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Mad Men Season 5 Episode 507 'At the Codfish Ball' Review
12 May 2012 6:55 AM, PDT | TheHDRoom | See recent TheHDRoom news »
If you've been following my recaps, you'll know that I've been rather pleased with this season of Mad Men, save for some seemingly off editing and thematic issues here and there. 'At the Codfish Ball' not only manages to keep the season running in high gear, but truly feels like the show again. I can't really put a finger on what exactly it is, but something about the overall feel of the episode just feels right. If nothing else, it's quite welcoming and refreshing to see some of the advertising work aspects come into play.
A more apt name for the episode might be 'Dinners and Daughters,' as these two themes connect throughout the entire episode, serving to display this season's continued focus on cultural and generational differences. Sally, Peggy and Megan all are looking to make a path of their own, but seem hung up on others' acceptance »
Mill Creek 50 Movie Packs Discount Code And Giveaway
10 May 2012 7:32 AM, PDT | AreYouScreening.com | See recent AreYouScreening news »
If you’ve hunted around for movie bargains, you’ve probably seen some of Mill Creek Entertainment’s 50-Movie Packs on DVD. Apart from other great releases by Mill Creek, these packs are phenomenal boons to cinephiles looking to collect older titles.
There are three new packs available, and I want to not only let you in on a discount code, but I have one of the packs available for you to win.
I know a lot of people may be quick to overlook these packs, and not every movie included stands out as a major value, but there are some great titles in each of them, and fans of the genres will be pleasantly surprised by what they get out of the deal. I have to admit that there is something about seeing a 50-movie pack, especially when it doesn’t cost a couple of hundred dollars, or more, »
- Marc Eastman
Mad Men: "At the Codfish Ball"--An Expert Opinion
1 May 2012 10:25 AM, PDT | TVovermind.com | See recent TVovermind.com news »
Mad Men: "At the Codfish Ball"--An Expert Opinion
"Don't Ever grow up to be like me."
I have settled into a habit this season, one that I suspect is not unknown to fellow viewers, but certainly is unknown to viewers of any other show—I don’t look up the title of a Mad Men episode until long after the show is over.
The importance of titles to Mad Men is another facet of Matthew Weiner’s literary leanings. Sure every television series’ episodes are titled, but few carry the same kind of weight, provide deeper insight, or allow for profitable rumination than this one—similar post-episode homework on a show like The Big Bang Theory may yield passing wisdom into certain strains of scientific supposition, none more eye-opening than the paradox of a show about “smart” people that is so staggeringly stupid (And cartoonish. And vapid. Don »
- Jesse McLean
Samantha Zalaznick: Mad Men Recap: Meet The Parents
1 May 2012 7:12 AM, PDT | Aol TV. | See recent Aol TV. news »
The episode title, "At The Codfish Ball," is a Shirley Temple song from the 1936 movie Captain January (video below) about all the different fish "from the herring to the whale" going down to a jamboree, at the bottom of the sea. In their own jamboree, old and new characters come together for multiple gatherings of fish: Megan cooks Dover sole, they eat fish at the Heinz dinner, Stan finished the shrimp in the office, and Sally picks at her fish at the American Cancer Society dinner aka the Codfish Ball. Unlike the intimacy of the past few, this episode zooms out to show us a wider view, bringing in a great crew: my favorite characters Glen and Mona, Peggy's mother (who's great I just like her less), and Megan's communist and sexpot French parents Dr. Emile and Marie Calvet. Let's party.
