DIE HARD SCREENING!!!!

Saturday February 27th at 11.59pm we are screening “DIE HARD” on the big screen at Empire Theaters Trinity Drive!

Tix are… only $7 and will be available for sale from Spin It DVD and CD’s on Main Street as well as via paypal – the link is just off to the right.

Prize Giveaways will include a Sony Blu-Ray Player and much more!

OK gang, in addition to having tickets available via good ol’ fashioned paying in person, we are also selling them via paypal for those not close to/able to get to downtown Moncton to pick up some tickets. The link is just to your right, please please please print out your receipt as that will be your ticket come movie night. Be advised however there is a small 20 cent fee per ticket for processing with paypal so don’t be too cross with us…

…also we’ll have tickets available the night of, but please take note that if we sell out before hand then there will be no tickets to be had come the 27th!

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Brangelina REALLY Ticked Off!

Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt have issued a legal statement asserting that they are not about to split.

The couple’s lawyer, Keith Schilling, said on Monday, Feb. 8, that the pair had commenced proceedings against Britain’s News of the World for making “false allegations about their relationship” – and said that the reports are not true.

“We can confirm unequivocally … that the allegations published by the News of the World are false as well as intrusive,” said Schilling in a statement.

The UK paper had reported that Jolie, 34, and Pitt, 46, had met with a divorce lawyer and were headed for a split.

According to Schilling, Sorrell Trope, who was, identified in some media reports as the lawyer representing the couple, submitted a statement saying, “I have had no contact from them … Angelina Jolie and/or Brad Pitt. I have never met your … clients or had any involvement with either of them.”

When news broke of a possible impending split between the superstar couple, sources close to them said that the story was not true.

On Sunday, Pitt and Jolie publicly showed their affection for each other by kissing, cuddling and cheering when they took son Maddox to the Super Bowl.

Actor Brad Pitt (L) and actress Angelina Jolie attend the UNICEF Ball held at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel on December 10, 2009 in Beverly Hills, California.

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So How About Some Reviews?

OK boys and girls, with The Mo on the other side of the world in a completely different time zone and the boys in completely different sleep patterns, straight up video reviews are tough at best. Hence our newest and most temporary video review category – Long Distance Review.

Check in periodically on the video review page as we catch up on all the big recent releases (thank you Christmas release season for making our job both fun and difficult to keep up with).

 

Rock with The Ro #5 Up

Head on over to the podcasts page to get the latest Rock with the Ro installment – 20 minutes of rock to get you through a Monday.

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Spoon – Transference Review

While I may not have taken advantage – having the iTunes store offering   for this album was tempting. The thing with online music buying however is one doesn’t need to reserve their copy. The album was released on January 19 on iTunes, and marks the 7th major release in the band’s 15 year career.

Essentially this album is what I consider to be a slow burner. The tracks really do not deviate into any brave new territory comparable to the last outing – 2007s Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga. The vein feels the same and the building blocks for the tracks are based on a familiar foundation.

This said however, the release of the first single Got Nuffin ahead of the album release resulted in some major anticipatory action from the fan base – myself included. Why? Because these bastards can write an effing hook. Currently as I write this sentence Got Nuffin is playing and it’s hooked right into my cerebral cortex or wherever good songs go to stay embedded forever (or conversely where terrible songs go to drive you slowly over the edge as you find yourself whistling it randomly – see 1980s)

Starting up the album, introductory track  Before Destruction gives an impression of the band taking a musical step beyond – unfortunately it’s really the only such example, as the following track Is Love Forever? demonstrates – Spoon is doing here what it does best, but new ground is not being broken here, more like an addition onto an existing structure.

Now despite my previous words (less I am contradictory to the bitter end) there are some deviations from the standard Spoon-esque song building mechanism. Well, I say deviation, but in reality Spoon has always had the occasional track that will explore a different sound to a certain degree, they will experiment. Which is why I feel my previous statement still stands – this is not brave new territory.

(i will admit to be enjoying this contradictory nature)

Who Makes Your Money is a prime example of this – small touches of something different, or a different effect. This is why we can have a band like Spoon who has a sound that is very much their own, buy who can have release after release in this very sound and yet there is no repeating, nothing gets tired. I know about this effect very much, I’m a former pop-punk fan who after the Nth band that sounded like Screeching Weasel hit the scene, called it a day – and I know that was a real thing because I played in such a band.

