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How to Make It in America October Episode Guide

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Rebecca Murray
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How to Make It in AmericaThe HBO comedy series How to Make It in America returns for an eight episode second season on October 2, 2011, with Bryan Greenberg and Victor Rasuk back in starring roles. Also returning for season two are Luis Guzman, Lake Bell, Scott Mescudi (aka Kid Cudi), and Eddie Kaye Thomas.
 
The Plot:
 
Back in New York after a potentially lucrative trip to Japan, Ben Epstein (Bryan Greenberg) and Cam Calderon (Victor Rasuk) hit the ground running, hustling for every opportunity. The partners scour the downtown scene for new business connections, following every lead they can to get noticed in the ultra-competitive fashion industry and make headway with CRISP, their homemade fashion line of T-shirts and hoodies. As the stakes get higher, these charming entrepreneurs confront new obstacles in New York City, determined to achieve the American Dream.
 
Meanwhile, Ben’s ex-girlfriend Rachel (Lake Bell) has returned to New York transformed by a trip to Africa and Europe; Cam’s cousin Rene (Luis Guzman) is pursuing a get-rich scheme by marketing his Rasta Monsta energy drink; Domingo (Scott Mescudi), Cam and Ben’s well-connected friend, is developing his own entrepreneurial business; and successful hedge fund manager David Kaplan (Eddie Kaye Thomas) is a big supporter of Ben and Cam’s venture. Attempting to negotiate turbulent romantic waters, Ben finds his relationship with his girlfriend, Julie (Margarita Levieva), tested by Rachel’s return, while Cam lands a new girlfriend, Lulu (Nicole Laliberte), who owns a clothing store.
 

October 2011 Episodes:

October’s episodes:
Episode #9: “I’m Good”
Debut: SUNDAY, OCT. 2 (10:30-11:00 p.m. ET/PT)
Other HBO playdates: Oct. 2 (12:30 a.m.) and 6 (8:00 p.m., midnight)
HBO2 playdates: Oct. 3 (11:30 p.m.), 4 (9:00 p.m.), 7 (10:00 p.m.), 8 (1:00 a.m.) and 9 (1:30 p.m.)
Ben (Bryan Greenberg) and Cam (Victor Rasuk) return to NYC from a successful trip to Tokyo full of optimism – and with duffle bags of hoodies for a CRISP pop-up store event. Back from her soul-searching globe-trot, Rachel (Lake Bell) realizes she still has feelings for Ben, but discovers he’s seeing Julie (Margarita Levieva). Rene (Luis Guzman) puts up a head-turning Rasta Monsta billboard that incenses his girlfriend; Domingo (Scott Mescudi) expands his business beyond dog-walking.
Written by Ian Edelman; directed by Julian Farino.
 
Episode #10: “In or Out”
Debut: SUNDAY, OCT. 9 (10:30-11:00 p.m.)
Other HBO playdates: Oct. 9 (12:30 a.m.), 12 (9:30 p.m.) and 13 (midnight)
HBO2 playdates: Oct. 10 (11:30 p.m.), 11 (9:00 p.m.), 14 (10:00 p.m.), 15 (1:00 a.m.) and 16 (2:00 p.m.)
Ben and Cam find themselves stuck between their new sales rep and a hard place when they have the opportunity to crash a brunch hosted by the well-connected Nancy Frankenburg (Gina Gershon). On the personal front, Cam is determined to move out of his grandmother’s place, and Ben makes an indifferent step toward commitment by giving Julie his spare key. Rene leans on an indebted client to pay up, but not with money; Rachel lands a new job at Biscuit magazine, and lights up with Domingo.
Written by Jill Soloway; directed by Julian Farino.
 
