Tag Archives: Video

The Return of the King debuts next Wednesday in the U.S. and the advance buzz is deafening. Variety says: A “King” that earns its crown, Peter Jackson’s final installment in his monumental “The Lord of the Rings” represents that filmmaking rarity — a third part of a trilogy that is …

The Kennedy Center honored a new batch of icons over the weekend, culminating with a gala performance that will be seen on CBS, Friday, December 26: “Godfather of Soul” James Brown and country music icon Loretta Lynn were among five stars honored in Washington on Sunday for their contributions to …

Dan Gillmor has a report on amazing technology in Hong Kong that allows TV over broadband, real broadband, not the poky nonsense we have here in the U.S., but the system is also autocratic. Is this our future as well? If the future of television is taking shape here, our …

This sounds like an excellent showcase for non-traditional “media art,” and a great excuse to actually create that “thing” that’s been sitting in the back of your brain: How Can YOU Resist?: LA Freewaves 9th Celebration of Experimental Media Arts Accepting applications beginning January 1, 2004. Postmark Deadline: February 15, …

I just got finished telling you what a disaster the screener ban has been for the MPAA – now, in yet another abject indignity, a judge has ruled against it, at least temporarily: U.S. District Judge Michael B. Mukasey sided with the independent producers, granting a temporary restraining order against …

Could the MPAA’s anti-screener campaign have turned out any worse? It has been a PR nightmare, it has called into question the very integrity of the Academy Awards, it has created a very public rift between independent producers, actors, directors, and critics against the “establishment,” AND it hasn’t even worked: …

The anniversary of John Lennon’s murder is December 8 – I look at the nexus of John Hughes’ classic ’80s teen movie Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, the Beatles and the death of John. Ferris The premise of the movie Ferris Bueller’s Day Off is Ferris’s (Matthew Broderick) ability to pull …

Paris Hilton attended the premiere party Tuesday for her new “reality” show, The Simple Life, but did not speak to the press, because they’re mean and stuff and think she is a stupid slut, which just isn’t, you know, fair. Just because she was raised with EVERY SINGLE POSSIBLE advantage …

The American Idol franchise has done very well with Kelly Clarkson, Clay Aiken and Ruben Studdard, apparently less so with Justin Guarini: Justin Guarini, the second-place finalist for the first season of “American Idol,” has reportedly been dropped by RCA. The label, which no longer lists him on its Web …

I don’t want to be accused of making generalizations, but the few minutes I stumbled across last night of The Simple Life – the Paris Hilton, Nicole Richie socialite-out-of-water “reality series” – did nothing to change my impression that these young women are stupid, outrageously self-centered, vapid, vacuous, nihilistic little …