The Do Something Reel festival continues this Earth Day weekend at the Laemmles (here's a series refresher from a previous Film Calendar) with Planeat. The British documentary highlights how simple changes in diet - fewer animal-based meals and more plant-based meals - can have profound effects on personal health, global society & the environment. Less incendiary than Food Inc. & less guilt-inspiring than Eating Animals, the Planeat trailer promises practicality & personal choice rather than militant gross-outs.
Weekend Movie Guide 04/22: Put The 'Eat' In Earth Day
Weekend Movie Guide: Blech!
I've always thought that MacGruber worked perfectly as a one-minute interstitial, but I can't imagine how you pull a whole movie out of it. Still, reviews have been pretty decent so maybe it works. Didn't the last Shrek really answer all of the questions posed by the other Shreks? Is there any reason to see Shrek Forever After other than to distract your bratty kids for a few hours. Holy Rollers was a solid hit at Sundance this year. How can you go wrong with Orthodox Jewish drug dealers?
DVD Tuesday: Cage Unleashed!
This is the week where everyone mourns the end of (watch this now if you've never seen it!), check out his initial transformation into the Ghost Rider for a signature example of WAY over-the-top acting.
New Movie Friday: Spies, Soldiers, Single Moms and Flaming Spirits
Academy Award Nominated Short Films - A compendium of this year's live action and animation shorts. Breach - Based on the true story of Robert Hanssen who spent 15 years spying for the Soviet Union, a breach that is one of the worst intelligence disasters in US history. Chris Cooper plays Hanssen and Ryan Philippe plays the newbie agent sent to keep on an eye on him in this cat-and-mouse drama. The Boy Who Cried...
TV Junkie: 'Idol' Returns to Hollywood; New 'House', 'Veronica Mars', and More...
A Word or 51: PBS and NPR have been hyping up the new set of Frontline programs that expose media manipulation. Knee-jerk conservative pundits will have a chance to spew their own conspiracy theories since this week we have the Anti-Surge Resolution in Congress, and the Libby trial - topics both relevant to the program. Tonight - Tuesday - February 13th, 2007 American Idol (Fox, 8:00 p.m.) Done with auditions, the show heads to...

