Harper Grace‘s smile is only one of many sweet things about her.
Case in point: an adorable letter the 7-year-old daughter of Neil Patrick Harris wrote to the tooth fairy, which the proud dad couldn’t resist showing off on Instagram Thursday.
“Harper lost another tooth. Wrote this letter,” Harris captioned the post, which featured the letter written in multicolored crayons and bearing the message, “Dear tooth fairy, I lost my tooth today! I love you because you rock!”
“Sigh. I just love being a father,” added the A Series of Unfortunate Events star, 44, who also shares Harper’s...
Case in point: an adorable letter the 7-year-old daughter of Neil Patrick Harris wrote to the tooth fairy, which the proud dad couldn’t resist showing off on Instagram Thursday.
“Harper lost another tooth. Wrote this letter,” Harris captioned the post, which featured the letter written in multicolored crayons and bearing the message, “Dear tooth fairy, I lost my tooth today! I love you because you rock!”
“Sigh. I just love being a father,” added the A Series of Unfortunate Events star, 44, who also shares Harper’s...
- 12/8/2017
- by Jen Juneau
- PEOPLE.com
The men from the popular Instagram Hot Dudes Reading are fanning literary flames this holiday season with their reading gift guide, which they shared with PeopleTV’s Shelf Life.
“We’re hot dudes Reading,” the Hot Dudes spokesman says. “You might know us from Instagram, but we’re home for the holidays and here to help you find the perfect gift for your loved ones who love to read.”
The first item on their list? Book Travel Spray from Commodity.
“Nothing beats the scent of a well-worn book,” he says, “and now the Hemingways and Fitzgeralds in your life can...
“We’re hot dudes Reading,” the Hot Dudes spokesman says. “You might know us from Instagram, but we’re home for the holidays and here to help you find the perfect gift for your loved ones who love to read.”
The first item on their list? Book Travel Spray from Commodity.
“Nothing beats the scent of a well-worn book,” he says, “and now the Hemingways and Fitzgeralds in your life can...
- 12/8/2017
- by PEOPLE TV Staff
- PEOPLE.com
Celebs like to curl up with interesting reads, too.
In the most recent episode of PeopleTV’s Shelf Life, Chrissy Teigen, Megan Mullally and Stephen Colbert share their favorite books… as of right now. Colbert reveals he has an especially voracious appetite for literature by listing not one, not two, but four books that are on his night stand. (Proving that, unlike some, he doesn’t rely solely on Twitter to inform his social commentary.)
Here’s the list:
Chrissy Teigen: The Stranger Beside Me by Ann Rule
“I am about half way done with Ann Rule’s The Stranger Beside Me,...
In the most recent episode of PeopleTV’s Shelf Life, Chrissy Teigen, Megan Mullally and Stephen Colbert share their favorite books… as of right now. Colbert reveals he has an especially voracious appetite for literature by listing not one, not two, but four books that are on his night stand. (Proving that, unlike some, he doesn’t rely solely on Twitter to inform his social commentary.)
Here’s the list:
Chrissy Teigen: The Stranger Beside Me by Ann Rule
“I am about half way done with Ann Rule’s The Stranger Beside Me,...
- 12/7/2017
- by PEOPLE TV Staff
- PEOPLE.com
Neil Patrick Harris isn’t too old for magic, he reveals while discussing his new children’s book, The Magic Misfits, with PeopleTV’s Shelf Life.
“I love magic. More of the card trick/illusionist on a stage magic, as opposed to sorcery/wizards/dragons magic,” he says. “I thought it would be fun to create this world of kids feel out of place, and then come together with their love of magic and actually help save the town.”
The actor, 44, was inspired to write the book, the first in a planned series of four, because he loves reading to his children,...
“I love magic. More of the card trick/illusionist on a stage magic, as opposed to sorcery/wizards/dragons magic,” he says. “I thought it would be fun to create this world of kids feel out of place, and then come together with their love of magic and actually help save the town.”
The actor, 44, was inspired to write the book, the first in a planned series of four, because he loves reading to his children,...
- 12/6/2017
- by PEOPLE TV Staff
- PEOPLE.com
The moment that led to the bestselling children’s novel Wonder — with its message about the power of kindness that is now at the center of a new movie — is one that author R.J. Palacio wishes she could take back.
A decade ago, “I was in front of an ice cream store with my two sons and my younger son, who was only 3 at the time, saw a little girl that had a very significant craniofacial difference,” says Palacio, 54. “He got a little scared and he started to cry.”
“In my haste to kind of shield her from seeing his...
A decade ago, “I was in front of an ice cream store with my two sons and my younger son, who was only 3 at the time, saw a little girl that had a very significant craniofacial difference,” says Palacio, 54. “He got a little scared and he started to cry.”
“In my haste to kind of shield her from seeing his...
- 11/17/2017
- by Samantha Miller
- PEOPLE.com
Two years ago, Jacob Tremblay was the kid star who stole our hearts during awards season — with his heartbreaking performance as a little boy held captive in Room and his beyond-adorable red-carpet appearances.
Now he’s 11 and back with another powerfully emotional role, playing Auggie March, a boy with facial differences caused by a rare genetic condition who enters middle school after years of homeschooling, in the big-screen adaptation of the bestselling novel Wonder. With its gentle message about the power of kindness, the consequences of bullying and the challenges of middle school, the book has sold more than 8 million...
Now he’s 11 and back with another powerfully emotional role, playing Auggie March, a boy with facial differences caused by a rare genetic condition who enters middle school after years of homeschooling, in the big-screen adaptation of the bestselling novel Wonder. With its gentle message about the power of kindness, the consequences of bullying and the challenges of middle school, the book has sold more than 8 million...
- 11/16/2017
- by Samantha Miller
- PEOPLE.com
Carrie Fisher’s half-sister Joely is remembering the Star Wars actress as the one-year anniversary of her death approaches next month.
In her new book Growing Up Fisher: Musings, Memories and Misadventures, excerpted exclusively in the new issue of People, Joely recounts rushing to UCLA Medical Center on the morning of Dec. 23, 2016 to find Carrie in a coma after learning she suffered a heart attack on a plane home to Los Angeles from London.
