Entertainment
Beyond the Valley of the Blow-up Dolls
Behind the scenes of Steve Balderson’s Kansas-made shock-farce, “Watch Out”
Monday, May 5, 2008
People have said it will be the most controversial film of the decade, and that’s not an understatement,” modestly suggests Kansas filmmaker Steve Balderson of his next film, “Watch Out.” “It could very well be the most explicit non-pornographic film ever made.”
There’s no “Forgetting Sarah Marshall”
Friday, April 18, 2008
For all of its seeming assembly-line predictability, "Forgetting Sarah Marshall" turns out to be a hilariously subversive take on manhood and romance in the 21st century. It also showcases a nervy, unflappable but ultimately sweet performance by Jason Segel that should turn the actor/co-writer into a star.
The Chic Shall Inherit the Earth
Earth Day Fashion Show 2008
Monday, April 14, 2008
Trivia question: When do bags upon bags crammed with neckties—enough to wear a different one every day for maybe two years—come in handy? Answer: When you’re a crazy-ass fashion designer. When you’re sewing an entire gown out of ties. When at least 150 go into the skirt alone.
Field position
Former KU lineman joins Clooney’s cinematic team in Hollywood
Thursday, April 3, 2008
Keith Loneker is on TV right now punching the bejesus out of a hapless referee. His mug is on the homepage of Yahoo.com, grimacing and readying for a showdown. As of today, he’s also appearing in a couple thousand theaters around the country. The Lawrence resident is a cast member of the new film “Leatherheads.”
'Stop-Loss' does a service to its subjects
Thursday, March 27, 2008
"Stop-Loss" is being marketed by MTV Films with its good-looking actors and new rock soundtrack upfront, but it's actually a thought-provoking, even-handed drama. Director Kimberly Peirce's Iraq war drama follows in the footsteps of "coming home" war movies, and asks some tough questions about the definition of duty.
Bunker Mentality
Director Kevin Willmott takes on post-9/11 'fascism' in 'Bunker Hill'
Monday, March 24, 2008
In Kevin Willmott’s first two films, the central theme was race. In “Ninth Street,” it was the story of the small black section of Junction City, Willmott’s hometown, seen through the eyes of a pair of winos. In the Ken Burns-style mockumentary “CSA: The Confederate States of America,” race was given biting satirical treatment in an alternate U.S. history supposing the South had won the Civil War.
Night of the Living Film Geeks
Midnight Movie Madness screens insomnia cinema at Liberty Hall
Monday, March 10, 2008
For less than the price of a medium Mr. Pibb at the movie theatre you can get a movie and a PBR at Midnight Movie Madness. And it’ll be a good movie, too—none of this “Jumper” crap.
The Triumph of 'The Diving Bell and the Butterfly'
Friday, March 7, 2008
At first, it's a little difficult to get your bearings. The camera wanders, is never completely in focus, and the audio is muffled, cutting in and out. It pans back and forth to simulate the movement of the eyes. A narrator begins to speak. Seeing the world through the limited perspective of a bedridden man wouldn't normally strike one as the most cinematic of ideas.
Student affairs
KU sophomores populate edgy TV series
Thursday, March 6, 2008
Sharon Liese was preparing to take an active part in one of the most turbulent and influential periods of her child’s life: high school. So six years ago the single mom decided to pick up a camera on the eve of daughter Justine’s freshman year at Blue Valley Northwest High School. “I knew she was going to launch on this new adventure, and I wanted to document what goes on in high school. But I quickly abandoned the idea of documenting her and instead decided to follow other girls through the high school she went to,” Liese says.
‘Millionaire’ contestant finishes with $25,000
Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2008
Lawrence film critic Eric Melin won $25,000 in his appearance on “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire,” which ended Tuesday after he answered a question incorrectly.
One in a million
Lawrence film critic goes for ultimate prize on quiz show
Friday, Feb. 15, 2008
“Lotion.” That was Eric Melin’s answer to a question that has haunted him since appearing last summer on the VH1 program “The World Series of Pop Culture.” The question: “In the famous scene from ‘There’s Something About Mary,’ what does Cameron Diaz mistakenly think is hanging from Ben Stiller’s ear?”
Masters of 'Suspension'
Lawrence filmmakers ready for premiere screening of special effects-laden feature
Sunday, Feb. 3, 2008
Lawrence natives Ethan Shaftel and Alec Joler first got the urge to collaborate on a film together while in eighth grade. Their rather unlikely subject was Armenia — the project intended to fulfill an assignment in their geography class. “We turned it into this ‘epic,’ with our attempt at massive battle scenes on the slopes of Azerbaijan,” Shaftel recalls. “We called it ‘Armenia: The Land, The People, The War.’ That was just for school, but the relationship we had immediately turned into doing more work not related to school.”
Lights, Camera, Upload
High school filmmakers go from online to onscreen at En Fuego Film Festival
Monday, Jan. 28, 2008
Kids film the darndest things. Like a disturbing hallucinatory journey through mucous and madness called “Influenza.” Or a one-man band rendition of Cutting Crew’s “(I Just) Died in Your Arms Tonight” featuring wicked keyboard solos and rudimentary stick figure animation. And even “B for Banana,” a '70s cop show parody replete with fake mustaches and serial fruitings.
6News video: Sebelius' son behind controversial board game
Monday, Jan. 28, 2008
Governor Kathleen Sebelius' son is behind a controversial board game that's only being sold in Kansas.
Shoots & Daggers
The governor’s son, in the mansion, with a prison-themed board game
Monday, Jan. 28, 2008
The big truck pulled up to the governor’s mansion on a frigid morning two days after Christmas. In 600 boxes from China, John Sebelius’ vision had arrived. The driver climbed into the back of the truck and a crew of friends Sebelius had solicited lined up and hauled the boxes to the cleared-out two-car garage. Fifteen minutes later the truck was gone, leaving the garage packed with a mountain of boxes—3,000 board games into which the 23-year-old governor’s son had sunk $45,000 of borrowed money and a considerable stock of his future.
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