“The Big Sick” Will Make You Feel Better
There have been a number of Pakistani or Indian arranged marriage stories recently: Ravi Patel’s documentary, “Meet the Patels”, or episodes from Aziz Ansari’s “Master of None”, both excellent by the way, so “The Big Sick” wanders into the same territory: stand–up...
Wine Critic Reviews Preschool Daycare Centers for Chris Thile
https://youtu.be/PakJqkJHs8c
Here’s my latest voiceover for Omega Watches
https://youtu.be/f_nipG0Ptfc
Oscars, Oh What a Night!
I was tweeting proudly that I picked 18 out of 24 Oscar categories correctly as "La La Land" Producers were accepting the Best Picture award when...OOPS, make that 17 correct! Congratulations to "Moonlight" for the Ultimate Best Picture win. I did pick the 6 biggest...
Tim Russell’s 2017 Oscar Predictions (All 24!)
I'm looking forward to the Oscars this year, I've seen 99% of all the nominees in all categories and have formed some definite opinions (guesses?) about who the 2017 winners will be in all categories. I've had pretty good success in the past with the major categories,...
Autocorrect: The Musical!
https://youtu.be/nlA1QHYReHI
Nashville “Hot Chicken” served French Style!
https://youtu.be/vwdepaymAS4
Movie Recommendation? I don’t think so!
https://youtu.be/1P-9QXgc0Hg
“The Ballad of Buddy Lee” with the Ghost of Casey Kasem
https://youtu.be/Egiw78Eq_N4
Autocorrect Goes to the Theater on @prairie_home.
https://youtu.be/kncd-74NhLU
@prairie_home Salutes the Hollywood Sound Effects Artists
https://youtu.be/ZjqdBRa9Hbw
Divorced Wine Critics Reminisce on A Prairie Home Companion
https://youtu.be/id6j5FuHmU8
Back to the ’50’s With This Chicago Travelogue
https://youtu.be/ikIUNvDPyEI
“Obama” Enlists “Ruth Harrison: Reference Librarian” for HIs Presidential Library.
https://youtu.be/WxR0BgvG93s
Pretentious Wine Critic Meets His Match
Bertrand Falstaff Heine visits Seattle’s finest purveyors of Coffee and Clams and is schooled in pretentious hyperbole by a young Clammelier (?).
Tim Russell’s 1993 Farewell to WCCO-AM
https://youtu.be/afl7HPPqqRs
Tim Russell’s Comedy Christmas Carol from 1993. Happy Holidays!
https://youtu.be/4XDF8MA7YO0
“Why Him?” Sensitive eyes might be asking “Why Us?”
James Franco fans might be thrilled with this new comedy about the boorish, brash,Silicon Valley Game Magnate, Laird Mayhew (Franco), who takes up with the college age daughter (Zoey Deutch) of a straitlaced Midwestern couple ( Bryan Cranston and Megan Mullally). The...
“Jackie”: Brilliant, But Not For Everybody
"Jackie" is a drama that brilliantly captures the grief, steely determination, and dignity of the former First Lady, Jacqueline Kennedy in the days following her husband's assassination in 1963. Written by Noah Oppenheim, it is the first English language effort...
“Sing”: Put Another Nickel in The Jukebox Baby
Broadway has it's share of so-called "Jukebox Musicals" ("Jersey Boys") but now Garth Jennings and the folks at Illumination Entertainment ("Minions", "Despicable Me") have rounded up over 80 classic tunes and a new one (Golden Globe Nominated "Faith") to provide a...
OO La La for “La La Land”
Damien Chazelle, the young director, the oscar nominee for Best Screenplay for "Whiplash" in 2014, has outdone himself with the endearing musical "La La Land", starring Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone. These two actors have worked together before and the chemistry is...
“Rogue 1” The Star Wars Franchise Goes Rogue
If you've lived under a rock as the "Star Wars" saga has unfolded since 1977 you may have a tough time connecting all the dots in the first Star Wars Anthology Film, "Rogue 1". It's a stand alone film that tells the story unfolding immediatley before the action of...
You Think LaGuardia Airport couldn’t be Worse?
https://youtu.be/PrnsLydsaBA
And the Award for Best Fiction…The Annual Christmas Letter!
https://youtu.be/Dg-7gRiHUbY
Wine Critic Disses Indie-folk Rock-Whatever Group on @prairie_home.
Movies to be thankful for this Thanksgiving Weekend
If you want to avoid the inevitable election conversation this Thanksgiving, perhaps a movie might be the ticket. Fortunately, you have some good choices. For the adults in the room who want to avoid the Elephant in the room I highly recommend "Rules Don't Apply", the...