Masterpiece Mixtape - Let\'s Stay Together 2007-05-08 A lot of the songs that have been focused on in Masterpiece Mixtape up until now have been – for lack of a better way of putting it – white boy rock epics. I thought this week it might make for a nice change of pace to turn down the lights, scatter t..read on
Masterpiece Mixtape - Midnight Radio 2007-04-24 I've never really been a fan of musicals. I think it's that I find the song writing in them, generally, to be too fanciful. But as much as I dislike musicals, I really, really dislike rock musicals. For the longest time, however, I couldn't work out ..read on
Masterpiece Mixtape - Lover, You Should\'ve Come Over 2007-04-10 Picking just one song of Jeff Buckley's to represent his body of work is a tough choice. Everyone has their favourite. I think if you were to ask most people, they'd probably choose his cover of Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah, which is generally regarded..read on
Masterpiece Mixtape - (Looking for) The Heart of Saturday Night 2007-03-20 Tom Waits is an interesting figure in the landscape of popular music. Rarely do we find artists who are so highly influential and yet so anonymous. Often, when I mention Tom Waits in conversation with people I'm met with only blank stares. Those unfa..read on
Masterpiece Mixtape - Thrown Away 2007-02-26 Chances are you've heard the music of Jon Crosby. Chances are you also have no idea who he is.
Crosby is the driving force behind the critically-lauded, popularly-ignored industrial rock band VAST. I call VAST an industrial rock group for la..read on
Masterpiece Mixtape 2007-02-13 If you've been following The Cheers for a while now, you might remember a column I did a while back called Masterpiece Cinema. A weekly exploration of under-appreciated films, Masterpiece Cinema would look at a single movie and discuss both its posit..read on
Masterpiece Cinema - Brazil 2005-07-04 Brazil
Starring Jonathan Pryce, Kim greist, Robert De Niro, Bob Hoskins, Ian Holm, Michael Palin.
Written by Terry Gilliam, Tom Stoppard, Charles McKeown.
Directed by Terry Gilliam
Genre: Drama / Comedy / Sci-Fi
Released: 1985
Running time: 131..read on
Masterpiece Cinema - Ong-Bak 2005-07-04 Ong-Bak Starring Tony Jaa, Petchtai Wongkamlao. Written by Prachya Pinkaew, Panna Rittikrai, Suphachai Sithiamphan. Directed by Prachya Pinkaew Genre: Martial Arts Released: 2003 Running time: 101 mins. Rated: R (American rating for strong violence, ..read on
Masterpiece Cinema Classic - 25th Hour 2005-07-04 25th Hour Starring Edward Norton, Rosario Dawson, Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Barry Pepper, Brian Cox, Anna Paquin. Written by David Benioff (Based on his book) Directed by Spike Lee Genre: Drama Released: 2002 Running time: 135 minutes. Rated: R (Amer..read on
Masterpiece Cinema - The Truman Show 2005-07-04
The Truman Show Starring Jim Carrey, Laura Linney, Ed
Harris
Written by Andrew Niccol
Directed by Peter Weir
Genre: Drama / Comedy
Released: 1998Running time: 103 minsRated: PG (American rating thematic
elements and mild language)
IM..read on
Masterpiece Cinema - In This World 2005-07-04 In This World Starring: Jamal Udin Torabi and Enayatullah.Written by: Tony GrisoniDirected by: Michael Winterbottom.Genre: Drama.Released: 2002.Running time: 88 mins.Rated: R (American rating for brief strong language).IMDb link: http://us.imdb.com/t..read on
Masterpiece Cinema - Red Dwarf 2005-07-04 Red Dwarf Starring Chris Barrie, Craig Charles, Danny John-Jules, Robert Llewellyn, Norman Lovett, et al. Written by Rob Grant, Doug Naylor, et al. Directed by Various Genre: Sci-Fi / Comedy Released: 1988 - Present Rated: Varies between episodes. I..read on
