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DVD reviews: 'Marmaduke,' 'Harry Brown' Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 9:34PMThis week’s home video releases range from a revenge thriller starring Michael Caine to a family friendly comedy adapted from a comic strip.
Diary of a Wimpy Kid | Film review Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 9:03PMThe second feature film by a German animation artist whose name suggests a bizarre alliance between thunderbolts and psychotherapy, this comedy purports to be based on the journal (not, he insists, the diary) of the 11-year-old Greg Heffley, a first-year pupil in an American middle school. It's a trite, broad, very predictable tale of peeing and farting, of failure and embarrassment, of trying ...
When Piranha 3-D Goes Sequel, We've Got Ideas Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 8:44PMWeeks ago, I was tasked to write a small little story as to whether or not the studio should bother screening the film Piranha 3D to critics. Much to everyones surprise, I thought they should. Well, they didnt heed my advice and screened it only once for a handful of critics in Los Angeles ...
JOURNALISM/BLOGGING: Blog It: How the Web Changed Music Criticism Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 8:27PMTwo words: Almost Famous. It may be clichA(C) but this was the movie that spurned my foray into music. The fact that you could travel around the country with a rock band fascinated me. The ability to be able to capture the process of a band connecting with their audience and the unspeakable and indescribable quality with which they win over millions of people. The idealistic notions in the movie ...
The American Giveaway Winners!!! Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 6:28PMIt’s over. Your chance to win fifty buckaroos is officially over! The American hits theaters this Wednesday and we are giving away one grand prize that includes a $50 American Express Gift Card. To win, all you had to do was tell us which film you would’ve liked to see George Clooney star in besides [...]
Film review: Scott Pilgrim Vs the World Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 5:48PMMichael Cera is the star of the graphic novel series in Edgar Wright's witty and stylish big-screen transfer. By Peter Bradshaw Edgar Wright takes the ache out of "achingly cool" with his entertaining, hyperactive gamer-geek comedy Scott Pilgrim Vs the World, set in freezing cold Toronto and based on the graphic novel series by Bryan Lee O'Malley. Despite riffing on some apparently emotional ...
The importance of porn Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 4:37PMThe Internet owes a lot to porn, whether we care to admit it or not. Without porn driving growth and web technologies (picture formats, file-sharing, and so on), the Internet probably wouldn't be what it is today. In the early days, trading pornographic pictures occupied much of the Internet's time and effort. Even before the Internet, there were BBSs full of porn for the downloading.
Satchmo’s Story, Music Substituting for Words Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 4:07PMWynton Marsalis and friends provided the live accompaniment for a silent film about Louis Armstrong’s childhood.
Michael Giltz: A Toast To Dudley Moore's Arthur Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 3:54PMI've been wary of the remake of the classic comedy Arthur ever since it's been announced. And now that I've read the comments of the...
Boys & Girls Clubs Launch Reading Rooms Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 1:36PMThe Boys & Girls Clubs of Redlands has received a $10,000 grant to launch a new reading initiative that promotes both educational and leisure reading for adolescents.
On DVD today: 'The Red Riding Trilogy,' 'Vampire Diaries,' and more Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 11:41AMCapsule reviews of this week's new DVD releases
Boris Karloff is back in 'Thriller: The Complete Series' Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 11:28AMThere was an age in television where spine-tingling and spell-binding anthology shows ruled the air. "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" and "The Twilight Zone" scared the little boys who would grow up to become the Stephen Kings and Steven Spielbergs. One of...
Why Hollywood Loves Shia LaBeouf Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 10:42AMFor the second year in a row the actor tops our Best Actors for the Buck list.
Venice Gears Up for 67th Film Festival Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 9:41AMThe film festival opens Wednesday and continues through Sept. 11 and will present dozens of features from 34 countries.
Four actors bite into 'Shark Night 3-D' (exclusive) Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 9:28PMFirst it was the piranhas. Now it's the sharks' turn to make the water unsafe. David Ellis, who directed "Snakes on a Plane" and two installments of the "Final Destination" movies, and producer Mike Fleiss are assembling their cast for...
'Final Destination 5' adds four to cast Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 9:28PMNew Line is putting together its crop of victims for "Final Destination 5" (aka "5nal Destination"), being directed by Steven Quale. David Koechner, left, Nicholas D'Agosto, P.J. Byrne and Ellen Wroe are joining the already-cast Miles Fisher in the latest...
Bing vs. Google: A Windows Phone 7 vs. Android Preview Battle Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 9:21PMMicrosoft 's Bing app, available for iPhone, BlackBerry, Windows Mobile, the not-so-lamented Sidekick, and finally Android , is basically an alternative to Google 's search suite. It's got web search, images, movie listings, local place listings, maps, and directions--just like Google. Now that it's on Android, Google's preferred platform for its best features, we can get a sense of how Bing ...
