan (Morgan Freeman)—are retired professional assassins, disgusted with their past but broke and . . .
Barnaby Jones - The First Season Sunday, February 28, 2010 @ 9:11PMRecommended "Well, doggies!" After Buddy Ebsen's still-popular sitcom The Beverly Hillbillies was abruptly cancelled during CBS's notorious "Rural Purge" of 1971, the actor quickly rebounded as Barnaby Jones , aging, milk-guzzling private eye. The series was nearly as popular as Ebsen's previous success, running eight seasons to Beverly 's nine. And like The Beverly Hillbillies ' Jed Clampett ...
DVD Review: Hawaii Five-O - The Eighth Season Sunday, February 28, 2010 @ 9:02PMIf you’ve already collected the first through seventh seasons of this iconic cop show, March 16 is going to be a big day for you.
Clint Eastwood Honored After 50 Years in Film Friday, February 26, 2010 @ 3:07PMThe Los Angeles Museum of Art released a boxed set of Clint's work in TV and film.
CD reviews: Peter Gabriel, Nick Curran, Chopin, others Friday, February 26, 2010 @ 8:28AMThe cover of Peter Gabriel's album, "Scratch My Back" "Scratch My Back" Peter Gabriel (EMI) This is a weird but occasionally revelatory covers album, with Gabriel -- soon to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as...
George Christy 02-26-2010 Thursday, February 25, 2010 @ 7:57PM“No wonder we have a full house tonight … it’s the magic of filmmaking, and the magic of a guy named Clint Eastwood,” announced Terry Semel, former Chair and CEO of Warner Bros. at the Los Angeles Museum of Art, where Clint was being honored. Terry co-chairs LACMA’s board of trustees, and promises there will be more not-to-be-missed evenings about film that will become an integral part of the ...
CD/DOWNLOAD/ALBUM: Grateful Dead: '89 Philly Release Thursday, February 25, 2010 @ 2:56PMGrateful Dead Complete July '89 Show Due in Three CD/One DVD Set Grateful Dead The Grateful Dead were enjoying a late-career renaissance in 1989 when the band steamed into Philadelphia on one of the hottest days of the summer to play the last concert ever at John F. Kennedy Stadium. The July 7 show in the City of Brotherly Love highlights the band's exuberant resurgence, a peak that rivals any ...
White Stripes film to get pair of Detroit screenings Thursday, February 25, 2010 @ 11:38AMDetroit fans will get two chances next month to catch the White Stripes' acclaimed concert documentary on the big screen.
Claymore: Complete Series Box Set (Blu-ray) Wednesday, February 24, 2010 @ 3:32PMRecommended The Series: Based on the manga series by Norhiro Yagi (which Viz has been publishing in English for North American audiences since 2006), Claymore is a twenty-six episode animated series set in an undetermined era where a demonic race called the Yoma have learned how to disguise themselves as humans in order to infiltrate their ranks and feast on them. Anyone who is eaten by a Yoma ...
Stored items are easy to find in see-through totes for $5.99 Wednesday, February 24, 2010 @ 2:17AMDear Franny the Shopaholic: I'm trying to find a good deal on see-through storage bins. Can you help? - Lannia P.
George Bernard Shaw On Film - Eclipse Series 20 Tuesday, February 23, 2010 @ 6:11PMRecommended THE MOVIES: George Bernard Shaw was one of the pre-eminent playwrights of the late 1800s and early 20th Century. He is one of those rare animals who were never bound by form, having written novels, short stories, and criticism in addition to his more famous stage productions. It is unsurprising then that his work would make an easy transition into the newer motion picture medium--and ...
Glass Mask: Collection 1 Tuesday, February 23, 2010 @ 12:41PMRecommended The Show: Suzue Miuchi, ever heard of her? If not I wouldn't be too surprised. She's a manga-ka whose works have solely been in Japan up until now. She's been active for quite some time and has had many successful works overseas, but for the first time anime lovers in Region 1 will get a chance to see what her stuff is all about. Glass Mask has been a manga in circulation for over 30 ...
Judge: Jersey Shore Violence Must Go On Tuesday, February 23, 2010 @ 8:52AMA judge refused to grant a request from a man pummeled by Ronnie Magro to block the scheduled release of the Jersey Shore DVD boxed set.
Walk the Line (Blu-ray) Monday, February 22, 2010 @ 8:02AMRecommended Yet another entry in the long, long line of musical biopics (just recently this reviewer looked at new DVD releases of Elvis and Beyond the Sea , the Bobby Darin film), Walk the Line (2005) deservedly earned a lot of praise for Joaquin Phoenix and Reese Witherspoon's performances as Johnny Cash and future wife and collaborator June Carter - that's definitely the picture's strong suit ...
Alan Parsons Continues the Art & Science of Sound Recording Series Monday, February 22, 2010 @ 1:01AMNewly-Released Sections Continue to Explore the Vital Topics in Sound Recording
DVD Review: The Beiderbecke Connection Sunday, February 21, 2010 @ 8:03PMA British crime series with a difference—no bodies, no blood, and lots of laughs.
