You probably already know Greg Kinnear has been nominated for, and won, some awards for his supporting actor performance in As Good As It Gets (PG-13, 4.75/5 stars), the comedy-drama that starred Jack Nicholson as an OCD-afflicted, curmudgeonly, bestselling author who’s brought out of his shell by a no-nonsense waitress (Helen Hunt) working to support … Read more
One point made very strongly by Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos in Amazon’s press conference this week was that while Amazon of course wants to make devices its customers will like and want to buy, if customers don’t find themselves actually wanting to use the device very much, the device is a failure. It doesn’t matter how … Read more
Many of today’s hit family sitcoms on kids’ cable channels like Nickelodeon and Disney Channel are modeled after the squeaky-clean, hit family sitcoms of the 80’s. So it’s not surprising that even today’s techno-savvy youngsters find those classic sitcoms of the 80’s and earlier so enjoyable. Here’s a sampling of those you can find in … Read more
Nick Park’s Aardman Animation Studios may be best known for its Wallace and Gromit series, its feature films like Chicken Run and The Pirates! Band of Misfits, but the studio also produced the hilarious claymation series, Creature Comforts, which ran on the BBC in the United Kingdom but was never given an American network release. … Read more
Fans of espionage thriller spoofs, you’re in for an Amazon Instant Video treat! Sterling Archer is a top agent at ISIS, a U.S.-based international spy agency. His mother Mallory runs the agency, and his past paramour Lana Kane is Archer’s equal in all respects but one: his mind-bogglingly huge ego. Everyone at ISIS headquarters, from the creepy tech … Read more
Documentaries, spoofs and a touching comedy-drama, all inspired by the Star Wars film franchise and all available to rent or buy as Amazon Instant Videos: Fanboys (PG-13, 4/5 stars, currently priced at $2.99 to rent and $9.99 to buy) – It’s 1998 and Star Wars fanboys across the globe eagerly await the release of Episode I. … Read more
Jon Krakauer has written some of the most riveting, revealing and insightful nonfiction you’ll ever read, and luckily, his books are available in Kindle format. Into Thin Air (4.5/5 stars, currently priced at $11.99) From Amazon: When Jon Krakauer reached the summit of Mt. Everest in the early afternoon of May 10,1996, he hadn’t slept … Read more
While you’re waiting for Marvel’s The Avengers to be released on 9/25 (you can also pre-order the Instant Video purchase of Marvel’s The Avengers for $14.99, you won’t be charged until the film’s video release date of 9/25), why not get up to speed on the team’s backstories with Amazon Instant Videos? The Incredible Hulk … Read more