By: preme | On: 18 Dec, 2009
Once in a while, a movie comes along that reminds us how powerful love can be. In the midst of war in Afghanistan, Captain Cody Cullen (John Newton, “Desperate Housewives”) is touched by lovely card sent by Faith Spelman (Alice Evans, “The Chris Isaak Show”) from the small picturesque town of Nevada City, California. As months pass, the card never leaves his side, giving him the strength to survive and setting him on a mission to find her. The Christmas Card has received massive critical acclaim and audiences are raving. Now for the first time on DVD, Emmy-nominated (TBD) The Christmas Card is available with great bonus features and is the perfect gift for this holiday season!
(more…)
By: preme | On: 17 Dec, 2009
Amazon.com
Brian Henson directs his late father’s creations in the Charles Dickens classic, the best known (and most oft-filmed) Christmas story of all time. Michael Caine plays the old miser Scrooge with Kermit as his long-suffering but ever-hopeful employee Bob Cratchit, Miss Piggy as Cratchit’s wife, and a host of Muppets (including the Great Gonzo as an unlikely Charles Dickens) taking other primary roles in this bright, playful adaptation of the somber tale. Or at least it starts brightly enough–the anarchic humor soon settles into mirthful memories and a sense of melancholy as the ghosts of Christmas past, present, and future take Scrooge on a journey of his lonely, wasted life. Michael Caine makes a wonderful Scrooge, delightfully rediscovering the meaning of life as fantastic creations from Henson’s Creature Shop (developed specially for this film) take the reins as the three ghosts. While the odd mix of offbeat humor and somber drama undercuts the power of Dic (more…)
By: preme | On: 03 Nov, 2009
From School Library Journal
PreSchool-Grade K?Appealing watercolor illustrations, spare text, and lift-the-flap surprises make Corduroy’s Halloween a nice laptime selection. Preschoolers will delight in following along as the endearing bear selects the perfect pumpkin; buys decorations, a costume, and treats; and has a Halloween party. There’s lots to see on each page, and while the story doesn’t hold a candle to Freeman’s books, it makes a colorful holiday treat for the youngest patrons.?Denise Furgione, Atlantic County Library, Mays Landing, NJCopyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Product Description
Young readers can follow the latest adventure of the adorable bear created by Don Freeman as he chooses a Halloween costume, joins a window-painting contest, goes trick-or-treating, and bobs for apples. BOMC.
(more…)
By: preme | On: 22 Oct, 2009
Product Description
In this primetime special, Rudy and his new friend Devray spend Halloween playing practical jokes on the elderly. The Cosby kids take aim on many people in the neighborhood including Searchlight Johnson and Mudfoot Brown. While attempting their Halloween mischief, the kids get the ultimate scare from the lady who lives in the spooky house by the graveyard. When some of the kids do not return from “trick-or-treating,” which Cosby kid will show the most courage?
(more…)
By: preme | On: 16 Sep, 2009
Radiohead tickets are now available at Stubhub.com, and can be purchased or sold on the Web site.
Radiohead is now considered one of the biggest bands on the planet, and certainly an institution among indie rock fans that like their bands a little more artsy. They’re on tour again, and Radiohead tickets will no doubt sell out quickly.
But while the band itself has become infamous for its chilly pop and paranoia, its members have also started to go off on their own and develop independent music projects. Frontman Thom Yorke has done this with “The Eraser.” Jonny Greenwood has also done this with a solo career, releasing two soundtracks in the past few years.
In 2003, he released a soundtrack to a film called Bodysong, a documentary about human life composed of a mixture of amateur video and well-known media clips. The film follows the various stages of human life, including birth, the teenage years with all their awkwardness, adulthood, rearing children and the bliss of domestic life, and finally the waning years of old age and death. Greenwood’s score provides an important commentary on the scenes themselves, as they’re often presented without narration, so the music sets the tone and intention of the filmmaker when certain scenes are presented. Flowing from jazzy to electronic, the score was hailed as an interesting new move from Greenwood by music critics, and many Radiohead fans perked up as well, hopeful to see Greenwood accomplish more movie scores in the near future.
They were pleased to find that Greenwood was taken on to work with P.T. Anderson on There Will Be Blood, the 2007 film that vied for the Best Picture Oscar with No Country For Old Men. With its epic scope about the steady climb and gradual unraveling of a callous oil man, a strong score was needed that could match the impressive images crafted by Anderson. At times, the score almost suggested a horror film, with the monster at the center of the movie being the misanthropic oil prospector Daniel Plainview. Set to a montage of him scouting land and amassing a fortune, what the music suggests we should be afraid of is his forceful will.