I also talk about Homicide : Life on the Street,  Buried,  Shade,  The Sting,  Pirana 3-D, among other shows and films.

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THE FILM LIST : SEASON 2 EPISODE 5

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Here is the season 4 episode guide with my ratings (OUT OF 10) so you can follow along as you listen to the podcast :

X-FILES SEASON 4 EPISODE GUIDE

Herrenvolk (2)  RATING :  9.3

Jeremiah Smith and Mulder are on the run from the alien bounty hunter and Smith takes Mulder to a small farm tended to by identical sets of children and all the girls are clones of his sister when she was still a child. Mulder prepares to take Jeremiah and one of the clones to see his mother in hospital but the bounty hunter catches up with them and kills Jeremiah. Meanwhile, the Syndicate suspects that they have a traitor in their midst and plan a trap which results in X being executed by the CSM.

Home  RATING:  9.8

A baby is found buried alive in shallow ground and appears to have birth defects resulting from generations of inbreeding, leading Mulder and Scully to a reclusive family who have a history of inbred children.

Teliko  RATING:  7.1

After several African-American men are killed and the color is drained from their skin, Mulder learns about the Teliko, an African folktale about a creature who must suck the pigmentation from a person’s body in order to survive.

Unruhe  RATING:  8.6

Several kidnappings of young women linked by distorted photographs lead Mulder and Scully to a man who can imprint his darkest fantasies onto undeveloped film and is trying to save the women from the ‘Howlers’.

The Field Where I Died  RATING:  7.0

After an FBI raid on a doomsday cult called the “Temple of the Seven Stars.” Mulder meets Melissa, a cultist who claims to have known him in a previous life during the American Civil War. Scully believes the woman is a delusional schizophrenic but Mulder allows himself to be drawn into her fantasies.

Sanguinarium  RATING :  7.3

When a series of bizarre murders take place in a hospital’s plastic surgery unit, Mulder finds a link to the four witches Sabbaths. This leads Mulder and Scully to question if supernatural forces maybe responsible when they begin to suspect a nurse of practicing witchcraft and causing the deaths of the patients.

Musings of a Cigarette-Smoking Man  RATING: 10.0

Frohike pieces together and recites to Mulder and Scully what could be the possible life story of the Cigarette Smoking Man; from a young captain in the US Army recruited to assassinate President Kennedy, to becoming the mysterious man in the shadows at the height of a global conspiracy. What measures will the CSM take to ensure that he remains a mystery forever?

Tunguska (1)  RATING:  9.6

A rock sample taken from Mars is intercepted at an airport and infects a security officer with the Black Cancer, while Mulder is given a tip about potentially dangerous paramilitary operations but is doubtful when the informant turns out to be Alex Krycek. Reluctantly, Mulder accepts Krycek’s help and tracks the rock to Russia where he discovers an elaborate test being performed by Russian scientists.

Terma (2)  RATING:  9.0

While imprisoned in Russia and infected with the Black Cancer, Mulder learns that Krycek is working with the men responsible and everything has been a setup from the start, while Scully and Skinner are called to a suspicious Senate hearing where the only question is the whereabouts of Agent Mulder.

Paper Hearts  RATING:  9.2

Mulder’s dreams help him in finding the body of a little girl which re-opens one of his old cases in the Violent Crimes Unit and leads him to believe the killer he captured had more victims and may have taken his sister many years before.

El Mundo Gira  RATING:  8.8

When a deadly yellow rain falls in a migrant workers camp and kills a young woman, Agents Mulder and Scully come to investigate what happened. After questioning the family the agents learn that they believe a mythical creature is responsible for the death and before long Mulder and Scully are on the trail of a mythical beast known as El Chupacabra. Mulder and Scully have to work out where the beast will go next before it can kill anyone else.

