Archives for September, 2008
Starring Johnny Lee Miller, Natasha Henstridge, Victor Garber
Created By Greg Berlanti, Marc Guggenheim
I was honestly not looking forward to watching this series when it landed on my doorstep. Much of the basic tropes of this series have been done many many times before and with only a few exceptions I hated those shows. Highway to Heaven comes to mind as something I really don’t like. On the other hand I did really like Joan of Arcadia so there’s always hope.
The Season
Johnny Lee Miller stars as a self obsessed attorney with the great job, the nice car, and the hot girlfriend, who also happens to be his boss’ daughter. He represents large companies and makes lots of money. He’s living a stereotypical life, until one night George Michael appears to him singing his hit song “Faith”. From this point on Eli begins having visions that usually lead him to take jobs representing the underdog. So, it’s Highway to Heaven with musical and some procedural elements. Overall, this could sound like a fun distraction. …continue reading
There’s some good stuff hitting shelves this week and it’s only going to get more expensive as the holidays approach. Iron Man is listed again this week for some reason, possibly due to some issues with the Blu-Ray release. At any rate, here’s the list of DVD/Blu-Rays that are for you and me:
- Iron Man 2 Disc DVD/Blu-Ray
- The Thing Blu-Ray
- Forgetting Sarah Marshall DVD/Blu-Ray
- Daredevil: The Director’s Cut Blu-Ray
- A Haunting in Connecticut
- Rest Stop: Don’t Look Back Blu-Ray
- Rest Stop: Dead Ahead Blu-Ray
- Salem Witch Trials Blu-Ray
- Ronin Blu-Ray
- A Haunting in Georgia
- The Mindscape of Alan Moore
- When We Left the earth The NASA Missions DVD/Blu-Ray
- Sports Night The Complete Series The 10th Anniversary Edition
- Halloween Starter Pack Blu-Ray
- STARLOST: The Complete Series
- Voltron Volume 6
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In this episode of the CineGeek podcast we talk about breast milk in Ben and Jerry’s, the return of Heroes, orgamic suckers, and all the normal stuff including new comics, DVD’s and Blu-Ray’s and much more!!
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Series Created by Shonda Rhimes
Starring: Taye Diggs, Kate Walsh, Audra McDonald, Tim Daly
First things first: I am not a fan of Grey’s Anatomy. So, would I care about the spin off series, Private Practice? Private Practice: The Complete First Season was recently released on DVD by Buena Vista Home Video.
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Directed by: Franz Josef Gottlieb
Written by: Franz Josef Gottlieb and Edgar Wallace
To be honest, I never heard of Edgar Wallace when this DVD came by my desk. I did a quick search to find that Mr. Wallace was a rather prolific writer of crime in the early 1900s. In fact, Edgar Wallace wrote the first draft of the King Kong script. That really floored me. You would think movie treatments of his work would be rousing examples of 1950s Film Noir. Well, this isn’t the case. However, this movie geek has fun with cheesy late night B movies. …continue reading
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Directed By: Tom McCarthy
Starring: Richard Jenkins, Hiam Abbass, Haaz Sleiman, Danni Gurira
Walter has been coasting for years. Work forces him to return to New York City and an apartment he has not seen in years. Instead of a musty,cold flat he finds fresh flowers and a beautiful young woman in his bath. No it’s not a meet cute, it’s not that kind of movie. Turns out someone, unbeknownst to him, has rented his apartment to a young immigrant couple. Once Tarek and Zaineb understand that Walter is in fact the owner of the apartment they prepare to leave and in the only false note of the movie Walter offers to let them stay until they can find another place. …continue reading
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This week we give Foosh! Energy mints a go while we discuss five guilty pleasure films, the box office, comics, and the ever struggling Dollhouse television series.
