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Posted by Unpainted Huffhines 4 years ago.
The Springfield Theatre Centre’s production of “Driving Miss Daisy,” scheduled for Nov. 9-11 and 16-18, has been canceled, and replaced with a production of “On Golden Pond.”
“Pond” will run the same dates, with 8...
Posted by Unpainted Huffhines 4 years ago.
Unpainted Huffhines’ Friday link dump no longer needs its big brother to buy it a rum and Coke. So raise one in its honor.Did “Halo 3″ kill “The Heartbreak Kid” If the movie were “300,” I’d say yes. But eve...
Posted by Unpainted Huffhines 4 years ago.
You might not have noticed there’s an arrow in the FedEx sign, or what puts the “G” in Goodwill on your own. But once it’s been pointed out to you, you’ll never again miss it. Meet the cinematic equivalent in the Wilhelm Scre...
Posted by Unpainted Huffhines 4 years ago.
I’ve had no quarrel with Ellen DeGeneres. I blame “Mr. Wrong” on Bill Pullman. What I read about DeGeneres this morning, though, is another eye-rolling example of celebrities trying to bend rules to their will. Thankfully, the “ave...
Posted by Unpainted Huffhines 4 years ago.
We’ve been here before. Long delays between posts during which all six of you get frightened, feel alone and wonder just what has happened to Unpainted Huffhines. Rest assured, I’m not shuttering the doors. I’ve just had quite a bit on t...
Posted by Unpainted Huffhines 4 years ago.
Hurry up and get that straight-to-DVD copy of “Cinderella 3″ before Disney rips away the opportunity from you for … ev … er! Or at least until Disney releases “Cinderella 6: Still Slipperin’.”
Speaking of more se...
Posted by Unpainted Huffhines 4 years ago.
See Tim Burton and Johnny Depp’s take on the demon barber of Fleet Street right here.
Looks good, but does it seem to anyone else like they’re kind of covering the fact there’s quite a bit of, uh, singing in the film Unconfirmed, but I&...
Posted by Unpainted Huffhines 4 years ago.
A new trailer has surfaced for “Alien vs. Predator: Requiem,” scheduled to open nationwide on Christmas Day with the sort of R-rated blood and mayhem everyone expected from the disappointing original.
The biggest bonus for local folks is that ...
Posted by Unpainted Huffhines 4 years ago.
At least seven “Jericho” episodes are in the can, ready to go - and with definitive finales in mind should CBS yank the show again - whenever the network needs them. (For the odd history of how “Jericho” got canceled, then un-cance...
Posted by Unpainted Huffhines 4 years ago.
I had no idea until today that R.E.M.’s “Automatic for the People” is actually 15 years old.
In that sort of “I mean, I know it came out in 1992, but no way it’s 15 years old” way. Wow.
Growing up with three older broth...
Posted by Unpainted Huffhines 4 years ago.
A slightly abbreviated version this week, as I’m heading out early today. Hope you enjoy it, and have a great weekend.Jessica Biel won’t be tossing a lasso in the name of justice, at least not as Wonder Woman.
It might be one of the new TV sea...
Posted by Unpainted Huffhines 4 years ago.
In today’s column, I discussed the politics of purchasing DVDs in the UH house, as it applies to ever-dwindling space. People often ask why I have “that” movie. Not that I should have to explain away any title I have, but some movies nee...
Posted by Unpainted Huffhines 4 years ago.
After an anticlimactic finale, a so-so premiere. More in the comments.
Posted by Unpainted Huffhines 4 years ago.
It’s been a given that Liam Neeson will be playing Abraham Lincoln for Steven Spielberg, whenever the director feels like making his Lincoln biopic.
As of right now, who knows who’s playing Mary Todd Jeffrey Wells, at Hollywood Elsewhere, has...
Posted by Unpainted Huffhines 4 years ago.
The Bureau of Unnecessary Cover Songs has issued a bulletin concerning Depeche Mode. I like Division Day a lot (their original “There is No Telling” is another mix-CD staple of mine). But their version of “Enjoy the Silence” just ...
Posted by Unpainted Huffhines 4 years ago.
Expected to be this weekend’s top grossing film, the zombie-horror sequel “Resident Evil: Extinction” has been evicted for at least a week from Kerasotes Theatres in Springfield.
Tony Kerasotes, chairman and CEO of Kerasotes Theatres, sa...
Posted by Unpainted Huffhines 4 years ago.
Hey Springfield, you know what kind of cool stuff can be done by having a theater located in the downtown area
Screenings of “A Hard Day’s Night.”
The Avon in Decatur is showing the landmark Beatles film this weekend only, although time...
Posted by Unpainted Huffhines 4 years ago.
A long-rumored “24″ ploy is going into play. Long live Tony Almeida, CTU stud and die-hard Cubs fan:
Posted by Unpainted Huffhines 4 years ago.
I had to laugh out loud when I noticed this among Amazon’s list of linkable descriptive tags for products. Maybe I’ll have to add “Norbit.”
* If you don’t get the post title’s reference, here you go.
Posted by Unpainted Huffhines 4 years ago.
Some potentially superbad news for teens on a date or out with friends at a late-night weekend movie: If you’re under 17, make room for Mom or Dad - even if it’s a G-rated title.
Starting Friday, all Kerasotes Theatres locations in Springfield...
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