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Yesterday’s TV Movies

April 4, 2019temporalparadoxLeave a comment

Real life gets in the way of blogging again, and I just want to relax with some TV, or at least movies about making TV (and radio).

A Hard Day’s Night: The Beatles have a lot of fun avoiding rehearsals for their big TV appearance.
Death to Smoochy: Politics and intrigue around who gets to entertain kids on TV.
Radioland Murders: A madcap murder mystery going on away from the microphone while the station is still on the air.
Quiz Show: scandal and intrigue around TV trivia games
Soapdish: soap opera drama behind the scenes in the soap opera production.
Broadcast News: It’s about ethics in journalism and romance! Still my favorite depiction of unrequited love for a best friend.

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January 11, 2019temporalparadoxLeave a comment

I find myself without the time to review a movie because of some movie-making business coming up suddenly, so here is a selection of reviews about movies about movie-making:

The Cameraman, a Buster Keaton slapstick spectacle
After The Fox, Peter Sellers scams a small European town by making a movie with them.
Bowfinger, Steve Martin scams Eddie Murphy into making his movie with him.
Lost in La Mancha, a movie about failing to make a movie.
This Film Is Not Yet Rated, a movie about the movie industry’s failure to rate itself fairly.