Category Archives: Editorial

TV RECAP: ‘It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia: Who Got Dee Pregnant?’

Posted on October 29, 2010 by Nat Almirall

Ah the Halloween special, long-honored tradition among sitcoms, when everyone—writers, directors, actors—can go hog wild and abandon the show’s official canon, tossing them into movie parody, having the cast pursue some horrific monster, or even killing them altogether. Roseanne comes to … Continue reading →

Posted in Comedy, Editorial, FX, TV, TV Recaps | Tagged Charlie Day, FX, Glenn Howerton, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Kaitlin Olson, Rob McElhenney, TV, TV Recaps, Who Got Dee Pregnant? | 1 Comment

War Movie Mondays: ‘Saving Private Ryan’

Posted on October 18, 2010 by Douglas Barnett

This week’s pick salutes Steven Spielberg’s epic Saving Private Ryan (1998) which tells the story of an eight man rifle squad which is chosen to find and safely bring back Pvt. Ryan after it is discovered that his three older … Continue reading →

Posted in Academy Awards, Blu-Ray, Drama, Dreamworks, DVD, Editorial, Paramount, Reviews, War, War Movie Mondays | Tagged Adam Goldberg, Barry Pepper, Blu-Ray, Dale Dye, DVD, Ed Burns, Giovanni Ribisi, Harve Presnell, Janusz Kaminski, Jeremy Davies, Matt Damon, Netflix, Robert Rodat, Steven Spielberg, Tom Hanks, Tom Sizemore, Vin Diesel, War Movie Mondays, War Movies | 1 Comment

NYCC10: ‘The Thing’ 2011 Preview Panel

Posted on October 12, 2010 by Douglas Barnett

This past weekend at New York Comic Con, we got the opportunity to sit in on the panel for director Matthijs van Heijningen Jr.’s prequel of John Carpenter’s 1982 classic The Thing. Carpenter’s 1982 classic was a remake of Howard … Continue reading →

Posted in Comic-Con, Editorial, Events, NYCC, Universal Pictures | Tagged Eric Christian Olsen, Joel Edgerton, John Carpenter, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Matthhijs van Heijningen Jr., NYCC10, Ulrich Thomsen, Universal Pictures | 1 Comment

War Movie Mondays: ‘The Charge of the Light Brigade’

Posted on October 11, 2010 by Douglas Barnett

This week’s pick is the Tony Richardson 1968 remake of The Charge of the Light Brigade which tells the story of a British expeditionary force sent to the Crimean peninsula in 1854 to halt the spread of Russian dominance over … Continue reading →

Posted in Classics, Drama, DVD, DVD Reviews, Editorial, MGM, War, War Movie Mondays | Tagged David Hemmings, Harry Andrews, John Gielguld, MGM/UA, Netflix, Tony Richardson, Trevor Howard, Vanessa Redgrave | Comments Off

War Movie Mondays: ‘The Thin Red Line’

Posted on October 4, 2010 by Douglas Barnett

The Thin Red Line (1998) marks the triumphant return of American film maker Terrence Malick’s return after a twenty year hiatus from the studio system. Anyone who was anyone in Hollywood circles jumped on the production of the film, even … Continue reading →

Posted in 20th Century Fox, Academy Awards, Blu-Ray, Drama, DVD, DVD Reviews, Editorial, Features, War, War Movie Mondays | Tagged adrien brody, Ben Chaplin, Elias Koteas, George Clooney, Jim Caviezel, John C. Reilly, John Cusack, John Savage John Toll, John Travolta, Nick Nolte, Sean Penn, Terrence Malick, woody harrelson | 2 Comments

War Movie Mondays: ‘Castle Keep’

Posted on September 27, 2010 by Douglas Barnett

Castle Keep (1969) is a very anti-heroic World War II film filled with lots of dark humor and beautiful photography. The film is based on William Eastlake’s novel about a weary squad of American soldiers who come upon a tenth … Continue reading →

Posted in Classics, Columbia Pictures, Drama, DVD, Editorial, War, War Movie Mondays | Tagged Al Freeman Jr., Bruce Dern, Burt Lancaster, Columbia Pictures, DVD, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Michael Conrad, Netflix, Patrick O' Neal, Peter Falk, Scott Wilson, Sydney Pollack, Tony Bill, William Eastlake | Comments Off

The Expendables vs. The Essentials

Posted on September 21, 2010 by Diane Panosian

As summer dies down with explosive fire power and spiritual journeys to other lands, I recall the glorious action fest that was The Expendables. In turns out Julia Roberts has nothing on protein packed men with a mission on their … Continue reading →

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War Movie Mondays: ‘Rough Riders’ Miniseries

Posted on September 20, 2010 by Douglas Barnett

This week’s pick salutes the heroes of a forgotten American war, The Spanish American War which until the First Gulf War, was the shortest war in American history. John Milius (Red Dawn, Flight of the Intruder, The Wind and the … Continue reading →