Masterpiece Cinema - The End of Evangelion 1978-01-01 Apologies for this being another repeat, but I'm afraid that's the way
the cookie crumbles sometimes. Hopefully you've never before read this
installment of Masterpiece Cinema as we once again take a look at... The End of Evangelion ..read on
Masterpiece Cinema - Shock & Awe: The Tour 1978-01-01 Shock & Awe: The Tour Starring Henry Rollins Written by Henry Rollins Genre: Comedy Released: 2004 Link: http://21361.com/Merchant2/merchant.mv?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=2&Product_Code=2..read on
Masterpiece Cinema - Roger & Me 1978-01-01 Starring Michael Moore, Roger Smith, many others (as themselves). Directed by Michael Moore. Genre: Documentary Released: 1989 Running time: 91 mins. Rated: R (American rating). IMDb link: http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0098213/ Long before he was making..read on
Masterpiece Cinema Classic - The City of Lost Children 1978-01-01 ‘The City of Lost Children’ (or ‘La Cité des Enfants Perdus’, to use its French title) Starring Ron Perlman, Judith Vittet, Daniel Emilfork and Dominique Pinon. Written by Gilles Adrien, Marc Caro, Jean-Pierre Jeunet. Directed by Marc Caro & Jean..read on
Masterpiece Cinema Special - Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith 1978-01-01 Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith Starring Hayden Christensen, Ewan McGregor, Natalie Portman, Ian McDiarmid, Samuel L Jackson and Frank Oz as the voice of Yoda. Written & directed by George Lucas. Genre: Drama / Sci-Fi. Released: 2005..read on
Masterpiece Cinema - The Transformers: The Movie 1978-01-01 The Transformers: The Movie Starring the voices of Judd Nelson, Leonard Nimoy, Robert Stack, Eric Idle, Orson Welles, Peter Cullen and Frank Welker, amongst many, many others. Written by Ron Friedman. Directed by Nelson Shin. Genre: Animated / Actio..read on
Masterpiece Cinema - Gods & Monsters 1978-01-01 Gods & Monsters Starring Ian McKellen, Brendan Fraser. Written & directed by Bill Condon (based on the novel by Christopher Bram). Genre: Drama / Biopic. Released: 1998. Running time: 105 mins. Rated: R (American rating for sexual material an..read on
Masterpiece Cinema - Last Night 1978-01-01 Last Night Starring Don McKellar, Sandra Oh, Sarah Polley, Trent McMullen. Written by Don McKellar Directed by Don McKellar Genre: Drama (There are so many ‘End of the World’ movies now that, like football movies and high school movies, they deserve ..read on
Masterpiece Cinema - Coldblooded 1978-01-01 Coldblooded Starring Jason Priestley, Kimberley Williams, Peter Riegert, Robert Loggia. Written & directed by Wallace Wolodarsky. Genre: Black comedy. Released: 1995. Running time: 92 mins. Rated: R (American rating for some graphic violence, sex..read on
Masterpiece Cinema - Manhunter 1978-01-01 Manhunter Starring William L Petersen, Tom Noonan, Brian Cox, Kim Griest, Joan Allen, Dennis Farina. Written by Michael Mann (based on the book by Thomas Harris). Directed by Michael Mann. Genre: Thriller. Released: 1986 Running time: 119 mins. Rated..read on
Masterpiece Cinema - Hackers 1978-01-01 Okay, so before we start out this week, I’d just like to take a little time and relate something to you, my loyal readership. Last week, I mentioned how there had been a great deal more hits being made on the column, with a surprisingly large amount ..read on
