Forum: Arts and Entertainment

Well, I liked it, and it was pretty bad. I knew it would be, of course. I was absolutely certain when the release date kept getting pushed back, from Halloween all the way to Chinese New Year. But it would have been a safe bet anyway, simply...

http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docId=6785278870496324219 :smug::drunk::???::sad:

Shatner's favorite episode. One of mine as well. Sad to think that during the filming of this, Shatner's father died suddenly in Florida. Tightly plotted, good social commentary, some humor. But I will say that boy, o boy, were "special...

A few days ago I started a thread on cliches in children's TV. In a way this thread is about the opposite: Great memorable and original characters. Let me introduce you to Bernd das Brot (Bernd the Bread). He is a depressive tin loaf from...

click the arrow on "Station playing" and go down to cj's mix n mash I'm just checking if this link works for other users. You are welcome to comment on my tastes if it does tho'.

It seems that due to Disney's decision to cut the period from cinema release to DVD release to 90 days has prompted a storm of outrage from cinemas. Mainly because it does not give them a chance to show the film and make enough money from that...

Last night on The Golden Globes, they honored Scorsese and played a montage of his biggest films. You know, Goodfellas, Raging Bull, Taxi Driver, The Last Waltz, The Departed, The Aviator, etc. You know, the films that have had a major impact on pop...

So which one was your favourite, did you like them both, or couldn't stand either one. They were sitcoms running opposite each other in the 60's and have been going ever since, although the Addams family started off as cartoon strip in the 1930s....

Doug Fieger, lead singer of The Knack, dies at 57 of cancer. The best tribute I can think of comes from the director's commentary track to Pulp Fiction, where Quentin Taranatino stated that "My Sharona" was his first choice for the background...

And from Hollywood comes the next attemmpt from Hollywood to take a series of books and turn them into an ongoing and highly lucrative set of film. It looks like a cross between Harry Potter and Hercules: The Legendary Journeys. It also appears...

I'll get this started with a few. Dennis hopper and chris walken/true romance Pulp Fiction - The Watch Pulp Fiction - Say What Again!! No clip, but the Godfather Christening scene where Michael gets his revenge.

What, you thought I'd be watching the Superbowl? Get real.... This is an all time favorite of mine. I love to watch the transformation of Spock and it is heartwrenching to see him lose the spore effect. Sulu isn't overly annoying. Couple of...

Right now we have the muzak video, Love In The First Degree by Bananarama on VH1 Classic. Huzzah.

Ok, this may be a stupid idea for a thread since due to the restrictions on the size of the images we can post, no one is going to be able to get a very good feel for the pieces included here. Still, I'm willing to give it a try. Of course, please...

A Very Long Engagement Lost in La Mancha Amadeus Fitzcarraldo Scarlet Pimpernel (the Leslie Howard version <3 ) The Ballad of Jack and Rose Pygmalion (more Leslie Howard) Pirates of the Caribbean: Black Pearl The Hitchhiker's Guide...

Let me be clear about something up front. I've never read a single Sherlock Holmes book. I've never seen a single Sherlock Holmes movie. The closest I've ever come to that is watching an episode of House once. I don't have any great fondness for...

At Myrna's request, I've gone ahead and started a thread on District 9. Personally, I thought it was an amazing movie. It mixed sci-fi, drama, and a bit of comedy in the right proportion, so it wasn't either too goofy like Men In Black or too...

So, this bronze statue from Alberto Giacometti has just been sold at Sotherby's as the most expensive piece of art at auction. Why?

Another solid episode--all the elements of the show are gelling well at this point. I like the feisty, smart female lead, and that the female Lt. gets to guard her, even if she has to "sit on her!" An intriguing premise--reinstating all the...

Just got around to seeing it today. Wow, that was really not very good at all, was it. It definitely had some individually distinctive and potentially successful elements, but for some reason everything failed to come together. I get the feeling...

One of my all time favorite episodes. Tightly written, well acted, suspenseful and intriguing. Montalban looks... mahvelous in his pony tail and vest. Shatner is his equal, and the Three do a great job of handling the "superior intellect". ...

So stories are coming in that Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are to split. And then stories start coming in that they are not splitting at all and it is just a malicious rumour. Does anyone care other than Jennifer Aniston?

Okay so here in the Republic of Ireland we have Amhrán na bhFiann/ The Soldier's Song as our national anthem. It's a serviceable enough tune with some old fashioned bellicose words. I think the Republic could do with some pep in these post Celtic...

Let's talk about reality TV. Many people insist that they would never watch such a thing. Sometimes it is true, sometimes not. There are so many sub-genres to choose from: People stabbing each other in the back for 15 minutes of fame C-list...