This really is an album written with two demographics in mind – those who will hear the singles as first time listeners and get hooked – something I have always felt Spoon does with ridiculously fantastic ability, and those fans likes myself who want to hear the album unfold on multiple listens. The slow burn.

Also incidentally if someone told me this whole album was written with a particular person in mind, with the tracks spelling out the story of two people’s story of their time together, I would agree 100%. In fact consider this me telling you I feel this is the case. Stylistically this album feels as if it is grappling with the stages of acceptance of a relationship falling apart. Got Nuffin sounds entirely different when viewed in this  this context, it’s no longer just the hook, but now the stage where one feels that they need to do whatever they can to keep the other person – one last Hail Mary . This is the stage right before the full on grief hits, or right before one would feel as if Nobody Gets Me But You. This was written after the fact, which Written in Reverse admits – the love song to commemorate the relationship that just happened to come too late:

“…And I hear that famous song / When I hear it I can’t be wrong / I know nothing was planned, and you just can’t help yourself / Some people are so easily shuffled and dealt…”

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The Variants

Combine one comic store, one attractive sassy girl, one slob, one sarcastic bitch, one weirdo owner, and lastly a guy with some serious social anxiety and you’ll get The Variants. This web series has been running since 2009 and is at episode 7 now, but better late then never I can vouch for it’s entertainment value.

Clearly DIY web TV is now a force to be reckoned with – clearly visible with the success of The Guild and Doctor Horrible’s Sing Along Blog – and now I feel we can add The Variants in that class as well.

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New Spidey Trailer

Wes Anderson will be taking on the new Spiderman reboot – here’s the trailer.

PS If you haven’t figured it out by now, none of this is true. Thanks for playing.

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Oscar Snubs That Really Burn!

There were still some surprising snubs in this years Oscar noms…………a few that I am really ticked about and some that just gets a raised eyebrow. Here’s the list…….

- The Blind Side being nominated for Best Picture is bulls**t plain and simple.

- Julianne Moore NOT being nominated in the Supporting Actress category was nothing short of requiring a call to Amnesty International for Human Rights violations! Maggie Gyllenhall being nominated in her place for a GOD AWFUL performance in Crazy Heart was what put my fingers on the phone!

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- Viggo Mortensen being locked out of Best Actor and The Road being locked out of everything was another travesty. Not even a Best Adapted Screenplay nod? The film itself is standard Oscar fodder which makes this all the more surprising!

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- Last year Gran Torino and this year Invictus? The Academy really seems to have it in for Clint these days!

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What are your thoughts? Let us know!

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Last Record Falls To Avatar!!!

Thats all she wrote folks!…………….

The last box office record fell to Avatar yesterday, Highest Grossing Film Domestically in North America!

We can now officially say to all competitors “I’ll take you out of the oven, ’cause you’re done!”

AVATAR

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This just akes me want to see it even more than I did before…………………

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Since I mentioned it in my previous post, I couldn’t resist showing you guys……………this is TRUE class and style, with an ability to go along with the joke………are we paying attention Hollywood?

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Razzies Nominations!

While we are on the subject of award nominations, the annual Golden Razzies Awards announced their noms for all their categories as well! I love the Razzies and most Hollywood hitters could take a page out of  Halle Berry’s book and be classy enough to go along with the joke and actually turn up to accept their awards!

Worst Picture
All About Steve
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
Land of the Lost
Old Dogs
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

Worst Actor
Jonas Brothers, Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience
Will Ferrell, Land of the Lost
Steve Martin, Pink Panther 2
Eddie Murphy, Imagine That
John Travolta, Old Dogs

Worst Actress
Beyoncé, Obsessed
Sandra Bullock, All About Steve
Miley Cyrus, Hannah Montana: The Movie
Megan Fox, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen and Jennifer’s Body
Sarah Jessica Parker, Did You Hear About the Morgans?

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2010 Oscar Nominations!

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The 2010 Oscar noms have been announced, and there were no real surprises of a major magnitude, except for both Up and The Blind Side being nominated in the Best Film category!

