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TV on DVD: “Sports Night: The Complete First Season”
Sports Night, ABC’s critically acclaimed television dramedy that aired in the late 90’s and became a cult classic, was released as a complete series on DVD back in 2008. Now, Shout! Factory, who also
Read More »Basement Songs: AC/DC, “If You Want Blood (You Got It)”
Each year the movie industry tries to push up the start of summer by opening their big event movies earlier in the year. Used to be that Memorial Day was the weekend that kicked
Read More »Basement Songs: Thomas Newman, “Finding Nemo: Main Title”
People do this all the time: they neglect to ask about my daughter Sophie. They don’t mean to, especially when they receive so many updates about her brother Jacob’s health and our efforts to
Read More »DVD Review: John Krasinski Adapts David Foster Wallace’s “Brief Interviews With Hideous Men”
John Krasinski continues to impress me with his talent. The actor, who’s achieved stardom on the NBC’s The Office, has shown great range on the series this season, displaying many facets of his character,
Read More »Basement Songs: Bruce Springsteen, “The Rising”
I had a dream about Bruce Springsteen and he told me what to write. You’re thinking, “Again? Come on, Malchus, all you ever write about is Springsteen. And Journey. All you write about are
Read More »The Three Strike Rule: Coco Goes to Cable
Like the rest of the entertainment industry, my jaw hit the floor at the news that Conan O’Brien would be taking his late night talk show to TBS and not the Fox network, as
Read More »DVD Review: “We Live in Public”
For those of you sitting at your computers reading this review while you’re updating your Facebook page, tweeting about the great dump you just took and watching the auto tune version of “Charlie Bit
Read More »Bootleg City: The Heroically Tedious Journey of Making a Movie Begins!
Last week I delivered the thrilling news that a movie is going to be shot right here in Bootleg City, and now I’m happy to announce that shooting begins next week! The story line
Read More »Basement Songs: Glee Cast, “Don’t Stop Believin’”
Last week our kids’ school, Emblem Elementary in Saugus, held their third Cure Finders fundraiser for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. For the past three years, the students at Emblem have taken a week to
Read More »Popdose Tribute: Jim Marshall, Rock ‘n’ Roll Photographer (1936-2010)
Scott Malchus pens a bittersweet farewell to famed photographer Jim Marshall, who passed away this week
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