I like quite a few blogs out there and I'm going to link them here. Sunday: http://www.blogography.com/ Monday: http://muchadoaboutsumthin.blogspot.com/ Tuesday: http://dirkmancuso.wordpress.com/ Wednesday:...

gzQCn8KT1fk Ad for AAMI Car Insurance. Far better than the song it's based on. Post yours!

First it was the Jedi, hundreds of them claiming that they followed the true path and that they should be classed as a religions order. Now the metalheads are it. A new campaign has been launched by Metal Hamemr magazine in order to have Heavy...

I joined Netflix just yesterday and this is my queue. What's in yours? Revolver WALL-E An Inconvenient Truth Lost in Translation Blade Runner: The Final Cut New York, I Love You

What major Hollywood star recently lost his job and is in the market for a new gig? If you guessed Toby Maquire, you're right! And he's going to be Bilbo Baggins! I don't know how I feel about this. I guess he's the obvious choice, if you...

Okay, some of the following lines are really cheesy, and there's no doubt about that. But other lines are just fucking epic. A few of them I would even call classic. ("I came here to kick ass and chew bubblegum. And I'm all out of bubblegum." and...

I mean lasers used in combat. It seems like every laser ever used as a weapon travels at something like walking speed. Sometimes lasers are the speed-of-light kind, but that is for things like cutting a hole in steel or something. So I ask you -...

I have recently been reacquainting myself with fairy tales, specifically those of the Brothers Grimm and Hans Christian Andersen. As children, most of us were only introduced to these tales in abridged and adapted form. It is widely known, for...

http://www.artnet.com/artist/425227158/liu-bolin.html Check this stuff out. Really, really, cool.

Ok phone, got given it today. I think they were trying to compete with iPhone so they needed a snazzy name. They called it the Viewty. :( :???::Shake:

The more this gets press, the more I think Jay is coming out looking really, really bad. There's a video making the rounds from 5 years ago, in which he says the following: “When I took this show over, boy there was a lot of animosity between me...

I will admit to posting this prior my re-watching it. It has never been a favorite of mine (I got what little military exposure I wanted from Hogan's Heroes and I Dream of Jeannie), but I will watch it tonight and then comment tomorrow on it.

Each month in 2010, I'm going to have a special feature on a GLBT-themed film. I already have several films in mind, but I'll be more than happy to take any nominations (with the caveat that the person who offers the nomination must also write the...

I adore Rifftrax. In fact, I downloaded the very first one (Road House) on the very day it was released, so I've been with them from the beginning. Road House is still my favorite, though I've watched it with the rifftrax so many times that I have...

This is a strange episode, but a good one. Are you of the body?

Ooh, this one I like. It's got everything a good episode has: tension between characters, a twist at the end, great dialogue and a plot that engages and keeps your interest. Ok, so little Jamie needs to beamed into deep space sans protective...

In 2005, he appeared on television as the older version of legendary 18th century Italian adventurer Giacomo Casanova in the BBC drama serial Casanova. O'Toole's role was mainly to frame the drama, telling the story of his life to serving maid Edith...

Anything goes: ancient myth (including the Bible), oral histories, various oral tradition stories, even modern urban legends. What ones do you enjoy, and maybe even pass on yourself? Obviously I'm partial to trickster stories. The 'good'...

What shows did you watch when you were a kid? I was a little kiddo right when Nickelodeon premiered, and I watched shows like Pinwheel . Remember this guy? I also watched Today's Special, You Can't Do That on Television, David the Gnome and...

Did the rest of you see this? Is this old and I'm just realizing the joke? I LOVE Muse! Hilarious! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYKnGMdSQdM&feature=player_embedded hYKnGMdSQdM

I'm really happy that there's a new Project Runway season so quickly after the crap that was last season. Hopefully, this one will wipe away the boring, tedious memories of the last one. And I think last night was a good start. I thought all of the...

So long, Toby and Kirsten! Okay, I honestly don't care about that all. I watched the 1st and 3rd ones with the rifftrax commentary, and honestly thought both movies were extraordinarily shitty. But am I the only one who is tired of this "reboot"...

The show from Jan 11th got off to a great start. Extremely funny opening though I missed the extended interview with the Bush Torture Author. Especially laughing out loud funny was the diagram of Rudy Giuliani's Brain, look for it. He had...

I just watched Chalk and I really, really liked it. It follows one high school year in the lives of three teachers and one Assistant Principal. Although extremely funny at times, the humor is grounded in reality (in fact I bet it's possible to watch...

It looks like George Lucas is at it again - Star Wars in 3D Given his penchant for tampering with the film and changing it, what else do you think will happen in the reshoot, just because he can. Maybe Han Solo will shoot first in 3D?

Great movie, or greatest movie? I'd never seen or heard of this until my friend linked me to this video right here, which has already assured me this movie will hold a place in history forevermore. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BxHNztg0X3s ...