Episode #11: “Money, Power, Private School”
Debut: SUNDAY, OCT. 16 (10:30-11:00 p.m.)
Other HBO playdates: Oct. 16 (12:30 a.m.), 19 (9:30 p.m.) and 20 (midnight)
HBO2 playdates: Oct. 17 (11:30 p.m.), 18 (9:00 p.m.), 21 (10:00 p.m.), 22 (1:00 a.m.) and 23 (12:30 p.m.)
Fashion rep Nancy lands CRISP a promising gig, though not for the money or clientele Ben and Cam had hoped for. Rachel bestows a lavish gift on Ben after learning that he and Julie may be parting ways. Cam goes into the dealing business with Domingo to help raise money for a river view apartment. Rene shoots a Rasta Monsta viral video with Wilfredo Gomez (Javier Nunez), and gets closer to his girlfriend Debbie (Andrea Navedo).
Written by Vince Calandra; directed by Simon Cellan Jones.
 
Episode #12: “It’s Not Even Like That”
Debut: SUNDAY, OCT. 23 (10:30-11:00 p.m.)
Other HBO playdates: Oct. 23 (12:30 a.m.), 26 (9:30 p.m.) and 27 (midnight)
HBO2 playdates: Oct. 24 (11:30 p.m.), 25 (9:00 p.m.), 28 (10:00 p.m.), 29 (1:00 a.m.) and 30 (1:30 p.m.)
At an upstate wedding, Ben’s platonic friendship with Rachel is tested by nostalgia – and a revelation about the new guy she’s been seeing. Meanwhile, Kapo (Eddie Kay Thomas) stresses about speaking from the heart in his best-man speech. Cam charms Lulu’s (Nicole Laliberte) dad (Joe Pantoliano) to secure the perfect location (and an unlikely model) for CRISP’s new ‘lookbook’ photo shoot. Rene seeks to collect on a debt to cover the costs of Rasta Monsta’s expanding business (and to buy bling for Debbie).
Written by Seth Zvi Rosenfeld; directed by Julian Farino.
 
Episode #13: “Mofongo”
Debut: SUNDAY, OCT. 30 (10:30-11:00 p.m.)
Other HBO playdate: Oct. 30 (12:30 a.m.)
HBO2 playdate: Oct. 31 (11:30 p.m.)
After Nancy puts the kibosh on getting CRISP into a large midwestern retailer, Ben and Cam take matters into their own hands to charm its young out-of-town buyers. Rene tries to make amends with Debbie and prove he can be a stable family man; Rachel goes from feeling lost at Biscuit to alive in Bushwick, all in a single day.
Written by Arty Nelson & Donal Lardner Ward; directed by Miguel Arteta.
 
Source: HBO
 

Andy Rooney’s Retiring from 60 Minutes

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Rebecca Murray
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'60 Minutes' Correspondent Andy Rooney - Photo © CBS
Andy Rooney
After appearing on the Sunday evening news show 60 Minutes since July 1978, this coming weekend’s broadcast will be Andy Rooney’s last regular appearance on the CBS series. 92 year old Rooney will end his run with a look back at his career followed by his 1097th original essay.
 
Chairman of CBS News and the executive producer of 60 Minutes Jeff Fager commented on Rooney’s retirement: “There’s nobody like Andy and there never will be. He’ll hate hearing this, but he’s an American original. His contributions to 60 Minutes are immeasurable; he’s also a great friend. It’s harder for him to do it every week, but he will always have the ability to speak his mind on 60 Minutes when the urge hits him.”
 
More on Andy Rooney [Courtesy of CBS]:
 
[Rooney has] been a contributor to 60 Minutes since the program’s inception. During the first season of the broadcast in 1968 he appeared a few times in silhouette with Palmer Williams, 60 Minutes’ senior producer, in a short-lived segment called “Ipso and Facto.” It was one of many experiments the program’s creator, Don Hewitt, tried as an end for the program. Hewitt settled with the Point/Counterpoint segment that Kilpatrick and Alexander appeared in for a few years before finding the perfect coda for 60 Minutes in Andy Rooney.
 
Rooney also produced 60 Minutes segments for Harry Reasoner during the broadcast’s first few seasons.
 
