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Why ‘Winning Time’ Lost

September 20, 2023September 22, 2023 Paul Shirley 0 Comments Adam McKay, Jeff Pearlman, Jerry West, John C. Reilly, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Magic Johnson, Pat Riley, Patton Oswalt, The 12th Man ', Wallace Shawn, Winning Time

From personal experience, it’s hard to make a TV show about basketball

80 For Brady

’80 For Brady’ and Friends: The Boomer Buddy Comedy Never Dies

January 30, 2023February 1, 2023 Lani Gonzalez 0 Comments 80 For Brady, Alan Arkin, Andy Garcia, Book Club, Candice Bergen, Craig T. Nelson, Diane Keaton, Dianne Wiest, Don Johnson, Going In Style, Jane Fonda, Kevin Kline, Last Vegas, Let Them All Talk, Mary Steenburgen, Meryl Streep, Michael Caine, Michael Douglas, Morgan Freeman, Richard Dreyfuss, Robert DeNiro, Steven Soderbergn, Wallace Shawn

Geezers need excitement, too

Rifkin's Festival

Wallace Shawn is Woody Allen in ‘Rifkin’s Festival’

February 3, 2022April 3, 2022 William Schwartz 4 Comments Elena Anaya, Gina Gershon, Louis Garrel, Rifkin's Festival, Wallace Shawn, Woody Allen

Somehow, Allen keeps making movies

Waiting For Godot

Waiting for a Better Godot

June 17, 2021March 15, 2022 Matt Hanson 0 Comments Ethan Hawke, John Leguizamo, Robin Williams, Samuel Beckett, Steve Martin, Tariq Trotter, Waiting for Godot, Wallace Shawn

A wacky all-star online Zoom version of the play brings some laughs, but loses Beckett’s dark poetry

Eating

Eating Out at the Movies

February 25, 2021 Matt Hanson 0 Comments Andre Gregory, Babette's Feast, Barry Levinson, Bill Murray, Coffee & Cigarrettes, COVID-19, Diner, Five Easy Pieces, Groundhog Day, Jack Nicholson, Jack White, Jim Jarmusch, Meg White, My Dinner With Andre, Quentin Tarantino, Reservoir Dogs, Rob Brydon, Steve Coogan, The Trip, Wallace Shawn

With many restaurants and bars closed permanently, let’s live our day vicariously through these classic scenes