Leonard Betts   RATING :  8.9

After the body of a decapitated EMT disappears from the morgue and an identical man starts work at the same hospital, Mulder believes that the man has the ability to regrow parts of his body, including his head. The agents soon discover that Betts’ body is riddled with cancer and he is able to live in that condition but needs to feed on cancerous tumors to keep up his strength.

EPISODES 13-24 THAT WILL BE DISCUSSED ON THE FILM LIST : SEASON 4 ROUNDTABLE PART 2

Never Again  RATING : 8.5

While Mulder is forced to take a vacation he leaves Scully with an assignment to keep her busy until he returns. She however, decides to start living and goes on a date with a man who believes that his tattoo talks to him and is telling him to stay away from other women.

Memento Mori  RATING : 9.2

Scully’s recent failing health is revealed to be inoperable brain cancer which is common among abductees. She meets with other abductees with the same condition and forms a special bond with a dying woman, while Mulder tries to save her from a doctor who may be connected with the abductions.

Kaddish  RATING: 7.2

Issac Luria, a Jewish man, is killed by a group of teenagers working for a racist shopowner, but one of them is soon strangled to death and the fingerprints on his neck are of Issac. Despite other factors, Mulder becomes convinced that the man has returned from the dead to exact revenge.

Unrequited  RATING: 8.2

When a US military general is unexplainably murdered in the back of his limousine, a paramilitary group is suspected and they believe it was a soldier whom they liberated from a Vietnam POW camp and is plotting to kill certain corrupt military figures.

Tempus Fugit (1)  RATING: 9.3

While celebrating Scully’s 33rd birthday, a strange woman informs Mulder that NICAP member Max Fenig (see Fallen Angel) has recently died in a plane crash. After a visit to the crash site and finding Max’s body with radiation burns on it, Mulder suggests that the plane was intercepted by a UFO and is rapidly being covered up by the military.

Max (2)  RATING: 9.4

Mulder is arrested for investigating the plane crash and interfering with a military operation, while Scully is caught in an attempted assassination of Corporal Frish which claims the life of Agent Pendrell. Scully bails Mulder out of prison and they go to Max Fenig’s trailer to find out why he was on the plane. Mulder finds evidence of alien technology and boards a plane with it but the plane is intercepted mid-flight and it disappears. Mulder is again left with nothing.

Synchrony  RATING: 9.0

A case involving a strange old man warning two scientists of events in the immediate future which come to pass; and the use of their experimental flash-freezing compound that does not exist yet, has Mulder believing that one of the scientists has come from the future to stop his own scientific breakthrough from becoming reality.

Small Potatoes  RATING: 8.5

Five babies in the same town are all born with tails and the local OB-GYN is blamed for tampering with fertilised eggs. However, Mulder discovers the culprit to be a simple man with a genetic deformity who may have the ability to alter his appearance.

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Zero Sum  RATING: 9.5

Skinner destroys evidence to cover up a woman’s death and poses as Agent Mulder to complete the task. Mulder finds out about Skinner’s deception and confronts him and Skinner reveals that he is working for the Cigarette Smoking Man in order to obtain a possible cure for Scully’s cancer.

Elegy  RATING:  7.9

After a man sees a woman trapped inside a bowling alley pin setter, he goes for help and finds police standing next to the body of the same woman. Mulder and Scully join the investigation and follow up this lead which the police won’t bother with and they are led to a autistic man who works at the bowling alley.

Demons  RATING: (9.1)

Mulder undergoes an experimental form of hypnotherapy to recover his memories about his sister’s abduction but the treatment has side effects including psychotic behaviour and Mulder wakes up one morning in a motel room with someone else’s blood all over him.

Gethsemane (1)  RATING 9.3

While investigating the discovery of a preserved alien body found in the mountains of Canada, Mulder is contacted by Michael Kritschgau who tells him about a government conspiracy not to keep alien activity a secret, but to make people believe in them without question and Mulder has been the prime target. With the idea that everything he believes is a lie, Mulder appears to take his own life.