He wrote his first television essay, a longer precursor of the type he does on 60 Minutes, in 1964, “An Essay on Doors.” From 1962 to 1968, he collaborated with Reasoner, with Rooney writing and producing and Reasoner narrating, on such notable CBS News specials as “An Essay on Bridges” (1965), “An Essay on Hotels” (1966), “An Essay on Women” (1967), “An Essay on Chairs” (1968) and “The Strange Case of the English Language” (1968). That same year, he wrote two CBS News specials in the series “Of Black America.” His script for “Black History: Lost, Stolen or Strayed” won him the first of four Emmy awards.
 
“An Essay on War” (1971), done for PBS, was his first appearance on television as himself and won Rooney his third Writers Guild Award.
 
Later, he wrote, produced and narrated a series of broadcasts for CBS News on various aspects of American life, including “Mr. Rooney Goes to Washington,” for which he won a Peabody Award, “Andy Rooney Takes Off,” “Mr. Rooney Goes to Work” and “Mr. Rooney Goes to Dinner.” Beginning in 1979, he wrote a weekly syndicated newspaper column that was recognized by the National Society of Newspaper Columnists when he was presented with its Ernie Pyle Lifetime Achievement Award in June 2003. That September, he was honored with a Lifetime Achievement Emmy. The Overseas Press Club gave him its President’s Award in 2010 for his reporting in World War II for The Stars and Stripes.
 
Rooney joined CBS in 1949 as a writer for “Arthur Godfrey’s Talent Scouts,” a Top 10 hit that was number one in 1952. He also wrote for “The Garry Moore Show” (1959-65), helping it to achieve hit status as a Top 20 program. At the same time, he wrote for CBS News public-affairs broadcasts such as “The Twentieth Century,” “News of America,” “Adventure,” “Calendar” and “The Morning Show with Will Rogers, Jr.”
 
In addition to magazine articles he wrote earlier in his career, Rooney is the author of 16 books, most recently Andy Rooney: 60 Years of Wisdom and Wit, was published by PublicAffairs in 2009. Rooney’s other books are: Air Gunner; The Story of The Stars and Stripes; Conquerors’ Peace; The Fortunes of War; A Few Minutes with Andy Rooney; And More by Andy Rooney; Pieces of My Mind; Word for Word; Not That You Asked…; Sweet and Sour; My War; Sincerely, Andy Rooney; Common Nonsense, Years of Minutes and Out of My Mind.
 
Rooney was born Jan. 14, 1919, in Albany, N.Y. He attended Colgate University until he was drafted into the Army in 1941. In February 1943, he was one of six correspondents who flew with the Eighth Air Force on the first American bombing raid over Germany.
 
Rooney lives in New York. He has three daughters and a son.
 
Source: CBS – September 27, 2011
 


 

Jason Derulo’s Future History Hits Stores

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Rebecca Murray
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Jason Derulo Future History
Jason Derulo Future History
Jason Derulo’s second album, Future History, was released today featuring the two already-popular singles: “Don’t Wanna Go Home” and “It Girl.” “Don’t Wanna Go Home” has already spent five weeks in the Top 10 and “It Girl” is climbing the charts, with the video receiving nearly 8 million views since its release on August 15, 2011. And according to Beluga Heights/Warner Bros. Records, Derulo’s YouTube Channel has streamed more than 428 million views which places it in the Top 100 All-Time Most Viewed channels.
 
In support of the album’s release, Derulo performed at the Jet Blue’s “Live from T5 Concert” at John F. Kennedy Airport, and is scheduled to appear on the Live! With Regis and Kelly on Thursday, September 29th, and on The Wendy Williams Show on Friday, September 30th.
 
Watch “It Girl:”
 

 
More on Jason Derulo [Courtesy of Beluga Heights/Warner Bros. Records]:
 
Derulo established himself as a pop sensation with a string of red-hot hits last year: “Whatcha Say” (which spent four consecutive weeks atop the Pop chart and has sold 3.5 million copies), “In My Head” (2.7 million sold), and “Ridin’ Solo” (2.6 million sold) off his self-titled debut album, Jason Derulo. Derulo, who has sold more than 15 million singles and 850,000 albums worldwide, is the first male solo artist to score consecutive No. 1’s on Billboard’s Pop Songs radio airplay chart in the chart’s 17-year-history with his first two entries. Derulo won five awards at the 2011 BMI Pop Awards including “Songwriter of the Year,” which he shared with Lady Gaga and his debut album’s producer JR Rotem.
 
