Filmzee » TV http://filmzee.com Film/ movies, TV, DVD, Video, IPTV/ Internet TV, gadgets Mon, 23 Jun 2008 05:33:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 en Writer’s Strike: Some Talk Shows to Return Jan 2nd http://filmzee.com/writers-strike-some-talk-shows-to-return-jan-2nd/ http://filmzee.com/writers-strike-some-talk-shows-to-return-jan-2nd/#comments Tue, 18 Dec 2007 02:51:18 +0000 Astin Roth http://filmzee.com/writers-strike-some-talk-shows-to-return-jan-2nd/ The Hollywood writers’ strike is currently stalled and their union, Writers Guild of America (WGA), is planning to deal directly with Hollywood studios instead of the organization representing the latter group. Regardless of the results of the new negotiations, Jay Leno and Conan O’Brien plan to come back on the air Jan 2nd with new episodes, sans written jokes. They’ve indicated that this is to prevent having to fire other staff. David Letterman’s production company might try to deal independently with the WGA.

Some talkshow hosts have been paying non-writer staff out of their own pockets.

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Talkshows are the first victims of Writer’s Guild strike. In fact, they’ll go into reruns as of today. The last strike, which happened over 20 years ago, cost the industry a half billion dollars. This one might cost a billion.

It’s nice to see so many stars supporting the writers. Let’s hope this strike is resolved quickly and with no bad blood.

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As per Ebert + Roper, Sun Nov 4th, 2007, the following DVDs are either now out or about to be released.

Roper panned the first two in the past, but I’ve only seen Seinfeld and Help!, so I can’t comment. Links are to their corresponding IMDB pages.

  1. I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry. Adam Sandler (Chuck), Kevin James (Larry), Jessica Biel, Dan Akroyd, Ving Rhames, Steve Buscemi, Nicholas Turturro and many more. Apparently, the cast couldn’t save this movie full of bad stereotypes.
  2. Deck the Halls. Danny DeVito, Matthew Broderick, Kristin Davies. Even the two heavyweights couldn’t do anything for a bad script full of questionable, inappropriate moments.
  3. Ratatouille. This animated film features the voices of Patton Oswalt, Brian Dennehy, Peter O’Toole, Brad Garrett, Janeane Garofalo and others, and has had high marks from critics and fans.
  4. Seinfeld Box Set. The show about nothing - but was really about all of our collective neuroses - is now available in its 9-season entirety in a DVD box set.
  5. Help! This is the restored version of 1965 Beatles classic, featuring John, Paul, George and Ringo - and many others you’ve possibly never heard of.
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