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'Waiting for Superman' corrals our hopelessness

For months now, Waiting for Superman, Director Davis Guggeheim's (An Inconvenient Truth) take on the unraveling of the public school system, has been advance-screening like crazy all over the country. For a doc...

A likely story? CATFISH promises a thriller, but will audiences agree?

At last week's press screening of Catfish, the utterly charming, almost child-like filmmakers, (who are also the film's subjects) asked the audience to protect a secret reveal that the marketing promises is nothing short of...

Robert Byington's "Harmony and Me" hits Netflix

Director Robert Byington's fourth film, Harmony and Me, possibly the highest rated independent film on Rotten Tomatoes, is now available for download on Netflix along with his film RSO (Registered Sex Offender), which Byington describes as Harmony'...

The Americans are coming! The Americans are coming! Chevy goes "Mini" with a "Spark"

As I wrote in my Camaro Synergy Green Special Edition article, the Americans are trying to put their best feet forward at this year's North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) in Detroit, though it's no secret that...

Domino's Pizza, Nissan, Shrek: Camaro finally gets its props at the NAIAS

The North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) had much to offer this year, but what I was most impressed with was how hard the American car underdogs are trying to win back individual drivers.Instead of choosing to remain in...

Does real-life car designer Henrik Fisker need help from 'CSI: Miami's' Lt. Horatio Caine?

The 2010 North American International Auto Show began in Detroit today, and the fanfare is high, but how journalists, consumers, and the market itself will receive the cars once they emerge from those huge cloth covers is still a big...

Perhaps Sen. Harry Reid should attend tonight's ArcLight Hollywood showing of 'Remember the Titans'

"Remember the Titans" screens tonight, and given the controversial comments that Sen. Harry Reid made about Obama during the presidential campaign, one starts to wonder if race issues are best tackled on an athletic field--or at least...

It's calendar-buying time, but where's the "Men of public radio" calendar?

The calendar business has really changed. Once filled with persian cats and lighthouses of Maine, now there's a "Real Men of Reality TV" calendar (sadly minus Dr. Drew), the ever-popular calendar spotlighting "Cute Vatican Priests...

BMW introduces the ActiveE at the Detroit Auto Show, but what would 'The Jetsons' do?

None of the BMW owners I know ever disappoint in their BMW driverish-ness. They want speed, luxury and prestige, but also to be relevant and hip, sometimes even edgy. When I was a teenager in the late 80's...

"Identity Guard's" holiday gift to you: black people who aren't scary

Yes, some Nigerians do perpetrate fraud; anyone with dial-up knows that, and it does seem like theft-protection company Identity Guard's new TV ad is trying to play on that notion by scaring you momentarily before then...

'Waiting for Superman' corrals our hopelessness

A likely story? CATFISH promises a thriller, but will audiences agree?

Robert Byington's "Harmony and Me" hits Netflix

The Americans are coming! The Americans are coming! Chevy goes "Mini" with a "Spark"

Domino's Pizza, Nissan, Shrek: Camaro finally gets its props at the NAIAS

Does real-life car designer Henrik Fisker need help from 'CSI: Miami's' Lt. Horatio Caine?

Perhaps Sen. Harry Reid should attend tonight's ArcLight Hollywood showing of 'Remember the Titans'

It's calendar-buying time, but where's the "Men of public radio" calendar?

BMW introduces the ActiveE at the Detroit Auto Show, but what would 'The Jetsons' do?

"Identity Guard's" holiday gift to you: black people who aren't scary

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