‘Quartet’ Trailer

‘Quartet’ Trailer

There’s a lot of grey haired british talent in this one.

Cecily, Reggie and Wilfred are in a home for retired opera singers. Every year, on October 10, there is a concert to celebrate Verdi’s birthday and they take part. Jean, who used to be married to Reggie, arrives at the home and disrupts their equilibrium. She still acts like a diva, but she refuses to sing. Still, the show must go on… and it does.

After watching the trailer I’m not sure whether it will be any good or not. It sort of looks like it might be, but it also looks like we’re going to need to wade through a lot of crass…

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Breakfast with ‘Bones’

Breakfast with ‘Bones’
TV Line

Warning: The following video is rated “TV: MB” for mmmm brains.

No, it’s not a sneak peek at next week’s episode of The Walking Dead. Rather, it’s the latest installment of “Breakfast with Bones” with exec producers Hart Hanson and Stephen Nathan. In this week’s webisode, the bloodthirsty pair tease Season 8′s grisliest murder — and yes, the central nervous system plays a starring role.

I’m really not sure why I’m posting this video except it’s so gross it’s fascinating. And I’ll voice concern for the show again. I don’t watch Bones for the relationship drama, I don’t watch it to see…

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Found: Best Halloween Costume Ever!

Found: Best Halloween Costume Ever!
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It all started with a red puffy vest Cooper already had and a side comment from my husband about Marty McFly in late September. I’ve always loved Back to the Future, and love cars since I was little and grew up going to car shows with my Dad; what better way to tote my 1yr old son around on Halloween than in a transformed $25 Step2 push car I bought off of the kidsale alias at work? So, I spent a few weekends and nights in October recreating the iconic DeLorean with cardboard, tape, paint, and a little help with some EL lighting from my husband, Jeremy. The perfect costume for Cooper’s…

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‘Fringe’ Tragic Death

‘Fringe’ Tragic Death
TV Line

Warning: The following contains major spoilers from this Friday’s Fringe. If you have yet to watch it, avert your eyes now. The rest of ya, read on….

‘Tis better to have been loved and lost your life, than never to have been loved at all.

That twist on Tennyson pretty much sums up how Fringe‘s Georgina Haig feels about Peter and Olivia’s daughter Etta sacrificing her life at the close of the final season’s fourth episode.

“Before she dies, there’s a moment of peace, almost like a relaxation, as she’s thinking about how she has finally been loved – and she doesn’t care that Windmark…

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Prometheus — Review

3 of 5 stars
Prometheus

Ridley Scott. He gave us Blade Runner and he gave us Alien: two classics that still rank among the best that science fiction has to offer. Prometheus sees him returning to the genre — and while I’d love to call it a glorious return, I can’t. Scott’s latest work is tense and it’s entertaining, but it’s also something of a disappointment.

Where No Man Has Gone Before

In the year 2089, archaeologists Elizabeth Shaw (Noomi Rapace) and Charlie Holloway (Logan Marshall-Green) find pre-historic drawings on the walls of a cave in Scotland — drawings that match other drawings found on other…

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Romney Zombies, from Joss Whedon’s Point of View

Romney Zombies, from Joss Whedon’s Point of View
E! Online

When it comes to choosing a presidential candidate, you have to think of what they’ll bring to the table. And if it’s a zombie apocalypse you want, then you should vote for Mitt Romney, according to filmmaker Joss Whedon.

The Avengers director released a spoof video endorsing the Republican candidate, saying, “Like a lot of liberal Americans, I was excited when Barack Obama took office four years ago. But it’s a very different world now, and Mitt Romney is a very different candidate.”

Why is he different, you ask?

That’s funny. I thought that the last few presidents have worked…

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‘Argo’ Comes In Number 1

‘Argo’ Comes In Number 1
Indie Wire: The Playlist

In one of the weakest weekends of the year which may yet get weaker thanks to the oncoming Frankenstorm (stay safe, East Coasters), the only real winner was Ben Affleck‘s “Argo.” It’s rare for a movie to make it to number one several weeks into release, but the actor/director’s political thriller has had outstanding word of mouth, and though it dropped a touch more than its record-breaking hold last weekend, it still managed to rise up to the top of the charts with a $12.4 million haul. It’s the second-lowest number one of the year, but for a third week of release, still very strong…

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G.I. Joe: Retaliation in 3D

G.I. Joe: Retaliation in 3D
/Film

I really want to push how we use the 3-D. Especially since we pushed the movie date, I want to fulfill the promise to the fans that the 3-D will be great, and enhances the experience of the movie. So every step of the way, I’m in that room, watching… It’s hurting my eyes, but we’re getting it better, and pushing it further.

Sigh. I think I’ll be watching this film in 2D. 3D still seems so gimmicky to me, especially when the film wasn’t shot for 3D. I liked the first film well enough but this doesn’t give me a lot of hope for the second film.

 

Star Trek TNG Season 2 Theater Event

Star Trek TNG Season 2 Theater Event
TrekNews.net

On Thursday, November 29th selected cinemas across the US and Canada will present two remastered episodes of TNG. The episodes include “Q Who” and the world premiere of the extended cut of “The Measure of a Man”, which will include an additional 13 minutes of footage.

I’m thinking about going to this just for the fun of it. Season 2 may have only been marginally better than season 1 (I believe I have said before on this site that TNG didn’t really start cranking out good episodes consistently until season 3), but the two they picked for this event are pretty fantastic and I would love…

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Daniel Day-Lewis Texting Sally Field in Character

Daniel Day-Lewis Texting Sally Field in Character
Indie Wire: The Playlist

So immersed was Daniel Day-Lewis in the role that he began sending Sally Field (who plays his wife in the film) text messages as if they were from Abraham Lincoln.

“I’d hear that twinkle-twinkle on my phone, and he would have sent me some ridiculous limerick,” Field told Time. “He’d sign it, ‘Yours, A.’ I would text back as Mary, criticizing him for the waste of his time when he might have been pursuing something more productive.”

There’s probably a good reason those two have 4 Oscars between them. It may sound silly to us, but staying in character is what enables them to do a good…

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