Movies/TV Archive
17 Mar 2013
Dallas
The old hit TV series Dallas has been rebooted and is being taped again. During NA 495 Adam's announced his wife Micky is now auditioning for a co-starring role.
17 Mar 2013
Vikings
"Fisting and Drinking in the Halls of the God!" Well, that was what Dvorak thought the characters of the Vikings were saying. Vikings is a new drama on the History Channel.
13 Mar 2013
House of Cards
Adam thinks Kevin Spacey depiction of a pathological congressional majority whip is an very interesting and House of Cards is well written and produced. This is show depicts Washington DC, with the back room deal making which you aren't going to see from the compromised networks like Sorkin's The Newsroom.
28 Feb 2013
Olympus Has Fallen – White House Down
Olympus Has Fallen and White House Down are two new thriller movies that share a similar premise of the White House being attacked by terrorists. Olympus Has Fallen stars Gerard Butler (300 & Chasing Mavericks). Adam mentioned them up during NA 491 and said he was “frightened that we have movies working towards the future to make us
03 Feb 2013
Lincoln
Adam and Micky just viewed the Academy screener of Lincoln. It was of great interest to Adam because it was screened at the White House and was directed by Steven Spielberg. Adam then went on to describe being dumbfounded by what he has coined, "cultural creationism".
27 Jan 2013
Dirty Wars
For a show clip, John Dvorak submitted an interview of Jeremy Scahill,the author of the book and movie Dirty Wars. In this interview, Scahill explains the role and command structure of Central Command's secret wars around the globe.
27 Jan 2013
Funny People
During NA 481 and a discussion on Obama's Inauguration, Adam was wondering why James Taylor was an event performer because he isn't very cool.
31 Dec 2012
Visioneers
Dvorak mentioned this funny but “juvenile” film from 2008 during NA 473. Starring the actor/comedian, Zack Galifianakis (The Hangover). It’s takes place in the future where corporations have taken over the place and people salute each other by flipping the finger.
23 Dec 2012
Drugs Inc.
Dvorak brought up a new TV show, Drugs Inc. that features illegal drugs. Dvorak describes it as a quasi documentary/reality show where you can learn about the latest drugs.
22 Dec 2012
We Need to Talk About Kevin
In NA 471, Adam played a BBC interview with Lionel Shriver the author of We Need to Talk About Kevin.
02 Dec 2012
Being Elmo: A Puppeteers Journey
Near the end of NA 463, Adam brought up the recent controversy involving Elmo puppeteer, Kevin Clash.
22 Nov 2012
Episodes
During a discussion on shooting movies and TV shows using "green screens", John Dvorak brought up the funny Showtime show, Episodes. Supposedly most of the show is shot with dropped in backgrounds.
27 Oct 2012
Frugal Gourmet
While discussing accused British pedophile and TV personality Jimmy Savile, John Dvorak mused about former PBS TV chef, pastor and cookbook author Jeff Smith, better known as the Frugal Gourmet in the 1990's.
24 Oct 2012
Escape Fire
While Adam and Micky were in DC, Adam got a call from his friend Wendell Potter who he recently met at the CUSP Conference in Chicago. Potter, who wrote Deadly Spin about the pharmaceutical "sickness industry" ...
19 Oct 2012
Flowers of War
While Adam and Micky were in Los Angeles for her art show, Adam met a friend of theirs who is an architect in Beijing. Since he lived in China, Adam asked him why there are trumped up, government sponsored protests in China about the the disputed occupation of some islands by Japan.
17 Oct 2012
Revolution
During a discussion of the manipulation of the public and how Hollywood was later used for creating propaganda tools during WWII, new examples of TV shows and movies were discussed.
03 Oct 2012
X Factor
Adam is on a bit of a TV watching streak! He discussed the kickoff of the X Factor show which featured a girl contestant that cried while she was explaining how she was bullied which led to the judges being moved - even Simon Cowell was cried!
03 Oct 2012
The New Normal
Adam asks John, "be sure to watch the New Normal, so you can kill yourself!"
03 Oct 2012
Islam: The Untold Story
Islam: The Untold Story is a documentary from BBC Channel 4 that was cancelled for "security reasons." The film which purports to study the roots of Islam was mentioned by Adam Curry in NA 443.
03 Oct 2012
Nightline
Nightline is an ABC news program. It was brought up during a discussion on "October Surprises" in NA 443. Dvorak incorrectly said that when ABC started carrying news of the Iran hostage crisis of 1979 it ruined the show.