Title Comment Comment Date Comment Link
Musical Cameos

Stevie Ray Vaughn on David Bowie's China Girl
Eddie Van Halen on Michael Jackson's Beat It

 11/7/2004 View
Five Things of Great Popularity That I Never Much Cared For

it's still evil

 8/27/2004 View
The World's 65 (!) Greatest Beings(SUGGESTIONS REALLY NEEDED!!!)- Changed and updated!

I saw a documentary series this weekend on Benjamin Franklin. I would suggest him.

 8/23/2004 View
Julia Child

Looks like I'm havin' Red Meat and Gin tonight! RIP Julia.

 8/13/2004 View
Movies from the 90's and 00's By Grade

I know everyone is entitled to their own opinion, but c'mon! Giving Pulp Fiction and Goodfellas D's and F's totally destroys the credibility of this list. Also, The Godfather was released in 1972 and is widely considered to be among the best films ever made. Happy Viewing!

 8/13/2004 View
Yet Another Lyrics Quiz (still 2 of 25 unguessed)

13. Mr. Wrong by Cracker

 8/10/2004 View
Jim's Current Addictions

I've been wanting to see Following, since I'm a big fan of Christopher Nolan, but I haven't gotten around to it. Obviously, it's worth getting around to?

 7/28/2004 View
9/11

Here is my e-mail to them and their reply.

There are 33 first run Carmike screens in Columbus, Georgia, your corporate headquarters, and none of them carried Fareinheit 9/11 on it's opening weekend; and yet the Passion of the Christ opened in at least 10 in it's opening weekend. I, for one, am sick of your company's consistant lack of backbone in showing any films that do not meet your right-leaning standards of entertainment. Your total disregard for any opposing point of view is sickening and downright censorship. Any feeble attempt by your corporation to justify your decision not to show this movie in this area will be just corporate double-talk. Michael Moore is an Academy Award winning director, whether you agree with his films or not. It should be the viewing public's choice whether to endorse his film, not your corporation's. In the words of Micheal Moore's Academy Award acceptance speech, "Shame on you!"

and the reply was:

We do not subscribe to one political doctrine. We are a mainstream film exhibitor. Our product comes from the major distributors and their subsidiaries. The independent distributor for the film 911 does not have the resources to support a national release. We are hopeful that their box-office success this past weekend will lead to additional print buys in the coming weeks.

Sincerely,
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by the way, The Passion, which was in at least 10 local screens, was distributed by Newmarket Film Group(who?) with a list of a whopping 14 films to their credit.

ummmm. yeah, ok. This sounds like bullshit to me. According to the article provided by Jim,

"Lions Gate Entertainment is the premier independent producer and distributor of motion pictures, television programming, home entertainment, family entertainment and video-on-demand content. Its prestigious and prolific library of approximately 8000 titles is one of the largest in the entertainment industry."

and

"IFC Films, a leading theatrical film distribution company bringing the best of independent and specialized films to theaters"

 6/28/2004 View
9/11

It was a joke in my town, the corporate headquarters for Carmike Cinemas. They decided not to open it here. However, the almost certainly horrible "White Chicks" managed to warrant multiple theaters in every local cineplexe. Urrghghh! I have just sent them a scathing e-mail which I'm sure will be ignored or go unread.

 6/28/2004 View
Worst Films to win Best Picture

Still, Oliver should probably be on the list. Don't ya think?

 6/24/2004 View
Shows I Thought Would Be Good, but Ended Up Sucking.

Perhaps that's the source of my consternation, bands I never cared about breaking up in the first place. Thank You gadkins for your helpful input. Thank You.

 6/24/2004 View
Movie Vs Movie Vol.7 Raging Bull Vs Rocky

I think it's about an ex middleweight champ who opens a car wash

 6/24/2004 View
01: Album Review: Tim/ The Replacements

sniff..that review almost made me cry...Ahh, my lost teenage angst

 6/24/2004 View
Worst Films to win Best Picture

The Greatest Show on Earth won the Best Picture in 1952 instead of ...High Noon? OK, sure. It seems to be a shoo-in for this list.

 6/24/2004 View
Shows I Thought Would Be Good, but Ended Up Sucking.

Michael Richards is an example of a person who created such a memorable character that he will be forever typecast as Kramer. Unless NBC has a Kramer spinoff, which seems highly unlikely at this juncture, Michael Richards may never find meaningful work again. Of course, they could also do a show completely comprised of typecast characters like Michael Richards, Ann B. Davis and Bob Denver.

 3/24/2004 View