Hiya, Kids!! A ’50s Saturday Morning (Shout! Factory-2008) A little song. A little dance. A little seltzer down your pants. This DVD takes you to those wonderful bygone days when marketers first got wet for the impressionable 1.3 bazillion baby boomers under age ten. You can just hear the “ka-ching” in every candy bar and … Continue reading
Stevie Wonder – The Hollywood Bowl – Hollywood, CA – July 7, 2008 SIMPLY WONDER-FUL… It’s a simple mathematical equation. Stevie Wonder + Hollywood Bowl = one special night of music. After the passing of his beloved mother, Lula Hardaway, in June of 2006, Wonder, long absent from the touring circuit, has returned to live performance. … Continue reading
YELLA (2008) Starring Nina Hoss, Devid Striesow, Hinnerk Schönemann, Burghart Klaußner, Barbara Auer, Christian Redl, Selin Barbara Petzold, Wanja Mues, Michael Wittenborn, Martin Brambach, Joachim Nimtz, Peter Benedict, Ian Norval, Peter Knaack and Thomas Giese. Screenplay by Simone Baer and Christian Petzold. Directed by Christian Petzold. Distributed by The Cinema Group. 89 minutes. Not Rated. … Continue reading
BIGGER, STRONGER, FASTER* (2008) Featuring Christopher Bell, Mike “Mad Dog” Bell, Mark “Smelly” Bell, Rosemary Bell, Sheldon Bell, Donald Hooton, Floyd Landis, Carl Lewis, Ben Johnson, Jay Cutler, Lyle Alzado, George W. Bush, Barry Bonds, Hulk Hogan, Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger. Written by Christopher Bell, Alex Buono and Tamsin Rawady. Directed by Christopher Bell. … Continue reading
WALL-E (2008) Starring Fred Willard and the voices of Ben Burtt, Elissa Knight, Jeff Garlin, John Ratzenberger, Kathy Najimy and Sigourney Weaver. Screenplay by Andrew Stanton. Directed by Andrew Stanton. Distributed by Walt Disney Pictures. 97 minutes. Rated G. Pixar films are well known for taking hard looks at adult concerns in the guise of … Continue reading
ELSA AND FRED (2008) Starring Manuel Alexandre, China Zorrilla, Blanca Portillo, Roberto Carnaghi, Jose Angel Egido, Carlos Alvarez-Novoa and Federico Luppi. Screenplay by Marcos Carnevale. Directed by Marcos Carnevale. Distributed by Alta Films. 106 minutes. Rated PG. If you take Hollywood’s word for it, love is a game for the young. A few years ago … Continue reading
GET SMART (2008) Starring Steve Carell, Anne Hathaway, Alan Arkin, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, Terrence Stamp, David Koechner, Terry Crews, Masi Oka, Nate Torrence, Patrick Warburton, James Caan, Bill Murray and Bernie Koppel. Screenplay by Tom J. Astle & Matt Ember. Directed by Peter Segal. Distributed by Warner Brothers Pictures. 110 minutes. Rated PG-13. I … Continue reading
CONTROL (2007) Starring Sam Riley, Samantha Morton, Craig Parkinson, Alexandra Maria Lara, Joe Anderson, Toby Kebbell, James Anthony Pearson, Harry Treadaway, Matthew McNulty, Andrew Sheridan, Robert Shelly, Richard Bremmer and Tanya Myers. Screenplay by Deborah Curtis and Matt Greenhalgh. Directed by Anton Corbijn. Distributed by The Weinstein Co. 121 minutes. Rated R. Joy Division was … Continue reading
DRILLBIT TAYLOR (2008) Starring Owen Wilson, Leslie Mann, Troy Gentile, Nate Hartley, David Dorfman, Danny R. McBride, Josh Peck, Alex Frost, Leslie Mann, Stephen Root, Lisa Ann Walker, Beth Littleford, David Koechner, Janet Varney, David Bowe, Lisa Lampanelli, Frank Whaley and Adam Baldwin. Screenplay by Seth Rogen and Kristofor Brown. Directed by Steven Brill. Distributed … Continue reading
THE HAMMER (2008) Starring Adam Carolla, Oswaldo Castillo, Heather Juergensen, Harold House Moore, Jonathan Hernandez, Chris Darga, Constance Zimmer, Tom Quinn and Jane Lynch. Screenplay by Kevin Hench. Directed by Charles Herman-Wurmfeld. Distributed by The Weinstein Company. 88 minutes. Rated R. Perhaps the biggest surprise about radio jock/comedian/dancing star Adam Carolla’s starring film debut is … Continue reading