Masterpiece Cinema - Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead 1978-01-01 ‘Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead’ Starring Tim Roth, Gary Oldman, Richard Dreyfuss. Written by Tom Stoppard Directed by Tom Stoppard Genre: Comedy/Drama (does ‘Shakespearean’ count as a genre? Yes, no?) Released: 1990 Running ..read on
Masterpiece Cinema - Ah! My Goddess! 1978-01-01 Ah! My Goddess! The Movie Starring a bunch of Japanese or English voice-over actors, depending on which dub you’d prefer to listen to. Written by Michiko Yokote and Kôsuke Fujishima. Directed by Hiroaki Gôda. Genre: Sci-Fi/Anima..read on
Masterpiece Cinema - Arrested Development 1978-01-01 Arrested Development Starring Jason Bateman, Portia de Rossi, Will Arnett, Michael Cera, Alia Shawkat, Tony Hale, David Cross, Jeffrey Tambor and Jessica Walter. Written by various. Directed by various. Created by Mitchell Hurwitz Genre: Comedy. Rele..read on
Masterpiece Cinema - Velvet Goldmine 1978-01-01 Velvet Goldmine Starring Jonathan Rhys-Meyers, Ewan McGregor, Christian Bale, Toni Collette and Eddie Izzard. Written by James Lyons and Todd Haynes. Directed by Todd Haynes. Genre: Drama / Pseudo-biopic. Released: 1998 Running time: 124 mins. Rated:..read on
Masterpiece Cinema - Can\'t Hardly Wait 1978-01-01 ‘Can’t Hardly Wait’ Starring Ethan Embry, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Lauren Ambrose, Seth Green...the list goes on and on. Written by Harry Elfont & Deborah Kaplan. Directed by Harry Elfont & Deborah Kaplan. Genre: Comedy / Drama / Teen film..read on
Masterpiece Cinema - Pink Floyd The Wall 1978-01-01 ‘Pink Floyd The Wall’ Starring Bob Geldof. Written by Roger Waters. Directed by Alan Parker. Genre: Drama / Music / Once again, another head trip of a movie. Released: 1982 Running time: 95 mins. Rated: IMDb link: http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0084503/
..read on
Masterpiece Cinema - Open Hearts 1978-01-01 Open Hearts Starring Mads Mikkelsen, Sonja Richter, Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Paprika Steen. Written by Susanne Bier & Anders Thomas Jensen. Directed by Susanne Bier. Genre: Drama Released: 2002 Running time: 113 mins. Rated: R (American rating for langu..read on
Masterpiece Cinema - Cannibal! The Musical 1978-01-01 ‘Cannibal! The Musical’ Starring Trey Parker (as Juan Schwarz), Matt Stone, Jason McHugh, Robert Muratore, Dian Bachar. Written by Trey Parker & Matt Stone (uncredited). Directed by Trey Parker. Genre: Comedy / Musical Released: 1996 Running time..read on
Masterpiece Cinema - Donnie Darko: The Director\'s Cut 1978-01-01 Donnie Darko: The Director’s Cut Starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Holmes Osborne, Mary McDonnell, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Patrick Swayze, Drew Barrymore, Noah Wyle. Written & Directed by Richard Kelly. Genre: Drama / Thriller / Sci-Fi / Comedy. Released: 20..read on
Masterpiece Cinema - Mon Oncle 1978-01-01 Mon Oncle Starring Jacques Tati. Written & Directed by Jacques Tati. Genre: Comedy Released: 1958 Running time: 110 min. Rated: G IMDb link: http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0050706/
Remember, way back in the very first installment of th..read on
Masterpiece Cinema - Bad Taste 1978-01-01 ‘Bad Taste’ Starring Terry Potter, Pete O’Herne, Craig Smith, Mike Minett, Peter Jackson. Written & Directed by Peter Jackson. Genre: Comedy / Horror / Sci-Fi Released: 1987 Running time: 91 mins. Rated: R (American rating for comic gore, viole..read on
