why no ‘Harry Potter’ this fall?

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By now you’ve probably heard that Warner Bros. has pushed the release of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince back from this coming November to July 2009. The reason (as noted at Film.com) has to do with the writers’ strike, according to Warner Bros. CEO Alan Horn: Our reasons for shifting Half-Blood Prince to summer … more…

the oh-no! DVD of the week: ‘Puppy Plays the Classics’

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WTF? Introduce your child to classical music from a puppy’s point of view! Meet Ollie, the irresistibly cute pup who always sniffs out adventure. In the first of the series, PUPPY PLAYS THE CLASSICS, Ollie and his puppy friends take viewers on a fantastic journey inspired by classical music, all while learning valuable life lessons. … more…

Television Under the Swastika (review)

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The Nazi Channel When you think “early television,” you think Ernie Kovacs and The Twilight Zone and Edward R. Murrow and I Love Lucy and quiz scandals and Rockefeller Center and the NBC peacock and doctors endorsing cigarettes. Turns out, though, that the 1950s were not the beginning of TV as a mass medium: that … more…

trailer break: ‘Death Race’

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Take a break from work: watch a movie trailer… If you really suspect you might find yourself in the throes of breathtaking suspense during Death Race, don’t watch the trailer, because it appears to give away the whole plot. Not that it reveals anything you wouldn’t have guessed anyway. And it does inadvertently reveal that … more…

watch it: “Silent Shadow of the Bat-Man #3 – Retro 1920s Dark Knight in ‘Arkham After Midnight’ Chapter One: ‘Mark of The Mad Hatter’”

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Creator Andre Perkowski says this “new/old retro 1920s silent serial” is “The Darkest, Most Depressing Knight!”: The coolest thing about this is that it’s assembled from found footage. Perkowski says his sources include: The Penalty (1920) The Blackbird (1926) Nosferatu (1920) The Cabinet of Doctor Caligari (1920) The Golem (1920) Batman and Robin (1949 serial) … more…