Now we’re cooking with gas, or at least with a smoke monster! The season’s fifth episode, “THIS PLACE IS DEATH,” started off with the resolution of last week’s soap opera cliffhanger… Sun’s going to shoot Ben! Wait! Jin’s not dead! What? It’s true! (cue dramatic music cues!) Sayid and Kate copped telenovela attitudes and stormed […]
Web headlines of “Joaquin Phoenix’s BIZZARRE Behavior on David Letterman” were all over my laptop screen yesterday, so of course I tracked it down on YouTube. I recently read a piece by director James Gray (who had worked with Phoenix in The Yards, We Own The Night, and the new Two Lovers) that was an […]
Mere days after being called on the carpet by The Boss for scalping its own tickets, TICKETMASTER has thrown down an a$$hole trump card and merged with live music artist/management/venue conglomerate LIVE NATION. Clearly oblivious to the meaning of anti-trust, monopoly, or evil, our beloved Congress will probably let this past. Despite charging THREE SEPARATE […]
PITCHFORKmedia.com reports that M.I.A. will perform for the Grammys ON HER DUE DATE, February 8th! I’ve always thought of her as the ulitmate badass since seeing her from the very back of a sardine-can-packed gig at The ECHO, but still… D A M N! Her recent interview on The TAVIS SMILEY show charmed me so much that […]
I’m getting a little concerned already about season five of LOST, and not simply because tonight’s title, “The Little Prince,” referred to baby Aaron and not Ben as I had hoped… I worry that the season will fall into a pattern of parceling out bits of information and clues at too steady and […]
Don’t believe the hype about Christian Bale’s rant; he was right to chew out a distracted cinematographer…
The new season’s third episode “JUGHEAD” brings new insight into The Island’s history while following Desmond’s quest to follow Faraday’s instructions…
Brooks Barnes at the New York Times has the rare economically-optimistic piece up today; check it out HERE. I found this on the excellent ProVideoCoalition.com
NadSyde points out this from the TORONTO STAR; their critic Peter Howell agrees that leaving The Dark Knight out of the Best Picture nominations is a tragic omission
Well, the nominations for the 2009 Academy Awards were announced about 12 hours ago and… they’re pretty boring, but not exactly free of surprises. The academy (AMPAS) avoided having their ceremony picketed by legions of 15-year-olds by giving Heath Ledger the nomination he so justly deserved, but The Dark Knight went un-nominated as did its […]