Browsing all articles from June, 2009

John Mayer Wants Taylor Swift

John Mayer is known for entertaining the ladies, but his latest target is — Taylor Swift? In March, Mayer revealed on Twitter that he had wrapped a new song called “Half of My Heart,” and he was hoping his “Diamonds in the Stream” partner wouldContinue reading

U2′s Spiderman Musical Cast Fills In

Evan Rachel Wood (the Wrestler) and Alan Cumming (Goldeneye) have both signed on for staring roles in the new Spiderman: Turn Off the Dark musical coming to Broadway next spring. Wood will play the vivacious Mary Jane and Cumming will take on Harry Osborne andContinue reading

Taking of Pelham 123

Grade: C | Genre: DramaSummary: ultimately it is disappointing as well as ironic that a thriller, with a train as its setting, ends up being so very pedestrian. The Taking of Pelham 123, adapted from John Godey’s novel and a remake of the original 1974Continue reading

Tribute to Michael Jackson

I’ve been sitting here tonight watching these creppy TV news introspectives on the life of Michael Jackson wondering how can they pull these special reports together within hours of the man’s death. Then it occurs to me that it’s someone’s job to create the postmortemContinue reading

Kendra: Season 1 Premiere

Grade: D | Genre: DramaSummary: Wow and you thought Kendra was stupid on the Girls Next Door. Kendra Wilkinson, who stars as the least lovable of the girls on the reality series “The Girls Next Door,” now has her own show called Kendra. The showContinue reading

Marilyn Manson: The High End of Low

Grade: B- | Genre: Alternative RockSummary: Marilyn Manson’s fans will love The High End Of Low. Everyone else will probably feel like they have heard this all before. Marilyn Manson, the grim glam rockers, have released The High End Of Low, the band’s seventh studioContinue reading

Frost/Nixon

Grade: A- | Genre: DramaSummary: The film’s essence is a boxing match comprised of words lasting four rounds. You have two men desperately fighting for their lives and looking to rewrite their futures. Losing just wasn’t an option. . The fascination with Richard Nixon seemsContinue reading

Tim Burton Remakes ‘Wonderland’

Tim Burton’s new project is one of the ultimate head trip films Alice in Wonderland. Set to be released in March 2010, the film has already added the star power of Johnny Depp as the Mad Hatter, Anne Hathaway as the White Queen and HelenContinue reading

Scrubs to Suck this Fall

As the seasons have gone by, the quirky comedy Scrubs has defied cancellation time and again even though the DNR order had been signed. After making the jump to ABC last fall, Scrubs returns for its final season and will now be set in aContinue reading

$1.92 million for Downloading 24 Songs?

The ridiculousness of file sharing lawsuits still trudge on yet this time they’ve hit a new low. A Minnesota woman was found guilty of sharing 24 songs, and the record companies were awarded a baffling $1.92 million or $80,000 per song. It is obvious theContinue reading

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