Mickey Rooney: Long & Short of It Sunday, February 21, 2010 @ 7:41PMRent It The Collection: For a while budget DVD studios have made quantity their mainselling point. With sets boasting 100horror movies or 600 classic cartoons it's pretty certain that theyweren'tterribly choosy about which titles to include. Hollywood Select Video in cooperation with InfinityEntertainment hasstarted to release public domain films based around a common themerather thanjust a ...
To Live and Die in L.A. (Blu-ray) Sunday, February 21, 2010 @ 7:47AMHighly Recommended Though generally regarded as depressingly nihilistic and overtly derivative when it was new, opinions about William Friedkin's neo-noir To Live in Die in L.A. (1985) have shifted markedly over the years. The film has acquired a kind of cult status, anticipating as it did the darker, even nastier and more stylized thrillers that would soon follow, especially in the wake of ...
Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead (Blu-ray) Sunday, February 21, 2010 @ 2:04AMRecommended [click on the thumbnail to enlarge] "Evil spirits...?! I'll believe in the supernatural when I see it, Talking Sandwich. Now, if you'll excuse me, I have to serve the priest a penis-free Sloppy J... Read the entire review
DVD Review: Taggart: Set 2 Friday, February 19, 2010 @ 9:07PMA British import that combines the best features of police and forensics drama and leaves out the filler. Highly recommended!
DVD Review: Cranford: The Collection Thursday, February 18, 2010 @ 8:32PMTake a journey to Cranford; it will be one that you never regret.
Sherlock Holmes: The Archive Collection Thursday, February 18, 2010 @ 6:58AMRecommended Though ultimately disappointing, Synergy Entertainment's Sherlock Holmes - The Archive Collection gets an "A" for ambition and for its ingenuity. The concept is a good one: a catchall of miscellaneous and comparatively rare theatrical shorts, one feature, and television appearances all related in one way or another to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's iconic consulting detective, Sherlock ...
Home, James (Bond) Thursday, February 18, 2010 @ 1:48AMIt’s far from spacious and could do with more power, but Aston Martin’s first four-door in decades is still enticing.
Lola Mont s (Blu-ray) Wednesday, February 17, 2010 @ 6:26AMDVD Talk Collector Series Though its title character remains stubbornly enigmatic throughout, Lola Mont s (1955) is a must-see for its indescribably gorgeous cinematography and innovative narrative structure. For those unfamiliar with the picture and the career of German-born director Max Oph ls - whose last film this was - Lola Mont s resembles a continental Powell and Pressburger film; though ...
New on DVD: A tribute to Clint Eastwood Tuesday, February 16, 2010 @ 2:57PMEntertainment guru George Pennacchio runs down what's new on DVD, including a tribute to actor and director Clint Eastwood.
Elvis Tuesday, February 16, 2010 @ 6:44AMRecommended One of the first and best biopics made soon after his death at 42, Elvis (1979) is dated in some respects, particularly in the way in glosses over or avoids entirely certain darker aspects of Presley's life, but Kurt Russell's smoldering, introspective title performance vividly captures the star's essence, his meteoric rise and personal tragedies, while some of the supporting cast ...
Taggart - Set 2 Tuesday, February 16, 2010 @ 6:43AMHighly Recommended To each his own. My colleague Paul Mavis wrote a positively scathing review of Taggart - Set 1 , a collection of episodes from "the world's longest continually running police drama," Paul calling it "thoroughly ordinary and conventional ... [and] sometimes ... laughable." But I had a hunch I might like it, and volunteered to review Acorn Media's new Taggart - Set 2 . And like ...
Salem: Cure for Olympics overload is really bad TV Tuesday, February 16, 2010 @ 3:39AMFor those of us not interested in the Olympics – and trust me, we're out there – there hasn't been much else to watch on TV.
Contest: DVD Giveaway - Nurse Jackie: Season One Sunday, February 14, 2010 @ 11:09PMThree-time Primetime Emmy winner Edie Falco stars as Jackie Peyton, a nurse trying to survive the chaotic grind of saving lives in a hectic New York City hospital. Sharp-tonged and quick-witted, Jackie's a woman of substance who knows how to handle it all.
New on DVD: 'Clint Eastwood: 35 Films 35 Years at Warner Bros.,' 'Law Abiding Citizen' and 'Good Hair' Saturday, February 13, 2010 @ 11:18PMAn awe-inspiring 35-film boxed set covering Clint Eastwood's career arrives this week on DVD, along with the revenge thriller "Law Abiding Citizen" starring Jamie Foxx and Gerard Butler, and the probing documentary "Good Hair," hosted by Chris Rock.
Valentine's Day! Sunday! Must buy her crap. Friday, February 12, 2010 @ 10:36AMThat's right, idiot, two more days before you supplicate yourself at the altar of mawkish crappiness that is St. Valentine's Day. Why not buy it something that you can steal back for yourself later. List mania!