“Mama Debs was already there,” Joely, 50, writes in the book of Carrie’s mother, Debbie Reynolds. “She told me she had talked to Jesus and prayed for more time,...
In her new book Growing Up Fisher: Musings, Memories and Misadventures, excerpted exclusively in the new issue of People, Joely recounts rushing to UCLA Medical Center on the morning of Dec. 23, 2016 to find Carrie in a coma after learning she suffered a heart attack on a plane home to Los Angeles from London.
“Mama Debs was already there,” Joely, 50, writes in the book of Carrie’s mother, Debbie Reynolds. “She told me she had talked to Jesus and prayed for more time,...
- 11/14/2017
- by Brianne Tracy
- PEOPLE.com
Is there anything better than digging into a good book? For twins Jenna and Barbara Bush, it’s reading a good book together!
The former first daughters, 35, tell People and EW’s “Shelf Life” series that they love to indulge together in guilty pleasure reads, especially mysteries like Nelson DeMille’s The Lion’s Game and Paula Hawkins’ Into the Water.
“We love to read a good mystery when we just want to forget about everything,” says Jenna Bush Hager.
“And we like to read at the same time, so that we have someone to talk to about where we are in the book,...
The former first daughters, 35, tell People and EW’s “Shelf Life” series that they love to indulge together in guilty pleasure reads, especially mysteries like Nelson DeMille’s The Lion’s Game and Paula Hawkins’ Into the Water.
“We love to read a good mystery when we just want to forget about everything,” says Jenna Bush Hager.
“And we like to read at the same time, so that we have someone to talk to about where we are in the book,...
- 10/25/2017
- by Tierney McAfee
- PEOPLE.com
Award-winning writer and young-adult author Jason Reynolds aims his books at the nonbelievers. The kids “who don’t have faith that there are books out there for them,” he tells People. The kids who might live in urban neighborhoods and may be struggling within complicated cultural codes of loyalty and justice. Kids who could look and act a lot like Reynolds himself once did.
Reynolds, 33, rocks the look — the T-shirt, the sneakers, “with my hair all over my head,” he says — that attracts young people. But it’s so much more than that.
“I don’t talk about reading. I...
Reynolds, 33, rocks the look — the T-shirt, the sneakers, “with my hair all over my head,” he says — that attracts young people. But it’s so much more than that.
“I don’t talk about reading. I...
- 10/24/2017
- by Alexandra Rockey Fleming
- PEOPLE.com
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David Baddiel's The Parent Agency is going to Hollywood, and Baddiel is battling through script drafts with Fox...
Last week, David Baddiel stopped by Oxford's wonderful Story Museum for a chat about his Shelf Life with Nicollette Jones, the Sunday Times reviewer of Childrens' Books. For Jones this was quite a normal night of work – she has hosted many successful talks and Q&A sessions for the Story Museum, to the point that they both seem incredibly lucky to have found one another. For Baddiel, however, it all seemed something more like a normal night off.
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Which is to say, from start to finish, Baddiel was at ease, chatty, fearless in simply striking up conversation with members of the audience.
David Baddiel's The Parent Agency is going to Hollywood, and Baddiel is battling through script drafts with Fox...
Last week, David Baddiel stopped by Oxford's wonderful Story Museum for a chat about his Shelf Life with Nicollette Jones, the Sunday Times reviewer of Childrens' Books. For Jones this was quite a normal night of work – she has hosted many successful talks and Q&A sessions for the Story Museum, to the point that they both seem incredibly lucky to have found one another. For Baddiel, however, it all seemed something more like a normal night off.
See related The Last Kingdom series 2 episode 1 review The Last Kingdom series 2: politics, battles and arselings What can we expect from new BBC drama, The Last Kingdom?
Which is to say, from start to finish, Baddiel was at ease, chatty, fearless in simply striking up conversation with members of the audience.
- 3/22/2017
- Den of Geek
What is Shelf Life? I recently moved into a new apartment, which means I had to box my entire movie collection. Now I’m trying to figure out how much of my physical media actually fits here. Each and every title is now up for grabs, new or old, and it’s time to decide what goes on the shelf and what just plain goes. Title: The Final Terror Year: 1983 Director: Andrew Davis Screenwriter: Jon George & Neill D. Hicks and Ronald Shusett Format: Blu-ray/DVD combo pack Purchased Or Sent: Sent. What Is It? Deliverance The 13th. Filled with actors you vaguely recognize when they were young (including Daryl Hannah, Joe Pantoliano, Rachel Ward, and Adrian Zmed), this is a fairly dull slasher entry that leans heavily on what must have already been cliches when they did them, but which are almost unbearable to sit through at this point. Random...
- 8/18/2016
- by Drew McWeeny
- Hitfix
What is Shelf Life? I recently moved into a new apartment, which means I had to box my entire movie collection. Now I’m trying to figure out how much of my physical media actually fits here. Each and every title is now up for grabs, new or old, and it’s time to decide what goes on the shelf and what just plain goes. Title: Sing Street Year: 2016 Director: John Carney Screenwriter: John Carney Format: Blu-ray Purchased Or Sent: Sent What Is It? Conor (Ferdia Walsh-Peelo) is a young man in Dublin in the 1980s, and when he meets a girl worth impressing, the soon-to-be-a-model Raphina (Lucy Boynton), he starts a band with the express purpose of getting her to star in the music video. Random Thoughts: Holy cow, I missed this one. While it had a brief theatrical run, I consider it a major mistake to have missed the press screening.
- 8/18/2016
- by Drew McWeeny
- Hitfix
What is Shelf Life? I recently moved into a new apartment, which means I had to box my entire movie collection. Now I’m trying to figure out how much of my physical media actually fits here. Each and every title is now up for grabs, new or old, and it’s time to decide what goes on the shelf and what just plain goes. Title: Strange Brew Year: 1983 Director: Rick Moranis and Dave Thomas Screenwriter: Rick Moranis & Dave Thomas and Steven De Jarnatt Format: Blu-ray Purchased Or Sent: Purchased What Is It? Beloved Sctv characters Bob and Doug McKenzie (Rick Moranis and Dave Thomas) jump to the big screen in a loose retelling of William Shakespeare’s Hamlet. Seriously. Add hockey, mind-control, and mice trapped in beer bottles, and you’ve got a very strange and silly movie. Random Thoughts: What’s crazy is that Rick Moranis somehow never...
