Cinderella Man, directed by Ron Howard and starring Russell Crowe, Renee Zellweger and Paul Giamatti is already generating Oscar talk. The tale of a beleaguered boxer whose comeback heartens a nation mired in the Depression, the Imagine Entertainment production could be the adult movie of the summer. Blogcritics reviews: Cinderella …
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Blogcritics On 24 Day 4 – The Series
The two-hour finale to Fox’s 24 tonight promises to be a ripper with a nuclear warhead sent flying to an unknown eastern U.S. city by terrorists with Jack Bauer hot on its tail like Slim Pickens in Dr. Strangelove. We, and primarily Jeff Kouba, have been following the sequential show …
Read More »Blogcritics On Newsweek, Koran, Flushing Sound
The latest mainstream media scandal flourishes as Newsweek retracts story alleging American Guantanamo Koran abuse – Michael Jackson nowhere in sight. Various views: The Newsweek Debacle and Religious Ignorance By now, everyone has heard about the Newsweek story that claimed that some of the U.S. interrogators at Gitmo flushed a …
Read More »Blogcritics On The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy
Douglas Adams’s wildly successful sci-fi comedy BBC television and novel series The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy has made it to the big screen, opening as the number one box office film in the U.S. this past weekend with a surprisingly strong showing of $21.7. We have ongoing news and …
Read More »Blogcritics On Star Wars Episode 3: Revenge of the Sith – The Darthman Cometh
Opening May 19, the final and sixth film in George Lucas’s Star Wars saga, Star Wars: Episode 3 Revenge of the Sith — starring Ewan McGregor, Hayden Christensen, Natalie Portman, Ian McDiarmid and Samuel L. Jackson — is quickening the pulse of series fans worldwide who are thrilled, hopeful, nostalgic, …
Read More »Blogcritics On Pope Benedict XVI In, Pope John Paul ll Out
A new pope has been elected, the former Cardinal Josef Ratzinger, replacing the beloved if controversial John Paul ll. We have news and views on them both and the process: The Pope of Cyberspace Pope Benedict XVI may be a doctrinal luddite, but he is down with the communicative abilities …
Read More »It’s April 1st, Fools, In Blogcritics
Look at the calendar, we have: Weekly BlogScan: April Fools Posted by DrPat on 2005.04.01, 21:25:08 Traditionally, April Fools jokes are played before noon. But for bloggers still in their jammies, the clock keeps running… Filed under: Culture, Books: Entertainment, Books: Humor, Culture/Tech: Hobbies, Culture/Tech: Humor and Satire RuPaul to …
Read More »Blogcritics On The Apprentice 3
The Apprentice 3: The Donald, the squirrel on his head, street smarts, book smarts. Scott Pepper and Eric Berlin, Patfish: on a mission: You’re Hired! You’re The Apprentice! Now Get in the Commercial! Kendra won. She’s the Apprentice. Which is nice – I’m happy for her. She deserved it. But …
Read More »Blogcritics On American Idol 4: Finals
American Idol 4 has reached the finals. We are chronicling every twist and turn: American Idol: Winning, Losing and Cher-ing Like the never-ending Cher Farewell/Retirement/I Still Need the Money tour, I find that I keep coming back for one last gig on American Idol, Season Four. (Except that I don’t …
Read More »Blogcritics On Terri Schiavo: Life, Death, Law
For me, the intense drama, Herculean legal action and international attention focused on one woman, Terry Schiavo, in an incapacitated state for 15 of her 41 years (doctors appointed by Florida courts to examine Schiavo say “persistent vegetative state,” other physicians have questioned that diagnosis – nothing in this case …
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