Posted by Unpainted Huffhines 7 months ago.
It’s a question I’m pitching to you for a column I’m writing for next week’s A&E section.The column idea came from “The Mist,” Frank Darabont’s criminally overlooked chiller that he adapted last year from Step...
Posted by Unpainted Huffhines 7 months ago.
Whenever “South Park” pokes fun at Canada, it’s comedy gold. This from last week’s episode:
http://www.youtube.com/watchv=km_gLqutqcc
Posted by Unpainted Huffhines 7 months ago.
So says the New York Times:
CBS Paramount Network Television has held talks with Comcast, the cable provider, about finding new life for “Jericho,” the low-rated drama canceled by CBS last month, according to two people briefed on the talks wh...
Posted by Unpainted Huffhines 7 months ago.
Don’t call it a comeback. I’ve been here for years.OK, so to paraphrase James Todd Smith (as he was known in “Deliver Us From Eva”), I haven’t exactly been rockin’ my peers and puttin’ suckas in fear on the UH tip...
Posted by Unpainted Huffhines 8 months ago.
March Madness starts any minute now. And if you begin to feel bad about your bracket by the end of the day, you probably didn’t do any better than Adam Monk. Then again, you’re at least slightly more evolved than he is. Although I can’t ...
Posted by Unpainted Huffhines 8 months ago.
Whether you use devices electronic or mnemonic to remember lines from movies, test your mettle with The State Journal-Register, Kerasotes Theatres and Family Video’s Movie Quote Quiz: Numero Cinco.
It’s simple. Match each numbered line of dial...
Posted by Unpainted Huffhines 8 months ago.
I always love reading stories about how American movie titles are changed for overseas release. (the “Ace Ventura” = “Trump Card” thing cracks me up). My favorite two, though, both for “As Good As It Gets” aren’t...
Posted by Unpainted Huffhines 8 months ago.
I will now envision guttural death-metal singers as dogs ready to kill for Snausages dangled out of reach. (Video found on Afro Jacks.)http://www.youtube.com/watchv=F4GsoqbvONs
Posted by Unpainted Huffhines 8 months ago.
So says the Chicago Tribune in this story from today’s edition. Sources confirmed a report that after almost a year of standoffs, both sides have agreed on the framework for a deal in time for football season. Apparently, Comcast has shelved its arg...
Posted by Unpainted Huffhines 8 months ago.
Just as the Hudson Virus jumped the Mississippi on “Jericho” last week, so has the nagging newsroom bug over the features-staff cubicle divders. This started on Tuesday, and it’s now working its way through me; hopefully, with some rest ...
Posted by Unpainted Huffhines 8 months ago.
If so, let me know by e-mail at nick.rogers@sj-r.com or by phone at 747-9587. I’m working on a story for tomorrow’s paper about Comcast’s increased rates effective in April - the standard package is going up $3 a month, along with some o...
Posted by Unpainted Huffhines 8 months ago.
Last night, Mrs. UH observed cars full of teens enjoying an extended weekend for Casimir Pulaski Day.
That got me remembering my own school days here in Illinois, where March’s first Monday has been a free day since 1977, thanks in part to Chicago...
Posted by Unpainted Huffhines 8 months ago.
Based on the video for Mariah Carey’s new single, “Touch My Body,” I’m going to guess she’s never:Seen one episode of “30 Rock.”
Ever spoken any computer lingo to anyone from a Geek Squad, Nerd Herd or Dork Detail...
Posted by Unpainted Huffhines 8 months ago.
Before I say anything more of the San Francisco Chronicle or its principal film critic Mick LaSalle, it must be said that the Chronicle has easily the country’s coolest signifiers of whether a movie is worth seeing:
highest rating
very good
enterta...
Posted by Unpainted Huffhines 8 months ago.
Sony Pictures announced this week that “Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins” - the fourth “Terminator” - will be released May 22, 2009. Josh Brolin is rumored to play a Terminator (not to be confused with his portraying George ...
Posted by Unpainted Huffhines 8 months ago.
Provided there’s an Illinois State Fair for them to rock, the bluesy and bearded rockers of ZZ Top will perform - presumably at the Grandstand - on Aug. 10, 2008, the first Sunday of the 2008 fair. The concert was listed within the last 24 hours on ...
Posted by Unpainted Huffhines 8 months ago.
Your DVR’s long holiday in Fiji courtesy of the Writers’ Guild of America strike has only a few weeks left. Now that the strike is over, writers and actors are back to work on most of your favorite shows. By network and show, here’s when...
Posted by Unpainted Huffhines 8 months ago.
You can make an educated guess that a kids’ movie will have fart jokes. You can make an educated guess that Randy Jackson will use the words “yo,” “dog” and “hot” in the same sentence on “American Idol”...
Posted by Unpainted Huffhines 8 months ago.
I saw this last night live after the Oscars and practically fell off the couch laughing. The idea is predictable. Just how insane Kimmel’s ante of unexpected cameos gets makes it uproarious. Here’s Kimmel’s response video to Sarah Silver...
Posted by Unpainted Huffhines 8 months ago.
“No Country For Old Men” became the 80th film to be named Best Picture by the Academy Awards last night, while Joel & Ethan Coen, Daniel Day-Lewis, Marion Cotillard, Javier Bardem and Tilda Swinton took home trophies in their respective ca...
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