- 8/17/2016
- by Drew McWeeny
- Hitfix
What is Shelf Life? I recently moved into a new apartment, which means I had to box my entire movie collection. Now I’m trying to figure out how much of my physical media actually fits here. Each and every title is now up for grabs, new or old, and it’s time to decide what goes on the shelf and what just plain goes. Title: The Trust Year: 2016 Director: Alex Brewer and Benjamin Brewer Screenwriter: Adam Hirsch and Benjamin Brewer Format: Blu-ray/DVD/digital copy Purchased Or Sent: Sent What Is It? A young cop (Elijah Wood) is brought into a potentially deadly deal with an older cop (Nicolas Cage) who stumbles across a possible score while following leads on local drug traffic in Vegas. Random Thoughts: Direct-to-video (or close to it) Nicolas Cage movies are practically a sub-genre at this point. He's been working for the taxman long...
- 8/15/2016
- by Drew McWeeny
- Hitfix
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We're celebrating 50 brilliant UK independent bookshops. If your favourite is missing, please add it to the list below...
In Neil Gaiman’s preface to Shelf Life: Fantastic Stories Celebrating Bookstores, he describes four bookshops from his childhood. One was a travelling school shop, one a local store staffed by a helpful hippy where he’d pick up 25p Tom Disch novels, another was a bus ride away and owned by a Grinch who’d glower at schoolchildren customers, and the last was a now-defunct Soho sci-fi and fantasy treasure trove. Four individual shops run by booksellers with distinct personalities and idiosyncratic tastes. All of which made Gaiman what he is.
That’s the joy of independent bookshops. Their personalities shape those of the people who visit them. They’re not homogenous. Their stock tends to reflect their passions rather than the year's best-performing unit-shifters. And their...
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We're celebrating 50 brilliant UK independent bookshops. If your favourite is missing, please add it to the list below...
In Neil Gaiman’s preface to Shelf Life: Fantastic Stories Celebrating Bookstores, he describes four bookshops from his childhood. One was a travelling school shop, one a local store staffed by a helpful hippy where he’d pick up 25p Tom Disch novels, another was a bus ride away and owned by a Grinch who’d glower at schoolchildren customers, and the last was a now-defunct Soho sci-fi and fantasy treasure trove. Four individual shops run by booksellers with distinct personalities and idiosyncratic tastes. All of which made Gaiman what he is.
That’s the joy of independent bookshops. Their personalities shape those of the people who visit them. They’re not homogenous. Their stock tends to reflect their passions rather than the year's best-performing unit-shifters. And their...
- 6/10/2016
- Den of Geek
As the battle between network television and streaming wages on, Entertainment Weekly tells us NBC dropped some knowledge on a secret that Netflix has kept closely guarded up until now...their ratings. Using a sample group, NBC hired tech company Symphony to load "soundtrack recognition" software that could distinguish what show you were watching by listening through your phone's audio.
Of course, the data they provided was skewed towards making NBC look like it's winning the battle against Netflix and streaming, when in actuality it's far more complicated than that. Here are the numbers though for the shows they did sample...
Jessica Jones-4.8 million viewersNarcos-3.2 million viewersMaster of None-3.9
Essentially, they have the ratings of good CW shows.
While not competitive against The Voice with its 9 million viewers, that's NBC's highest rated show presently. It's very convenient that NBC chose not to sample data on Orange is The New Black,...
Of course, the data they provided was skewed towards making NBC look like it's winning the battle against Netflix and streaming, when in actuality it's far more complicated than that. Here are the numbers though for the shows they did sample...
Jessica Jones-4.8 million viewersNarcos-3.2 million viewersMaster of None-3.9
Essentially, they have the ratings of good CW shows.
While not competitive against The Voice with its 9 million viewers, that's NBC's highest rated show presently. It's very convenient that NBC chose not to sample data on Orange is The New Black,...
- 1/14/2016
- by Mick Joest
- GeekTyrant
Every week, Shelf Life sees Tom White select and talk about a movie that lives on his DVD shelf, one he thinks we should all see. A huge part of the cinematic landscape from the 30's to the 60's, creature features started to become incredibly scare in the 1980's, disappearing completely by the end of that particular decade, and just becoming a blip on the radar every couple of years. Some of the more famous examples of the genre, namely King Kong and Godzilla, have endured to this day, but the rest have been lost to the ages, living on only in bargain bins and late night t.v. But as much as I love this particular sub genre, for me it's crown jewel came in 1990, billed as a throwback the creature feature's 1950's heyday. I am, of course, talking about Tremors. Our setting is Perfection, Nevada, an small ex-mining...
- 2/12/2015
- by noreply@blogger.com (Tom White)
- www.themoviebit.com
Every week, Shelf Life sees Tom White select and talk about a movie that lives on his DVD shelf, one he thinks we should all see. After receiving critical acclaim and numerous awards for co-writing The Usual Suspects, Christopher McQuarrie was noticeably absent from the cinematic landscape. You may know him now for Jack reacher and Edge of Tomorrow, but back in the late nineties, he was unsuccessfully trying to get a biopic of Alexander the Great off the ground, not wanting his success with Bryan Singer's classic thriller to typecast him as 'a crime guy'. But, as the story goes, it took a cup of coffee with Benico Del Toro to change his mind, which sent him to work on his directorial debut, an action/crime thriller which turned everything we know about the usual hero dynamic on it's head. This was movie was 2000's The Way of the Gun.
- 2/4/2015
- by noreply@blogger.com (Tom White)
- www.themoviebit.com
Every week, Shelf Life sees Tom White select and talk about a movie that lives on his DVD shelf, one he thinks we should all see. There's often times I can't get my head around how movies with such a fantastic pedigree and legacy just get forgotten, and left by the wayside. Let's take the subject of today's article. It stars Al Pacino, Kevin Spacey, Jack Lemmon, Alec Baldwin, Ed Harris, and Alan Arkin (a group of actors immensely popular across a whole range of generations), written by acclaimed playwright David Mamet, was responsible for one of Al Pacino's Oscar nominations (the same year he won for Scent of a Woman), and went onto inspire one of The Simpson's most enduring supporting characters. But when I mention 1990's Glengarry Glen Ross to people, more often than not I'm met with blank stares and exclamations of "Glengarry Glen who?". If I was prone to over-reaction,...