SEASON 4 RATING BY HEATH SOLO :  A- (9.1)

 The game will played in Anaheim, CA, the home of the Los Angeles Angels.  It’s the first All-Star game played in Anaheim since 1989, where the amazing Bo Jackson lead off the bottom of the 1st inning with a towering Home run.  Wade Boggs then followed with a HR, as it was the most amazing start to an all-hyped collection of All-Star studs.

This year, the rosters have been expanded to 34 with the fans picking the final spot after the rosters are announced on TBS  July 4, 2010.

So in great fun, I’ve decided to try and predict who the MLB All-Stars will be.  Now every team must have at least one representative.  Some don’t like the rule because it leaves off some deserving players.  True but the whole league is represented, as should each team.

Now fan voting makes up the starting hitter line-ups.  There is no DH in the N.L. so I will predicted who will get that honor.  Then the reserves are compiled by manager and player voting.  It’s a little different as in the old days, the managers made every reserve pick.  This is a better way because back in the day, Joe Torre of the Yankees flooded the roster with Bronx bombers.

Now there are 5 major injuries to potential starters and reserves OF Jason Hayward of the Braves, 2B Chase Utley and 3B Placido Polanco  of the Phillies and 2B Dustin Pedroia and C Victor Martinez of the Red Sox.  So I’m leaving them off for my predictions.  Hayward and  Utley would have started for the N.L. and potentially Polanco.

