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Five Fabulous Flicks (Plus Two)

April 17, 2009 StayTuned Staff

by Karl J. Paloucek There’s a worthy film for every night of your week. Here are our picks for April 19-25. Remember, all airtimes are ET. April 19 The Pianist (2002) Director Roman Polanski revisits the Warsaw of his childhood in this compelling story of pianist Wladyslaw Szpilman (Adrien Brody) and his struggle to survive the destruction all around him. The film earned three Academy Awards, including Best Actor and Best Director. Harrowing and brilliant. IFC, 10pm ET April 20 The Conversation (1974) In between directing his epics The Godfather and The Godfather: Part II, Francis Ford Coppola

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“Parks And Recreation” Recap: Pilot

April 10, 2009 StayTuned Staff

Like a lot of regular viewers of The Office, we’re excited about the new series from Greg Daniels and Michael Schur (a.k.a. Cousin Mose), Parks and Recreation. It’s got a great pedigree and an awesome cast led by Amy Poehler, Aziz Ansari (Human Giant, Scrubs) and Rashida Jones (Karen Filippelli on The Office), and the ad campaign to support the series launch did nothing to dampen our enthusiasm. While our first impression after watching the pilot is that style and format of the show resemble The Office a little too much, we’ve decided to commit to watching and recapping at […]

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Five Fabulous Flicks (Plus Two)

April 10, 2009 StayTuned Staff

by Karl J. Paloucek There’s a worthy film for every night of your week. Here are our picks for April 12-18. Remember, all airtimes are ET. April 12 The Departed (2006) He’s done better films by far, so it’s a little disappointing that this effort — a remake of a 2002 Hong Kong thriller — was the one to bring Martin Scorsese Academy gold, but it definitely has his fingerprints all over it. Solid performances from Martin Sheen, Matt Damon and even Leonardo DiCaprio make this a knuckle-biter you’ll want to see again … if you can stand the tension. […]

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Five Fabulous Flicks

March 27, 2009 StayTuned Staff

Don’t overlook these lesser-known, cult and classic films airing March 28-April 4. All times ET. The Manchurian Candidate (1962) Frank Sinatra, Laurence Harvey and Angela Lansbury are incredible in John Frankenheimer’s thriller about a brainwashed war hero who is at the mercy of his mother’s terrible will. It’s been over 40 years since this film was made, but its themes have never seemed more relevant. TCM, March 28, 2pm The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1967) The ultimate Sergio Leone film — and the greatest spaghetti Western of all time — brings together Lee Van Cleef, Eli Wallach and […]

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VOD Review: “Watchmen: Tales Of The Black Freighter” & “Under the Hood”

March 25, 2009 StayTuned Staff

By Stacey Harrison For the uninitiated, it might be tough to see how a grisly animated tale of survival at sea would tie into a deconstructionist superhero epic like Watchmen. Well, unless you’ve read the source material, the new Watchmen: Tales of the Black Freighter probably isn’t going to make it any clearer. There are very few references to the story detailed in the blockbuster movie, which presents a view of what 1985 might have looked like if costumed vigilantes had been a part of our real world. We do get a dark Smiley Face reflected in the water, along […]

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Five Fabulous Flicks

March 20, 2009 StayTuned Staff

Don’t overlook these lesser-known and classic films airing March 21-27. All times ET. The Godfather (1972), The Godfather, Part II (1974) They’re called what they are for a reason. Francis Ford Coppola’s epic about New York crime family the Corleones remains the standard for films about the mob, challenged possibly only by Martin Scorcese’s 1990 effort Goodfellas. Leave the gun. Take the canolli. And make sure you don’t miss these if you haven’t seen them. AMC, March 21, 4pm Never Cry Wolf (1983) When it was revealed that Sarah Palin hunted wolves, my thoughts immediately turned to this film based […]

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Disney Channel Back At “School” With Fourth “HSM”

March 3, 2009 Jeff Pfeiffer

By RabbitEars As one of my colleagues has said here regularly about One Tree Hill, “the slippery slope never ends” for certain franchises with proven staying power among the younger set. And nothing has been as big in recent years as Disney’s High School Musical series of films. The soundtrack to the first film was the No. 1 album of 2006, and the DVD of the movie was the No. 1 TV movie on DVD. Even more astounding to me, High School Musical 2 became — and remains — the No. 1 basic cable telecast of all time. The third […]

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Sex And The City: The Sequel … An Exercise In Bad Taste?

February 5, 2009 StayTuned Staff

Posted by: kjpaloucek Dear God, when will it stop? In case you haven’t already picked this up from a dozen other sources, the sequel to the Sex and the City movie from last year is a go. They inked the deal yesterday, a source disclosed to E! Online. So far there’s no script, but Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall, Cynthia Nixon and Kristin Davis are allegedly all on board, and shooting is supposedly scheduled to start this summer and the film ostensibly will see release in summer 2010.

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Black History Month 2009 Is HERE

February 2, 2009 StayTuned Staff

Posted by: kjpaloucek Unless you’re living under a rock, you should be aware that Black History Month has a bit more to celebrate this year than in previous years. Thankfully, that means that there’s a bit more to look forward to in terms of meaningful Black History Month-themed programming on TV … because, frankly, we know — things had been getting a little wanting during February. (An explicit reminder to network programmers: Slotting repeated showings of Pootie Tang is not only NOT acceptable Black History Month programming, it diminishes the dignity of the occasion.) Here’s an overview of some the […]