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Monday, January 19, 2009
Found video / CL-TV Originals Gitmo 'going out of business sale'
Posted By Carlton Hargro on Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 10:07 AM
Funny shit from last week's episode of Saturday Night Live:
Friday, January 16, 2009
Movie Trailers / CL-TV Originals Eastwood drives sturdy Gran Torino
Posted By Web Editor on Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 12:19 PM
Clint Eastwood has stated that Gran Torino might mark his final appearance as an actor (he plans to keep directing), and if he sticks to his guns, it's an appropriate way to end a magnificent career. In that respect, it brings to mind John Wayne's swan song, the elegiac Western The Shootist (directed, incidentally, by Eastwood's mentor Don Siegel), as both movies deal with aging men -- and we're talking about the actors as well as the characters they're portraying -- whose lifelong dalliances with violence finally lead to both an understanding and acceptance of sorts. Read the rest of this review here.
Watch the trailer here:
Movie Trailers / CL-TV Originals Detached Defiance focuses on WWII exploits
Posted By Web Editor on Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 12:18 PM
By Matt Brunson
The landmark 1970s TV miniseries Holocaust and the 2002 theatrical release The Grey Zone both touched upon the topic, but Edward Zwick's Defiance might be the first celluloid outing to focus exclusively on the efforts of Jews to violently oppose their Nazi oppressors during World War II. Certainly, it's an overdue entry in the long history of Hollywood Holocaust flicks, but it's a shame that such an intriguing story didn't receive a more distinguished rendering. Read the rest of this review here.
Movie Trailers / CL-TV Originals Pass up a date with Last Chance Harvey
Posted By Web Editor on Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 12:13 PM
By Matt Brunson
Last Chance Harvey is the sort of insipid romantic comedy that, had it starred a pair of 20-somethings or 30-somethings, would be instantly dismissed by one and all. But because it stars two seasoned performers -- Oscar winners, both -- it will be championed in some quarters as a sweet look at how older folks can actually -- are you ready? -- enjoy many of the same things as the young'uns. See them flirt! See them dance! See them fall in love! Truth be told, it's all a bit insulting -- a patronizing sop to an underserved movie demographic that doubtless was largely responsible for turning the equally torturous The Bucket List into a box office hit at this time last year. Read the rest of this review.
Movie Trailers / CL-TV Originals Tune out Bedtime Stories
Posted By Web Editor on Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 12:08 PM
A winning formula for a successful family film gets reconfigured employing the lowest common denominator, and the result is a dismal effort that will fail with all but the most undemanding of children. As for their parents, it's hard to imagine any of them warming up to a picture in which Adam Sandler, as lowly handyman Skeeter Bronson, bonds with his niece and nephew by telling them that he'll always be around "like the stink on feet." Read the rest of this review here.
Found video / CL-TV Originals Charlotte-bound plane crash video
Posted By Carlton Hargro on Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 9:32 AM
Not much more can be said about the Charlotte-bound plane that crash landed into the Hudson River yesterday. It's all over the news — print, radio, TV and online. But in case you missed this ubiquitous story, check out some video shot not long after the plane hit the water:
Thursday, January 15, 2009
CL-TV Originals What the f*ck is Pecha Kucha?
Posted By Carlton Hargro on Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 12:37 PM
The art/social event Pecha Kucha pops off tonight at Alive in NoDa. Don't know what's the deal with Pecha Kucha? Well you can read this and/or check out these Pecha Kucha presentations I found on YouTube:
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Found video / CL-TV Originals Joe gone wild
Posted By Carlton Hargro on Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 6:43 PM
I collected G.I. Joe toys as a child, so this clip really tickles my funny bone:
CL-TV Originals Revolutionary Road: A path worth taking
Posted By Web Editor on Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 1:08 PM
Revolutionary Road reunites Titanic stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet, and they're both exceptional in this adaptation of Richard Yates' highly acclaimed novel. Whether the film itself will satisfy moviegoers expecting to see the pair again in the throes of starry-eyed passion is another matter altogether, since romance is kept at a minimum in this appropriately edgy drama. Sam Mendes, the Oscar-winning director of American Beauty, has made another American beauty, this one a powerful examination of a young couple trying desperately to deal with the plasticity of 1950s suburbia. One of the most somber of all the award-season titles, it's nevertheless a must for discerning adults who don't mind getting their hands dirty on messy emotions. Read the entire review
Found video / CL-TV Originals Bat Boy lands in the Q.C.
Posted By Carlton Hargro on Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 10:57 AM
The off-the-wall stage production Bat Boy: The Musical hits Charlotte tomorrow. But check out this clip from the play before it hits the theater:
