Friday, February 19, 2010

New Movie Friday

Forced to do this because of the many bad reviews popping up for Marty's SHUTTER ISLAND. Hey, it's really good. Great film noir. It's Sam Fuller for the 21st Century, not Hitchcock. It's not all blood and gore, more gothic and intrigue. Lots of great plot and twists and if Leo ain't the best, it's still worth jumping in. It's an in-theater, not at home experience. The screening crowd last night at Studio Movie Grill was totally into it. You could hear a pin drop in parts.

Go see it while you pass on Oscar nominated THE LAST STATION. Guess the Last SNOOZE was taken. Hard to see so much scenery chewed when it's not on stage. Yay, James McAvoy though,but boo Helen Mirren (she must regret having to watch it twice). Not worth an Academy vote.

So thar' ya go. Or don't go.

Tuesday, February 16, 2010

Didn't you think it was even more???

So the LA Times article discusses how you better be a tv show or movie if you want be a toy. Not so shocking, but then they add the apparently somewhat shocking news that "toys based on characters found in movies, TV shows or books accounted for $5.4 billion, or 25% of all U.S. toy sales, last year." I'm really surprised it's only 25%! Didn't you think it was closer to 30, 40, or 50 per cent? Where's the next creativity coming from? http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-ct-toystory16-2010feb16,0,2526066.story

Friday, February 12, 2010

Wednesday, February 10, 2010

New Info On Childhood Obesity and TV

Some really intersting new news regarding childhood obesity and TV watching. The good news from us old PBS types is that they said, "non-commercial viewing, including watching DVDs or educational television programming, had no significant association with obesity."

Also, "according to the authors, the findings strongly suggest that steering children away from commercial television may be effective in reducing childhood obesity, given that food is the most commonly advertised product on children's television and the fact that almost 90 percent of children begin watching television regularly before the age of 2. "

I guess the question is, does anybody, other than academics care?

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