gdp's Comments

Big Hollywood : BH Interview: Emilio Estevez - Secular Hollywood Ignores Spiritual Audiences

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 02:50:33 +0000

Michael Medved has covered this film extensively on his radio show, including having both Martin and Emilio on. Medved loves the film and has strongly promoted it to his conservative audience.

Big Hollywood : Trailer Talk: 'Dorothy and the Witches of Oz' Sends Us Over the Rainbow Again

Thu, 16 Feb 2012 02:33:38 +0000

I was wondering why you haven't done much in the way of posting lately. You've been busy! Best of luck with the film. I will be certain to make some time to see it if it plays in Austin.

Big Journalism : Highlights of the Daily Caller Bunker Buster On Media Matters

Tue, 14 Feb 2012 05:11:23 +0000

He's correct, although as noted below, Rowan's not the only one.

Big Hollywood : Celebrities Mourn Houston's Passing on Twitter

Sun, 12 Feb 2012 21:47:33 +0000

I was never a huge Whitney Houston fan, but the three or four of her songs I liked, I absolutely _loved_. "I Wanna Dance With Somebody" gave me goosebumps when it first came out and does to this day. It's the giddy happiness, mixed with longing, and a brilliant vocal that sounds easy but is damn near impossible. I've seen people try it a time or two on singing competition shows, and every time I said, "No, you can't touch this one." They never have. Here's a song you've probably never heard. It's Whitney on lead vocal on a number by the experimental band Material, about three years before she hit the big time. http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embed...

Big Hollywood : William Shatner Dishes on Khan, George Takei and El Rushbo

Sat, 4 Feb 2012 22:12:30 +0000

To be fair, getting your ass kicked a few times is a great way to learn how to fight. A young Kirk would likely have had to go through that a time or two. Character development. Not saying the movie was perfect, but that didn't bother me.

Big Hollywood : William Shatner Dishes on Khan, George Takei and El Rushbo

Sat, 4 Feb 2012 22:03:31 +0000

Was about to write the same thing. Wholeheartedly seconded. This nearly-forgotten movie is terrific, and Shatner is terrific in it.

Big Hollywood : William Shatner Dishes on Khan, George Takei and El Rushbo

Sat, 4 Feb 2012 21:55:16 +0000

Rush was talking about that just the other day, how Shatner had played an obvious stereotype of him and how they later ended up getting along pretty well and watching Monday Night Football together.

Big Hollywood : As Leftist Hollywood Turns Their Back Against Breast Cancer Reseach, Patricia Heaton Stands Up for K

Fri, 3 Feb 2012 22:33:02 +0000

I'm pretty sure Yale's endowment can handle it.

Big Hollywood : Daily Call Sheet: Hollywood Cuts Its Own Throat and Bleeds SOPA, Letterman at 30, and Links Galore!

Fri, 3 Feb 2012 03:05:17 +0000

The Alamo (that a few have already mentioned) does have a multiplexes (well, up to six screens) and they show all kinds of movies. I saw Toy Story 3 at the Alamo. It's how you run it. Operationally, they're fantastic--I did a paper on them when getting my MBA. The culture they instill is important, too. They let it be known that talkers will be booted! I've been there hundreds of times and I've never seen it come to that. The non-drinking theater down the road is a lot more irritating.

Big Hollywood : Daily Call Sheet: Hollywood Cuts Its Own Throat and Bleeds SOPA, Letterman at 30, and Links Galore!

Fri, 3 Feb 2012 02:56:18 +0000

Yes it does! Mr. Nolte, If you'd like a great movie-going experience with delicious food and others drinking beer (even though you may not), come to Austin. This is how it's done, and they're making money hand-over-fist as a result. (It ain't cheap, though.) (For you hardcore cult fans out there, I saw Blood Freak, the killer turkey movie with the former Tarzan actor, at the Alamo just before Thanksgiving. Gobble gobble!) Steve, the UP in your name doesn't happen to stand for Upper Peninsula, does it?

Big Hollywood : HomeVideodrome: Gosling's Cool and Cunning 'Drive,' Plus a Forgettable 'Killing Fields'

Thu, 2 Feb 2012 05:44:59 +0000

The Thing is a prequel and a faithful one at that, but since it's mostly the same plot, it also serves as a remake. Kind of how lots of sequels also are pretty much remakes. I went to see it with a buddy, both of us huge fans of the Carpenter version (we went to see the 35mm re-release of that a few months ago together as well). He thought it was awesome, I thought it was a solid rental but maybe not worth $12 and my Friday night. But definitely not bad. I think fans of the Carpenter version will enjoy how it sets up that movie, and will likely enjoy the flick as a whole if expectations are pegged properly.

Big Hollywood : Five Best Picture Winner Blu-ray Review: Four Must-Owns and 'Crash'

Wed, 1 Feb 2012 04:24:17 +0000

Thanks for throwing some love at A Knight's Tale. Love that movie, which causes me to be constantly made fun of.

Big Hollywood : BH Interview: Director David M. Rosenthal's 'Janie Jones' An Undiscovered Indie Gem

Wed, 1 Feb 2012 03:37:14 +0000

It's named after a terrific song from one of rock's great albums, so I like it already. I'll keep an eye out. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyoW0tf6N-Q&fm...

Big Hollywood : Good News: Hollywood Wants to Screw Up 'Death Wish'

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 02:36:23 +0000

Garfield did write a sequel, Death Sentence, also a good book. It was filmed a few years ago. Didn't see it.

Big Hollywood : 'Red Tails' Review: Lucas' Passion Project Strafed by Dull Battle Scenes

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 04:22:01 +0000

Even though the reviews, including this one, aren't good, I'm going to see it tomorrow because I'm hungry for a good ol' fashioned patriotic war movie. The flick opened better than expected. Will Hollywood notice and make a better good ol' fashioned patriotic war movie? Doubt it.

Big Hollywood : BH Interview: Cuba Gooding Jr. - 'Red Tails' Represents 'My Love Letter to the Armed Forces'

Sun, 22 Jan 2012 02:55:31 +0000

This is the greatest comment I have ever read anywhere.

Big Hollywood : Matthew Sweet's 'Girlfriend' at 20: Power Pop Packs Nostalgic Punch

Sun, 22 Jan 2012 02:36:06 +0000

I need to correct this column. I met Matthew Sweet at a record signing back in the Girlfriend era. He had a gut back then, too. Nice guy. He told my friend that Gram Parsons was a big influence. I didn't know Gram Parsons at the time, but I sure do now. Flipping great album. "Divine Intervention," "Looking at the Sun," "I Wanted to Tell You," "Don't Go," "Holy War" and almost everything else. And I think that shot of Tuesday Weld is the most beautiful photo of a woman ever taken. He wasn't skimping on the perfection with this record, right down to the album cover.

Big Hollywood : Big Movie Flashback: 'The Howling' (1981)

Fri, 13 Jan 2012 07:04:09 +0000

A lesser, but still good, werewolf film of the time is Wolfen, with Albert Finney. Perhaps it could have been as good or nearly as good as The Howling or An American Werewolf in London--it shows signs of being chopped up pre-release. Alas, I doubt it's well enough remembered or regarded to ever get the director's cut treatment.

Big Hollywood : Top 10 Ways Hollywood Can Win Its Audience Back

Tue, 3 Jan 2012 20:49:55 +0000

The Parker books will be coming to the screen starting in October with Jason Statham as Parker.

Big Hollywood : Christopher Hitchens Flips Off Bill Maher's Audience: 'None of You Is Smarter Than' George W. Bush

Sat, 17 Dec 2011 09:05:49 +0000

Mark Steyn.