Megan's parents and Don's kids are staying at the Draper lovenest. »
- Samantha Zalaznick
Samantha Zalaznick: Mad Men Recap: Meet The Parents
1 May 2012 7:12 AM, PDT | Aol TV. | See recent Aol TV. news »
The episode title, "At The Codfish Ball," is a Shirley Temple song from the 1936 movie Captain January (video below) about all the different fish "from the herring to the whale" going down to a jamboree, at the bottom of the sea. In their own jamboree, old and new characters come together for multiple gatherings of fish: Megan cooks Dover sole, they eat fish at the Heinz dinner, Stan finished the shrimp in the office, and Sally picks at her fish at the American Cancer Society dinner aka the Codfish Ball. Unlike the intimacy of the past few, this episode zooms out to show us a wider view, bringing in a great crew: my favorite characters Glen and Mona, Peggy's mother (who's great I just like her less), and Megan's communist and sexpot French parents Dr. Emile and Marie Calvet. Let's party.
Megan's parents and Don's kids are staying at the Draper lovenest. »
- Samantha Zalaznick
Vanessa Berben: Mad Men: Adulthood Looms "At the Codfish Ball"
30 April 2012 1:14 PM, PDT | Aol TV. | See recent Aol TV. news »
Taken from a Shirley Temple/Buddy Ebsen song and dance number featured in 1936's Captain January, I took this week's "At the Codfish Ball" as not so much a nod to the actual movie but more an allusion to the drama behind the scenes. After the film's release, critic and novelist Graham Greene wrote a scathing review of Temple, suggesting that her popularity stemmed from her pedophilic appeal.
Drawing on Temple's past roles (especially Charles Lamont's 1932-33 satirical series Baby Berlesks where a 3-year-old Temple plays sexualized characters under the guise of "It's cute to use toddlers to make fun of adult-stars") he found Captain January "a little depraved," saying she had "an oddly precocious body as voluptuous in grey flannel trousers as Miss Dietrich's." Temple was only eight when Greene made these statements, and in 1938 he found himself embroiled in a lawsuit with Fox and the Temple family »
- Vanessa Berben
Vanessa Berben: Mad Men: Adulthood Looms "At the Codfish Ball"
30 April 2012 1:14 PM, PDT | Aol TV. | See recent Aol TV. news »
Taken from a Shirley Temple/Buddy Ebsen song and dance number featured in 1936's Captain January, I took this week's "At the Codfish Ball" as not so much a nod to the actual movie but more an allusion to the drama behind the scenes. After the film's release, critic and novelist Graham Greene wrote a scathing review of Temple, suggesting that her popularity stemmed from her pedophilic appeal.
Drawing on Temple's past roles (especially Charles Lamont's 1932-33 satirical series Baby Berlesks where a 3-year-old Temple plays sexualized characters under the guise of "It's cute to use toddlers to make fun of adult-stars") he found Captain January "a little depraved," saying she had "an oddly precocious body as voluptuous in grey flannel trousers as Miss Dietrich's." Temple was only eight when Greene made these statements, and in 1938 he found himself embroiled in a lawsuit with Fox and the Temple family »
- Vanessa Berben
Megan Draper Comes Into Her Own on 'Mad Men'
30 April 2012 9:57 AM, PDT | Indiewire Television | See recent Indiewire Television news »
Come along and follow me To the bottom of the sea We'll join in the Jamboree At the Codfish Ball --Shirley Temple, "At the Codfish Ball" from "Captain January" Who would have guessed that the soon-to-be-Megan Draper, would turn out to be so interesting when Don proposed to her back at the end of last season? Like Don, we scarcely had a sense of her. She could have been anyone -- just another pretty secretary, a potential Jane Sterling, of whom the newly LSD-wise Roger observes this week may have simply been "an excuse to blow-up my life." But Megan's no ornament to be kept in Don's swank Manhattan apartment, and she's not necessarily the salvation or the fresh start he was searching for either. "At the Codfish Ball" offered an intriguing look at Megan by way of her visiting family and her maneuvering to save the Heinz account, »
- Alison Willmore
Megan Draper Comes Into Her Own on 'Mad Men'
30 April 2012 9:57 AM, PDT | Indiewire | See recent Indiewire news »
