About the awards Third year in a row that a film shot digitally appeared to be a likely Best Picture winner, but lost to a film shot on film. Early on I thought it was going to be a Hugo sweep, but it turned into a happy ending, after all. I liked them both, but [...]
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The British make great television and have a great comedy tradition. But does that mean you should pay to see their television commercials? C Collection of television commercials If you’re like me, you probably mute or fast-forward through TV commercials. So why on earth would you go to a movie theater and buy a ticket [...]
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A few nights ago, I finished what may be one of the best motion pictures of the last decade. I say "finished" because I watched the 60+ hour film piece by piece over the course of several months. Yes, I’m talking about a television series. The Wire ran for five seasons from 2002 through 2008 [...]
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The rule used to be that you watched movies in theaters and TV at home. Today, so many of us watch movies at home that we need to get out once in awhile to watch TV in the theater. And why not do it with the biggest movie night on television: The Academy Awards? Comedy [...]
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I recently completed a Blu-ray boxed set gift guide for PC World. I looked at a lot of discs for that one. Not all of them contained movies. With few exceptions, I’ve pretty much ignored series television for a very long time. In recent years I’ve heard and read raves about The Sopranos, Weeds, and [...]
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I know this blog is supposed to be about theatrical presentations of movies, but I’m about to recommend something on TV. But hey, at least it’s PBS. The wonderful documentary Speaking In Tongues will play on KQED (channel 9) on Sunday, September 26, at 6:00. It will play five other times over the next few [...]
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Technical problems kept me from live blogging throughout the Academy Awards, so let me hit the high and low spots: Just my luck! When Best Picture finally goes to the low-budget, heavily subtitled movie that normally wouldn’t stand a chance, it’s a picture I don’t even like. Yes, Milk was more conventional, but it was [...]
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I apologize for any errors. I’m not checking spelling or even if I’m getting the names right. The usual, extremely brief mention of the previous technical awards dinner. Historical error: The actress announcing it (I don’t remember her name) said that Thomas Edison invented the Kinemagraph <sp>. He didn’t. An employee of his, William Dickson, [...]
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I’ve paused the DVR about an hour into the Oscar presentation. A few quick observances: Why do I watch the pre-show, which is about beautiful movie stars in designer gowns? I want one of the interviewers to ask a star “Who are you wearing?” and have her respond “I picked this up at Woolworth.” I [...]
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Last summer I raved about Arab Labor, a very funny Israeli sitcom shown at the Jewish Film Festival. Now the Link TV satellite network will broadcast the show the way it was meant to be seen–at home in weekly installments. The series starts this Saturday night at 7:00. Amjad, an Arab reporter working for a [...]
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