Available on DVD: January 11, 2011

New Releases

• Alpha & Omega
• Piranha 3D
• The Social Network

Older Movies:

• Dances With Wolves
• Once Upon A Time in America

January 10, 2011

• 235 years since Thomas Paine publishes Common Sense (get the Common Sense eBook free here) (1776)
• 141 years since John D. Rockefeller incorporates Standard Oil (1870)
• 91 years since the Treaty of Versilles takes effect, ending WWI (1920)
• 21 years since Time Warner is formed by merging Time Inc. and Warner Communications (1990)
• Singer Rod Stewart turns 66 (born 1945)
• Heavy weight boxer George Foreman turns 62 (born 1949)
• Musician Shawn Colvin (Grammy Award Winner 1998 for record & song of the year for "Sunny Came Home") turns 55 (born 1956)
  
  

January 9, 2011: Blog-A-Thon

If you're into films, and more specifically film performances, I thought I would point you towards Stinky Lulu's 5th Annual Supporting Actress Blog-A-Thon.

What was your favorite supporting actress performance of 2010?

Contribute your own post to this blog-a-thon.

New Film Release - January 7, 2011

New
Season of the Witch (Relativity Media)

Expanding
Country Strong (Song/Screengems)
I Love You, Phillip Morris (Roadside Attractions)

January 5, 2011 - Birthday Edition

• January Jones, famous for her role in the TV series Mad Men, turns 33 (I've always wondered if she was born in January, looks like she was) (born 1978)
• Marilyn Manson, the controversial musician turns 42 (born 1969) (Manson's birth name was Brian Hugh Warner)
• George Tenet, CIA director CIA director under Bill Clinton & George W Bush (1997-2004) turns 58 (born 1953)
• Actress Diane Keaton turns 65 (born 1946)
• American talk show host and journalist Charlie Rose turns 69 (born 1942)
• American actor Robert Duvall turns 80 (born 1931)
• Walter Mondale, Vice President under Jimmy Carter turns 83 (born 1928)

Available on DVD: January 4, 2011

Case 39
Catfish
Dinner For Shmucks
Howl
The Last Exorcism
Machete

January 3, 2011

• 515 years since Leonardo Da Vinci unsuccessfully tests a flying machine (1496)
• 490 years since Martin Luther was ex communicated by Pope Leo X in the Decet Romanum Pontificem
• 119 years since the birth of J.R.R. Tolkein author of the Lord of The Rings trilogy
• 100 years since the birth of film director John Sturges (The Magnificent Seven, The Great Escape)
• 86 years since Benito Mussolini announced taking power over Italy
• 55 years since the top of Eiffel Tower is damaged by Fire
• 50 years since the US ends diplomatic relationship with Cuba
• 49 years since Pope John XXIII excommunicated Fidel Castro
• Eli Manning, Quarterback of the New York Giants, turns 30 (b. 1981)
• January 3 is the Christian feast of St. Genevieve, patron saint of Paris