I’ve actually seen “Arrangements.” And not just in my head this time.
On Saturday, March 22 a cast and crew screening of the very-nearly-finished short was arranged at the Mill Gallery in Santa Cruz. The screening proper took place in a spacious open mezzanine above the main gallery floor.
And when I say cast and crew screening, [...]

Box Office Weekly #111 (MP3 - 14 MB - 20 min)
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In today’s show, weekend box office figures, TV ratings and these stories: Opening week, shmopening week… Incredibly, a crazy lawsuit fails!… and in this week’s commentary a look at the sleaziest good movie ever. All this and Tyler Perry, as reliable as the change [...]

I have a confession to make. Earlier today, I was talking to a friend on the phone. She asked me my plans and I told her I was going to nurse my head cold, curl up on the couch and watch DR. STRANGELOVE, which I had incredibly picked up at the grocery store last week [...]

Enough already - JERICHO, the CBS series about survivors of a nuclear holocaust in a small midwestern town, has been officially canceled. The plucky little series, already canceled once but resurrected by a tiny collection of rabid fans, was given a second chance and a heavy promotion push in January during the writer’s strike, when [...]

Last weekend my niece Abigail reached a milestone in her young life– she was taken to her first movie.
This event is a sort of maturity marker for parents– To take a very young child to a theatres makes some basic assumptions: Will he or she sit still for two hours? Will he or she understand, [...]

Box Office Weekly #110 (MP3 - 16 MB - 23 min)
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In today’s show, weekend box office figures, TV ratings and these stories: Let the NBC fire sale begin!… Broadway flushes out a new venue… and in this week’s commentary Dan suggests something to watch if you’re sure you don’t want to kill yourself. All [...]

Quite enjoyed the first two episodes of “John Adams,” the HBO miniseries based on David McCollough’s (avuncular-voiced narrator of “The Civil War” and Seabiscuit) biography of America’s second president. It’s a quality production, beautifully depicting the look and feel of Colonial America, and the dialogue was written at an erudite, thoughtful level, one that demands [...]

It may surprise readers of this blog that at one time not too long ago, I suffered from clinical depression. Then again if you read closely, it may surprise you that I’m not suffering from it NOW. You know what? You people are too easily surprised.
Anyway, don’t be alarmed, it’s not as bad as it [...]

I’ve been complaining forever about the high price of popcorn at the movies. I used to be in theatre management back in college (which is a great way to work your way through school, might I add) so I have a good idea how much the markup is on the final product.
Now before I launch [...]

Box Office Weekly #109 (MP3 - 16 MB - 24 min)
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In today’s show, weekend box office figures, TV ratings and these stories: CBS slums at the upfronts… somewhere, someone watches THE BIONIC WOMAN… and in this week’s commentary Skot ponders the screenwriting device that you can’t avoid. All this and Miley Cyrus changes history, [...]