Reel World: Paparazzi Premiere, Rhps Shadowcast And Stiffed Dvd Release Party Student Cinema Instead of scribbling notes and taking tests, the students at Albuquerque’s Public Academy for Performing Arts’ media program decided to make their own [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Feb 23, 2012 Read More
Idiot Box: Nbc’s “Smash” Mixes Melodrama And Musicals “Smash” On Nbc Given the continuing success of vocal talent competitions like “American Idol,” “America’s Got Talent,” “The X Factor,” “The Voice,” et al, Americans are [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Feb 23, 2012 Read More
Week In Sloth: “Being Human” Is Back, Ali Turns 70, Academy Awards Fashions Get Ripped “Monsuno” (Nicktoons 6 p.m.) Remember, after Pokémon came out, that tidal wave of awful Japanese-animated TV shows about kids fighting with monsters that [...] Alibi \ Feb 23, 2012 Read More
Idiot Box: Paranormal Activity Makers Find More Horror Footage In Abc’s Eerie Adventure Series “The River.” “The River” On Abc Apparently we are not, as a nation, over that whole “found footage” thing. Obviously, after the chart-topping release of the theatrical superhero flick [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Feb 16, 2012 Read More
Week In Sloth: “Raymond” Goes To Russia, The Simpsons Meet Julian Assange, National Geographic Rolls A Joint The Week In Sloth Exporting Raymond (HBO 6 p.m.) In this new documentary, television producer Phil Rosenthal meets with resistance when he tries to adapt his hit [...] Alibi \ Feb 16, 2012 Read More
Reel World: Casting Spells Casting Spells Spells , a low-budget romantic comedy shooting in Santa Fe starting mid-March, is looking for two featured roles. Producers need an “intelligent” female, [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Feb 16, 2012 Read More
Bad Romance: We Pick Out The Best Dark Romances For Valentine’s Day Viewing Ten Dark, Disturbing, Entirely Screwed-Up (And Yet Still Romantic) Films For Valentine’s Day We don’t hate Valentine’s Day around here. We’re not that jaded. Really. But we do have a very different idea of what constitutes [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Feb 09, 2012 Read More
Idiot Box: The Best And Worst Ads Of Super Bowl Xlvi Best And Worst Super Bowl Ads At Super Bowl XLVI, car companies clearly ran over beer companies. Anheuser-Busch—normally the King of Commercials—fumbled in 2012. The Budweiser brewer tossed off [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Feb 09, 2012 Read More
The Week In Sloth: “Party Like” A Roman Emperor, Go To The Grammy Awards And Return To “Cougar Town” The Week In Sloth “Party Like” (National Geographic 6 p.m.) Ever wonder how the queen of France, a Roman emperor or other historically decadent figures got jiggy [...] Alibi \ Feb 09, 2012 Read More
Reel World: Made In New Mexico Screens (Twice), Water Gets A Film Fest, O’leary Introduces Billy The Kid N.m. Film Event After a successful screening at the state Legislature’s New Mexico Film and Media Day, Brent Morris and David Jean Schweitzer’s Made in New [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Feb 09, 2012 Read More
