Monthly Archive for: ‘February, 2006’

  • Dennis Weaver Passes Away

    Reuters.com – Actor Dennis Weaver, best known for playing the loyal, limping deputy to Marshal Matt Dillon on “Gunsmoke” and as the urban lawman with a cowboy hat on “McCloud,” has died at age 81, his publicist said on Monday. Proving yet again that celebrities …

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  • FOX Launching New Mini-Net Called “My Network TV”

    Zap2it – FOX announced Wednesday (Feb. 22) that it’s forming a new mini-network that supply prime-time programming to stations left out in the cold by the pending closing of UPN. The new venture, dubbed My Network TV, will launch Sept. 5. Good grief. This sounds …

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  • Bear McCreary

    Bear McCreary Official Site – Speaking of Galactica, thought I’d mention some nice online content related to Galactica composer Bear McCreary. Film Music Radio has an audio interview featuring clips of his materials. McCreary gives a nice interview, with some interesting insights into his budding …

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  • Battlestar Galactica, Downloaded…

    Just got done watching this weekend’s episode of Battlestar Galacitca, titled “Downloaded“, then as always watched it again with Ronald D. Moore’s excellent podcast for the episode. There have been a couple episodes in the latter part of this season that have been a bit …

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  • Don Knotts & Darren McGavin Pass Away

    ComingSoon.net – Today brings sad news of the deaths of both Don Knotts and Darren McGavin. The actors were 81 and 83, respectively. Sad news, indeed. Don Knotts never got enough credit, at least not in recent years. It’s sad that his last performance (though …

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  • Eeeeeeewwwwwwww

    Reuters.com – A Bavarian village was flooded by liquid pig manure after a tank containing the fertilizer burst, German police said Wednesday. So you thought you were having a bad day? Could be worse…

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  • Not-So-Indestructible Bond

    The Mirror – James Bond Daniel Craig has already failed to make the grade as a tough guy – after a villain knocked out two of his teeth in his FIRST fight scene. Man, this poor guy is never going to live this one down. …

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  • The Failure Of Dennis McCarthy

    Star Trek: Deep Space Nine is my favorite Trek series, and nearly my all-time favorite TV series. I toss random episodes on pretty regularly. I’ve got the series finale episode, What You Leave Behind, playing at the moment. I sit here watcing one of the …

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  • Eight Below

    Almost to make up for having endured the awful Date Movie this weekend, I get this surprise gem of a film. I welcome back Frank Marshall to the world of film directing. Having directed the excellent Alive and the fun Arachnophobia, he also directed the …

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  • Date Movie

    The lamest comedy I’ve seen since the first Scary Movie. Why should I be surprised, since it was written and directed by two of Scary Movie’s writers. I’m a huge fan of Alyson Hannigan, and was hoping her first big starring role in a film …

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