Amazon, Netflix Hulu and TV4U Are Reinventing the Movies

As people drift away from the traditional movie delivery systems, they are happily taking to the four services that currently deliver movies efficiently and inexpenively to movie buffs. Amazon's new Instant Video service is the goods. A great addition to the download landscape. Netflix has revolutionized the way we watch movies. They've had some bumps in the road but are still a trend setter. Hulu is more TV than movies, and more current than the other three. It will be interesting to see who buys Hulu and where they take it. TV4U.Com is a fun site that seems to be 'the rest of the story'. Fun horror, film noir, sword and sandal, and kung fu offering complement their 'traditional' movie fare. They also seem to have found those eclectic 'lost' movies not on other services. A fifth entry, Blockbuster, can only get better now that it's been acquired by DISH Network. All bodes well for the movie fan, who now can watch almost any movey they want, when they want to watch it. Can't beat that!

Dancing With THe Stars Is Back!

So Dancing With the Stars has survived not only Bristol Palin but Lawrence Taylor as well , as the show starts it's new season. With the dearth of actual stars this time, the show may need a stunt or two to keep interest. A Lawrence Taylor - Bristol Pailn pairing is surely being considered. After all, sex sells!

Farewell, Jane Russell and Anne Francis

We seem to be losing a lot of the last of the Goldern Age of Hollywood stars recently, and the loss of the beautiful Jane Russell and the wonderful Anne Francis are especially sad. Both were magnificent in the way they maintained their Hollywood aura and always acted with complete and utter class. They both had rich, magnificent careers and for the most part equally rich personal lives, which is something to be said for their character as well as their talents. Farewell, beautiful ladies. Your celluloid images will live on forever as a testament to your grace, charm, and talent.

When you have Bristol Palin (please go away!) as your 'star' on a television show, chances are it's a sign of the apocolypse. After all, when unprotected sex is your 'talent' to get into the show, we've officially hit bottom (no pun intended). That seems to be the case with Dancing With The Stars. First they suffered from the ballot stuffing by Palin zealots that took away much of the legitimacy of the show. Now they introduce a 'star studded' cast that actually is just one star and two or three studs, with the rest of the cast being more of a "Who's He?" than a "Who's Who?"
Oh, well....maybe they can punch up the list and include CHarlie Sheen.....he seems to be suddenly available!

Passings: Patricia Neal

Patricia Neal was 84 years old when she passed away on August 8. She was a magnificent film star, bursting onto the scene in 1949 with roles in John Loves Mary, The Fountainhead, and The Hasty Heart. She was a force through 1957, when she had a pivital role in A Face in the Crowd with a young Andy Griffith. Her film career cooled after that, although she had a memorable role in Breakfast at Tiffany's in 1961.

We remember the beauty, charm, and grace that was Patricia Neal.