- 1/19/2015
- by noreply@blogger.com (Tom White)
- www.themoviebit.com
Every week, Shelf Life sees Tom White select and talk about a movie that lives on his DVD shelf, one he thinks we should all see. If werewolf movies ever had a heyday, it was the 1980's, with An American Werewolf in London and The Howling showing off the best of what this particular sub-genre had to offer. Other than those two classics, it hasn't fared that well though. An American Werewolf in Paris was an unwanted horror sequel (surprise, surprise), and two high profile attempts to kick start the werewolf movie again, Wolf and The Wolfman, just fell flat. But in 2002, a movie came in under every ones radar that really embraced all the fun a werewolf movie can offer. I am, of course, talking about Neil Marshall's Dog Soldiers. With Luxembourg standing in for the Scottish Highlands, Dog Soldiers sees British soldier Cooper (Kevin McKidd) and the...
- 1/12/2015
- by noreply@blogger.com (Tom White)
- www.themoviebit.com
Every week, Shelf Life sees Tom White select and talk about a movie that lives on his DVD shelf, one he thinks we should all see. Like any genre, horror movies rely on a number of tropes and cliches, the most famous and recognisable being the creepy hillbilly characters who usually the portents of doom for the beautiful, usually college age fodder. But what if those conventions were turned on their head, and we were expected to root for the rednecks? Well, that exact question is asked, and answered to great effect, in one of the finest horror comedies of recent years, 2010's Tucker & Dale vs. Evil. Tucker & Dale vs. Evil starts off like any other horror movie, introducing us to a somewhat likable group of young friends on their way to party it up at a weekend camping trip. It's when they stop at a run down gas station...
- 11/30/2014
- by noreply@blogger.com (Tom White)
- www.themoviebit.com
Every week, Shelf Life sees Tom White select and talk about a movie that lives on his DVD shelf, one he thinks we should all see. In the 90's, Batman's big screen outings seemed to be all style no substance (in Joel Schumacher's case, too much style). Sure they were entertaining as hell, but they weren't that faithful to the comics, instead possessing an increasingly goofy tone cribbed from Adam West's 60's portrayal. It seems that it wasn't till Christopher Nolan took over that we got the grounded tone more in keeping with the Dark Knight comic book exploits. But we would be wrong in thinking that, because Christmas Day 1993 brought the release of the animated Batman: Mask of the Phantasm. Spinning off from Batman: The Animated Series, itself a spin off of Batman Returns, Mask of the Phantasm was the first really faithful adaption of Batman to hit the big screen.
- 11/24/2014
- by noreply@blogger.com (Tom White)
- www.themoviebit.com
We’ve put up our 200th chunk of audio (actually 201st, but let’s not get into that) and in between the swearing, crying and emotional state of us, we’ve also got the following delights for your hearing holes Tom’s Trivia Three – Open up and let us give you a serving of awesome movie trivia!! Reviews – The Drop, Imitation Game Shelf Life – Frailty A critically acclaimed screen actor quotes lines from movies he hasn’t starred in – This week our acclaimed actor takes on True Romance Ultimate Recast Reboot – We recast and reboot La Confidential News – Star Wars Trailer And we have plenty of ways of making you listen... TuneIn App Users Click here – iOS / Android / Windows Phone Stitcher Users Click here – iOS / Android Subscribe on iTunes – Click here (Click view in iTunes and the click Subscribe) If you’re already a subscriber, the latest episode is ready to download.
- 11/17/2014
- by noreply@blogger.com (Vic Barry)
- www.themoviebit.com
Every week, Shelf Life sees Tom White select and talk about a movie that lives on his DVD shelf, one he thinks we should all see. Long before the McConaissance, Matthew McConaughey existed in a wasteland of romantic comedy fluff, his considerable talents wasted by the actor being typecast as the romantic lead of choice. But in 2002, just before the is new career path could take hold, came Frailty, a dark psychological thriller that marked a very impressive directorial debut from Bill Paxton, and, is in fact, a true forgotten gem in both mens back catalogue. Even though his name and face being all over the promotional material for Frailty, McConaughey's role, as Fenton Meiks, in this is quite small for the most part, acting more as a framing device as he tells the story of his childhood in a small Texas town with his younger brother and deeply religious...
- 11/16/2014
- by noreply@blogger.com (Tom White)
- www.themoviebit.com
We’ve provided 199 pieces of audio for your ears to date, and the latest podcast episode is ready to blow your mind Again! Tom’s Trivia Three – Open up and let us give you a serving of awesome movie trivia Reviews – Say When, Interstellar Shelf Life – Fallen A critically acclaimed screen actor quotes lines from movies he hasn’t starred in – This week our acclaimed actor takes on The Blues Brothers Ultimate Recast Reboot – We recast and reboot The Blues Brothers News – Suicide Squad, Toy Story 4, DC / Warner Bros. And we have plenty of ways of making you listen... TuneIn App Users Click here – iOS / Android / Windows Phone Stitcher Users Click here – iOS / Android Subscribe on iTunes – Click here (Click view in iTunes and the click Subscribe) If you’re already a subscriber, the latest episode is ready to download. iPhone / iPad Users– Click here to open your iTunes podcast app and click Subscribe!
- 11/10/2014
- by noreply@blogger.com (Vic Barry)
- www.themoviebit.com
Every week, Shelf Life sees Tom White select and talk about a movie that lives on his DVD shelf, one he thinks we should all see. Mixing genres isn't always an easy thing. Mixing a heavy supernatural element into the lot more grounded world of the police procedural should be nigh on impossible, but this is something 1998's Fallen does with ease. Telling a tale where body swapping demons rub shoulders with serial killers and dogged detectives, Fallen is a solid, wonderfully demented thriller. Starting with the obiligtory 90's scene of the end of the movie being used as a framing device, the movie properly kicks off with Denzel Washington's John Hobbes attending the execution of serial killer Edgar Reese, a wonderfully evil mad man portrayed by Elias Koteas (a character actor we'll all know as Casey Jones from the original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie). Through the eerie...
