DVD Review: BARNABY JONES The First Season

by | Mar 4, 2010 | Features

Paramount Home EntertainmentRelease date: Feb 16th, 2010MSRP: $39.98Stars: Buddy Ebsen, Lee Meriwether, Sandra de Bruin, Brendan Dillon, Bill ErwinOK, I’ll admit it. When this was on I made fun of the old guy solving crimes. But because of my mother’s love for crime...

American Version of – Spaced

by | Mar 3, 2010 | Features

Fox has done a pilot of an American version of SPACED, an awesome British comedy that starred Simon Pegg and Jessica Stevenson back in 1999. It is just damn good TV.This remake is a cutout copy with different actors and just another sign of the sheer laziness of...

Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss

by | Mar 2, 2010 | Features

Theodor Geisel was born on this day in 1904, and as far as I’m concerned it should be a national holiday.Originally getting in trouble for his sense of humor with the school paper Geisel went on to win an Oscar for short subject. After working in advertising he...

Official Web Site for JUSTIFIED is up

by | Mar 2, 2010 | TV

The official website for JUSTIFIED is up. Check it out. The site is a fairly cool one and has a bio on Elmore Leonard as well as downloads and whatnot. The upcoming FX series is based on the Elmore Leonard story Fire in the Hole and stars Timothy Olyphant (DEADWOOD,...

PICTURES AT A REVOLUTION.

by | Mar 1, 2010 | Features

Two years ago, a terrific book looked at the Oscar process circa 1967. PICTURES AT A REVOLTION: FIVE MOVIES AND THE BIRTH OF A NEW HOLLYWOOD (Mark Harris) examined the five pictures nominated that year, the history of their production, the directors, actors and...