All major noms are listed below…………….

BEST PICTURE
“An Education”
“Avatar”
“The Blind Side”
“District 9″
“The Hurt Locker”
“Inglourious Basterds”
“Precious”
“A Serious Man”
“Up”
“Up in the Air”

ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Jeff Bridges for “Crazy Heart”
George Clooney for “Up in the Air”
Colin Firth for “A Single Man”
Morgan Freeman for “Invictus”
Jeremy Renner for “The Hurt Locker”

ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Sandra Bullock for “The Blind Side”
Helen Mirren for “The Last Station”
Carey Mulligan for “An Education”
Gabourey Sidibe for “Precious”
Meryl Streep for “Julie & Julia”

DIRECTING
Kathryn Bigelow for “The Hurt Locker”
James Cameron for “Avatar”
Lee Daniels for “Precious”
Jason Reitman for “Up in the Air”
Quentin Tarantino for “Inglourious Basterds”

ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Matt Damon for “Invictus”
Woody Harrelson for “The Messenger”
Christopher Plummer for “The Last Station”
Stanley Tucci for “The Lovely Bones”
Christoph Waltz for “Inglourious Basterds”

ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Penelope Cruz for “Nine”
Vera Farmiga for “Up in the Air”
Maggie Gyllenhaal in “Crazy Heart”
Anna Kendrick for “Up in the Air”
Mo’Nique for “Precious”

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
“Ajami”
“El Secreto de Sus Ojos”
“The Milk of Sorrow”
“A Prophet”
“The White Ribbon”

ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
“Coraline”
“Fantastic Mr. Fox”
“The Princess and the Frog”
“The Secret of Kells”
“Up”

SCREENPLAY (Adapted)
“An Education”
“District 9″
“In the Loop”
“Precious”
“Up in the Air”

SCREENPLAY (Original)
“The Hurt Locker”
“Inglourious Basterds”
“The Messenger”
“A Serious Man”
“Up”

ART DIRECTION
“Avatar”
“The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus”
“Nine”
“Sherlock Holmes”
“The Young Victoria”

CINEMATOGRAPHY
“Avatar”
“Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince”
“The Hurt Locker”
“Inglourious Basterds”
“The White Ribbon”

COSTUME DESIGN
“Bright Star”
“Coco Before Chanel”
“The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus”
“Nine”
“The Young Victoria”

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
“Burma VJ”
“The Cove”
“Food Inc.”
“The Most Dangerous Man in America”
“Which Way Home”

DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT
“China’s Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province”
“The Last Campaign of Governor Booth Gardner”
“The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant”
“Music by Prudence”
“Rabbit a la Berlin”

FILM EDITING
“Avatar”
“District 9″
“The Hurt Locker”
“Inglourious Basterds”
“Precious”

MAKEUP
“Il Divo”
“Star Trek”
“The Young Victoria”

MUSIC (SCORE)
“Avatar”
“Fantastic Mr. Fox”
“The Hurt Locker”
“Sherlock Holmes”
“Up”

MUSIC (SONG)
“Almost There” from “The Princess & the Frog”
“Down in New Orleans” from “The Princess & the Frog”
“Loin de Paname” from “Paris 36″
“Take it All” from “Nine”
“The Weary Kind” from “Crazy Heart”

SHORT FILM (ANIMATED)
“French Roast”
“Granny O’Grimm’s Sleeping Beauty”
“The Lady and the Reaper”
“Logorama”
“A Matter of Loaf and Death”

SHORT FILM (LIVE ACTION)
“The Door”
“Instead of Abracadabra”
“Kavi”
“Miracle Fish”
“The New Tenants”

SOUND EDITING
“Avatar”
“The Hurt Locker”
“Inglourious Basterds”
“Star Trek”
“Up”

SOUND MIXING
“Avatar”
“The Hurt Locker”
“Inglourious Basterds”
“Star Trek”
“Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen”

VISUAL EFFECTS
“Avatar”
“District 9″
“Star Trek”

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1982 – THE PODCAST!

1982 – THE PODCAST……………..is now available on the podcast page!

Enjoy!

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LOST – The Final Season!

Well……….tonight’s the night folks! J.J Abrams’ “LOST” will premiere its final season tonight and lets see if they can screw it up like they did Season 5!