- 11/10/2014
- by noreply@blogger.com (Tom White)
- www.themoviebit.com
Every week, Shelf Life sees Tom White select and talk about a movie that lives on his DVD shelf, one he thinks we should all see. There's been many different dystopian futures depicted on the big screen down through the years: futures where apes rule, robots rule, or society has just up and failed to the point where leather has become an acceptable piece of clothing. But it took Mike Judge in 2006 with Idiocracy to present us with a future that is both hilarious and terrifyingly possible at the same, a future where the dumb have inherited the Earth. The idea of a future where the average I.Q. of the entire planet has plummeted is pretty high concept, but in Judge's hands, it delivers one of the smartest and best comedies of recent years, one that has gone criminally unseen. The future world of Idiocracy is one that is...
- 11/4/2014
- by noreply@blogger.com (Tom White)
- www.themoviebit.com
After taking off the bank holiday (on this side of the pond at least) last week, the podcast returns with a host of tasty listening. Besides hilarity, swearing and who knows what else, you can also expect the following from what is classed as one of the best podcasts in the country. Tom’s Trivia Three – Open up and let us give you a serving of knowledge from the likes of E.T., Star Trek and X-Men Reviews – Horns, Nightcrawler Shelf Life – Idiocracy A critically acclaimed screen actor quotes lines from movies he hasn’t starred in – This week our acclaimed actor takes on The Fugitive Ultimate Recast Reboot – We recast and reboot Reservoir Dogs News – Marvel Phase 3, Tom Cruise, Furious 7 And we have plenty of ways of making you listen... TuneIn App Users Click here – iOS / Android / Windows Phone Stitcher Users Click here – iOS / Android Subscribe on iTunes – Click...
- 11/3/2014
- by noreply@blogger.com (Vic Barry)
- www.themoviebit.com
Every week, Shelf Life sees Tom White select and talk about a movie that lives on his DVD shelf, one he thinks we should all see. Trick r' Treat is probably the truest definition of a cult classic. Despite finishing production in 2007, the movie wasn't available for public consumption until it's 2009 DVD release. Before that, the movie was shown at conventions and festivals, and numerous free screenings, sponsored by the likes of Ain't it Cool News and Fangoria, when word of mouth spread and the fan base grew. So what made this small, Halloween themed horror anthology so popular? Well, there are many reasons, but the main one is one character: Sam. The seeds for Trick r' Treat were sown in 1996, when the movie writer/director Michael Dougherty (co-screenwriter on X-Men 2 and Superman Returns) noticed Halloween didn't have an iconic figure to represent it. Christmas has Santa Claus, Easter the Easter Bunny,...
- 10/26/2014
- by noreply@blogger.com (Tom White)
- www.themoviebit.com
Featuring more Liam Neeson dick jokes than you can shake a plastic dick at, this weeks podcast is ready to blow your mind. Tom’s Trivia Three – We ram delicious movie trivia nuggets down your throat. This week learn stuff about The Thing, The Hangover and Kick-Ass Reviews – The Judge Shelf Life – Near Dark A critically acclaimed screen actor quotes lines from movies he hasn’t starred in – This week our acclaimed actor takes on The Simpsons movie Ultimate Recast Reboot – We recast and reboot Dirty Harry News – New DC slate, Chris Rock And we have plenty of ways of making you listen... TuneIn App Users Click here – iOS / Android / Windows Phone Stitcher Users Click here – iOS / Android Subscribe on iTunes – Click here (Click view in iTunes and the click Subscribe) If you’re already a subscriber, the latest episode is ready to download. iPhone / iPad Users– Click here to...
- 10/20/2014
- by noreply@blogger.com (Vic Barry)
- www.themoviebit.com
Every week, Shelf Life sees Tom White select and talk about a movie that lives on his DVD shelf, one he thinks we should all see. In recent years, vampires have being de-fanged somewhat, Stephanie Myers' Twilight kickstarting the once fearsome creatures of the night's reinvention as romantic figures, and mainstays in Young Adult fiction. The trend seems to be dying off, thank god, with the likes of Dracula Untold and t.v show The Strain putting some bite back into the vampire legend, but in 1987, Kathryn Bigelow brought us a movie that proved you could perfectly marry the love story Myers was attempting to tell with the more traditional views of the vampire myth. That movie was Near Dark. Around about the year 2000, something got flipped in popular culture, and vampirism became an attractive prospect. No longer were vampires something to be feared, instead they were desirable, becoming something to emulate.
- 10/19/2014
- by noreply@blogger.com (Tom White)
- www.themoviebit.com
Every week, Shelf Life sees Tom White select and talk about a movie that lives on his DVD shelf, one he thinks we should all see. Mention the name Hannibal Lecter, and everyone will immediately know you are talking about the psychiatrist turned cannibal that lives in Thomas Harris's novels. In 1991, he was brought to the big screen in Silence of the Lambs, with Anthony Hopkins making the character a cinematic icon, and his own, with a memorably chilling performance. The subsequent movies, Hannibal, Red Dragon, and Hannibal Rising, saw the law of diminishing Lecters, with each one going some way to lessen the characters impact. It wasn't until 2012, that t.v. series Hannibal injected new life into the character, and Harris' formula of psychological thriller mixed with a police procedural. But there is one Hannibal Lecter movie that everyone forgets about, one that did things a little differently...
- 10/14/2014
- by noreply@blogger.com (Tom White)
- www.themoviebit.com
The latest podcast is ready for your listening pleasure (or misfortune) Tom’s Trivia Three – We force feed you delicious nuggets of movie trivia. This weeks delectable delights are about Inception, Batman and Scott Pilgrim Reviews – The Maze Runner, Turtles, Gold Shelf Life – Manhunter A critically acclaimed screen actor quotes lines from movies he hasn’t starred in – This week our acclaimed actor takes on Tropic Thunder Ultimate Recast Reboot – We recast and reboot Face Off News – Lego Batman, Ghostbusters (Vic loses his mind) And we have plenty of ways of making you listen... TuneIn App Users Click here – iOS / Android / Windows Phone Stitcher Users Click here – iOS / Android Subscribe on iTunes – Click here (Click view in iTunes and the click Subscribe) If you’re already a subscriber, the latest episode is ready to download. iPhone / iPad Users– Click here to open your iTunes podcast app and click Subscribe! Direct Download from the.
