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Web Series: The Pantsless Detective

This is clever stuff – even if you aren’t a film student and have never seen or heard of film noir.

The Pantsless Detective, Season 3 wants us all to know where the credit for it belongs. (Does this mean nobody got paid?)

Starring:
Tom Chamberlain as Det. Richard Panceliss/Father Panceliss
Dipu Bhattacharya as Smitty/Narrator
Amy Lewis as Temperance Friday
Rebecca Robinson as Constance Trustworthy
Brian Sierer as Sgt. McAdams
John Stanhope as Thug/Bruno Weisenheimer
J. Kevin Smith as Junior Detective #2
Tony Salinas as Junior Detective #3
Craig Kanne as New Thug
Martina Ohlhauser as Mother Panceliss/Phem Faye Tall
Miles Baade as Young Panceliss
Leigh Newsom as Waiter/Shower victim
Django as Guard Dog read article

Diana Vacc sees “Snowden”

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by Diana Vaccarelli

              *If you haven’t viewed this film yet be warned this review may contain spoilers!*

As another step in our march through the Awards Season, I went and saw Snowden.  This film follows a story some of us are quite familiar with: NSA analyst Edward Snowden and how he leaked the NSA’s illegal surveillance techniques.

THE GOOD:

  • The performance of Joseph Gordon Levitt as Edward Snowden is Oscar worthy as he not only got the voice and speaking rhythm right but physically changed into this man. 3rd Rock from the Sun is long gone from him now. Way to go, JGL!
  • The writing of this film by Oliver Stone and Kieran Fitzgerald is a thing of beauty.  Stone and Fitzgerald bring this controversial news story to life. Watching this film made me think long and hard about the reach our government’s eyes and ears have and how all of us need to fight for our privacy.

THE BAD: read article

LB’s Poetry: Kid Hollywood Acknowledges His Co-Opting

by Larry Brody

NOTE FROM LB: 

In a way I didn’t realize when I first wrote it, the following poem commemorates the moment of my baptism as Kid Hollywood. So brave I was! So bold! So proud!

But, as I didn’t even think to ask myself at the time, of what?  read article

So How’s the 2016 Fall TV Schedule Shaping Up, Mrs. Lincoln?

A couple in love? Or are they holding on to each other for dear life?
A couple in love? Or are they holding on to each other for dear life?

by Rogelio Charles

EDITOR’S NOTE: Rogelio Charles, the Luis Miguel of wordsmithing, watches some Fall premieres so you don’t have to. Take it away, Rogelio:

My goal last week was to watch the complete opening episodes of at least four broadcast network shows.

I didn’t make it. read article

6 Cartoons That Nail TV

And here they are, straight from the wonderfulness of the interwebs:

See more cartoons by Mark Anderson and Randy Glasbergen