Branson, Richard Branson!

James Bond will soon have a new mission from M and a large file from Moneypenny; find out what happened to Richard Branson when his image disappeared on a British Airlines plane.

Branson, who had a guest appearance in the latest Bond film remake of Casino Royale, has found that his cinematic debut in Bondland has been banned on the flights of British Airways. In addition to the banishment of the image of Branson, some selective editing was done to take out any identifying features of the Virgin planes used in the movie.

Perhaps a new advertising campaign is in order for British Airways. Featuring a group of commercials built along the theme of "British Airlines, your Orwellian connector."

Two stories that seem made for each other

Canadians it seems like the movies, they just don’t particularly enjoy going to the movies. That at least is what we can divine from two stories in the Globe and Mail over the last couple of weeks.

The Globe website features a story about a five year decline in movie attendance with any number of excuses being provided such as a declining birth rate in Canada, as well as the demographic and ethnic reach that American movies are going for weighted heavily towards growing markets of Hispanics and African Americans. Pictures which apparently aren’t having the same box office stampede in Canada.

While the prospect of piracy is always a hot topic, the survey’s creators don’t believe that the apparent Canadian talent for finding movies on the internet has had that huge an impact on the box office.

Still, we can’t help but think that at least some of the slippage of the numbers has to come from that stream of entertainment.

So quite possibly this theatre problem is directly in relation to this home action.

Review Archives for January 2006

We slowly get back into the swing of things with our review posts after a two week break to welcome Santa and a New Year. We'll keep track of our selections from this vantage point.

January 15--Book Review--Robert Stone, Prime Green: Remembering the Sixties
January 15--CD Review--The Shins, Wincing the Night Away
January 15--Movie Review--Letters from Iwo Jima
January 7--Book Review--Michael Lewis, The Blind Side
January 7--CD Review--Elvis Costello, When I was Cruel
January 7-- Movie Review--Night at the Museum

That's Entertainment

We're cobbling together a new feature for the blog, entertainment information, which at the moment seems to consist mainly of the movie listings at the Prince Rupert Cinemas.

It's still a bit of a work in progress, but the rough idea of what it will look like is out there for your linkage if you so desire. Basically it will list all the links and stories about the movies that come to town.

As things progress we'll add some television information, concert information, PAC Info and such whatever we can keep up to. It will also make for a convenient storage place for the It's Showtime items that I put together every once and a while here on the Podunk site.

You can find the link to the blog on the right hand column called Podunkian Entertainment Marquee. Current information on movies in the city can be found on that blog page at the top of the right hand column.

Everything Borat

The release of the mockumentary Borat: Cultural learnings of America for make benefit Glorious nation of Kazakhstan last week, seems to have captivated the folks at Slate like no other phenomenon of late.

The current offerings of the website list a number of stories dedicated to the wandering Kazakh journalist as he goes about his adventures through America.

Consider this your primer of everything Borat!

View the trailers from Yahoo.com and then sit on back and study up on Borat 101!

What Borat gets right and wrong about his native land.

Borat the movie: they botched the joke

Borat reviewed

Journalists on the hunt for Borat

Playing find the bigot with Borat

Borat tricked me

How Borat is Jewish vaudeville

The critical buzz on Borat

Spoiling Borat

And maybe Hans Solo could fly again!

Harrison Ford is ready to crack his whip one more time, the long time action star of the Indiana Jones trilogy is said to be hoping to do an Indy IV, a follow up to the Last Crusade of 1989 vintage.

Ford says that despite his advancing age of 64, he's more than prepared to take on the physical challenge of the always on the move Indiana. He's also hopeful that Sir Sean Connery will once again be asked to take on the role of Indy's father.

The fourth installment has been rumoured to be on the drawing table for over a decade now, with at least five scripts submitted and numerous high profile actors considered and then dropped from the A list.

One thing is certain it should be interesting to see the dressing room riders for the stars associated with this film whenever the Smoking Gun gets them. One wonders if Metamucil, Prune Juice, Ben Gay and Ensure are considered an essential or a bonus.

If it ever comes to be, the movie is supposed to be released for 2008 and is reportedly to be titled the Ravages of Time. Which judging by the length of time it is taking to move the project along may be quite prescient.

Review Archives for October 2006

We track our review feature for October.

October 29 Movie Review-Shut Up and Sing
October 29 CD Review- My Chemical Romance-Welcome to The Black Parade
October 29 Book Revier-Stephen King-Lisey's Story
October 22-Movie Review-Flags of our Fathers
October 22-CD Review-The Hold Steady, Boys and Girls in America
October 22-Book Review-Patricia Phenix, Private Demons
October 15-Movie Review-The Queen
October 15-CD Review-Weird Al Yankovic-Straight outta Lynwood
October 15-Book Review-Karen De Young, Soldier: The Life of Colin Powell
October 8-Movie Review-School for Scoundrels
October 8-CD Review-Los Lobos,The Town and the City
October 8-Book Review-Eddie Goldenberg,The Way it Works
October 1-Movie Review-The Departed
October 1-CD Review-Tom Petty, Highway Companion
October 1-Book Review-Bob Woodward, State of Denial