NATIONAL LEAGUE ROSTER PREDICTION

C   YADIER MOLINA   CARDINALS

1B   ALBERT PUJOLS   CARDINALS

2B   MARTIN PRADO   BRAVES   *REPLACES CHASE UTLEY PHI INJURED*

SS   HANLEY RAMIREZ   MARLINS

3B   DAVID WRIGHT   METS *SHOULD WIN FAN VOTING, PLACIDO POLANCO INJURED*

LF   RYAN BRAUN   BREWERS

CF   ANDRE EITHER   DODGERS

RF   COREY HART   BREWERS  *WILL REPLACE JASON HAYWARD ATL INJURED*

DH   RYAN HOWARD  PHILLIES *PREDICT HE WILL BE NAMES STARTER, NO FAN VOTING FOR DH IN NL

SP   UMBALDO JIMENEZ   ROCKIES  *WILL START GAME AT PITCHER

N.L. RESERVES

C  BRIAN MCCANN   BRAVES

1B   JOEY VOTTO   REDS

2B   DAN UGGLA   MARLINS

SS   JOSE REYES   METS

3B   RYAN ZIMMERMAN   NATIONALS

OF  ANDREW MCCUTCHEN   PIRATES

OF   ADAM DUNN   NATIONALS

OF   COLBY RASMUS  CARDINALS

3B   SCOTT ROLEN  REDS

1B   ADRIAN GONZALEZ   PADRES

OF   CHRIS YOUNG   DIAMONDBACKS

SP   ADAM WAINWRIGHT   CARDINALS

SP   MATT LATOS   PADRES

SP   MIKE PELFRY   METS

SP   JOSH JOHNSON   MARLINS

SP   YOVANI GALLARDO   BREWERS

SP   ROY HALLADAY   PHILLIES

SP   MATT CAIN   GIANTS

RP   MATT LINDSTROM  ASTROS

RP   BRIAN WILSON   GIANTS

RP   FRANCISCO CORDERO   REDS

RP   HEATH BELL  PADRES

RP   CARLOS MARMOL   CUBS

RP  JON BROXTON  DODGERS

AMERICAN LEAGUE ROSTER PREDICTION

C   JOE MAUER   TWINS

1B   JUSTIN MORNEAU   TWINS

2B   ROBINSON CANO   YANKEES

SS   DEREK JETER   YANKEES

3B  EVAN LONGORIA   RAYS

LF   JOSH HAMILTON  RANGERS

CF   CARL CRAWFORD   RAYS

RF   ICHIRO SUZUKI   MARINERS

DH   VLADIMIR GUERRERO   RANGERS

SP   DAVID  PRICE   RAYS

AMERICAN LEAGUE RESERVES

C   MIKE NAPOLI   ANGELS

1B   MIQUEL CABRERA   TIGERS

2B   TY WIGGINGTON   ORIOLES

SS   ALEX GONZALEX   BLUEJAYS

3B   ALEX RODRIGUEZ   YANKEES

OF   TORI HUNTER  ANGELS

OF   SIN SOO CHOO   INDIANS

OF   BRENDAN BOESCH   TIGERS

1B   PAUL KONERKO   WHITESOX

OF   VERNON WELLS   BLUEJAYS

IF   KEVIN YOUKLIS   REDSOX

SP   PHIL HUGHES   YANKEES

SP   ANDY PETTITE   YANKEES

SP   CC SABATHIA   YANKEES

SP   CLAY BUCKHOLTZ   REDSOX

SP   FELIX HERNANDEZ   MARINERS

SP   JERED WEAVER   ANGELS

SP   CLIFF LEE   MARINERS

RP   ANDREW BAILEY   A’S

RP   MARIANO RIVERA   YANKEES

RP   JOSE VALVERDE   TIGERS

RP   NEFTALI FELIZ   RANGERS

RP   JOAKIM SORIA   ROYALS

RP   RAFAEL SORIANO   RAYS

"Cortney B. Vance, I think we got cancelled.."

ABC has cancelled “FlashForward” due to low ratings,  the show dropped from 12.47 million when it debuted in September to 4.77 million on the latest episode.

As you know Ms. Wendy and i started a FlashForward podcast but at the break, we just decided to stop.  The show was struggling and it failed to find a rhythm.  However, the show came back after a hiatus and the last 5 episodes were awesome.  However, even a dvd release of the first part of the season didn’t help as fans were lost for good.  If a show doesn’t maintain high ratings, the newtworks will cancel a show, no questions asked.  My idea : cut the cast down which will help the budget and continue the run on the Scy-Fy network.  But that will not happen.  The cast is moving on.  Recently FlashForward alum Michael Ealy  has joined the cast of  Californication  for season 3.  Well, bye bye FlashForward, you weren’t given a fair chance but we are in the days of ratings, no ratings, no air time.

It looks like V  has been renewed but won’t get a season 2 premiere till 2011.

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HEATH’S LOST ROCKIN MOMENT

80.   LESS THAN ZERO  (1987)  Andrew McCarthy, Robert Downey Jr.,  Jami Gertz,  directed by Marek Kanievska

79.   NIGHT ON EARTH  (1991)   Winona Ryder, Rosie Perez, Roberto Benigni, directed by Jim Jarmusch

78.   PSYCHO   (1960)   Anthony Perkins,  Janet Leigh,  directed by Alfred Hitchcock

77.   THE LONG KISS GOOD NIGHT   (1996)   Geena Davis,  Samuel L. Jackson,  directed by Renny Harlin

76.   INDIANA JONES AND THE LAST CRUSADE   (1989)   Harrison Ford,  Sean Connery,  River Phoenix,  directed by Steven Spielberg

75.  THE STING  (1973)   Paul Newman,  Robert Redford,  Robert Shaw,  directed by George Roy Hill   (Replaces The Naked Gun at this slot)

74.   CLOSER   (2004)   Clive Owen,  Jude Law,  Julia Roberts,  Natalie Portman, directed by Mike Nichols

73.   THE CONVERSATION  (1974)   Gene Hackman,  John Cazale,  Harrison Ford, directed by Francis Ford Coppola

72.   FIELD OF DREAMS  (1989)   Kevin Costner,  Amy Madigan,  Ray Liotta,  directed by Phil Alden Robinson

71.   THE PLAYER  (1992)   Tim Robbins,  Whoopi Goldberg,  Vincent D’Onofrio,  directed by Robert Altman

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THE FILM LIST : HEATH SOLO’S TOP 100 FILMS : 80-71

