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A View from the Id: December 2011
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A View from the Id. Wednesday, December 28, 2011. I Dunno About Portlandia: Season One. Didja’ ever see something—anything—and then been unable to decide how you felt about it? Usually one’s “gut” delivers the verdict immediately, but sometimes days or even years later we don’t know if we liked something or not. Can something be so bad and so good that we dislike and like it at the same time? I recently watched Independent Film Channel’s Portlandia: Season One. Is Amisen and Brownstein are adept at assum...
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A View from the Id: September 2011
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A View from the Id. Friday, September 30, 2011. Miss Nobody (2010) Is Somebody on DVD. Miss Nobody (2010) Is Somebody on DVD - Technorati Film. Read more: http:/ technorati.com/entertainment/film/article/miss-nobody-2010-is-somebody-on/#ixzz1ZUn87NkK. Wednesday, September 28, 2011. On DVD: New Tricks Series 4 and 5 - Technorati Entertainment. On DVD: New Tricks Series 4 and 5 - Technorati Entertainment. Read more: http:/ technorati.com/entertainment/article/on-dvd-new-tricks-series-4/#ixzz1ZFoJx2i9.
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A View from the Id: October 2011
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A View from the Id. Monday, October 31, 2011. Hot Coffee Blows the Cap Off Tort Reform. Remember that lady who sued McDonald’s. Because her coffee was too hot? She got millions of dollars after driving down the freeway while drinking her coffee and accidentally spilling it on her lap. If she could actually be drinking. The coffee, how hot. Could it have been, many people wondered. If you remember that story, you remember incorrectly. A documentary released on DVD by Docurama Films. The documentary also r...
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A View from the Id: Fish Don’t Blink (2002) Is Pleasantly Surprising
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A View from the Id. Monday, May 7, 2012. Fish Don’t Blink (2002) Is Pleasantly Surprising. The one thing I didn’t expect from MGM’s release of Fish Don’t Blink. As part of the “Limited Edition Collection” of DVDs manufactured on demand, was that it would be entertaining. Incorporating bits and pieces of other films into a mostly predictable plot, Fish Don’t Blink. Is funny, charming, pleasant, and poignant. Jimmy ( Wil Wheaton. And his younger sister Clara ( Lea Thompson. Fish Don’t Blink. Was intended t...
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A View from the Id: May 2012
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A View from the Id. Thursday, May 10, 2012. The Life of Tibetan Nomads: 'Summer Pasture' on 'Independent Lens' May 10. Offer audiences a rare glimpse into the life of a Tibetan family whose lives are not so different from their ancestors’ four thousand years ago in a remarkable film, Summer Pasture. Living in Zachukha in eastern Tibet, thirty-year-old Locho, his twenty-seven-year-old wife Yama, and their infant daughter are nomads in the most remote county in Sinchuan Province, China. Is a fascinating lo...
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Miss Bob Etier: August 2011
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For people who care about kids. Tuesday, August 16, 2011. Hood vs. Evil in Stores August 16. In the hierarchy of superior animated features, the Hoodwinked. Series may not be at the very top, but there is something undeniably appealing about an empowered, super-powered Little Red Riding Hood. The fact that she is not flawless, but is determined to improve herself, makes her all the more attractive. On August 16, 2011, The Weinstein Company releases Hoodwinked Too! Hood vs. Evil. Hood vs. Evil. When you h...
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Miss Bob Etier: May 2012
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For people who care about kids. Thursday, May 10, 2012. KidTunes: Mo Phillips Wants a Monster Suit. 8220;If I had a monster suit, I tell you just what I’d do. I’d find all the bad guys and I’d yell ‘boo! 8217; And if I had a monster suit, I tell you just what I’d do. I’d run down the hills of this town yellin’ whoooo. In my monster suit.” –Mo Phillips. 8220;Monster Suit” is the last—and shortest—song on Mo Phillips. 8217; latest kidtunes collection, also titled Monster Suit. KidTunes: Mo Phillips Wants a...
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A View from the Id: The Darkest Hour (2011) Is Dark Indeed
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A View from the Id. Thursday, April 26, 2012. The Darkest Hour (2011) Is Dark Indeed. Ho-hum. Another aliens invade earth, exterminating most of its inhabitants, and leading the few survivors into battle to save themselves and their planet flick. Ho-hum? No, not at all, if we’re talking about The Darkest Hour. A 2011 film released on DVD. April 10, 2012. Despite the story that has been told many times before, The Darkest Hour. Takes a fresh approach to ragtag-survivors-vs.-aliens conventions. Visualizing...
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A View from the Id: Two New Tribeca DVDs Starring Veteran Actors in End-of-Life Roles
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A View from the Id. Thursday, April 26, 2012. Two New Tribeca DVDs Starring Veteran Actors in End-of-Life Roles. Each month, NewVideo releases several Tribeca Film. The Last Rites of Joe May. 2011) stars Dennis Farina. Is beautifully acted, sensitively written and directed by Joe Maggio, and painfully realistic. There is little happiness in this downbeat tale, and many viewers will wonder if Joe deserves. To be happy, but will sympathize with him just the same. The Man on the Train. Read more: http:/ tec...
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A View from the Id: June 2011
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A View from the Id. Wednesday, June 29, 2011. If You Want a Good Read, Start at the County Line. Gifts his readers with several complex, intriguing characters, some of whom actually make it to the last page of his latest NovelNoir. Ruby Jane Whittaker is a woman who seems to have it all together, and knows where she’s headed. Skin Kadash is a retired police officer who is in love with her. But the story also has roots in things that happened over 25 years ago in a dysfunctional family in which two kids a...
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