MICHAEL McDONALD: THIS CHRISTMAS – LIVE IN CHICAGO (2010) Featuring Michael McDonald, Pat Coil, Bernie Chiaravalle, Vince Denham, Lanice Morrison, Yvette Preyer and Drea Rhenee. Directed by Joe Thomas. Distributed by Eagle Rock Entertainment. 85 minutes. Not Rated. A few years ago in the movie The 40-Year-Old Virgin, there was a running gag in which the manager … Continue reading
THE SOCIAL NETWORK (2010) Starring Jesse Eisenberg, Andrew Garfield, Justin Timberlake, Armie Hammer, Max Minghella, Josh Pence, Brenda Song, Rashida Jones, Rooney Mara and Aaron Sorkin. Screenplay by Aaron Sorkin. Directed by David Fincher. Distributed by Sony Pictures. 121 minutes. Rated PG-13. There are very few things in the world that I can think of … Continue reading
Baseball: The Tenth Inning Top of the Tenth (1992-1999)/Bottom of the Tenth (1999-2009) (PBS/Paramount Home Video-2010) In the early 1990s, documentarian Ken Burns became a PBS sensation through his acclaimed documentary series on The Civil War. As the follow-up, he decided that he wanted to look back at something even more American than the war of the states. In … Continue reading
GET HIM TO THE GREEK (2010) Starring Russell Brand, Jonah Hill, Elisabeth Moss, Rose Byrne, Sean Combs, Colm Meaney, Dinah Stabb, Lars Ulrich, Nick Kroll, DeRay Davis, Jim Piddock, T.J. Miller, Aziz Ansari, Meredith Vieira, Stephanie Faracy, Kristen Schaal, Tom Felton, Kali Hawk, Sterling Cooper, Kristen Bell, Rick Schroeder, Mario Lopez, Pink, Kurt Loder, Christina … Continue reading
THE LEGEND OF THE GUARDIANS: THE OWLS OF GA’HOOLE (2010) Featuring the voices of Emily Barclay, Abbie Cornish, Essie Davis, Adrienne DeFaria, Joel Edgerton, Deborra-Lee Furness, Sacha Horler, Ryan Kwanten, Anthony LaPaglia, Miriam Margolyes, Helen Mirren, Sam Neill, Barry Otto and Richard Roxburgh. Screenplay by John Orloff and Emil Stern. Directed by Zack Snyder. Distributed … Continue reading
JACKSON BROWNE – GOING HOME (1994) Featuring Jackson Browne, Bonnie Raitt, David Crosby, Graham Nash, David Lindley, Don Henley and Jennifer Warnes. Directed by Janice Engel. Distributed by Eagle Rock Entertainment. 90 minutes. Not Rated. Jackson Browne was one of the great songwriters of the 70s and 80s, though now he is sometimes unfairly overlooked … Continue reading
EASY A (2010) Starring Emma Stone, Penn Badgley, Amanda Bynes, Dan Byrd, Thomas Haden Church, Patricia Clarkson, Cam Gigandet, Lisa Kudrow, Malcolm McDowell, Aly Michalka, Stanley Tucci and Fred Armisen. Screenplay by Bert V. Royal. Directed by Will Gluck. Distributed by Screen Gems. 90 minutes. Rated PG-13. Emma Stone has done her hard time in … Continue reading
PRINCE OF PERSIA: THE SANDS OF TIME (2010) Starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Gemma Arterton, Ben Kingsley, Alfred Molina, Steve Toussaint, Toby Kebbell, Richard Coyle, Ronald Pickup, Reece Ritchie and Gisli Orn Gardarsson. Screenplay by Boaz Yakin and Doug Miro & Carlo Bernard. Directed by Mike Newell. Distributed by Walt Disney Pictures. 115 minutes. Rated PG-13. Movies … Continue reading
D.B. Sweeney Takes Us Down to Paradise City by Jay S. Jacobs As so often happens, the germ of the idea for actor D.B. Sweeney’s writing and directing debut Two Tickets to Paradise came from a real life experience. In fact, it was a drunken road trip down to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina with his brother that … Continue reading
Batman: The Brave and the Bold Season One, Part One (Warner Brothers Home Video-2010) Very few fictional characters have had the long and constant run that Batman has. Ever since his creation in 1939 by comic artist Bob Kane and writer Bill Finger, the caped crusader has been the subject of comic books, movies, serials, live-action … Continue reading
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