Source: Beluga Heights/Warner Bros. Records – September 28, 2011
 
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Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood to Perform Remind Me at the CMA Awards

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Rebecca Murray
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The 45th Annual CMA Awards co-hosts Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood are set to perform their hit duet “Remind Me” for the very first time live on television on the November 9, 2011 awards show. The CMA Awards take place at the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, and the show airs live at 8:00-11:00 PM/ET on the ABC Television Network.

Watch the “Remind Me” video:

More on Brad Paisley [Courtesy of the Country Music Association]:

Brad Paisley, who was also previously announced as a performer, is CMA’s reigning Entertainer of the Year. He received five nominations in 2011 for Entertainer; Male Vocalist; Album for This is Country Music; andMusical Event and Music Video of the Year for “Old Alabama,” featuring Alabama. Paisley has won 14 CMA Awards to date, including three consecutive Male Vocalist awards (2007-2009) and Album of the Year (in 2006 for Time Well Wasted). He is No. 5 for the most career wins in CMA Awards history, behind only George Strait (22), Brooks & Dunn (19), Vince Gill (18), and Alan Jackson (16).

More on Carrie Underwood [Courtesy of the Country Music Association]:

Carrie Underwood is nominated for Female Vocalist of the Year in 2011, an Award she has won three times (2006-2008). If she wins the Award this year, she will tie with Martina McBride (1999, 2002-2004) and Reba McEntire (1984-1987) for the most wins in the category. Underwood has received a total of five CMA Awards thus far, including the Horizon Award (2006) and Single of the Year (2007 for “Before He Cheats”), and has a total of 14 CMA career nominations to date.

Source: Country Music Association – Sept 27, 2011


Shakira is the Latin Recording Academy Person of the Year

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Rebecca Murray
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Shakira Sale El Sol
Shakira will become the youngest artist ever to receive the Latin Recording Academy Person of the Year honor when she picks up the award at a tribute dinner and star-studded concert on November 9, 2011. Shakira joins a roster of entertainers that includes Plácido Domingo, Carlos Santana Gloria Estefan, Gilberto Gil, Julio Iglesias, and Ricky Martin, all of whom have earned the prestigious award.

The Latin Recording Academy announced Shakira as the 2011 Latin Recording Academy Person of the Year today stating the seven-time Latin Grammy winner was chosen due to her “renowned artistic and philanthropic contributions.”

A portion of the proceeds from the event, which will take place at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas, will be donated to Shakira’s Pies Descalzos Foundation as well as The Latin Recording Academy’s Latin GRAMMY in the Schools educational efforts.

“I am elated on behalf of The Latin Recording Academy and its Board of Trustees that the much admired Shakira — whose incredible talent and artistic integrity are equaled only by her commitment and dedication to philanthropy and selflessly helping those in need — has been elected the 2011 Latin Recording Academy’s Peron of the Year,” stated Gabriel Abaroa Jr., President/CEO of The Latin Recording Academy in the press release announcing Shakira as Person of the Year. “We are honored to pay homage to this dynamic, socially conscious woman whose illustrious career has touched so many people around the world, both musically and personally.”

“It is truly an honor to be in the company of some of the greatest artists and legends of Latin Music,” commented Shakira about this one-of-a-kind distinction.

More on Shakira [Courtesy of The Latin Recording Academy]:

