"Lilyhammer" snuck onto the Netflix streaming video service like a crook in the night. No rah-rah, no in-your-face promos, not even a listing as "new on TV." Subscribers who haven't read about the Steven Van Zandt fish-out-of-water series probably still don't know it's there. Those who sought out the show often did so by doing an onscreen text … [Read more...]
Lumet & Chayefsky’s anti-social ‘Network’
"I think I'd like to be an angry prophet denouncing the hypocrisies of our time," fallen news anchor Howard Beale tells co-workers in the opening minutes of the media-bashing masterpiece "Network." Director Sidney Lumet and writer Paddy Chayefsky, equally mad as hell, used their black comedy about a raggedy fourth TV network to denounce the … [Read more...]
‘The Prisoner: Complete Series’ on Blu-ray
At the least, we can be grateful for AMC's "reimagining" of "The Prisoner" because it hastened the arrival of the classic cult series on Blu-ray. "The Prisoner," of course, was in no need of a remake. The '60s spy series feels more relevant than ever ... and yet remains very much a product of its time -- 1966-1967, the glory days of psychedelia … [Read more...]
Moore docu a download: Can’t beat ’em …
Saying he's offering "a gift to my fans," filmmaker Michael Moore confirmed that he's premiering his new documentary via free online downloads. The Sept. 23 release of "Slacker Uprising" is billed as "the first major feature-length movie by a noted director to debut for free on the Internet." Moore, of course, was the unwilling giver of free … [Read more...]