Masterpiece Cinema - The Nightmare Before Christmas 1978-01-01 Hi, everyone. Hope you had a merry Christmas because if you didn't, I'm kinda screwed... ‘The Nightmare Before Christmas’ Starring Danny Elfman, Chris Sarandon, Catherine O’Hara. (Voices) Written by Tim Burton (Story) & Michael McDowell (Adaptati..read on
Masterpiece Cinema - The Dark Crystal 1978-01-01 ‘The Dark Crystal’ Starring . Written by Jim Henson & David Odell. Directed by Jim Henson & Frank Oz. Genre: Fantasy Released: 1982 Running time: 93 mins. Rated: PG (American rating). IMDb link: http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0083791/
For some ..read on
Masterpiece Cinema - Buffy the Vampire Slayer 1978-01-01 Buffy the Vampire Slayer Starring Sarah Michelle Gellar, Alyson Hannigan, Nicholas Brendan, Anthony Stewart Head, James Marsters and many others. Written & Directed by various. Created by Joss Whedon. Genre: Drama / Horror / Action / Comedy / Fan..read on
Masterpiece Cinema - Igby Goes Down 1978-01-01 "Igby Goes Down"Starring Kieran Culkin, Claire Danes, Jeff Goldblum, Amanda Peet, Ryan Phillippe, Susan Sarandon and Bill Pullman. Written & Directed by Burr Steers. Genre: Drama / Comedy Released: 2002 Running time: 97 mins. Rated: R (..read on
Masterpiece Cinema - Death Race 2000 1978-01-01 Death Race 2000 Starring David Carradine, Sylvester Stallone. Written by Ib Melchior (story), Robert Thom, Charles B. Griffith. Directed by Paul Bartel. Genre: Sci-Fi / Action / Comedy Released: 1975 Running time: 79 mins. Rated: R (American rating) ..read on
Masterpiece Cinema - Dark City 1978-01-01 Dark City Starring Rufus Sewell, William Hurt, Kiefer Sutherland, Jennifer Connelly. Written by Alex Proyas, Lem Dobbs, David S. Goyer. Directed by Alex Proyas.Genre: Thriller/ Drama / Action / Noir / Sci-Fi Released: 1998 Running time: 100 mins. Rat..read on
Masterpiece Cinema - Atlantis: The Lost Empire 1978-01-01 Atlantis: The Lost Empire Starring Michael J. Fox, Cree Summer, James Garner, Leonard Nimoy, Claudia Christian, John Mahoney. Written by Tab Murphy, et al. Directed by Gary Trousdale & Kirk Wise. Genre: Animated / Action-Adventure Released: 2001 ..read on
Masterpiece Cinema - Trainspotting 1978-01-01 Trainspotting Starring Ewan McGregor, Johnny Lee Miller, Ewen Bremner, Robert Carlyle. Written by John Hodge (based on the book by Irvine Welsh). Directed by Danny Boyle. Genre: Drama / Comedy Released: 1996 Running time: 94 mins.
Rated: R (American..read on
Masterpiece Cinema - The Game 1978-01-01 The GameStarring Michael Douglas, Sean Penn, Deborah Unger. Written by John D. Brancato & Michael Ferris. Directed by David Fincher. Genre: Thriller Released: 1997 Running time: 128 mins. Rated: R (American rating for language and some violence a..read on
Masterpiece Cinema - Oz 1978-01-01 Oz Starring Harold Perrineau Jr., Lee Tergesen, JK Simmons, Christopher Meloni, and many others. Written & Directed by various. Created by Tom Fontana. Genre: Drama Released: 1997-2003 Running time: Generally 50 mins, give or take. Rated: About a..read on
Masterpiece Cinema - Mallrats 1978-01-01 'Mallrats Starring Jason Lee, Jeremy London, Shannen Doherty, Claire Forlani, Ben Affleck, Jason Mewes, Kevin Smith. Written & Directed by Kevin Smith. Genre: Comedy Released: 1995 Running time: 94 mins. Rated: R (US rating) IMDb link: http://www..read on
Masterpiece Cinema - Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy 1978-01-01 Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy Starring Kevin McDonald, Bruce McCulloch, David Foley, Scott Thompson, Mark McKinney.