Born in Colombia, Shakira showed early talent in school as a live performer, demonstrating her vocal ability already combining rock, Latin and Mediterranean influences with her own original twist on belly dancing. As a singer/songwriter, dancer, producer and musician, she emerged on the international music scene in the early ’90s. In 1996, Shakira released Pies Descalzos, featuring the hit singles “Estoy Aqui” and “Se Quiere…Se Mata” both topping the Billboard Latin Pop Airplay chart. Her next album, Dónde Están Los Ladrones?proved an even bigger success. Following was the release of her first live album in 2000, Shakira: MTV Unplugged, which spawned her first GRAMMY Award® for Best Latin Pop Album. At the inaugural Latin GRAMMY Awards ceremony in 2000, Shakira received her first two Latin GRAMMY Awards. Without skipping a beat, she released her first crossover album, Laundry Service, in 2001, which became the most successful album of her career to date. Her next, Fijacíon Oral Vol. 1, in 2005, featured the hit single “La Tortura” with singer/songwriter and musician Alejandro Sanz. The album and single earned her four Latin GRAMMY Awards. Shortly thereafter, she released Oral Fixation Vol. 2, which included the worldwide hit “Hips Don’t Lie” in collaboration with musician/producer Wyclef Jean. In 2009, she released She Wolf and quickly following on the heels of that project she released Sale e Sol in 2010. In addition to her busy recording schedule, Shakira has taken the world by storm with many successful global concert tours.

Shakira’s numerous philanthropic efforts began at age 18when she founded the Pies Descalzos Foundation, a charity providing special schools for underprivileged children throughout Colombia. She is a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador, chosen for her involvement in global issues and her deep commitment to helping children. As an advocate for universal education, she served as Honorary Chairperson for the Global Campaign for Education, generating awareness for the U.S. Education for All Act in 2007. She has performed at many benefit concerts, and at the 2007 Clinton Global Initiative, Shakira received a commitment of $40 million from the Spanish government to help the victims of natural disasters. An additional $5 million was to be donated to four Latin American countries, to be spent on education and health. In its December 2008/January 2009 issue, People En Español announced Shakira as the “Humanitarian of the Year” as part of its Las Estrellas del Año (Stars of the Year) awards. On her 32nd birthday, Shakira opened a new $6 million school in her hometown of Barranquilla, Colombia, which she sponsored along with her Pies Descalzos Foundation.

Source: The Latin Recording Academy – Sept 27, 2011


‘Hart of Dixie’ Season 1 Episode 1 Review

By
Kevin Finnerty
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Rachel Bilson and Scott Porter in Hart of Dixie
Rachel Bilson and Scott Porter in ‘Hart of Dixie’ (Photo © 2011 The CW Network, LLC.)

“Mom, I moved to Alabama. Mom…are you there?” That’s Zoe Hart (Rachel Bilson) breaking the news on the phone to her mother (JoBeth Williams) back in New York that she’s uprooted her life and moved to a small Southern town called Bluebell in The CW’s Hart of Dixie episode one.

After losing her fellowship and being dumped by her boyfriend for being too self-absorbed with her own medical career, Zoe falls back on a job offer she received from Bluebell’s main local physician years earlier. Upon arriving in the little Southern town, she learns that the doctor who was so impressed with her and kept sending her postcards hoping she would change her mind has passed away and left her his half of the practice. This immediately puts her at odds with his partner Dr. Brick (Tim Matheson) who is determined to keep the medical business of Bluebell to himself.

To make matters even more complicated for poor Zoe, she starts to have an almost instant crush on the local lawyer, George (Scott Porter), who’s engaged to Lemon (Jaime King), Brick’s daughter and the southern belle of the town. She also has an encounter with ‘Burt Reynolds’, the Mayor’s pet alligator. Complications aside, Zoe – who has no career back in New York and still hopes to help the decent people of Bluebell – wants to try to make the best of it and prove to the townspeople, her parents, and herself that she has what it takes to make a good doctor.

Hart of Dixie is a silly, contrived, fish-out-of-water, light-hearted drama with an interesting cast and a ridiculous plot. Rachel Bilson, while being an extremely attractive young woman, has never given an impressive performance in her career on film or television. Her performance as Zoe Hart is no exception.

Not once is Bilson believable as a New Yorker, let alone a smart, talented young doctor. Looking more like someone who’s just left a Beverly Hills beauty salon and wondering where to get a flavored latte, Bilson delivers what should be considered her worst performance to date. The talented character actor Tim Matheson, whose credits include the classic comedy Animal House and hit television series such as The West Wing and Burn Notice, is completely wasted playing the boring, one note villain of the show who doesn’t seem to be liked by anyone in the town except by his daughter.

