Seems as if director Joe Carnahan’s attempts to hawk the DVD version of his action film “Smokin’ Aces” have succeeded. Carnahan, whom I interviewed for an April 13 column, took time to talk with critics all over the country in support of his movie, which…
Not that I’m a fan of the grammar police, having been the target of its members more than once in my journalism career, but I had to point out an obvious error in the following Associated Press story:By MARYCLAIRE DALEAssociated Press WriterPHILADELPHIA – A classic-car…
One of the more unique characters from the O.J. Simpson case was the surfer-guy “houseguest” named Kato Kaelin. Over the years, as one of the principles after the next – from prosecutors Marcia Clark and Christopher Darden to defense attorney Johnny Cochran – popped up…
Three of the four films that are supposed to open in Spokane this week are apparently so crappy that critics weren’t allowed to see them in advance.As if anything critics could say about “Kickin’ it Old Skool,” “The Invisible” or “Next” would keep moviegoers away…
Sherman Alexie closed out the ninth Get Lit! by charming a packed house Sunday afternoon at the Bing Crosby Theater.Alexie, whose appearances are often more theater and stand-up comedy than they are literary readings, entertained the crowd for a full 40 minutes before he read…
Saturday’s Get Lit! festivities closed out with a reading/signing by novelist Jonathan Lethem (lee-thum) at CenterStage.The scheduled 10 p.m. reading got under way late because there was a band playing. But by 10:17 novelist Jess Walter was at the podium, introducing the Brooklyn author of…
And the children shall lead them. That’s either from the New Testament or from a “Star Trek” episode.But it proved true Saturday at Get Lit! when, opening the Evening of Poetry, Sandpoint High School junior Hannah Vogel gave a rousing reading of her two-time-award-winning poem…
Tonight’s Get Lit! event saw 100 or so literary fans visiting Eastern Washington University’s Showalter Hall. That’s where we heard M. L. “Mandy” Smoker read seven of her poems and Walter Mosley give a talk he calls “The Literary Life.”For argument’s sake, let’s say that…
The Los Angeles Times has a story about Coeur d’Alene Press publisher Duane Hagadone and his 64,000-square-foot mansion on ridge overlooking Palm Springs, Calif. It isn’t complimentary.
Just received the following e-mail from Craig Butz, Recreation/Entertainment Division Manager for the Spokane Parks and Recreation Department, regarding Spokane's IMAX Theatre:Yes, we’re finally getting rid of the original Expo ’74 theatre seats.We’ll be putting in 342 padded seats (current capacity is 385) along with…
It’s happening. We should have expected it, of course. Even so, it’s never easy to endure a media feeding frenzy.At first, the media reacted to the Virginia Tech shootings the way you might expect. First, with “facts” that changed virtually every time you switched channels.…
There’s lots of talk about class in America. As in we’re not supposed to have it. Right. And the front gates of, say, Manito Country Club are wide open to all those whose living wages wither within a couple of poker chips of the poverty…
This is the morning that we tape the radio show “Movies 101” for Spokane Public Radio (we usually record either Tuesdays or Wednesdays). And I can’t see this being a sterling show.Not that Bob Glatzer, Mary Pat Treuthart and I are exactly the second coming…
I relived the 1970s last night. And the experience had nothing to do with LSD or PTSD flashbacks – which, of course, is something to be thankful for.No, what happened was I took my brother to see “Grindhouse.” See, between the years 1970 and ’76,…
I’ve never had any musical talent, though I’m pretty sure I was a rock drummer in another lifetime. Or bassist. Or tamborinist. I can’t quite remember.Anyway, posted below is a video of a Spokane-based band made up of some guys I know – Tom Bowers…
Every time I see a bad movie – and I’ve seen hundreds of them – I think I’ve seen the worst that Hollywood has to offer. As my wife would say, “Oh, ye of little faith.” Hollywood seems to be intentionally making bad movies for…
A Dan Webster joint, discussing news, notes and everything about movies.
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