Directed by Tom Holland
Starring Catherine Hicks, Brad Dourif
There are certain films, music, and TV from the 80′s that are iconic of the era and Child’s Play is one such bit of nostalgia. The challenge is whether the film, TV series, or piece of music should be relegated to that era as a fun memory or if it rises above the era and becomes a true classic or even a cult classic…. …continue reading
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Directed by Roger Corman
Starring Susan Cabot, Fred Eisley
Cinematic Titanic is Joel Hodgson, J. Elvis Weinstein, Frank Conniff, Trace Beaulieu, Mary Jo Pehl
Boy oh boy, did I love Mystery Science Theater 3000 back in the day. Well, MST3K fans, they are back. Joel, Frank, Trace and the gang are back to “riffing” movies, the group now goes by the moniker of Cinematic Titanic. The Wasp Woman was recently released on DVD and I gave it a spin. If you are interested in purchasing The Wasp Woman or other cinematic gems that are being offered, they are available exclusively at www.cinematictitanic.com. Anyway, on with the review. …continue reading
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Created By: Donald Todd, Cecelia Ahern
Starring:Christina Applegate, Jean Smart, Kevin Dunn, Jennifer Esposito, Barry Watson, Melissa McCarthy
Christina Applegate’s new vehicle finds her waking up from an eight day coma with retro grade amnesia. Luckily she has her parents, two friends and an ex-boyfriend to help her figure out who she is. Unluckily she’s figuring out she’s not that great a person. …continue reading
Starring Peter Kraus, Donald Sutherland, William Baldwin
Created By Greg Berlanti, Marc Guggenheim
Desperate Housewives and Sex and the City have spurred interest in telling these kinds of high concept dramas lately and the idea of bringing in the old style family based soap opera into the fold to an almost spoofing degree sounds like a good time. Right?
The Season
Peter Kraus (Six Feet Under) plays, Nick George, an attorney whose father was the business manager for a large family of eclectic individuals all having more money than they know what to do with. When George’s father passes away the patriarch of the family, Tripp Darling (Donald Sutherland) comes to Peter and convinces him to take his father’s old job. …continue reading
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Starring Brian Regan
Stand up comedy is very hit or miss. It seems most recent comics rely on either excessive profanity or sight gags. Thankfully, Brian Regan brings back the time honored tradition of circumstantial humor and even adds a bit of linguistic fun that this English scholar can enjoy. …continue reading
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The 13th episode of the official CineGeek podcast covers the premieres of True Blood, Fringe, and the return of Termintor: The Sarah Connor Chronicles. We also give Steven Segal’s energy drink a try! Listen to it here or subscrive to the show in iTunes!
Netflix Movie Watching World Championship to
Take Place in Times Square from October 2-7
‘The Quest for the Popcorn Bowl’
LOS GATOS, Calif., September 15, 2008 – Their eyes may be glued to the screen, but all eyes will be on the eight competitors who will participate in the Netflix Movie Watching World Championship: The Quest for the Popcorn Bowl. Hosted by Netflix (Nasdaq: NFLX), the world’s largest online movie rental service, the grueling movie watching marathon will begin on October 2nd in New York’s Times Square and is expected to last until a new Guinness World Record®, for most consecutive hours spent watching movies, is set five days later on October 7th. …continue reading
Directed By: Sean Merideth
Starring: James Cromwell, Dermot Mulroney, Tony Hale, Dana Snyder
Dante Alighieri wakes up in an alley not entirely sure how he got there or what his next move should be. He soon bumps into a man in a robe who introduces himself as Virgil. Dante proves he’s not a total loser by recognizing Virgil as the classical author of The Aeneid. Virgil informs Dante that Beatrice a late acquaintance of Dante’s has persuaded him to give Dante a tour of Hell in the hope that he will change his ways, kind of the ultimate Scared Straight. Vigil guides Dante through all nine levels of Hell. Through the outer levels starting out with the apathetic, unbaptized, lustful and gluttonous to the innermost levels reserved for hypocrites, traitors, and mass murderers. …continue reading