Jaime King is adequate but unimpressive as Lemon the spoiled, mean, and not-too-smart Southern princess of the town who’s used to getting her way unless her father says otherwise.

The series creators and writers should be ashamed and embarrassed for not only stealing a cute and at times amusing premise when it was first used in the Michael J. Fox 1991 romantic comedy Doc Hollywood but for also the abysmal dialogue and the horrid, insulting representation of life down in the South. Having created one of the worst series to hit the small screen in years, here’s hoping The CW realizes its mistake and gives itself an enema to flush Hart of Dixie off the air.

GRADE: F

Hart of Dixie debuted on The CW on September 26, 2011.




‘Dead Island’ Movie in the Works

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Rebecca Murray
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A scene from Dead Island
A scene from Dead Island

Zombies are the new vampires. Every studio seems to want to get in on the walking dead action, with Lionsgate – the studio behind the upcoming Pride and Prejudice and Zombies film adaptation – at the forefront of the zombie craze. And the studio just confirmed today they’ve obtained the film rights from Deep Silver to make a feature film inspired by the video game, Dead Island, released on September 6, 2011.

The game kicked off its advertising campaign with a teaser trailer back in February that received over 1 million hits during its first 24 hours live. Wired Magazine, College Humor, and G4TV labeled it the best video game trailer of all time, and Lionsgate’s planning to use the trailer as the film’s “primary creative inspiration.”

Announcing the Dead Island acquisition, Lionsgate’s co-COO and Motion Picture Group President Joe Drake. stated, “Like the hundreds of journalists and millions of fans who were so passionate and vocal about the Dead Island trailer, we too were awestruck. This is exactly the type of property we’re looking to adapt at Lionsgate – it’s sophisticated, edgy, and a true elevation of a genre that we know and love. It also has built in brand recognition around the world, and franchise potential.”

The Dead Island film’s just in its early development stage. Sean Daniel (The Mummy) and Stefan Sonnenfeld are producing, with Missy Papageorge executive producing.

The Plot of the Dead Island Game:

“The game centers on vacationers whose island paradise becomes a living hell when a zombie outbreak quickly spreads. Cut off from the rest of the world, the survivors have only the available materials and the island’s natural ‘weapons’ to protect themselves from the vicious and growing legions of the undead. In addition to the award-winning trailer and video game, the Dead Island intellectual property will be simultaneously developed by Deep Silver into forthcoming graphic novels, novels and other extensions.”




‘What’s Your Number?’ – Anna Faris Interview

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Rebecca Murray
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Anna Faris in What's Your Number?
Anna Faris in 'What's Your Number?' - © 20th Century Fox

Anna Faris (best known for her starring role in the Scary Movie franchise) stars in and executive produces the romantic comedy What’s Your Number? coming to theaters on September 30, 2011. Faris plays a woman who’s hit her sexual limit and decides it’s time to reexamine all the guys she’s slept with just in case one was actually ‘the one,’ and she didn’t even notice it at the time they were dating.

In this video courtesy of 20th Century Fox, Faris talks about the story, working with Chris Evans (Captain America, Puncture), the cast, and playing a raunchy character in this R-rated comedy.

The Plot: A woman, having hit her sexual limit at 20 men, decides to track down the other 19 guys in hopes that she’s overlooked one who could be “the one.”

Watch the Anna Faris interview:

‘Tucker & Dale vs Evil’ Movie Review

By
Ian Forbes
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Tyler Labine and Alan Tudyk in Tucker & Dale vs Evil
Tyler Labine and Alan Tudyk in 'Tucker & Dale vs Evil' - © 2011 Magnet Releasing

While not a new phenomenon, taking films like Young Frankenstein, Dead Alive and Army of Darkness into account, the Horror-Comedy genre has gotten a lot of love in recent years. The Scary Movie franchise is the lowest common denominator version of it, but other films like Shaun of the Dead and Attack the Block have built a dedicated cult following on their clever twists of the horror genre.

