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“I keep a close watch on this heart of mine” – Johnny Cash “If i was smart, I wouldn’t have a heart” – Shelby Lynne Exceptional, genre-busting, countryish, roots rockish, alt-pop singer-songwriter Shelby Lynne will make her film debut in Walk The Line, a biopic based on the life of …

I am very excited but also sad about the Athens Olympics starting today. I am a total Olympic buff and will follow the Games as closely as I can on TV between work and the rest of my nonsensical schedule, but I won’t be there. This will be the first …

Hard rock and horror films seem a logical fit: Los Angeles, CA based AEI’s (Atchity Entertainment International) DVD products will now be exclusively distributed by Victory Records in North America. AEI Chairman Dr. Kenneth Atchity said, “We’re thrilled to open this new vista of business for AEI. Through AEI Home …

It’s interesting to see Adam Sandler tinker with his remarkably successful formula with the care and precision of a medieval theologian, mixing and sorting his ensemble cast of regulars, adjusting his lead character’s admixture of likability, impulse control issues, and inherent appeal to his leading lady. He is a peculiar …

Revisiting one of the last great American drive-in classics. . .

Legendary King Kong actress Fay Wray dies at 96: “I used to resent `King Kong,'” she said in a 1963 interview. “But now I don’t fight it anymore. I realize that it is a classic, and I am pleased to be associated with it.” Wray died quietly in her sleep …

After a vicious spate of depressing art dramas, we veered headlong into high-spirited comedic territory last weekend with School of Rock, the Jack Black star vehicle from director Richard Linklater (Dazed and Confused, Waking Life, Slacker, Tape). Sometimes the most preposterous set-ups yield emotional truth, and that applies here: Black …

My parents, especially my dad, were very good about sharing their enthusiasms with their children: they wanted us to understand why they liked certain records, TV shows, movies, etc. It helped us to know them, the world around us, and made us feel important to them. Once of my warmest …

Written and Directed by Chris Kentis Every summer there is one small, independent film that beats the odds and becomes the must-see film that everyone is talking about. This year Open Water is trying to be that film. It garnered a great deal of buzz at Sundance back in January …

Filming is already underway on the fourth Harry Potter movie, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, and Ralph Fiennes has been cast as the dreaded Lord Voldemort, Potter’s lethal nemesis: In the first three films, only Voldemort’s spirit has been visible, but he returns in the flesh for the …