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I’ve never been much of a Union guy, and most of the time I view striking workers cynically. It’s not my most well-thought out opinion, it’s just one of those instinctual things. But I can get behind a WGA strike, if it means a slight chance of seeing “Battlestar Galactica” or “Project Runway” on NBC. Granted, since “BSG” is going away next year it would be more selfish than anything. Plus, it’s probably more likely that a strike would mean more reality game shows.

Read about the strike and its Canadian and cable implications in Variety here.

The Summer of 2007 has faded into memory leaving several disastrous blockbusters in its wake. I tried to see as many as I could but alas I am but one man. Anyway, here’s a rundown of the rest of this films I saw this past summer: Continue reading Summer Movies: Part Two

“Mac is a Serial Killer,” a new episode of FX’s “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia” is available on the MySpaces. Season two starts early, September 13 to be exact.

I know of only one other person on the face of the planet who also watches “Supernatural,” and he doesn’t read BLUE MAG. So the “Supernatural” category on this site is pretty much just a blog for me.

Hey Don, BuddyTV has the goods on the first 4 episodes of “Supernatural.”

Seven demons have crossed over altogether and the Winchesters will get a taste of what it is going to be like to clean up the mess…

Awesome!

The other day I saw the rather forgettable new comedy “Hot Rod.” In the background of one scene appeared the poster for the 80s sex comedy “The Whoopee Boys,” another forgettable movie. For some unfathomable reason this juxtopositioning of two forgettable films within each other like the renderings of a medium-talent Escher caused me to become obsessed with “The Whoopee Boys” and more importantly its director John Byrum.

Continue reading Whatever Happened to the Whoopee Boys?

This month Martin Scorsese’s “Raging Bull” is being re-released in England. This doesn’t mean much to us Yanks but fortunately it means a lot to some of the best critics writing for British publications.

David Thomson gives his take here in the Guardian.

And the Independent profiles Raging Bull co-screenwriter Paul Shrader.

Also: The above newspaper also has an interesting article about the apparent controversy surrounding Hayao Miyazaki (or what was supposed to be) new film

Perhaps I’m the only person who would get excited about director Martin Scorsese’s written tribute to Antonioni but these words are so good:

Where almost every other movie I’d seen wound things up, “L’Avventura” wound them down. The characters lacked either the will or the capacity for real self-awareness. They only had what passed for self-awareness, cloaking a flightiness and lethargy that was both childish and very real. And in the final scene, so desolate, so eloquent, one of the most haunting passages in all of cinema, Antonioni realized something extraordinary: the pain of simply being alive. And the mystery.

The rest of the NY Times article can be found here.

Good video here from “Superbad” viral marketing…

Continue reading What *does* it mean to be Superbad?

Screw August, next month is going to be the best month ever for movies. After a glut of summer movies we’ll finally be getting some substantial material from some of the best filmmakers.

First up is David Cronenberg’s new film “Eastern Promises” which has Viggo Mortensen and Naomi Watts in bed with the Russian mob in London. Viggo and Naomi … that’s good stuff.

“Shine a Light” is Scorsese’s new IMAX documentary on the history of the Rolling Stones leading into their new tour. It’s shot by the best cinematographers working today, this looks like the best thing ever.

Finally Wes Anderson’s new movie, “The Darjeeling Limited” rounds out the month.

Another classic blog post title, Don!! TV gossip impresario Michael Ausiello reports today that Kristen Bell, nee Veronica Mars, has been linked to a new role on “Lost” — Charlotte, described as “precocious, loquacious and funny… a very successful academic who also knows how to handle herself in the real world.” They are also talking about Peter Stormare, who is apparently no longer on “Prison Break.” When they broke out of prison I stopped watching.