- 10/13/2014
- by noreply@blogger.com (Vic Barry)
- www.themoviebit.com
Every week, Shelf Life sees Tom White select and talk about a movie that lives on his DVD shelf, one he thinks we should all see. Nowadays, I like to think of director Paul W.S. Anderson as Michael Bay, minus a couple of million dollars. He has a great eye for visuals, and an inexplicably popular franchise, Resident Evil, he falls back on every couple of years, but his movies receive a not undeserved critical drubbing, far beyond anything the Master of Bayhem gets. Now the only enjoyment that I get from him is jokes playing on his name's similarity to the much more favoured Paul Thomas Anderson (you don't know the joy of angering hardcore film nerds by saying, "I can't wait for the next Paul Anderson film"). But there was a time, before the video game adaptions and putting his wife in everything, that I found him endlessly entertaining,...
- 10/5/2014
- by noreply@blogger.com (Tom White)
- www.themoviebit.com
We’ve got a pretty jam packed podcast for your listening pleasure this week. If you thought last week’s idea of our Ultimate Recast Reboot was insane, wait till you hear what we’ve done this week! James Cameron’s True Lies. Yup. We’ve gone there, and we’d pay money to see our reboot, as we’ve come up with a pretty damn fine cast. Besides that, copious amounts of swearing and loose hands we’ve also got all this… Listener Questions – We consume your questions in a meal of tangents and swearing! Tom’s Trivia Three – Like an overweight Yoda (still) , we teach you cool stuff about Iron Man, Titanic and Ghostbusters Reviews – What we did on our Holiday, Maps to the Stars, The Equalizer Shelf Life – Boondock Saints A critically acclaimed screen actor quotes lines from movies he hasn’t starred in – This week our...
- 9/29/2014
- by noreply@blogger.com (Vic Barry)
- www.themoviebit.com
Every week, Shelf Life sees Tom White select and talk about a movie that lives on his DVD shelf, one he thinks we should all see. Released in 1999, The Boondock Saints is a movie more known for its problems than anything else. The script, written by first timer Troy Duffy, was regarded as the hottest script in Hollywood, and when it was picked up by Miramax, Duffy was attached to direct, even though he had zero experience in the field. What followed, as captured in the documentary Overnight, will live on in infamy as Duffy's ego took control. He burnt every bridge he could in Hollywood, insulting and alienating producer and actor alike, resulting in the first time director becoming blacklisted in the industry. This ill will spilled over into the films release, receiving only one week in five theaters, and garnering poor reviews. But despite all these problems, The Boondock Saints...
- 9/28/2014
- by noreply@blogger.com (Tom White)
- www.themoviebit.com
This week we kick Liam Neeson’s ass and ruin Iron Man! And to celebrate the Reel Cinema sponsoring the podcast, we’ve got lots of movie tickets to giveaway. Listen to win! Listener Questions – We bathe ourselves in your questions! Tom’s Trivia Three – Like an overweight Yoda, we teach you cool stuff about Brad Pitt, Jurassic Park and The Departed Reviews – A Walk Among The Tombstones, Noble, The Giver, The Riot Club Shelf Life – Dazed and Confused A critically acclaimed screen actor quotes lines from movies he hasn’t starred in – This week our acclaimed actor takes on Clerks 2 Ultimate Recast Reboot – We recast and reboot Iron Man News – Interstellar and the Interview And we have plenty of ways of making you listen... TuneIn App Users Click here – iOS / Android / Windows Phone Stitcher Users Click here – iOS / Android Subscribe on iTunes – Click here (Click view in iTunes...
- 9/22/2014
- by noreply@blogger.com (Vic Barry)
- www.themoviebit.com
Every week, Shelf Life sees Tom White select and talk about a movie that lives on his DVD shelf, one he thinks we should all see. The third film from Richard Linklater, and the second after Slacker put him on the the map, 1993's Dazed and Confused is typical of the director, presented as a slice of life of a group of mostly directionless characters as they go about their daily lives. But this coming of age comedy, with it's ensemble of, at the time, soon to be stars, and an undeniable love for the 1970's, became, pretty much instantly, one of Linklater's most accomplished work. Like most of the director's work, his home state of Texas is the setting, as the last day of school sees a disparate group of Austin high schoolers looking to celebrate. The plot is as directionless as the characters it follows. They are just looking for a good time,...
- 9/21/2014
- by noreply@blogger.com (Tom White)
- www.themoviebit.com
Every week, Shelf Life sees Tom White select and talk about a movie that lives on his DVD shelf, one he thinks we should all see. With The Crow, director Alex Proyas made a huge mark on the main stream showing a lot of promise with his signature style and dark tone. While the likes of I, Robot and Knowing have seen his styleget diluted throughout the years, it was his third feature that showed Proyas at his best, and gave us a great sense of what he could achieve. That movie was 1998's Dark City. One full year before The Matrix (which also used some of the same sets), Dark City explored many similar themes and even shared many plot beats with The Wachowski's sci-fi classic, but while that movie went big and flashy, Dark City went smaller and deeper, with Rufus Sewell's John Murdoch discovering the city...
- 9/14/2014
- by noreply@blogger.com (Tom White)
- www.themoviebit.com
Nickelodeon has ordered 13 episodes of The Loud House, from first-time creator Chris Savino. The animated series, about a chaotic life growing up in a huge household, is based on a short from Nick’s 2013 Animated Shorts Program. This is the first project from that initiative, launched in 2012 and designed to identify and develop original comedy-driven content for kids. Pitches chosen are developed into animated shorts with the potential to air on the network or live on the Nick App. The short from Savino (Rocko’s Modern Life, The Powerpuff Girls) follows 11-year-old Lincoln as he gives an inside look at what it takes to survive in the bedlam of a large family, especially as the only boy with 10 sisters. It will air on Nick. The news today dovetails with Nickelodeon announcing the 11 finalists from its 2014 Animated Shorts Program. They are: Francine by writer/comedian Katie Crown – The story of a...
