Posted by Chris Blondell on November 7, 2012 · Leave a Comment
The opening-credit themes of the James Bond franchise have been a unique and fun tradition for many of the 50 years 007 has been on the big screen. They’re frequently sung by soulful female artists and occasionally performed by rock stars. Some of these themes have found decent chart success. Shirley Bassey’s “Goldfinger” reached number [...]
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Posted by Chris Blondell on September 26, 2012 · 2 Comments
Mad Men set an Emmy record when it was nominated for 17 Emmys. It set another one when it didn’t win a single one of those Emmys. Was critically acclaimed, superbly acted, multiple Emmy winning show Mad Men snubbed after receiving none of its 17 Emmy nominations? Many would say yes. But in actuality, what [...]
Category: Mad Men, Recent Articles, Television · Tags: actors, actuality, audiences, best drama series, blondell, bryan cranston, costume design, couple awards, elisabeth moss, emmy nominations, emmy record, emmys, jon hamm, limelight, mad men, showtime, single one, slap in the face, storytelling, tragedy
Posted by Chris Blondell on August 9, 2012 · Leave a Comment
The fourth installment from Hollywood’s new favorite franchise, Paranormal Activity, came out, and it looks exactly the same as the first three films. Picking up where the first two films left off (the third was a prequel), it seems as though scarily awesome screamer Katie is back, fully possessed, with her equally as possessed nephew [...]
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Posted by Chris Blondell on August 8, 2012 · Leave a Comment
Doing what he does best (or just keeps doing), Sacha Baron Cohen’s next spoof film will take on, not a racist, a gay. or a dictator, but the world’s greatest secret agent: James Bond… or whatever name Cohen comes up with. Variety reports that Cohen has sold his 007-spoof pitch to Paramount, in which Cohen [...]
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Posted by Chris Blondell on August 6, 2012 · Leave a Comment
Comedian and actress Tig Notaro, best known for her stand-up comedy and appearances as a cop on The Sarah Silverman Program, recently announced on her podcast that she has cancer in both breasts. The devastating news arrived at a time where Notaro’s star is on the rise. Last year she released her first stand up album [...]
Category: Comedy, Recent Articles · Tags: actress, amy schumer, biopsies, blondell, breasts, comedian, conan, cop, deadly illness, diagnosis, doctors, louis c.k., m 41, mammogram, memorable appearance, misunderstanding, podcast, Sarah Silverman, sarah silverman program, stand up comedy, teet, tig notaro
Posted by Cinedork Staff on July 17, 2012 · Leave a Comment
As we move through the Summer months, and make our way through blockbuster movie season, we’ve been treated to a slew of movies on an array of subjects that hit a variety of tones. Truly, 2012 has been one of the most unique and odd years in film of recent, so in this year full [...]
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Posted by Chris Blondell on July 12, 2012 · 1 Comment
Rape is a sensitive subject. Kind of goes without saying, but there are still jokes about it. Daniel Tosh, best known for his Comedy Central show Tosh.0, recently made a joke that apparently included “some very generalizing, declarative statements about rape jokes always being funny; how can a rape joke not be funny; rape is [...]
Category: Cinema Dork's Finest, Comedy, Recent Articles, Television · Tags: audience member, audience members, blog, blondell, comedians, daniel tosh, declarative statements, heckler, history of comedy, joke, jokes, laughter, living on the edge, louie, louis c.k., louis ck, professional comedian, rape, sexual violence, tosh.0
Posted by Chris Blondell on June 20, 2012 · 2 Comments
Now that Mad Men’s dynamic and powerful 5th season has come to a close on AMC, Cinedork writers take a look back at one of TV’s most brilliant dramas to analyze where Matthew Weiner chose to take his characters, and as a result, where the Mad Men creator chose to take us as an audience. [...]
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