Tag Archives: Video

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban arrives in U.S. theaters today, after doing boffo biz in Europe this week: The new Harry Potter film has broken a record set by its predecessor, The Chamber of Secrets, by taking £11.5m in three days at the UK box office. The Chamber …

A new DVD release of Harry Nilsson's classic children's cartoon. . .

Entertainment giant Viacom has been shaken by the resignation of president Mel Karmazin on Tuesday, and chairman of the Viacom Entertainment Group Jonathan Dolgen on Wednesday. HITS Daily Double has a nice summation of the Karmazin situation: Sumner Redstone’s bombshell announcement yesterday that he will relinquish his CEO title at …

Directed by Roland Emmerich Story by Roland Emmerich Screenplay by Roland Emmerich & Jeffrey Nachmanoff Memorial Day weekend, the unofficial start of summer. Over the next few months movie theaters across the country will be inundated by the genre of Hollywood film known as Special Effects Pornography. Before I cause …

Willie Nelson has successful surgery to relieve carpal tunnel syndrome: Attempts at rest, splinting and medication to relieve symptoms of carpal tunnel earlier this month were not as effective as hoped, and last week Willie Nelson had an endoscopic carpal tunnel release operation to his left wrist. Norman P. Zemel, …

On the one hand this is ridiculous, on the other if the guy had won then I would have been happy to start charging $5K every time I suffer offense at the hands (or whatever body part) of the media: A judge didn’t buy a Farmington lawyer’s claim that CBS …

As Simon and the other Brits pronounce it. From a career standpoint it didn’t much matter who won Idol last night – Clay has fared much better by NOT winning last year, he was permanently cast in the underdog role, his fanbase was energized – but from an aesthetic standpoint, …

And how it relates shock jocks, satellite video, driving 1,000 miles to Florida with little kids, and other picaresque ramblings.

We are very excited about the new Potter movie, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (trailer here), which opens in the U.S. on June 4th. Even our 4 year-old, who finds parts of the first two movies terrifying, has begged us to take her to see Potter 3 right …

Directed by Guy Maddin Written by Guy Maddin and Toles Based on an original screenplay by Kazuo Ishiguro Towards the end of this film, Broadway producer Chester Kent is stabbed in the stomach by shards of broken glass. While watching this scene, I was consumed with envy because having my …