by Jonathan Hludzinski on June 18th, 2009
Although Mommy XXX is a bit of a misnomer, this behind the scenes look into the upper-middle class home of porn star Demi Dalia, created by Steve Slome and John Ferrie, is at times fascinating, titillating and disturbing. As good as any of the current lifestyles of quasi-celebs reality fare on TV today, this actually quietly provides a deeper and perhaps darker look into a life you’ll probably never have.
The music and graphics and fluid camerawork will have you pleasantly smiling throughout, perhaps even thinking, ‘well, gee, that’s not so bad’. But the few moments with Demi’s son, Chris, might sway your opinion. We don’t get much of him but when we do he’s not so keen on his mother’s breast implant surgery in episode one, or her birthday party which includes her porn star friends in ep three and in ep two, though he doesn’t talk specifically about the scene she’s shooting with ex-husband and legend Randy Spears, he does mention that he hates porn stars.
by Jacob Nahin on June 17th, 2009
Meet Detective Paul Grunning, a screwed-up cop on a temporary-leave-of-absence thanks to a tragic incident and Internal Affairs. After one of those oh-so-fun, I.A. mandated grief meetings, Grunning gets a call from his boss to “checkout a disturbance” at a local residence.
That’s the setup for Top Pup Media’s Fissure, a feature film-turned-web-series put out by director and producer Russ Pond. The web series premiered this week and stars James MacDonald who is known for his bit-parts in everything from Star Trek: Deep Space Nine to CSI:Miami and Jericho.
by Jamison Tilsner on June 17th, 2009
As part of their sponsorship of The Onfronts, our good friends at Metranome.net not only created a killer iPhone application featuring most of the content screened at the event, they’ve also agreed to provide the service to one of our distinguished content partners for FREE! So which stuido should it be? We leave it to [...]
by Alex Crowley on June 17th, 2009
When this assignment was first passed to me I sighed, afraid that a show with the title Interviews 50 Cents was going to be a train wreck of the infamous rapper conversing with an assortment of PR-stunted celebrities. A second, far more pleasant sigh could have been heard not long after when it became clear [...]
by Pat Miller on June 17th, 2009
Fans of Weeds, Showtime’s comedy-drama that mixes Southern California suburbia with a pot-slangin’ soccer mom, will be glad to hear that the new season (which started on June 8th) isn’t confined to cable. That’s right – Weeds is the latest big-time TV show that is spreading out to the Internet via a series of hilarious webisodes called University of Andy, starring everyone’s favorite Botwin brother, Andy Botwin (Justin Kirk).
Each episode treats us to about five minutes of Andy waxing scholarly on some of his favorite topics – none of which you’ll encounter in any accredited institution, obviously.
by Marc Hustvedt on June 16th, 2009
When you’ve got it flaunt it, right? MWG Entertainment the multi-platform digital studio behind web series My Two Fans and now wedding comedy Road to the Altar, has done an impressive job lining up some household-name sponsors for its projects. Altar is boasting wedding-friendly consumer brands Pier 1, iRobot, Panda Express and Blackberry signed on for the series.
The 10-episode series, directed and co-written by Annie Lukowski, stars Jaleel White (Urkel on Family Matters) and Leyna Weber (who also co-wrote) from As the World Turns as a young couple, Simon and Rochelle, pulling together their wedding with a faux-reality TV crew in tow. The couple makes all the expected stops around town to find the perfect vendors for the wedding – florists, valets, wedding dresses, etc. And that’s where the veteran TV guest stars come in to shine—Kym Whitley (The Parkers), Rodney Perry (Who’s Got Jokes?), Susan Floyd (Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles), Jim Hanks (Dexter), Robert Romanus (Fame) and Earl Billings (What’s Happening!)
by Michael Neal on June 16th, 2009
It’s summer, which is mating season in New York. The flowers bloom, the clothes are more revealing, the outside tables are reserved, and the city dwellers exchange eye contact, phone numbers, and bodily fluids, usually, but not always, in that order. I guess what I’m trying to say is that in a city with over [...]
by Jonathan Hludzinski on June 16th, 2009
In all honesty I don’t really know what I like about this show. It’s kind of like Michael Corleone’s line from The Godfather, “Just when I thought I was out…They pull me back in…” The Romantic Foibles of Esteban is a show about a guy and the disastrous dates he sets up on an on-line dating service called Kung Fu Dating. And it often goes to somewhat obvious and broad places, but somehow remains both fresh and charming…with a little cheese thrown in.
Created by Canyon Prince and J Michael Briggs, each episode begins with the talking mouth of Esteban’s new date, followed by the click of his mouse.
Episode two is the weakest of the bunch, though Esteban’s date, actress Ellen, is nicely played in all her psycho-brilliance by Gillian Shure. But it’s episode three where I found myself really enjoying the show which hits its absurd stride when Esteban is sent to the hospital by boxer date, Amanda, again well played by Amazon Beard. The doctor, played by Jon Donahue, takes a crazy and very funny turn at the end of the ep when there’s a fantastic callback to the first episode (that I won’t ruin) that had me thinking, wait, these guys are smarter than they seem.