New DVDs | The 'Red Riding' trilogy, 'Harry Brown,' 'Marmaduke,' 'Tyler Perry's Why Did I Get Married Too?' Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 9:03PMNew DVD releases for Tuesday, Aug. 31, include the "Red Riding" trilogy, "Harry Brown," "Marmaduke" and "Tyler Perry's Why Did I Get Married Too?"
Movie Reviews: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974 and 2003) Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 8:48PMMost remakes fail. Some are tolerable. Fewer are well done. How did The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2003 stand in comparison to the 1974 original? Texas Chainsaw Massacre - Movies - Arts - Reviews - Chainsaw
Emmy wins prove ‘modern’ families are US hits Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 8:40PMNEW YORK, Aug 31 — Gay marriage and interracial adoptions can be divisive topics across America, but a new crop of TV shows and films showing “modern” families are winning audiences and awards. Television show “Modern Family” won the best comedy series Emmy two days ago. “Glee” was also honoured and new films such as “The Kids Are All Right” and ...
Monday Morning Quarterback Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 7:56PMSeriously, people. What the hell is wrong with you? Kim Hollis: Takers, the poorly reviewed Screen Gems release that still wants to be known as this generation's Heat, earned $20.5 million and actually ended up winning the weekend.
Parenthood, Tuesday 31 August Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 7:08PMTonight the parents tackle the uncomfortable issue of pubescent self-pleasuring.
'Toy Story 3' and 'The Twilight Saga: Eclipse' among summer's top-grossign films Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 6:49PMFor movie fans, Labor Day is a time to do a cinematic postmortem on what worked and what didn’t on the silver screen during the summer season.Some titles soared (“Toy Story 3-D” topped $400 million) and others bored (“Jonah Hex” fizzled with just $10.5 million despite the participation of fan-boy favorite Megan Fox) at the box office.Here’s a look back at what hit and missed, with the opening ...
Here are capsule reviews of new films in theaters Sunday, August 29, 2010 @ 12:29AM"Flipped" - Rob Reiner's latest has been billed as a return to form for the director and a companion piece to his "Stand By Me." Like that film, "Flipped" is a coming-of-age ode to youth cloaked in mid-century Americana (the early 1960s). It's nostalgic for nostalgia. There's charm here and some honest observations of adolescence. But there's also a willful, cloying datedness to the movie ...
HIGHTSTOWN: Campers earn graduation gifts Sunday, August 29, 2010 @ 12:29AMHIGHTSTOWN — It looked like Christmas in August as 38 excited campers began ripping the tags off their gifts and spilling the contents all over the floor.
Delightful return of 'Nanny McPhee' but not so for 'Vampires' Sunday, August 29, 2010 @ 12:09AMFive years have elapsed since Emma Thompson made her mark as the flipside of Mary Poppins, a caretaker of the young who only emerges when she is needed and not wanted.
Reader travelogue: Book helps Memphians experience Ireland at own pace Sunday, August 29, 2010 @ 12:00AMMy mother, Elsie Bloodworth, expressed a desire to go to Ireland with her two children and their spouses.
Hood to Coast provides miles and miles of footage for documentary filmmaker Saturday, August 28, 2010 @ 11:39PMChristoph Baaden promotes his upcoming documentary "Hood to Coast" as he runs this year's relay race.
Movie Reviews: "Takers" Saturday, August 28, 2010 @ 11:22PMThe “One Last Big Heist” is a theme of the crime caper genre which has proven to be quite popular over the years.
Novelists Beverly Jensen and Joyce Maynard write about sisters Saturday, August 28, 2010 @ 9:06PMBook reviews: Two new novels about sisterly relations — "The Sisters from Hardscrabble Bay" by Beverly Jensen and "The Good Daughters" by Joyce Maynard — examine lifelong bonds and conflicts between two women, one set united by blood, the other by coincidence.
Why Did I Get Married Too? (12A) Saturday, August 28, 2010 @ 8:00PMVELVET NOPE: Janet Jackson and Malik Yoba in Why Did I Get Married Too? TYLER Perry has made 11 films in the last five years.
Reviewing the Reviews: The Last Exorcism and Takers Friday, August 27, 2010 @ 2:10PMIf it's the last weekend in August, it's time for some truly forgettable mainstream movies! Why waste time on studio dumps, however, when you can see a plethora of well-received indies? Well, those and Avatar again (it's getting re-released). The Last Exorcism Premise : From executive producer Eli Roth -- who you either remember as the schlock horror director behind Hostel or the SAG Award ...
