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Film and TV reviews, upcoming films both local and national, and your own film projects (pictures of film projects must be clearly oriented to this category). Equipment and technical discussion belongs in the Tech & Video Games Channel.
Upgrade Your WB DVD to BD
If you're like me you're pouring over your massive DVD collection and wondering which ones are on Blu-Ray. Or maybe not. Either way the home of Bugs and Batman is all about helping you make that transition. DVD2Blu is a program much like its predecessor Red2Blu that takes your video
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Derby City Film Festival
Of the cinematic events scheduled for 2010 one to watch for is the Derby City Film Festival. Created by Kristofer Rommel (who also put on the KY Film and Music Fest), this is the second year for the Fest, the first having been held in October 2008. The following was
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Weekend Movie Watcher for Nov. 20-22, 2009
Film Guy at LouisvilleMojo here with the rundown for this November 20-22 Weekend should you choose to hang out at Stonybrook, Baxter, Village 8, Tinseltown, or any others. Opening This Weekend: “Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans” – Remake/reboot of Harvey Keitel movie finds Nic Cage in the title
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A Question of Taste
It's no secret that tragedy often leads to TV and movie deals. Whether it's the Titanic (the center of the Oscar-giving universe) or baby Jessica in a well (the subject of two made-for-TV movies) there's someone somewhere in Hollywood waiting to adapt the next big news story. The most recent
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Nov 18, 09
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So, how'd you pay for tuition?
In a world in which lesbian kissing is norm in TV and film and stripper polls can be installed in the home we still have problems dealing with the fact that the world's "oldest profession" can be used for positive purposes, such as obtaining a PhD. Recently Dr. Brooke Magnanti,
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Nov 17, 09
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A face for Internet radio
Hey everyone Yours truly, Film Guy (or Chas Andrews), will be on tonight's Derby City Film Chat. The show starts at 9pm and I believe it runs for an hour. I'll come on at the end after actor Sonny Burnette & screenwriter Betsy Malone. It should be a fun show.
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Nov 17, 09
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Reviewing The AT & T U-Verse service
I have either made a good decision or a bad one. We subscribed to the AT&T U-Verse system. The reason it is a Bon Air issue is that they have claimed that the system is available right now only in the Bon Air/Highgate Springs area and not elsewhere yet. U-Verse
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Nov 16, 09
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In Passing... Edward Woodward (1930-2009)
British actor Edward Woodward passed away on November 16, 2009. Born Edward Albert Arthur Woodward in Croydon, England, he grew up wanting to be a journalist before attending the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. He began stage acting in 1946 and worked through England and Scotland, starring in Romeo and
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Nov 16, 09
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Movie Review: Pirate Radio
Sex, drugs, and rock 'n roll on the sea. Starring Philip Seymour Hoffman, Bill Nighy, Nick Frost, Emma Thompson and Kenneth Branagh. Directed by Richard Curtis. File this one under “Love Letter to a Time I Never Knew,” and for what it's worth it's not a bad love letter. I
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Nov 15, 09
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Bad is Bad for CW
It's hard to sugar-coat the numbers for the crew at The CW Louisville, which is enduring a horrible sweeps month so far. The station, since being bought by an Iowa company this spring, has re-branded the station -- incorporating its garish green-and-gold color scheme into its broadcast of WHAS-TV's 10
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Nov 13, 09
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Kentucky Film and Music Festival
This weekend is the Kentucky Film and Music Festival being held at the Clifton Arts Center. It'll be a day of music and movies. Here's a rundown of the info: Saturday, November 14, 2009. Doors open at 10. First film, workshop, and music at 11am. Clifton Arts Center on 2117
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Nov 13, 09
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The Leno Effect and TV News
We're halfway through the November sweeps, and the 10-day results show that NBC's Jay Leno experiment is having a dramatic, and detrimental, effect on viewership at WAVE. Let's take a look at the sweeps halftime numbers. In Nov. 08, WAVE was pulling a 7.0 rating for its 11 p.m. newscast,
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Nov 12, 09
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Weekend Movie Watcher for Nov. 13-15, 2009
Film Guy at LouisvilleMojo here with the rundown for this November 13-15 Weekend should you choose to hang out at Stonybrook, Baxter, Village 8, Tinseltown, or any others. Opening This Weekend: “2012” – It's not the year 2525, but it's just as disastrous… Roland Emmerich is behind this apocalyptic movie
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Nov 12, 09
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Chopper War
Somebody on Denmark Street is flirting with disaster by shining a high-intensity laser at aircraft. The light affected pilots for both WHAS-TV and WLKY-TV this morning. Bill DeReamer, the veteran WLKY chopper pilot, said this: "The crew in the other aircraft is at an ophthalmologist's office right now complaining of
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Nov 12, 09
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Movie Review: The Blind Side
A good movie based on a true story. Starring Sandra Bullock, Tim McGraw, Quinton Aaron, Kim Dickens and Ray McKinnon. Directed by John Lee Hancock. Based on the book “The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game,” by Michael Lewis Maybe it's me getting older. The hype that surrounds certain movies
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Nov 11, 09
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Movie Review: The Box
WTF? Starring James Marsden, Cameron Diaz, and Frank Langella. Directed by Richard Kelly. Based on the short story, “Button, Button,” by Richard Matheson. Instead of a straight-forward review of the film, I have chosen to write an open-letter: Mr. Kelly I'm a freelance blogger and movie reviewer. In my articles
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Nov 10, 09
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It's a Big Drag Town
It's a Big Drag Town. . . Now there's a sound bite. It's from a drag queen featured in WHAS-TV's most recent ratings sweeps story -- this one focused on drag shows held at The Connection downtown. WHAS-TV's Arianna Hopkins went backstage at the show, interviewing three of the performers
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Nov 10, 09
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Interview with Kristofer Rommel
Kristofer Rommel is a local independent filmmaker who created the Derby City Film Festival. This Saturday, November 14th, he is hosting the Kentucky Film and Music Festival which showcases documentary films with a music theme from filmmakers in the state of Kentucky. The film fest will begin at 11am at
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Nov 10, 09
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Movie Review: The Men Who Stare at Goats
Keep staring. Stars Ewan McGregor, George Clooney, Jeff Bridges, and Kevin Spacey. Directed by Grant Heslov. It's more of a “journey of life” movie than a statement on a Top Secret program on remote viewing, but here goes: Bob Wilton (McGregor) is a reporter for a newspaper in Ann Arbor,
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Nov 9, 09
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Weekend Movie Watcher for Nov. 6-8, 2009
Film Guy at LouisvilleMojo here with the rundown for this November 6-8 Weekend should you choose to hang out at Stonybrook, Baxter, Village 8, Tinseltown, or any others. Opening This Weekend: “The Box” – James Marsden and Cameron Diaz are a couple with a kid living in dire circumstances when
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Nov 5, 09
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