Archive for January, 2008
Thursday, January 31st, 2008
This is the first of the Metroactive arts blog's weekly recaps of Lost and its abbreviated-by-the-strike fourth season. But instead of kicking off this series of recaps with tonight's season premiere, "The Beginning of the End" (hey, that's the same title as that Peter Graves/giant grasshopper movie MST3K once riffed ...
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Wednesday, January 30th, 2008
It's a sad week for comics. The brilliant and addictive Vertigo series Y: The Last Man is wrapping up its five-year run this week with its 60th and final issue. Written by Brian K. Vaughan (whom I met at WonderCon last year—he's a nice guy and he gave me some ...
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Wednesday, January 30th, 2008
Finally caught up with Gone Baby Gone. Nice to see two members of the cast of The Wire (Amy Ryan and Michael K. Williams) working, but Casey Affleck-less just can't carry a movie. So, what are we to make of a baby-faced wannabe gumshoe and his Nancy Drew assistant ...
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Monday, January 28th, 2008
The trailer for the 2007 British film Closure (a.k.a. Straightheads in the U.K.) made it look like a decent revenge story, so I bite on the DVD (I don't think it got U.S. theatrical release). My mistake. This grindhouse version of Brave One is an extremely nasty-minded tale about a ...
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Friday, January 25th, 2008
I'm not done yet with the three seasons of the Canadian comedy Slings & Arrows (set for release on DVD in early February), but I am ready to call it one of the best TV comedies ever. This look at the all-round ego-fest that is the fictional New Burbage Theatre ...
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Thursday, January 24th, 2008
Used to be, every urban core had—along with its roughneck bars and irreplaceable thrift stores—a kind of used bookstore that needed the motto, "Nothing In this Shop Is Actually for Sale." In this age of Alibris and Amazon, I would have thought they were all extinct, but there's at least ...
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Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008
The original series department over at AMC (Alleged Movie Classics) had a major breakthrough last year with Mad Men, and it looks like it has another winner on its hands with Breaking Bad. Bryan Cranston, who frequently stole scenes on Malcolm in the Middle (remember Hal's roller disco act?), is ...
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Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008
It's been a while since a lead actor of Ledger passed away right before what was certainly going to be the greatest success of his career. The part of The Joker would have shown everyone a new side of him—something beyond the almost rude healthiness and physical toughness he brought ...
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Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008
Here's the list, which got short-shrifted on the news this morning because of the stock market's grand-mal (whatever happened to priorities?)
BEST PICTURE
Atonement
Juno
Michael Clayton
No Country for Old Men
There Will Be Blood
They'll probably give it to Juno, because the No Country and Blood votes will split the ticket. Might be Atonement, ...
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Monday, January 21st, 2008
On Jan. 20, the SF Sketchfest hosted a panel discussion called ”Freaks and Geeks Speak,”which they claim is the most populous reunion to date of the short-lived but intensely loved TV series, Freaks and Geeks.
The afternoon show was moderated by comedian Patton Oswalt, who did a fine job keeping the ...
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