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The Insanity That is Avatar!

With the weekend box office figures now actualised the behemoth that goes by the name Avatar continues to shatter all perceived notions of what a “blockbuster” should be………..and is indeed on the fast track to being the first film to cross the $2 billion mark internationally!

Yep……you read that right……..TWO BILLION DOLLARS!

The sheer magnitude of Avatar’s success is insanity unto itself and most of Hollywoods elite are still reeling. Not to mention all the studios who have, in the past, refused to work with James Cameron. I’m sure he has only one sentence to say to these former naysayers………”Suck It!”………………LOL!

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52nd Grammy Awards

Remember back when I said using the fact that Steve Martin had the best selling bluegrass album in 2009 would get you some trivia points around the dinner table at Christmas? Well for the next get-together let them know that Steve Martin also won a Grammy award for Best Bluegrass album. True story.

Really though the story for the Grammys was Beyoncé and Taylor Swift – they cleaned up and will need a good sized book case to hold their collective awards. Beyoncé also set a new record for awards won (six) and Swift set a record for youngest Album of the Year winner (twenty).

Glad to see Phoenix won Best Alternative – although if it had gone to Yeah Yeah Yeahs for It’s Blitz that would have been OK because I am really digging that album right now again on vacation – it’s spun a few times now.

Head over to Grammy.com for a full list of categories, nominees, and winners – plus some highlights of the show. I’ve included a run down of the major categories for you though:

Record of the Year

* “Use Somebody” – Kings of Leon

Album of the Year

* Fearless – Taylor Swift

Song of the Year

* “Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)” – Beyoncé

Best New Artist

* Zac Brown Band

Best Rock Album

* 21st Century Breakdown – Green Day

Best Alternative Music Album

* Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix – Phoenix

Best Electronic/Dance Album

* The Fame – Lady Gaga

Best Dance Recording

* “Poker Face” – Lady Gaga

Best Rap Album

* Relapse – Eminem

Best Country Album

* Fearless – Taylor Swift

You checked out the full post? Thank you. I reward you with some Lady Gaga craziness. Elton John stops by as well.

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Rip Torn Loves To Party

Ro here just popping in from my vacation to let you know what actor Rip Torn has been up to. You see, here I was sitting around thinking “I’ve got some time off, maybe I should see what Rip Torn is up to – he likes to party”. True story.

Anyway, also true story, Rip does indeed like to party – the 78 year old actor was arrested on Friday night after being found by police inside his local bank after hours with a loaded weapon. So while we all maybe had a few drinks and caught up on TiVo on Friday, Rip got himself booked on charges including burglary and weapon possession charges. Reports are he was drunk, but then again so was I on Friday and all I did was bump into a lamp and then call it a night.

Clearly I’m out of my league if I party with this guy.

I can only hope there is camera footage from inside the bank, and that someone mixes it to Andrew W.K.’s “Party Hard” and puts that sucker on YouTube ASAP.

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My Name Is Khan Trailer!

We cannot wait for this film…………just looks incredible!

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The Art Of The Steal Trailer

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Lord help us all…………..it’s nearly here!

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The Ghost Writer Trailer!

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Takers Trailer!

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Looks like a thrill ride!

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Vacation Time!

Well folks, I won’t be going to another country currently in the southern hemisphere, enjoying Summer weather, but I will be on vacation nonetheless. The Mo will still be popping in from Down Under, and I will be here from time to time if any stories or events catch my eye and I want to share but otherwise I will be a ghost this coming week.

Where will I be? Not sure, but after J.D. Salinger’s death I feel like I might pull a book off the shelf and enjoy some downtime – not “Catcher” though, that’s not indie cred enough for me…..I was always more partial to “Seymour” anyway.

 

Avatar Is Officially # 1!!!!

Avatar has now officially become the highest grossing movie of all time, passing previous record holder Titanic on Monday!

The even more amazing part to this story is that it did it in only 41 days! It took Titanic 5 months to reach the same amount and Avatar is still going unbelievably strong!

The other twist of course is that both Titanic and Avatar are James Cameron films, a feat not to be sniffed at, and pretty much makes him the real king of Hollywood!

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