Browsing Month August, 2008
Review Roundup: TRAITOR, HAMLET 2, BABYLON A.D.
By Norm Schrager at August 29, 2008 | 11:56 pm | 4 Comments
Welcome to Labor Day weekend, your final stop on the summer movie train. It's the mini-wasteland between mid-summer blockbusters and the "serious" fall award hopefuls. This weekend we've got five wide releases: an espionage thriller, an indie comedy, a sci-fi thriller, and two trashy teen laughers. Something for everyone right? Right? Guh. :: TRAITOR Rotten more...
ENTOURAGE Rolls Out VIKING QUEST Video Game
By Norm Schrager at August 28, 2008 | 12:43 pm | 1 Comments
First, there were clips from Queens Boulevard. Then the fake trailer for the ill-fated Medellin. Now, the Entourage gang goes viral again with spot-on advertising for "Viking Quest The Game" and Viking Quest on DVD. For you non-Entourage nuts, Viking Quest is the TV claim-to-fame for the great Johnny Chase (Johnny Drama to you and me), played by Kevin Dillon. This is more...
Comedies , New on DVD , On TV
Bulletin: Woody Allen Is Still Very Funny
By Norm Schrager at August 26, 2008 | 10:43 pm | 1 Comments
Last week, Woody Allen contributed faux "Spanish diary" excerpts to the New York Times, chronicling the making of Vicky Cristina Barcelona. There are plenty of links to the piece out there, but little opinion, so here's mine: This is a joy to read, a throwback to Allen's iconic style of humor from his early 1970s films (Everything You Always Wanted to Know..., more...
Trailer Tuesday: THE BROTHERS BLOOM
By Allison at August 26, 2008 | 1:20 pm | 3 Comments
UPDATE (09.04.08) The Brothers Bloom has new release dates: December 19 in NY and LA; opening wide January 16, 2009. ORIGINAL POST: There's something new and different about The Brothers Bloom. It's certainly not an original story (heck, even Lost has done every con man angle there is). But some of the actors and roles are surprising -- like slapstick Rachel Weisz. more...