Come along and follow me To the bottom of the sea We'll join in the Jamboree At the Codfish Ball --Shirley Temple, "At the Codfish Ball" from "Captain January" Who would have guessed that the soon-to-be-Megan Draper, would turn out to be so interesting when Don proposed to her back at the end of last season? Like Don, we scarcely had a sense of her. She could have been anyone -- just another pretty secretary, a potential Jane Sterling, of whom the newly LSD-wise Roger observes this week may have simply been "an excuse to blow-up my life." But Megan's no ornament to be kept in Don's swank Manhattan apartment, and she's not necessarily the salvation or the fresh start he was searching for either. "At the Codfish Ball" offered an intriguing look at Megan by way of her visiting family and her maneuvering to save the Heinz account, »
- Alison Willmore
She Monkeys director on coming of age
27 April 2012 4:07 PM, PDT | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
Clothing was stripped of branding, and there are no ads or billboards in uncompromising tale of teenage rivalry
On paper, She Monkeys sounds like UniLad's wet dream: nubile Swedish girls experiment with their sexuality. Sadly for any potential babe-botherers out there, the film is actually a dispassionate coming-of-age indie flick set in a washed-out town on the west coast of Sweden, where two teenage girls attempt to navigate the psychological minefield of those strange years just before womanhood.
She Monkeys centres on Emma (played by Mathilda Paradeiser), a seemingly shy 14-year-old hoping to make it in on to the local voltige (horse-vaulting) team. The world she enters is a fierce one of tacit teenage codes and continuous physical scrutiny. The dangers of the sport offer a contrast to the introspective mood of the film, as well as symbolising the fears associated with the uncharted territory of adolescence. The story begins »
- Rosie Swash
'Mad Men' Season 5 Episode 507 sneak peek: Peggy 'At the Codfish Ball'
26 April 2012 10:39 AM, PDT | Zap2It - From Inside the Box | See recent Zap2It - From Inside the Box news »
On Sunday's (April 29) episode of "Mad Men," it would appear that Peggy Olsen (Elisabeth Moss) is in for a romantic dinner. At least that's what we can extrapolate from this exclusive picture (above) from the upcoming episode, "At the Codfish Ball."
In it, Peggy appears to be regarding her plate skeptically -- we would too if said dinner contained codfish. But, knowing Peggy, she's probably just staring at that plate as the while the well-oiled gears in her head spin, plotting her next move -- be it an impromptu visit to a movie theater for a little hand-holding (hers only) with a stranger or a scathing rant aimed at a bloated bean company executive.
Where is she eating and who is her dinner partner? Speculate in the comments section below.
But first, a little more about this episode's title: "At the Codfish Ball." No, it wasn't thought up by Roger »
- editorial@zap2it.com
Blu-ray Review: John Ford's "Fort Apache" (1948) Starring John Wayne And Henry Fonda
11 April 2012 3:02 AM, PDT | Cinemaretro.com | See recent CinemaRetro news »
By Lee Pfeiffer
While most film historians consider She Wore a Yellow Ribbon to be the best of John Ford's fabled "Cavalry Trilogy", for my money Fort Apache was far and away the strongest of the films. Ribbon and Rio Grande are certainly excellent films but they are primarily compromised by Ford's penchant for overt sentimentality. Fort Apache, however, is a far more sinister look at the West, one that was decades ahead of its time in terms of presenting the case of the Native Americans in a sympathetic fashion. It's ironic that people like Marlon Brando, who extolled the cause of Native American rights, would cite Ford's films as having been detrimental to the Indian cause. In fact, Ford was so highly regarded by the Navajo that he was made an honorary member of the tribe, primarily because of his consistent efforts to improve their lives. Ford became »
- nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)
TCM And The Academy Team Up With TCM Classic Film Festival Style In The Movies Events
19 March 2012 10:04 AM, PDT | WeAreMovieGeeks.com | See recent WeAreMovieGeeks.com news »
The TCM Classic Film Festival is teaming up with the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) to showcase a unique slate of programming that taps into Academy archives and distinguished membership to illustrate this year.s overall festival theme of Style in the Movies.
