February 2009
15 posts
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Media, Upstream
by Danielle Berg The Printed Blog, a new venture by Josh Karp, of Chicago, is taking blog posts across the Internet and putting them to print. A small team of (for now) volunteers is fighting the strong media current with a paddleboat, and as far as interest goes - it seems to be working. It’s not that the Printed Blog is trying to change the direction of the current; they’re simply rowing in...
January 2009
8 posts
Comic Book Review: Dark Avengers #1, by Brian...
by Daniel Erenberg
The new Marvel ongoing series, Dark Avengers, wisely plays off of the fascinating results of their big 2008 event series, Secret Invasion. Norman Osborn, the former Green Goblin, has wrested control of S.H.I.E.L.D., the world peace-keeping task force, away from Tony Stark, disbanded the whole thing and set up a new organization, which he calls H.A.M.M.E.R. (in this issue, he...
Film Review: The Lodger
by Daniel Erenberg
The Lodger was released in theaters on January 23rd. It comes out on DVD on February 10th. This is not usually a good sign for a film, but it seemed like The Lodger might have been different. It is billed as an homage to Alfred Hitchcock, complete with many of Hitchcock’s signature shots and set-ups, and it boasts a truly impressive cast, which includes interesting actors like...
Film Review: My Bloody Valentine 3-D
by Daniel Erenberg
3-D technology can make anything cheesy. So a film that is meant solely to scare the shit out of you might not be the best choice for it. I can sort of see what they were going for though. The first killing in the movie pops an eyeball out at you, and later in the film a human heart goes flying out into the audience. But these shots should elicit more shock and less...
TV Review: Lie To Me
by Daniel Erenberg
I’ll give FOX the credit they deserve. Tim Roth is an inspired choice to headline a procedural dramedy, and the fact that the network was able to steer him away from the new Quentin Tarantino film Inglourious Basterds in order to appear in what is essentially House if they let Hugh Laurie be British is nothing short of remarkable. And Tim Roth does not let his network down....
TV Review: The United States of Tara
by Daniel Erenberg
Toni Collette is going to win an Emmy for her performance in the new Showtime series, The United States of Tara. After all, this is the kind of performance that the Best Actress in a Comedy Series category was built for. As Tara, a woman with split personalities, she is also required to play three “alters,” including T, a 15 year-old lolita who is besties with Tara’s teenage...
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Short Story: "We All Will Be Received"
By Lillian Pontius-Goldblatt
She was watching a science fiction TV show with her grandmother in the house on the very steep hill. The night before she’d lain on her back on top of the sheets on her bed listening to the saddest song on a very sad album over and over. She’d cried some, but not very much or for very long (though the music was up loud enough, no one would have heard; she made...
Biggie Smalls Was A Total Dick
by Daniel Erenberg
So after the monstrous rush to see every supposedly Oscar-worthy film that came out in the tail-end of December in order to be eligible for award consideration (by the way, who are you kidding, Defiance?) the first film of 2009 that I give a shit about is Notorious.
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