Written by Kevin McDonald, Bruce McCulloch, David Foley, Scott
Thompson, Mark McKinney & Norm Hiscock (is that name for real?). ..read on
Masterpiece Cinema - Vieuphoria 1978-01-01 This week - Vieuphoria Starring Billy Corgan, James Iha, DArcy Wretzky, Jimmy Chamberlain (as themselves). Genre: Documentary / Music Released: 1994 Running time: 90 mins. Rated: No idea, but there is a Parental Advisory for Explicit Lyrics. IMDb lin..read on
Masterpiece Cinema - Series 7: The Contenders 2004-08-20 Hi, everyone. Due to some technical problems I've been experiencing
with my internet connection, this weeks installment might be a bit more
brief than others. Hope you don't mind!Series 7: The Contenders Starring Brooke Smith, Glenn Fitzgerald, Mic..read on
Masterpiece Cinema - Capturing the Friedmans 2004-07-30 Welcome back, everybody. How are you all? This week, I think were going to take a look at this columns first documentary. "Capturing the Friedmans" Starring Arnold Friedman, Elaine Friedman, David Friedman, Seth Friedman, Jesse Friedman (as ..read on
Masterpiece Cinema - 28 Days Later... 2004-07-23 28 Days Later Starring Cillian Murphy, Naomie Harris, Brendan Gleeson, Megan Burns, Christopher Eccleston. Written by Alex Garland.Directed by Danny Boyle.Genre: Action / HorrorReleased: 2002Running time: 113 min.Rated: R (American rating for strong ..read on
Masterpiece Cinema - Bound 2004-07-16 Bound Starring Gina Gershon, Jennifer Tilly, Joe Pantoliano. Written & Directed by the Wachowski brothers.Genre: ThrillerReleased: 1996Running time: 108 mins/109 mins (Uncut USA version)Rated: R (American rating for strong sexuality, violence and..read on
Masterpiece Cinema - From Dusk \'Till Dawn 2004-07-09 Hi, everyone. In addition to the review this week, we also have a special addendum piece. Hope you enjoy! "From Dusk 'Till Dawn" Starring George Clooney, Harvey Keitel, Quentin, Juliette Lewis. Written by Quentin. Directed by Robert Rodriguez.Gen..read on
Masterpiece Cinema - The Station Agent 2004-06-18 Okay, so nobody got back to me about the most acceptable term for a
person of exceptionally short stature. Thanks a lot, guys, now I'm
screwed.The Station Agent Starring Peter Dinklage, Bobby Cannavale, Patricia Clarkson, Michelle Williams. Written..read on
Masterpiece Cinema - Wonder Boys 2004-06-11 Has it been a week already? With "Spider-Man 2" opening soon, I thought
it might be interesting to take a look at some of the earlier work of
one Tobey Maguire, doing a great job in a film that never got as much
attention as it deserved ..read on
Masterpiece Cinema - Hot Pursuit 2004-06-04 'Hot Pursuit'? Masterpiece? Not so much...Hi everyone, and
welcome back. In addition to serving as your humble
guy-who-recommends-movies-to-you, I am also a university student. We've
just hit the assessment period this week, so of course I have a ..read on
Masterpiece Cinema - Confessions of a Dangerous Mind 2004-05-28 This week, Masterpiece Cinema casts its dread eye over 'Confessions of
a Dangerous Mind.' Hola. You all had a nice week? Thats good to hear. On with the show. This week Confess..read on
Masterpiece Cinema - Donnie Darko 2004-05-21 This week's Masterpiece Cinema takes a look at "Donnie Darko" in preparation for its director's cut re-release.