June 1, 2010

Alice in Wonderland (2010) (Combo) (Disney/Buena Vista)

The Man With No Name Trilogy (MGM)

Saints Road to XLIV: Collector’s Edition (Warner Brothers)

The Wolfman (2010) (Universal)

June 8, 2010

Caddyshack (Warner Brothers)

Shutter Island (Paramount)

June 15, 2010

The Book of Eli (Warner Brothers)

Mystery Train (Criterion)

Supernatural: The Complete First Season (Warner Brothers)

June 22, 2010

Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band: London Calling: Live In Hyde Park (Sony Music)

Entourage: The Complete Sixth Season (HBO)

Hung: The Complete First Season (HBO)

June 29, 2010

Green Zone (Universal)

Hot Tub Time Machine (MGM/UA)

Predator: Ultimate Hunter Edition (20th Century Fox)

July 06, 2010

Brooklyn’s Finest (Anchor Bay)

Jimmy Hollywood (Lionsgate)

The Last Boy Scout/Last Man Standing (Warner Brothers)

A Single Man (Sony)

July 13, 2010

July 20, 2010

July 27, 2010

August 03, 2010

The Breakfast Club (Universal)

August 10, 2010

August 17, 2010

August 24, 2010

August 31, 2010

House: Season Six (Universal)

SEPTEMBER 2010

SOURCE ; BLU RAY DIGEST

May 25, 2010

• Babysitter Wanted (Big Screen)
• By Brakhage: An Anthology, Volumes One and Two (Criterion)
• City of the Living Dead (Blue Underground)
• Clash of the Titans (1981) (Non-Digibook) (Warner Brothers)
• Class of Nuke ‘Em High (Troma)
• Dear John (Sony)
• Django (Blue Underground)
• Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog (New DVD)
• Fullmetal Alchemist: Part 1 (FUNimation)
• It Waits (Starz/Anchor Bay)
• Merlin and the Book of Beasts (Starz/Anchor Bay)
• Pep Squad (Troma)
• Possession (2009) (20th Century Fox)
• The Road (Sony)
• The Shortcut (Starz/Anchor Bay)
• Spartacus: 50th Anniversary Edition (Universal)
• Stagecoach (Criterion)
• Surf Nazis Must Die (Troma)
• True Blood: The Complete Second Season (HBO)
• Tupac: Live at the House of Blues (Eagle Rock)

May 18th 2010 releases from Last week :

May 18, 2010

• 9 Songs (Palisades Tartan)
• American Bandits Frank and Jesse James (E1)
• Carlito’s Way (Universal)
• The Day the Earth Stopped (Echo Bridge)
• Extraordinary Measures (Sony)
• Invictus (Warner Brothers)
• Mega Shark vs. Giant Octopus (Echo Bridge)
• The Messenger (2009) (Oscilloscope)
• The New Daughter (Starz/Anchor Bay)
• Outlander (Vivendi)
• The Spy Next Door (Lionsgate)
• Valentine’s Day (Warner Brothers)
• Walkabout (Criterion)
• War of the Worlds 2: Next Wave (Echo Bridge)
• The Way of War (First Look)
• When in Rome (Disney/Buena Vista)

source : blu ray digest

Universal Studios Home Entertainment said the iconic comedy written and directed by the late John Hughes will be released in its new format Aug. 3.

Starring Emilio Estevez, Molly Ringwald, Anthony Michael Hall, Judd Nelson and Ally Sheedy, “The Breakfast Club 25th Anniversary Edition” includes a 12-part documentary with cast members talking about making the movie.

Also featured on the Blu-ray are filmmakers Amy Heckerling and Diablo Cody discussing the cultural resonance of the film.

Nelson and Hall provide a feature commentary track as well.

SOURCE : UPI.COM