AMPAS will exhibit Hollywood home movies, preserved by the Academy, featuring legendary stars and filmmakers, presented by Randy Haberkamp of AMPAS and Lynn Kirste of the Academy Film Archive with special guests Margaret O’Brien; Steve McQueen.s former wife Neile Adams McQueen Toffel; Henry Koster.s son, Robert Koster; and the daughter of Fred MacMurray, Kate MacMurray.
AMPAS will also present a discussion of how art directors use various items to aid in storytelling featuring members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Art Directors Branch as well an exhibit of sketches and behind-the-scenes photography that illustrate the work of costume »
- Michelle McCue
Ten silent super-stars facing the advent of 'talkies'
7 March 2012 7:02 AM, PST | Shadowlocked | See recent Shadowlocked news »
The great movie pioneer D.W. Griffiths once said “we do not want now and we shall never want the human voice with our films.” Shame he failed to realise that film-making is a technical medium that will always develop. In the last 100 years we have had the introduction of colour, trick photography, 3D and CGI, among other numerous innovations such as CinemaScope - and even Smellovision. But none of these compare to the most revolutionary of cinematic changes: sound.
The silent era of the twenties holds little more than curiosity-value for many modern film fans. Other than a few notable exceptions such as Nosferatu (1922) and The Phantom of the Opera (1925), it’s become a long-forgotten part of cinema history. But back then we had the Brad Pitts and Angelina Jolies of their day! Big stars and talented actors who sadly failed to survive the test of time.
The coming of sound was controversial, »
Lawsuit: Paula Deen, brother used the 'N-word'
6 March 2012 9:09 AM, PST | Pop2it | See recent Pop2it news »
TV chef Paula Deen and her brother Bubba Hiers find themselves in a firestorm of controversy as a lawsuit accuses them of using racial slurs, including against President Barack Obama.
Lisa Jackson, a former general manager at a restaurant co-owned by Deen and Hiers, filed suit against the two on Monday (March 5) for numerous instances of sexual harassment. Within those documents, Jackson accuses both Deen and Hiers of using the N-word.
In court documents acquired by Radar Online, Jackson discusses her conversations with Deen about what servers and staff should wear for Hiers' 2007 wedding. Deen allegedly replies, "Well what I would really like is a bunch of little n****** to wear long-sleeve white shirts, black shorts and black bow ties, you know in the Shirley Temple days, they used to tap dance around."
As for Hiers, the filing states, "In the presence of Ms. Jackson and Uncle Bubba's restaurant manager and a vendor, »
- editorial@zap2it.com
How to Survive a (Movie) Kidnapping
23 February 2012 7:00 AM, PST | NextMovie | See recent NextMovie news »
Be it for money, bargaining purposes, or strictly out of necessity, movie characters have been getting kidnapped since silent-era evildoers began the mini industry of tying women to train tracks.
Not all kidnappers are mustache-twirling villains, though. In fact, many of them have a darn good reason and are pretty nice folks once you're forced at gunpoint to get to know them. Amanda Seyfried could sure use some do's and dont's in the new kidnap thriller "Gone," but if you ever do get kidnapped in a film, we have a few rules to live by so you don't wind up on a milk carton … or in a wood chipper.