Chris Brown 'doing a great job' on probation Friday, August 27, 2010 @ 2:06PMTo the one and only one Juice* reader who berated us for saying negative things about Chris Brown , try this: Apparently he's fulfilling the parameters of his probation for beating Rihanna quite well, thank you very much. How's that for positivity? In all seriousness, TMZ says Judge Patricia Schnegg was impressed at the singer's progress hearing this week noting that he had attended all his ...
Grown-Up Alternative Friday, August 27, 2010 @ 2:03PMWhen Ray LaMontagne popped up on NBC’s “Saturday Night Live” in March 2009, it was to an audience mostly unaware of the Maine singer. But to those tuned to the current pulse of adult alternative, it represented the first real trickle of LaMontagne into public consciousness.
Weekend Movie Forecast: The Last Exorcism Vs. Takers Friday, August 27, 2010 @ 1:56PM Click on the film stills for more details on reviews of this week's new releases and repertory screenings, which include: The Last Exorcism, Takers, Mesrine: Killer Instinct, Centurion, The Milk of Sorrow, Daniel & Ana, Louis, Highwater, Change of Plan, Make-Out With Violence, Ida Lupino: Mother Directs, Warriors, and The Shining .
Matt Dillon - Movie Reviews Takers Friday, August 27, 2010 @ 1:26PMTakers has aspirations of rising above its B movie labeling, and critics are split over whether it succeeds in doing so. On the one hand, Claudia Puig in USA Today writes,...
Blair Witch Project - Movie Reviews The Last Exorcism Friday, August 27, 2010 @ 1:25PMCompared with the no-budget likes of The Blair Witch Project and Paranormal Activity , The Last Exorcism , which cost $2 million to make, is a spendthrift affair. For the...
Reviews -- French gangsters, Aussie gangsters, Oregon ballplayers and more Friday, August 27, 2010 @ 12:54PMThis week's new releases in Portland-area theaters.
2010 Summer Movie Re-Cap Friday, August 27, 2010 @ 12:44PMTo put it plain and simple, the summer movie season of 2010 was dreadful a good portion of the time. To be sure there were some good films '" but not many. Contributor: John Sanchez Published: Aug 26, 2010
The Eagles and the damage done Friday, August 27, 2010 @ 12:18PMThere is no doubt the legacy of Ben Cousins continues to haunt West Coast.
Out of action: The Expendables has thrown cinema back to the bad old days of muscle-bound 1980s bombast Saturday, August 21, 2010 @ 6:15PMAround about 1980, Hollywood movies either fell into decline or became awesome. And where you stand in that debate might have as much to do with your age as your preferences.
Friday Box Office Analysis Saturday, August 21, 2010 @ 5:10PMIt's an everything must go weekend as Hollywood empties the junk drawer as we reach the end of the summer. The best of the fairly sorry bunch of openers this weekend, Twilight spoof Vampires Suck, earned $4.4 million on Friday, good for second behind The Expendables . That's on top of the $6.3 million it earned since its Wednesday release.
'Expendables' leads 'Vampires Suck' in $$ Saturday, August 21, 2010 @ 3:49PMBy Nicole Sperling Tracking gives edge to Sylvester Stallone action throwback over ''Twilight'' spoof on slow box office weekend
Once again, the bulls have an Artest on their roster Saturday, August 21, 2010 @ 3:05PMHear about the angry bull that jumped into the stands during a Spanish bullfight last week? Apparently a fan in a Pistons jersey tossed...
EW Movie Review: "The Switch" Saturday, August 21, 2010 @ 4:10AMOwen Gleiberman of Entertainment Weekly reviews "The Switch."
Williams: French's problems don't negate tax credits' value Friday, August 20, 2010 @ 11:11PMThe face of Richmond would be unrecognizable without state historic tax credits to renovate old buildings.
Piranha 3D Review Friday, August 20, 2010 @ 11:03PMPiranha 3D is the uber-trashy fun B-movie you'd expect. Over-the-top, crass, gore-filled and with more bikini-clad babes than you can count.
Critical Mass: 'The Switch' Friday, August 20, 2010 @ 10:02PMThe reviews have not been kind for Jennifer Aniston and Jason Bateman's latest comedy.
Sponsored by: Friday, August 20, 2010 @ 9:55PMFLAT ROCK Flat Rock Playhouse presents a spy thriller on steroids with the manic comedy farce “The 39 Steps,” based on the 1915 book by John Buchan and 1935 movie by Alfred Hitchcock.
Main St. Board reviews current, future works Friday, August 20, 2010 @ 1:59PMA review of on-going accomplishments and things to come were on tab at a regular meeting of the Main Street Advisory Board earlier this week. Current, future and annual projects and events were discussed during a meeting Tuesday at Paris City Hall.