Hello again, me mateys, and welcome to yet another week of yet another
installment of "Masterpiece Cinema." Well, its taken me a while, ..read on
Masterpiece Cinema - Memento 2004-05-14 Howdy,As I'm writing this, I'm just coming out of the worst
part of a particularly nasty virus that I picked up somewhere around
the place. Because of this, I might get a little incoherent at times,
and efhou huoh;zgo ;wsbgf Sorry. Bad joke. Anywa..read on
Masterpiece Cinema - Kill Bill Vol. 1 & Vol. 2 2004-05-07 Hi, everyone. Well, it seems that with The Cheers being down
for a week that two of my columns got posted at the same time when it
rebooted, so I'm writing this column a day before its due, and after
having only seen one of the two films that Ill ..read on
Masterpiece Cinema - Legend 2004-04-27 Hi, and welcome back. How's it going? At the time of this writing, I'm
looking forward to a preview screening of Kill Bill Vol. II that I have
tickets for, so look for a review of the Kill Bill saga soon. But for
now, let me take you on a trip to ..read on
Masterpiece Cinema - Battle Royale 2004-04-20 Hi, everyone. I want to relate a short story to you before we get
started this week it's such a short story, in fact, I think its
officially a piece of micro fiction. Anyway - - - I was in the
video store last week, and as I was searching for some..read on
Masterpiece Cinema - The Iron Giant 2004-04-06 Hi, everyone. After last weeks deviation into the world of comics, I'm
happy to say that were back on target. This week, an often over-looked
modern day animation classic: 'The Iron Giant' Starring the
voice talents of Eli Marienthal, Jennifer Ani..read on
Masterpiece Cinema - Watchmen 2004-03-30 Hello everybody, This week were going to be doing something a little
bit different - we're going to be taking a look at a comic book. How
does this relate to the topic of Masterpiece Cinema? Put your trust in
me, dear reader, and I'll form a conne..read on
Masterpiece Cinema - Vanilla Sky 2004-03-23 You know, the more reviews I write, the harder it becomes to come up
with vaguely witty things to say before getting started. Seeing as this
weeks edition is extra-long, how about we call it quits and just begin?
Cool? Cool. Vanilla Sky Starring T..read on
Masterpiece Cinema - 25th Hour 2004-03-16 Greetings and salutations. Wait. Did I just say that? God, I'm a nerd. This week;25th Hour Starring Edward Norton, Rosario Dawson, Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Barry Pepper, Brian Cox, Anna Paquin.Written by David Benioff (Based on his book)Direc..read on
Masterpiece Cinema - The End of Evangelion 2004-03-09 Welcome back! Kick off your shoes and enjoy a review, why dontcha? This week: a gem of Japanese animation. The End of Evangelion Starring a bunch of Japanese or English voice-over actors, depending on which dub youd prefer to listen to.Written b..read on
Wanna Wrassle? 2004-02-24 I recently watched the documentary Beyond the Mat, a middle-aged fan's insight into the world of professional wrestling and the private lives of the sports superstars. It was an engrossing film to watch, mostly because I've always had a curiou..read on
Masterpiece Cinema - The City of Lost Children 2004-03-02 Hello, hello, hello. Miss me? No? I knew you didn't. Nobody loves me. Anyway, welcome to another edition of Masterpiece Cinema. Last
week you were promised an exploration of the earlier work of the guy
that brought you the hit French film Amlie. We..read on
Masterpiece Cinema - Last Night 2004-02-24 Hey, folks.So here we are for a second week and a
second column. Were working with the title of Masterpiece Cinema for
the moment, but I'm not really overly happy with that, so if you have a
better idea for a name, email it to me. That pretty..read on
George Lucas Has Gone Soft 2004-02-10 I'm not ashamed to admit it I am a Star Wars fan. Well, maybe I'm a little ashamed to admit it. OK - I'm really ashamed to admit it. Thats probably why I slink around, offering everyone I pass an apologetic look.I am proud to say, however, that despi..read on
Masterpiece Cinema 2004-02-10 Welcome to the first edition of the column "Masterpiece Cinema". Every
week, I'll be using this space to discuss a great film. It's sort of
like a film review, only I don't bother with the crappy, mediocre
movies. Instead, I'll be discussing movie..read on