“That was the worst movie I have ever seen.” I overheard an older woman deliver this verdict at the end of the film Surveillance as attendees at the Philadelphia Film Festival and cinefest 2009 rushed out of the theater to their next films. I am not surprised by her pronouncement, but I do not know what she expected. Did anyone think that director and co-writer Jennifer Chambers Lynch‘s first film in fifteen years  (she directed and wrote the screenplay for the controversial Boxing Helena in 1993) could be anything other than a dark and creepy offering? [Read more →]

Tags: Gail sees a movie, movies by Gail D. Rosen
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Last Week’s Roundup

90210 (Tuesday, The CW, 9PM) — Epic. Did anyone appreciate this horrifying episode as much as I did? Silver, Kelly (and David’s) younger sister, who at one point was the only somewhat likable character on this train-wreck, is a maniacal psychopath. [Read more →]

Tags: television by Lauren LaBumbard
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10. One gross of surgical masks

9. His first nose

8. His subpoena collection

7. Tito

6. The Elephant Man’s bones

5. His ninth nose

4. Bubbles the Chimp’s bones

3. A mobile made out of dangling babies

2. A water bed that sleeps 20 (10 adults)

1. His current nose

Tags: art & entertainment, Bob Sullivan's top ten everything by Bob Sullivan
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Before I go to sleep at night, sometimes I ask the universe a question about my destiny. The answer, as bizarre as it may seem, usually comes in the form of a song that wakes me up on my clock radio the next morning. While I haven’t done this in a while, last night I once again had the urge.  I asked the universe (God, the light, soul guides, my future self, whatever you wanna call it) what is going to happen on December 22, 2012 — the day after the Mayan calendar abruptly ends. The answer I received really surprised me. [Read more →]

Tags: religion & philosophy, television by Marc Oromaner
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To nobody’s surprise Megan Joy was voted off American Idol last night. While I’m more than happy to see the shimmy plagued singer go, I did feel bad about the way it ended. [Read more →]

Tags: television by Jaclyn Roth
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American Idol had its contestants singing the top 100 songs downloaded on iTunes last night. Overall the show was pretty good. Here’s the good, the bad and the fugly, in no particular order: [Read more →]

Tags: television by Jaclyn Roth
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A “man date” (not to be confused with what the electorate gave President Obama) is a platonic social outing with another male that may lead to friendship. So why does Peter Klaven (Paul Rudd), a young, handsome realtor engaged to his attractive girlfriend Zooey (Rashida Jones), need to go on “man dates”? [Read more →]

Tags: Gail sees a movie, movies by Gail D. Rosen
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My friend’s mother sent me this clip from the Ellen Show. I never pay any attention to these kinds of forwards and actually came very close to deleting her email without even opening it up. But something made me look… and man was it worth it. The things people will spend money on. Truly hilarious.

Tags: television by Amy Boshnack
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Is it me, or is everyone on Dancing With the Stars getting more and more orange? Chuck Wicks, the country singer guy, is starting to look like an Oompa Loompa. For real. I couldn’t even look at him when the judges were reviewing his relatively mediocre performance last night. [Read more →]

Tags: television by Jaclyn Roth
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Friday Night Lights has been renewed! Two more 13-episode runs for now, to be aired through the 2010-2011 season. And it will, once again, be aired on DirecTV before reaching NBC, something they did this year in order to help finance the whole thing. Fine by me! Anything to avoid another excruciating cancellation for a show completely undeserving…. Amen.

Tags: television by Lauren LaBumbard
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I began playing World of Warcraft (WoW) again recently. It’s my second time around. I played during my carefree college days, averaging 5 hours a day, which would have disrupted my social life except all my friends played too. [Read more →]

Tags: games by Steve Mazzeo
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Last Week’s Roundup

Samantha Who? (Thursday, ABC, 8:30PM) — Hooray! Sam and friends were back last week. You nearly always get a laugh (or many) from this comedy about Sam (Christina Applegate) who has amnesia and uses it to change her ways, as she learns she wasn’t such a nice girl in her previous life. [Read more →]

Tags: television by Lauren LaBumbard
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I was flipping through the radio dial yesterday and heard a commercial for a morning talk show that shocked me, disturbed me, and made me lose just a bit more faith in humanity — Danny Bonduce has a morning talk show on Philadelphia radio. Either this was a really bad dream or I drank way too much cough syrup. [Read more →]

Tags: art & entertainment by Marty O'Connor
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Cinema This Week: The Taking of Pelham One Two Three

A few weeks back, I was biking home over the Manhattan Bridge, when I noticed the bridge was closed to car traffic. There was a movie shoot occurring. It’s not uncommon to see film and television shoots around the city, but one that has the permission to shut down a major river crossing is somewhat rare, so I actually stopped. That’s when I noticed Denzel Washington performing a scene from the re-make of The Taking of Pelham One Two Three, directed by Tony Scott and set to be released this year. [Read more →]

Tags: movies by David Alfreds
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It’s been praised by Time magazine, has been nominated for prestigious awards (no, not you Emmy), and is one of the best-written and acted dramas on television. And it’s in danger of being cancelled. Again.

Friday Night Lights (Friday, NBC, 9PM), a show about High School football team Dillon Panthers and its small-time Texas town, is getting the shaft. [Read more →]

Tags: television by Lauren LaBumbard
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Last night on American Idol, Smokey Robinson dropped by and taught the contestants a thing or two about Motown. Some of them got it, most didn’t. Here’s the short short version: [Read more →]

Tags: television by Jaclyn Roth
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So, everything is sort of falling apart slowly, right? Still sort of trying to work the marriage thing out, trying to get my own business off the ground, still not sure if we can keep the house, blah blah blah. And yet, here I am, for the first time in years, fronting a full four piece band. Here I am, for the first time ever, singing in the type of band that has enough interest to have options. [Read more →]

Tags: getting older, music by Van McO
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I must confess that:

1. I know many magicians.

2. I have performed mentalism.

3. I saw the Amazing Kreskin perform a scaled-down version of his show in a seedy,  off the Strip casino in Las Vegas.

4. I love John Malkovich.

But while my interest in the subject matter and lead actor may have enhanced my enjoyment of the film, you do not need to know anything about magic or Kreskin to appreciate the The Great Buck Howard. [Read more →]

Tags: Gail sees a movie, movies by Gail D. Rosen
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Wow. Did anyone actually last through the full two-hour episode of Dancing With the Stars last night? I barely got through it. It was painful, excruciating actually. I would rather get a Novocaine-free root canal than watch that show again. But it’s my job. It’s what I do. And I do it for you. [Read more →]

Tags: art & entertainment by Jaclyn Roth
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Sometimes when I’m riding my bike, I like to sing. Often on the way to work, when I catch all green lights going down hill,  and I have the wind at my back, as I’m speeding through traffic with the open road ahead of me, I will scream at the top of my burning lungs, Wagner’s The Ride Of The Valkyries. I’m also a great admirer of Benjamin Franklin, as well as the rest of the founding fathers. And I can’t help but sing when most R. Kelly songs come on the radio. So, what do Franklin, Wagner, and The Pied Piper of R&B have in common? They are all people who have created great things, while also being major assholes. [Read more →]

Tags: movies by David Alfreds
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