Follow the Kidnapper's Instructions
Evidence: "Fargo," "Ransom," "Misery," "Alpha Dog," "Silence of the Lambs"
As a result of William H. Macy's greed in scheming an inside-kidnapping job with a skeevy Steve Buscemi in "Fargo," about a dozen people lost their lives. »
- Max Evry
Honorary Oscars: Women Bypassed
17 February 2012 3:58 PM, PST | Alt Film Guide | See recent Alt Film Guide news »
Mary Pickford At the 1936 Academy Awards ceremony, D.W. Griffith, by then a veteran with more than 500 shorts and features to his credit, became the first individual to win the equivalent of an Honorary Award for his body of work. Seventy-six years and 86 (my count*) body-of-work Oscar winners later — including last year's James Earl Jones and Dick Smith — a mere nine women have been recognized for their cinematic oeuvre and/or for their pioneering film work. The chosen nine — eight of them actresses, including one actress-producer — are: Greta Garbo (at the 1955 ceremony), Lillian Gish (1971), actress-producer Mary Pickford (1976), editor Margaret Booth (1978), Barbara Stanwyck (1982), Myrna Loy (1991), Sophia Loren (1991), Deborah Kerr (1994), and Lauren Bacall (2009). Considering the amount of female talent that has gone un-honored these past seven and a half decades (see Doris Day, Danielle Darrieux, Joan Fontaine, Barbra Streisand: Honorary Oscars and Women), I find it impossible not to believe that the »
- Andre Soares
Mary Tyler Moore Photo: SAG Life Achievement Award 2012
7 February 2012 6:45 PM, PST | Alt Film Guide | See recent Alt Film Guide news »
Mary Tyler Moore Mary Tyler Moore speaks onstage during the 2012 Screen Actors Guild Awards broadcast on TNT/TBS from the Shrine Auditorium on January 29 in Los Angeles, California. Dick Van Dyke, with whom Moore had co-starred in The Dick Van Dyke Show in the early '60s, presented her with the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award. (Photo by John Shearer/WireImage.) The 75-year-old Moore, who has suffered from a series of health ailments including diabetes and brain surgery to remove a benign tumor last year, looked quite frail while accepting her trophy. She was greeted by the longest standing ovation of the evening. Her acceptance speech was about how there were too many Mary Moores already registered with SAG back in the 1950s. As a result, she decided to use her father's middle name, Tyler, as part of her own show business moniker. Moore — whose television heyday was in »
- D. Zhea
Vintage Black Cinema at the St. Louis Black Film Festival
2 February 2012 7:16 AM, PST | WeAreMovieGeeks.com | See recent WeAreMovieGeeks.com news »
What better way to celebrate Black History Month than takein some vintage films about the black experience?
The folks behind the St. Louis Black Film Festival Presents a Classic Black Film Festival for Black History Month at Landmark’s Tivoli Theater (6350 Delmar in St. Louis. Loop) each Thursday in February. Last year the St. Louis Black Film Festival presented a series of new films by black filmmakers, but this year are going back into the vaults and digging out some vintage cinema for audiences with an interest in black history to enjoy on the big screen.
The event kicks off tonight, February 2nd, at the Tivoli Theater at 5pm with the 1943 classic Stormy Weather, about the relationship between an aspiring dancer (Bill ‘Bojangles’ Robinson) and a popular songstress (Lena Horne). Robinson was the world’s preeminent tap dancer of his day, and is remembered for his appearances with Shirley Temple »
- Tom Stockman
Dick Van Dyke, Mary Tyler Moore Photo: SAG Awards 2012
1 February 2012 6:07 PM, PST | Alt Film Guide | See recent Alt Film Guide news »
Dick Van Dyke, Mary Tyler Moore Dick Van Dyke and Mary Tyler Moore onstage at the 18th Screen Actors Guild Awards ceremony, which was broadcast on TNT/TBS from the Shrine Auditorium on January 29, 2012, in Los Angeles, California. Moore herself chose Van Dyke, her co-star in The Dick Van Dyke Show back in the early '60s, to present her with the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award. (Photo by John Shearer/WireImage.) Moore, who has suffered from a series of health ailments including diabetes and brain surgery to remove a benign tumor last year, looked quite frail while accepting her trophy. She received the longest standing ovation of the evening — twice, in fact, as people stood up to applaud her even though all they got to see the first time around were a series of samples of her long film and television career, in addition to clips showing her »
- D. Zhea
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