Browsing Month January, 2009
Bill Maher to Host on MSNBC? Now That’s Funny
By Norm Schrager at January 24, 2009 | 1:08 pm | 0 Comment
Will Bill Maher be the next guy to take an anchor's seat at that bastion of dismal news ratings, MSNBC? If he is, he better watch his critical ass. In late August 2008, Maher, the guy behind HBO's Real Time and the underrated Religulous, said the following about the network's coverage of candidate Obama: "These guys were ready to have sex with him." Here you go, more...
Video: I LOVE YOU PHILLIP MORRIS Sundance Premiere
By Norm Schrager at January 23, 2009 | 11:37 pm | 0 Comment
The Sundance Film Festival does a spiffy job producing videos that highlight the Park City cinemafest, and here's one such package: The behind-the-scenes for the world premiere of I Love You Phillip Morris, a bizarre film that will remind you of Jim Carrey's ample acting abilities. And possibly convince you that Carrey's indescribably gay. I Love You Phillip more...
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE Opens in Mumbai To Criticism
By Norm Schrager at January 21, 2009 | 10:10 pm | 2 Comments
Danny Boyle's Slumdog Millionaire, one of the most beloved movies of the past decade, is experiencing some major static -- in the city where it takes place. Slumdog opens in the Indian city of Mumbai tomorrow, and you'd think the populace would go ballistic over such an enormously winning story. But not so. The major criticism is that the film glamorizes the poverty more...
Review Roundup: DEFIANCE, PAUL BLART, BLOODY VALENTINE 3-D
By Norm Schrager at January 19, 2009 | 11:53 pm | 1 Comments
If January and February are supposed to be the grand wasteland of movie releases, you'd never know it from the busy lineup of films. Holocaust drama, physical comedy, 3D horror remake... take your pick. But if history is any indication, odds are you'll hit a dud. (I know last week I said you might find a gem, but it's rare. And hey, you might.) :: DEFIANCE Rotten more...
