Before you realize it, the 24 minutes of Episode 74 are over. That wouldn’t be a big deal except for the fact that the episode’s two major plot points are story arcs of minimal interest to long-time fans: Andrew Klein’s relationship problems and, oh hey, Eric’s relationship problems.
The first story benefits from two bizarre, over-the-top […]
August 31st, 2009
Categories: On TV . Author: Norm Schrager . Comments: 1 Comment
Depending on your film knowledge, movie memory and all-around cinematic obsession, you can have some fun catching the many references in any Quentin Tarantino film. Now if you want to ingest all the homages in Inglourious Basterds, you’ll need to create a pretty massive checklist. So that’s exactly what the movie nuts at Seattle’s Scarecrow […]
August 30th, 2009
Categories: Lists . Author: Norm Schrager . Comments: 5 Comments
Sure, we’ve seen Michael Cera play this role before. Or have we? In Youth In Revolt, sharp-edged director Miguel Arteta (The Good Girl, Chuck & Buck) has Cera playing two roles: his trademark softie as well as a sly jerkoff. Fight Club anyone? Here’s the Youth In Revolt trailer, just out this week.
CAST: Impressive. Zach […]
August 28th, 2009
Categories: Trailers, Movie Previews . Author: Norm Schrager . Comments: No Comments
It took us a little time, but our crew over at filmcritic.com has developed an extremely unscientific list of the ten greatest John Hughes films, in memory of the 1980s standout filmmaker. Granted, the guy didn’t actually direct ten movies, but he was a hugely prolific writer and influential producer. So if his name was […]
August 28th, 2009
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For nearly all Americans, the immigration debate usually focuses on Mexicans crossing the southern border of the contiguous US. You wouldn’t ordinarily think that Hondurans are part of the mix. And you certainly wouldn’t dream they’d travel thousands of miles, illegally, through Mexico in order to make it. The new documentary Which Way Home, airing […]
August 24th, 2009
Categories: On TV, Documentaries . Author: Norm Schrager . Comments: 1 Comment