Two Videos, Two Articles
Tuesday, April 29, 2008 - 2:07 AM

I was going to just tack the Chris Meloni video interview onto my last post, but since then I've also come out with another video interview, so suddenly that makes it important enough to get a new post.

The second interview, conducted by me personally, is with Lost's Emilie de Ravin, a.k.a. Claire. Yeah. Awesome. Check 'em both out below:





As for the two articles, here's another weekly TV roundup, and if you're wondering whether or not you'd see a summer movie preview from me, this list of the top five potential flops of the summer is pretty close.

And now for too much information
Saturday, April 26, 2008 - 3:57 AM

I've been naked for the past four hours. No, it's not what you're thinking - I'm alone. Wait, no, it's still not what you're thinking. I've actually just been hanging out. Er, lounging around.

It all started around midnight when I had to poop. I stripped down while sitting on the toilet, planning on taking a shower when I was finished. But before that could happen, I ended up talking to my girlfriend on the phone for an hour. Then I remembered I had to write a review for work. Throw in lots of mindless Wikipedia browsing and an episode of The Chris Rock Show from 2000 that HBO was airing for some reason, and a lot of time was wasted. When my roommate got home, I realized just what time it was and finally jumped in the shower. Now I'm out, and still clad in nothing but a towel. Let me go get some pajama pants on and we'll never speak of this again.

Okay, decent. What's new this week?

THECINEMASOURCE:
The Tribeca Film Festival just started, so this week promises to be plenty busy. I'm still not sure if I'm going to do blog-style coverage like last year, because we're trying to do as many interviews as possible and that might take up more than enough time; either way, I'll keep you posted.

DAILYLOST COLUMNS:

If you haven't seen "The Shape of Things to Come," the episode that aired last night, please do not look below. There's a big spoiler in the title of a post.

By the way, do you guys even look at these lists? Would it be better if I just brought two or three posts to your attention each time? Or is it fine the way it is?
EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES:

The same blogging network that runs DailyLost asked me to contribute to another blog called, quite simple, Hell. So I'm doing that now as well. It's of the celebrity gossip variety, although in my defense, I'm trying to inject it with more humor and less lameness than other blogs of its kind to make it a slightly-less-guilty pleasure. Plus, you know other celebrity blogs that go on and on about random models you've never heard of? Well I've never heard of them either, so I'm only going to stick to people who are actually famous. (That means no Kim Kardashian. Unless she comes out with another sex tape.)

My only other extra-curricular of late is the third weekly TV round-up from CC2K. And that's it, folks; catch you next week with hopefully a whole heaping pile of Tribeca coverage.

88 Minutes is crap, Phil Donahue is cool, and many other links you should check out
Saturday, April 19, 2008 - 2:07 AM

It's been a good couple of weeks. I got to meet Phil Donahue, who was very cool and, according to people older than me, is famous. I got to write a really terrible review (for 88 Minutes), which I haven't done in a while and have to admit is pretty fun. I got to write an interview for, but sadly not meet, Kristen Bell, a.k.a. Veronica Mars. And tonight, my parents came into town, so I got to eat for free. They also brought me a toilet bowl cleaner!

NEW ON THECINEMASOURCE:



EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES:
DAILYLOST COLUMNS:

Many Odds and Ends
Monday, April 07, 2008 - 1:30 AM

It's been another two weeks or so, but I've got a ton of stuff in this update...something for everyone, you might say. The coolest bit is probably an interview with Mick Jagger and Keith Richards for the Rolling Stones concert film Shine a Light. (Martin Scorsese directed it and we've got an interview with him too). And no, to the disappointment of myself and my dad, I didn't actually get to meet them.

My recent reviews:
Shine a Light
My Blueberry Nights
21
Run Fatboy Run

As promised, I also shot and edited video interviews with Run Fatboy Run's David Schwimmer and Thandie Newton. I've embedded them below, or you can just scroll to the bottom of our homepage and watch them there.





Nice, huh? Shifting gears a bit, I also just got a gig contributing a weekly TV column to a neat pop culture website called CC2K. My first column got published today (at the moment under the alias "The TV Scout"), and you can check it out here.

Finally, I continue to pump out posts for DailyLost. Just because Lost isn't on for another two and a half weeks doesn't mean we can't still obsess about it! Here's everything I've written since the last update:

The Debate That Wasn't
Grading the First Eight
Theory of the Day: Black Hole!
Entertainment Weekly Teases Us Once Again [spoiler]
Blind Speculation [potential spoiler]
Matthew Fox quits!
Theory of the Day: Reports of a Ben/Widmore War Are Greatly Exaggerated
Theory of the Day: The Others are Descendents of the Black Rock
Checking in with the Writers
It's Thursday Night and I'm Suddenly Lost
About That Time Loop Theory
Desmond Hume wins Lost Madness!
The Long Line of Losers that Lifted from Lost
Me vs. Lost: Via Domus (Part 2)

And that's it for now! This coming week I'm reviewing two movies, both of which I really liked: Street Kings and Smart People. Wildly different, but both quite fun.

Back to the grind
Monday, March 24, 2008 - 2:11 AM

Last weekend's festivities already seem like distant memories now that I'm fully back in work-mode. Unfortunately, we're still in the dark days of March where no cool movies come out. Take Under the Same Moon. It's a crowd-pleasing indie, but it can't be that crowd-pleasing or they'd release it in the fall and hope for Oscars.

Soon we'll see Indiana Jones again. And Batman. And Aslan. And for the first time, Iron Man! We can make it.

Oh, also, because I haven't updated in two weeks, I have about eight tons of DailyLost posts I haven't listed on here yet. As usual, you can find everything below...

Reviews:

Under the Same Moon
Doomsday
Sleepwalking

Spotlights:

Charlize Theron for Sleepwalking


On DailyLost:

Michael and Tom's Semi-Official Off-the-Island Timeline
Ratings Update
Random Initial Thoughts: "Meet Kevin Johnson"
What to Expect on Tonight's "Meet Kevin Johnson"
Lost Madness: The Final Four!
Lingering Oceanic Six Confusion
Have Even More Fun with Lost...on a budget!
Muy baby's seeeeeck! (Say it out loud)
Me vs. Lost: Via Domus (Part 1)
Meh [commentary of "Ji Yeon"]
DVR Playback
I am suddenly obsessed with "Lost Madness"
Lost vs. The X-Files
I Will Survive, too [choosing the best Lost chick]
"The Other Woman" ratings

Sorry if my writing seems a bit brief and stunted tonight; I'm tired and I want to go to bed. Coming up this week, besides my regular content, are *video* interviews with Thandie Newton and David Schwimmer, shot and edited by yours truly.



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I live in NYC and write for TheCinemaSource.com. Here, I update you on the movie reviews and interviews I'm writing over there, and I shoot the breeze about a few topics I enjoy: particularly screenwriting, the Oscars, and LOST.
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