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The public remains fascinated with seeing behind the scenes. Problem is that many of the special features you get on a disc or online are such dull puff pieces. These, however, are much more fascinating than cast and crew members sitting in a chair and delivering platitudes about their project. 10. Dangerous Days/Blade Runner While [...]
Posted by Dustin Koski on Friday, May 10, 2013 at 12:01 am
Filed under Movies · Tagged American Movie, Ben Affleck, Blade Runner, burden of dreams, cult films, dangerous days, documentary, dusk till dawn, Film festival, fitzcarraldo, from dusk till dawn, full tilt boogie, Matt Damon, Quentin Tarantino, Sundance Film Festival, Werner Herzog
Everyone has secrets. But while they may be terribly embarrassing or humiliating to the people who keep them buried year after year, their exposure rarely makes a ripple beyond the outer boundaries of their lives. But people aren’t the only ones who carry secrets. Powerful institutions like governments and business also sometimes have information they [...]
Posted by Geoff Shakespeare on Wednesday, April 27, 2011 at 12:01 am
Filed under Business, People, Politics · Tagged Afghanistan, Al Pacino, America, American government, Archer Daniels Midland, Archers Daniel Midland, Army, Associate Director, Atomic Energy Commission, Atomic Workers Union, Bradley Manning, Carl Bernstein, Cherly Eckard, Cheryl Eckard, Coleen Rowley, company poisoning, Congress, contaminated testing equipment, Daniel Ellsberg, Detective, disease, diseases, Federal Bureau of Investigation, film, food additives, food industry giant, Frank Serpico, Geoff Shakespeare, Glaxo Quality Assurance Manager, GlaxoSmithKline, GLAXOSMITHKLINE PLC, Harvard, intelligence analyst, International Olympic Committee, Iraq, J.Edgar Hoover, Japan, Julian Assange, Karen Silkwood, Kerr-McGee, Kerr-McGee Corporation, Knapp Commission, Lady Gaga, Major, Marc Hodler, Marine Lieutenant, Mark Whitacre, Mass media, Matt Damon, Nagano, Nagano Prefecture, New York, New York City, New York Police Department, Official, Oklahoma, Pentagon, Peter Buxton, Peter Buxtun, Plastic surgery, president, president of their Bioproducts Division, Puerto Rico, RAND Corporation, researcher, Richard Nixon, Robert McNamara, Robert Woodward, Salt Lake City, Secretary of Defense, shock, Silkwood, ski coach, Swiss mountains, syphilis, testing equipment, the 2002 Winter Games, The Informant, The New York Times, The New York Times Co, the Olympics, the Salt Lake City Games, the Washington Post, The Washington Post Company, U.S. Attorney’s Office, U.S. Public Health Service, United States, untreated syphilis, US government, USD, Utah, venereal disease, venereal disease investigator, W. Mark Felt, Washington, White House, worker, World Trade Center, Zacarias Moussaoui
Although they’re great for killing time, most people don’t think of games as being especially dramatic. Sure they may be exciting to play and they may occasionally expose long simmering family resentments, but mostly they’re just a bit of fun when there’s nothing else to do. Nobody wants to watch other people playing them, right? [...]
Posted by Geoff Shakespeare on Friday, January 7, 2011 at 12:01 am
Filed under Games, Movies, Television · Tagged Actor, Battleship, Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey, Billy Mitchell, board games, car chase, chess, Chewbacca, Dungeons and Dragons, Eddie Felson, Edward G. Robinson, Entertainment, films, Five-card stud, Frank Sinatra Jr., Freaks and Geeks, gambling, Game, geek, Hologram Chess, Ingmar Bergman’s cinema, Jackie Gleason, Judd Apatow, Marge Simpson, Mass media, Matt Damon, Max von Sydow, Paul Newman Wins, player, poker, Richie Aprile, Rounders, star wars, Steve McQueen, Steve Wiebe, Ted, The Cincinnati Kid, The Executive Game, The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters, The Seventh Seal, The Simpsons, The Sopranos, Tony Soprano, William Sadler
When people think of the Oscars, they think of the best in the film industry. The best actors, the best movies, the best songs. It has long been the gold standard of achievement, and for 81 years, the Oscars have awarded this top prize to some of the most recognizable Hollywood icons of all time. [...]
Posted by Shell Harris on Friday, March 5, 2010 at 7:55 am
Filed under Movies, People · Tagged Academy Award, academy awards, Albert Finney, alfred hitchcock, Amadeus, Arts, Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, Bill Murray, Blood Diamond, cary grant, Danny Archer, Depp, East of Eden, Edward Norton, Erin Brockovich, Finding Neverland, Fred Astaire, Glenn Close, greta garbo, Hollywood, howard hughes, Jack LaMotta, Jack Sparrow, James Dean, Jeff Bridges, Jeff Daniels, Jerry Maguire, jesse james, John Malkovich, Johnny Depp, King Henry II, Last Picture Show, Leonardo Dicaprio, Lightfoot, Lilies of the Field, Marilyn Monroe, Matchstick Men, Matt Damon, Movies, Oscar, Paul Giamani, Penny Serenade, Peter O'Toole, Pirates of the Caribbean, Primal Fear, Richard Burton, Robert Downey Jr., Sam Rockwell, Sergeant York, Sir James Mathew, Steve Buschemi, The Aviator, The Dresser, Tom Cruise, William H. Macy
