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What to Netflix: New DVD Tuesday
All of the new DVD releases hit stores (and Netflix) on Tuesdays. So each week in What to Netflix: New DVD Tuesday, I sort through the best of the batch and tell you what to add to your queue. In addition to my selections below, you can also check out the dreamboat special that is Leatherheads and Simon Pegg's comedy Run, Fat Boy, Run.
Rewind: This Week's Buzz
- I can't tell you how much fun I had at the Tribeca Film Festival this year. In addition to making new friends, I saw some terrific (if quirky) movies, like The Wackness, Trucker, and Bart Got a Room. I also gave a word of warning for the bleak and disturbing Savage Grace which still makes me feel kinda icky.
- I saw The Life Before Our Eyes, a movie adapted from my April book club selection and I found the movie to be visually gorgeous but also puzzling.
First Look: This American Life, Season Two
The gorgeous, intimate television version of This American Life was one of the most pleasant surprises of last TV season. All my fears about how the radio show would translate to the big screen were erased by the end of the first installment, and the short, six-episode season left me wanting more.
The show returns for its second season this coming Sunday, May 4, and — as host and indie icon Ira Glass says in the Showtime trailer — this time they "actually sort of semi-even know what we're doing."
This American Life: Coming Soon to a Big Screen Near You
I was excited last year when This American Life, my favorite radio show, came to Showtime. Seeing how the show's audio-only stories translated to a visual medium was totally fascinating.
Now, on May 1, there will be a chance to see This American Life on an even bigger screen, as it comes to theaters nationwide for one night only.
Snap Judgment: Emmy Odds and Ends
I've already told you my thoughts on the drama and comedy nominations for this year's Emmy awards. But I didn't want to neglect the many, many other categories, so I've picked out a few of the best, worst, and most bizarre:
- Wow, I guess I should have watched "Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee," huh? Seventeen nominations, and I've got nothing intelligent to say.
- The single greatest category in this year's Emmy awards: Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics.
Great New TV on iTunes Today
Even though I have a video iPod, I never really got the point of watching movies or TV shows on it until recently, when I got this dock that lets me hook my iPod up directly to the TV. So now I'm trolling the iTunes store every Tuesday for new releases, and today — maybe as an early Fourth of July present — there are some great goodies. Here's what I'm contemplating downloading for this holiday weekend:
"This American Life" — The Complete First Season
I was positively giddy about this show, which take the magic of the "This American Life" radio show and adds gorgeous, movie-like visuals to its stories.
Link Time! 3/29
- Idolator gets its hands on two leaked Bright Eyes tracks from Cassadaga, one of which is excellent, if a little too Dylan-esque.
- Best Week Ever has the frightening footage of Karl Rove rapping.
- Pop Candy finds out about the soundtrack to Showtime's "This American Life."
- Buddy TV writes about the rise and fall of "Punk'd."
- ScreenGrab rounds up the 10 most important nude scenes of all time. (NSFW)
- TVgasm gawks at Chris Sligh's lame "Idol" exit excuse.
- I Guess I'm Floating posts three Magnetic Fields covers, including one from Arcade Fire.
- TV Squad wonders if YouTube will save Jon Stewart's failed pilot.
- Popwatch says George Clooney might have leaked those Huckabees videos.
- Film Experience pays tribute to The Lookout star Joseph Gordon-Levitt.
- The TV Addict chats with Krysten Ritter about "Gilmore Girls," "Veronica Mars" and "'Til Death."
- Courtesy of Defamer: how Michael Bay screwed up The Transformers, told in verse.
Watch "This American Life" for Free!
No Showtime? No problem, if you want to see the first episode of the fantastic new "This American Life" TV show. Showtime has put the first episode online for free.
TV Preview: "This American Life"
Those of you who have Showtime are in luck: I'm positively giddy about "This American Life," which premieres this Thursday. I've been nervously awaiting the TV adaptation of my favorite radio show, and having seen several episodes, I can say it doesn't disappoint. The show is as funny, quirky, and moving on TV as it is on the radio — only now, it's also pretty.
"This American Life" to Hit TV, Theaters
I've been a huge fan of the public-radio storytelling series "This American Life" for years. I'm so obsessed with the show's personal essays and quirky fiction that I used to record the broadcasts to cassette. (Now I just download the podcast).
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