- 6/5/2014
- by THE DEADLINE TEAM
- Deadline TV
From Thursday, July 18th to Sunday, July 21st, the world's most fervent nerds will descend on the San Diego Convention Center for the 44th annual Comic-Con. Among many other presenters, the online video community will be out in full force over the four days. Here are some events to check out: Thursday Cartoon Network: Annoying Orange 12:45-1:45 Room 6De The High Fructose Adventures of Annoying Orange has been, without a doubt, the most successful TV program based on a web series, and its creator and stars are ready to do a happy dance. Literally. At this panel, there will be a musical number and a 'Toby Turner dance', along with many other fruit-related tidbits from Dane Boedingheimer, iJustine, and others. Ghost Ghirls: A Behind-the-Scenes Paranormal Experience with Jack Black 1-2 Indigo Ballroom, Hilton San Diego Bayfront Jack Black's Yahoo web series, Ghost Ghirls, has been in production for seven months,...
- 7/17/2013
- by Sam Gutelle
- Tubefilter.com
Nora Ephron fans, clear a space on your bookshelves. Two essay collections by the late writer -- "Crazy Salad: Some Thoughts About Women" and "Scribble Scribble: Notes on the Media" -- will be published in a single volume on October 16, according to Vintage Books.
Ephron published both books in the 1970s, and according to Entertainment Weekly's Shelf Life blog, "Scribble Scribble" has been out of print since 1984 and "Crazy Salad" since 1991. The latter includes Ephron's famous essay "A Few Words About Breasts," in which she wrote: "If I had had them, I would have been a completely different person. I honestly believe that."
Copies of the out-of-print edition of "Crazy Salad" are currently for sale on eBay for $25 to $250, and "Scribble Scribble" is going for as much as $69.90.
Ephron died in June after a battle with leukemia. The beloved writer of "When Harry Met Sally..." and "Sleepless in Seattle" planned...
Ephron published both books in the 1970s, and according to Entertainment Weekly's Shelf Life blog, "Scribble Scribble" has been out of print since 1984 and "Crazy Salad" since 1991. The latter includes Ephron's famous essay "A Few Words About Breasts," in which she wrote: "If I had had them, I would have been a completely different person. I honestly believe that."
Copies of the out-of-print edition of "Crazy Salad" are currently for sale on eBay for $25 to $250, and "Scribble Scribble" is going for as much as $69.90.
Ephron died in June after a battle with leukemia. The beloved writer of "When Harry Met Sally..." and "Sleepless in Seattle" planned...
- 9/20/2012
- by The Huffington Post
- Huffington Post
We scour the interwebs for the coolest movie news and more so you don't have to ...
Going by Pixar’s timeline, we've got about 800 years until Wall-e is a reality. Thanks to California resident Mike Senna, who spent the last two years building a life-size, working Wall-e, we're a tad ahead of schedule.
Who's got your vote — long-term congressman Cam Brady (Will Ferrell) or tourism center director Marty Huggins (Zach Galifianakis)? As that's a pretty tough call, maybe this new campaign commercial from "The Campaign" will help sway your allegiance one way or the other.
What would you do if someone stole your mind? As "Total Recall" commences with questioning reality, Moviefone remembers (or do they?) some of the best movies about memory, from "Memento" to "The Bourne Identity."
Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart's relationship may be up in the air right now, but we'll always have Bella and...
Going by Pixar’s timeline, we've got about 800 years until Wall-e is a reality. Thanks to California resident Mike Senna, who spent the last two years building a life-size, working Wall-e, we're a tad ahead of schedule.
Who's got your vote — long-term congressman Cam Brady (Will Ferrell) or tourism center director Marty Huggins (Zach Galifianakis)? As that's a pretty tough call, maybe this new campaign commercial from "The Campaign" will help sway your allegiance one way or the other.
What would you do if someone stole your mind? As "Total Recall" commences with questioning reality, Moviefone remembers (or do they?) some of the best movies about memory, from "Memento" to "The Bourne Identity."
Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart's relationship may be up in the air right now, but we'll always have Bella and...
- 8/4/2012
- by Bryan Enk
- NextMovie
We scour the interwebs for the coolest movie news and more so you don't have to ...
Dylan Baker is sighing himself to sleep tonight because he only ever got to be a pre-transformation Dr. Curt Connors in Sam Raimi's "Spider-Man" movies. Check out the first really good look at the wall-crawler's nemesis in "The Amazing Spider-Man" at The Playlist.
Well, at least they didn't completely freak out and just call it "Hunger Games 2." To avoid confusion with any other movie called "Catching Fire" that might be coming out in the next couple of years, the "Hunger Games" sequel has been officially titled "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire."
"The Twilight Saga: The Complete Film Archive" will be published on Oct. 9 just in time to commemorate the end of the film series ("Breaking Dawn - Part 2" opens Nov. 16, but you already knew that). Head over to Shelf Life for the first...
Dylan Baker is sighing himself to sleep tonight because he only ever got to be a pre-transformation Dr. Curt Connors in Sam Raimi's "Spider-Man" movies. Check out the first really good look at the wall-crawler's nemesis in "The Amazing Spider-Man" at The Playlist.
Well, at least they didn't completely freak out and just call it "Hunger Games 2." To avoid confusion with any other movie called "Catching Fire" that might be coming out in the next couple of years, the "Hunger Games" sequel has been officially titled "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire."
"The Twilight Saga: The Complete Film Archive" will be published on Oct. 9 just in time to commemorate the end of the film series ("Breaking Dawn - Part 2" opens Nov. 16, but you already knew that). Head over to Shelf Life for the first...
- 5/25/2012
- by Bryan Enk
- NextMovie
Maurice Sendak, beloved author of the 1963 children’s picture book Where the Wild Things Are, which was adapted for the big screen in 2009 by director Spike Jonze and writer Dave Eggers, has reportedly passed away at the age of 83 due to complications from a recent stroke.
Where the Wild Things Are was one of the earliest children’s books to feature a rebellious, sometimes spiteful protagonist that made parents nervous, but nonetheless influenced several generations of readers including yours truly. You will be truly missed, Mr. Sendak. Thanks for speaking to me through your books like I was an adult, instead of condescending to me like the rest of society.
[Source] Shelf Life...
