Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you know that the 75th Annual Academy Award nominations came out Tuesday. And there wasn’t much to be surprised about; most of the nods coincided with this year’s Golden Globes. But that’s what got me. Indeed, the one nomination I wasn’t expecting to appear again was Diane Lane’s, […]
Author Archives: Christopher Cobb
“˜The Simpsons’ must go on, or NBC will be next hot spot
Maybe I didn’t get my point across last week. Yeah, it was all fun and games pitting “The Simpsons” against the Bush clan, but the FOX network really blew it late Tuesday night. Not that FOX is eternally in their four-fingered debt or anything. Instead of its regularly scheduled 11 p.m. Simpsons programming, “FOX 11 […]
Homer, Bart lead nation more than George Sr., Jr.
Each weekday thousands of UCLA’s academia sit in front of their TV sets, winding down from their horribly gruesome lives in order to watch all three re-runs of “The Simpsons.” That’s right ““ for many of us, 6, 7:30 and 11 p.m. are not just excuses for not finishing that Defoe novel; they have become […]
“˜Harry Potter,’ “˜Idol 2′ : pop culture or new communism?
America may be slouching ever-closer to another war. But if there has been one lesson learned this past week, it is that pop culture has become the new Communism. Get in line. One need not look further than network television and the nearest literary bestseller list to see that a new regime has taken over. […]
“˜Joe Millionaire,’ “˜Chicago’ warp fame-seeking minds of ladies
Hollywood is sending the women of America mixed signals. Hollywood knows we go to the movies and watch those reality television shows because somewhere in all of us, we want to be famous. But it looks like Hollywood doesn’t quite know what it wants. On one hand, it’s telling us that fame is easy as […]
From script to rehearsals, Soderbergh’s “˜Solaris’ is an evolution
The word “experimental” has been synonymous with director Steven Soderbergh’s name for some time now, and his new film “Solaris” is no exception. However, instead of wrangling actors with digital video cameras, or focusing on international drug-runners or casino heists, this time Soderbergh chose to remake the Stanislaw Lem novel that was first filmed by […]
Screening, fans revive “˜Rocky Horror’ at Nuart
It’s Halloween ““ what are your plans? Trick-or-treating? A party? How about a mainstay of goblins and ghouls everywhere ““ “The Rocky Horror Picture Show”? On top of its regular Saturday midnight showings, the Nuart Theater on Santa Monica Boulevard will give a special presentation tonight at midnight to celebrate All Hallow’s Eve. The 1975 […]