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It’s an entry in the ongoing series ‘Starz Inside’ that the cable network Starz likes to label ‘documentary,’ but this one, at least, feels exactly like the kind of promotional filler you find filling up odd scheduling holes on premium movie channels (it’s suspiciously 59 minutes in length).
It’s Thursday, so it’s time to remake an 80s classic TV show or movie with an all-new cast. This week: Star Trek: The Next Generation, the 1987-1994 syndication science fiction show. Hey, if J.J. Abrams can do it with the old Trek, we can do it with the new. (If you have a suggestion for … more…
Great — the world’s gonna end in a few years. I think I’m justified in being depressed by this: Oh, Glastonbury? I’ve been there. Those people are weird…
Looks like Vince Vaughn and Reese Witherspoon are mightier than James Bond on both sides of the Atlantic: 1. Four Christmases: £2.3 million (NEW) 2. Quantum of Solace: £1.5 million 3. Changeling: £1.2 million (NEW) 4. Body of Lies: £.5 million (2nd week; drops 48%) 5. My Best Friend’s Girl: £.3 million (2nd week; drops … more…
Take a break from work: watch a movie trailer… So Kate from Lost is the newspaper reporter who outed Valerie Plame? And now Hawkeye Pierce is defending her? Interesting… But how is Dr. John Carter involved? And legendary Western lawman Matt Dillon — what’s his connection? I’m so confused. Nothing But the Truth opens limited … more…
(previous: Episode 7: “Robbing Hood”) Do you smell pie? I smell pie. Mmmmm, pie… [spoilers after the jump!] I am now as sad as Ned has been since childhood as I face the prospect of the end of this show. It’s a bright spot in my TV week, which is otherwise pretty grim and pretty … more…
Late this week. This is what I get for deciding I’d rather be right than first with the box office numbers — which means waiting till Monday afternoon when the actual numbers come in rather than jumping in as soon as the weekend estimates appear on Sunday. Which means if I’m totally otherwise occupied with … more…
Take a break from work: watch a movie trailer… Much darker than that first trailer. I said, back when I discussed that first trailer, that I imagined that this global-warming-is-bad update would deal with the mysterious why? of aliens caring about whether we humans destroy our environment, and there’s a hint of how that’s going … more…
More depressing web video: man’s inhumanity to women. This one’s not embeddable — watch it at The New York Times’ Video subsite.
I’ve had a screener of Bruce Campbell’s new movie, My Name Is Bruce, sitting here for a bit, and I really, really hope to get around to watching it and reviewing it soon. In the meantime, here’s a few words from Campbell about the movie, snipped from the Burn Notice phone press conference I participated … more…
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