Where the Wild Things Are was one of the earliest children’s books to feature a rebellious, sometimes spiteful protagonist that made parents nervous, but nonetheless influenced several generations of readers including yours truly. You will be truly missed, Mr. Sendak. Thanks for speaking to me through your books like I was an adult, instead of condescending to me like the rest of society.
[Source] Shelf Life...
- 5/8/2012
- by Brandon Johnston
- ScifiMafia
TriStar has revealed the third and final trailer teaser for Looper in advance of tomorrow's full trailer debut. For those that haven't been keeping up with the first two teasers, Looper is from writer/director Rian Johnson (Brick) and stars Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Joe, a time-traveling hired gun working for the mob in the capacity that when they want someone killed they send their target 30 years into the past, where a "looper" takes care of the rest. Joe is getting rich and life is good until the day the mob decides to "close the loop," sending back Joe's future self (Bruce Willis) for assassination. Emily Blunt, Paul Dano, Jeff Daniels, Piper Perabo and Noah Segan co-star in the film, which is set to hit theaters on September 28. With the arrival of this third and final teaser I have included all three teasers directly below. At this point I'll be surprised...
- 4/11/2012
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
Timothy Zahn is pretty much to modern sci-fi what Stephen King is to modern horror. That is to say, he’s kind of a big deal. In the 1991 Zahn re-vitalized the Star Wars Expanded Universe with his critically and fan acclaimed Heir to the Empire trilogy, where he introduced the most memorable Star Wars villain to date in Grand Admiral Thrawn.
More recently, Zahn has returned to a galaxy far, far away. 2007′s Allegiance and 2011′s The Choices of One tell stories of a narrower scope than Heir to the Empire, but are just as personal and fantastic. On December 26th, 2012 Zahn will return to Star Wars to tell a heist story featuring our three favorite smugglers in Star Wars: Scoundrels.
We got our hands on the cover of the book as well as the publisher’s description courtesy of Shelf Life. Check them out below.
The Death Star has been destroyed.
More recently, Zahn has returned to a galaxy far, far away. 2007′s Allegiance and 2011′s The Choices of One tell stories of a narrower scope than Heir to the Empire, but are just as personal and fantastic. On December 26th, 2012 Zahn will return to Star Wars to tell a heist story featuring our three favorite smugglers in Star Wars: Scoundrels.
We got our hands on the cover of the book as well as the publisher’s description courtesy of Shelf Life. Check them out below.
The Death Star has been destroyed.
- 3/23/2012
- by Brandon Johnston
- ScifiMafia
We never really learn what catastrophic event occurred that led to the restructuring of North America into Panem, the post apocalyptic continent that is the setting for Suzanne Collins‘ Hunger Games trilogy. For that matter we aren’t really that certain what Panem looks like, and only have a vague idea of how the nation is set up.
If you’re anything like me and like a bit of cartography with your scifi/fantasy, Hunger Games fans and livejournalers aimmyarrowshigh and badguys got together and created a pretty cool map of Panem. Check it out below along with a legend that explains everything. And if you’re curious to see how they hammered this out you can check out the blog post that details the creation process here. Happy Hunger Games, everyone!
•The Capitol is in Denver.
•D12 is Appalachia.
•D11 shares a border with D12, is one of the largest districts,...
If you’re anything like me and like a bit of cartography with your scifi/fantasy, Hunger Games fans and livejournalers aimmyarrowshigh and badguys got together and created a pretty cool map of Panem. Check it out below along with a legend that explains everything. And if you’re curious to see how they hammered this out you can check out the blog post that details the creation process here. Happy Hunger Games, everyone!
•The Capitol is in Denver.
•D12 is Appalachia.
•D11 shares a border with D12, is one of the largest districts,...
- 3/23/2012
- by Brandon Johnston
- ScifiMafia
Ask any real vampire fan to name 5 bloodsuckers that rate a 10 on the creepy-meter and inevitably Drusilla from Buffy the Vampire Slayer will be on that list. In 1997 Juliet Landau and James Marsters roared into Sunnydale as Drusilla and Spike, a pair of wicked vampire lovers who were out to do the Slayer and Scoobies a whole world of harm. Though their plans never worked out, our devotion to Dru and Spike endured, and fans have always grumbled that we didn’t get more Dru in the long running Buffyverse franchises.
Dark Horse Comics looks to rectify that oversite this June. The psychic psycho vamp will take center stage in a 5 issue mini-series; what’s better is that the book will be written by none other than Juliet Landau herself! Details are sketchy at present, but Landau told Shelf Life that the first issue of Drusilla picks up immediately after...
Dark Horse Comics looks to rectify that oversite this June. The psychic psycho vamp will take center stage in a 5 issue mini-series; what’s better is that the book will be written by none other than Juliet Landau herself! Details are sketchy at present, but Landau told Shelf Life that the first issue of Drusilla picks up immediately after...
- 2/29/2012
- by Brandon Johnston
- ScifiMafia
It’s been a long road for Buffy and the Scoobies. Creator Joss Whedon isn’t known for pulling punches. The titular heroine has faced all manner of trials, tribulations, and horrors. She’s lost friends, lovers, even herself in the long fought battle against the forces of evil. But with this week’s issue of Buffy Season 9, Whedon has a new obstacle for the Slayer.
Buffy is getting an abortion. Yep.
Last month’s issue ended with the massive revelation that Buffy had a little slayer in the oven. In this month’s issue Buffy is seeking advice from the one person who know’s all about being the child of a Slayer: Robin Wood.
Shelf Life sat down with creator Joss Whedon to talk about the controversial turn in the series. Whedon stated that he felt very strongly about teen pregnancy, or unprepared pregnancy in general. As far as he is concerned,...
Buffy is getting an abortion. Yep.
Last month’s issue ended with the massive revelation that Buffy had a little slayer in the oven. In this month’s issue Buffy is seeking advice from the one person who know’s all about being the child of a Slayer: Robin Wood.
Shelf Life sat down with creator Joss Whedon to talk about the controversial turn in the series. Whedon stated that he felt very strongly about teen pregnancy, or unprepared pregnancy in general. As far as he is concerned,...
- 2/9/2012
- by Brandon Johnston
- ScifiMafia
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