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Sideways is not the greatest wine movie ever

This Earth is Mine is a 1959 film directed by Henry King and starring Rock Hudson and Jean Simmons. Were it not for late night cable TV and too much Starbucks after 8:00 P.M., I might not ever have known about this movie and gone on believing that ...
Posted 29 Jul 2010 | Films | View Comments

For MLK: The Night James Brown Saved Boston

April 5th 1968, the morning after one of the most catastrophic moments in American history - the assassination of Martin Luther King. America's inner cities had begun to implode and in Boston there is a fragile peace. The mayor of Boston is about to cancel a long-scheduled James Brown concert...
Posted 18 Jan 2010 | Films | View Comments

Had that Dude Shakespeare written The Big Lebowski

The are a million things that we could set aside every day to wonder "what if" about. But, to us, there can be no greater intellectual speculation than to wonder what our world would be like had William Shakespeare composed The Big Lebowski. While many of us will...
Posted 07 Jan 2010 | Films, Hip Tastes | View Comments

Kristen Stewart and Dakota Fanning bring The Runaways

A lot of us would have killed for Ellen Page as Jett, but Stewart is what we are getting so we better learn to live with it. It’s theatrical, baby. And not only is it being written and directed by a music-video director, Floria Sigismondi (best known for her...
Posted 17 Dec 2009 | Films | View Comments

Drinking to the Boat that Rocked: Salute to Pirate Radio

The movie is made from the same tension that defined rock n roll in the first place. It is classic Us vs Them and is territory where Philip Seymour Hoffman easily does his most fun and comedic work as an actor. Remember his Lester Bangs in Almost...
Posted 06 Oct 2009 | Films | View Comments

Corked: Hollywood makes wine’s first Spinal Tap

All the glorious sniffing and snobbing that is at the heart of the wine industry gets focused squarely in the lens of filmmakers Ross Clendenen and Paul Hawley. What we get is Corked, a mockumentary on the wine industry that goes right for the pretentious juggular. After the creepy...
Posted 29 Sep 2009 | Films | View Comments

Merlove coming to DVD: The Rudy McClain Interview

Who am I to tell someone what they should think. If they take their advice from a guy who drinks from a spit bucket, that's their journey. But anyone who enjoys Merlove will be freed from the bondage of pop-culture prerogatives. Merlove doesn't tell you what to think it just...
Posted 14 Sep 2009 | Films | View Comments

Ana’s Playground: war’s dirty little secret

Eric D. Howell has just completed a movie of complex moral perfection. Ana's Playground is a short 20 minute film made from a screenplay he wrote two years ago. His film, examining the horror of children in war including children as soldiers, is a stunning achievement for...
Posted 31 Aug 2009 | Films | View Comments

It Might Get Loud

Following three generations of rock virtuosos -- Jimmy Page, the Edge and Jack White -- on a journey through time, the film takes us behind the scenes as these artists talk about their relationship with and philosophies about that curve of electrified sound they have each mastered in distinctive...
Posted 26 Aug 2009 | Films | View Comments

Megan Fox in important PSA on peer pressure

Every year thousands of High School kids are forced to confront a tremendous amount of peer pressure. Megan Fox has recorded this hilarious uncensored public service announcement to promote her upcoming horror film Jennifer’s Body and hopefull help out some vulnerable kids in...
Posted 13 Aug 2009 | Films | View Comments