Now being released is the latest example, Tucker & Dale vs Evil. The story takes the classic horror convention of horny college kids camping out in the woods, only to be stalked and killed by inbred hillbillies, and turns the premise on its head. Tucker (Alan Tudyk) and Dale (Tyler Labine) are two well-meaning country boys, headed to a run-down cabin Tucker bought as a vacation home. Their outward appearance and lack of social skills leads to a misunderstood meeting with a group of frat boys and co-eds, who only see the worst parts of Deliverance in the two title characters.

What follows is a truly clever and hilarious unfolding of events, as Tucker and Dale are mistaken as kidnappers and murderers by the kids; conversely, the events play out to our two protagonists like the collegians have gone mental and have made a suicide pact of some kind. The deaths are a bit gory and brutal, but director Eli Craig manages to keep a humorous tone to the entire affair and audiences will be laughing just as hard as they’re cringing, if not harder.

What makes this premise work is Craig and the cast truly understanding what they’re doing. This isn’t straight spoofing (a la Scary Movie) but more of an homage to the situations present in films like this, only they make sure to add equal parts of comedy to the tragedy. The actors all play their parts with the utmost eye towards portraying the stereotypes audiences know are present in any backwoods slasher flick. Tudyk and Labine have a long track record of comedic roles; their chemistry with each other and total commitment to the roles hold the entire production together. Katrina Bowden and Jesse Moss are the main “couple” of the college kids and also deliver exactly what is required from roles like these.

Seeing this in a theater full of people was reminiscent of 2009’s Zombieland and this may be the most entertaining movie-going experience of 2011. Will it win any “major” awards? No, and that’s not the point. Will it make $500 million at the box office? No, and its very, very, very limited theatrical release schedule and niche demographic never made its creators/producers think it might. However, unlike a host of films that fit either of those categories, the legend of Tucker & Dale vs. Evil will live on, with the home market the more likely place where people will track this down and realize the worth of its production.

As such, if Tucker & Dale vs Evil is in a theater near you, I implore fans of the genre to grab a bunch of friends and check it out on the big screen. This is the kind of movie begging for an audience experience. Sadly, it’s probably too clever (and definitely too under-distributed) to make that much of a reality, but for once, you’ll be one of the lucky few to get into something cool before everyone else finds out about it. And you want to be cool, right? (And for all you contrarians/hipsters out there: Don’t see this movie, it’s cooler to say no to things).

GRADE: A-

Rated R for bloody horror violence, language and brief nudity.




blink-182’s ‘Neighborhoods’ Arrives Today

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Rebecca Murray
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Blink-182 Neighborhoods
Blink-182 "Neighborhoods" - Interscope Records

blink-182’s back after an eight-year break between albums with Neighborhoods, returning with a more mature sound this time around. Neighborhoods, available today, shows real growth from guitarist Tom DeLonge, bassist Mark Hoppus and drummer Travis Barker, who’ve all been keeping busy with side projects after announcing the group’s ‘indefinite hiatus’ status back in 2005.

Neighborhoods is a solid effort that demonstrates the guys have gotten teenage boy-ish lyrics out of their systems and are ready to evolve and change things up while still pleasing their fan base.

Neighborhoods is currently streaming at neighborhoods.blink182.com.

blink-182 Tour Dates:

SEP 27, 2011 Gexa Energy Pavilion Dallas, TX
SEP 29, 2011 Journal Pavillion Albuquerque, NM
SEP 30, 2011 Tempe Beach Park Tempe, AZ
OCT 1, 2011 Honda Center Anaheim, CA
OCT 2, 2011 Sleep Train Amphitheatre Sacramento, CA
OCT 5, 2011 Shoreline Amphitheatre Mountain View, CA
OCT 6, 2011 Cricket Wireless Amphitheatre San Diego, CA
OCT 7, 2011 Red Rocks Casino Resort & Spa Las Vegas, NV
OCT 8, 2011 Hollywood Bowl Los Angeles, CA
OCT 29, 2011 Voodoo Music Experience New Orleans, LA
JUN 29, 2012 Prague City Festival Prague, CZ
JUL 3, 2012 Mediolanum Forum Milan, ITA

Watch “Up All Night” – the first single off of Neighborhoods:

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