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Hot Button - Forbes' List Is A Disaster by The Hot Blog

Why are journalists who know better talking about this idiotic Forbes value list as though it made sense? And then I realize… it’s late summer! Any crap flies as news about now! I mean, seriously. I have never read anything quite as random and profoundly...
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It’s Not What You Do, It’s How You Do It by The Hot Blog

Two things that has stuck out for me in the Ebert Show exit coverage. First, there is very little discussion taking into account that Roger has now been off the air for two years. His exit from the show, given his physical limitations (specifically his...
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Better Days by The Hot Blog

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Insult To Injury by The Hot Blog

Disney, apparently stuck with 2 years to go on syndication contracts and dreaming the dream that their systematic destruction of The Ebert Show - starting with the choice of Roeper, but getting much much worse with the dumbing down of the show with less...
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The Ongoing Adventures Of Roger Ebert by The Hot Blog

I learned back when I was involved in a minor way in the life of Ebert On TV, that everything happens in June and July for that show. That’s when the decisions for the year to come are made, course is charted, and focus is set. But even before I got there...
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Statement from Roger Ebert by The Hot Blog

After 33 years on the air, 23 of them with Disney, the studio has decided to take the program named "Siskel & Ebert" and then "Ebert & Roeper" in a new direction. I will no longer be associated with it. The show was a wonderful...
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Yet Again... & The Ongoing Paramount Exodus by The Hot Blog

Just another reminder of the games people play with press release news... At 9:35a this morning, Michael Fleming ran the news that Mike Vollman was heading over to UA/MGM and exiting Paramount. Ink isn't dry on the deal, but indeed, the town gossip...
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Hot Button - Quietly Former-lized News by The Hot Blog

The Weinstein Co has announced its re-pacting with Showtime... at the expected lower price (the Hollywood Reporter reporting on TWC paying Showtime upfront cash makes little logical sense... there may be smoke and there may be money changing hands, but...
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Embargoed… Marked As The One Who Ran… by The Hot Blog

I feel compelled to run one of my seemingly annual arguments about all the crap that flies around embargoes on criticism in the movie business, especially in the summer. It would seem that the rules should have actually become simpler. Studios can buy...
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Hot Button - Turan On The Immediate Experience by The Hot Blog

Ken Turan, the lion in winter of Los Angeles criticism, wrote a piece today that will aggravate some. But I actually agree with him about what he wrote . That said, I don't think he went nearly far enough or spoke directly enough to the issue for...
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Why Blogging Is Hard, Part Deux by The Hot Blog

Just noting, without even offering (much of) an opinion about quality... Patrick Goldstein had one blog entry on Harvey Weinstein's garbage on July 3... and a piece on Martin Lewis and the Mods & Rockers Film Festival on July 4... and that's...
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Is This Anything Close To Journalism? by The Hot Blog

It's so odd a combination of stories in one week that I almost suspect that Harvey Weinstein's minions planted them for him. First, some very silly person at the Village Voice goes through Harvey's garbage . Then, someone claims to be writing...
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Wow... That's Dumb - July 4 Edition by The Hot Blog

Erik Lundegaard is clearly an intelligent guy. But yesterday in Slate, he published one of the stupidest articles about box office I have ever read. Entitled, "Why We Need Movie Reviewers - Despite popular belief, critically acclaimed movies actually...
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The Media Foists Its Own View Of Middle America On Disney by The Hot Blog

I find it fascinating that the media is now having a field day - four links on the cover of MCN and more to come, I'm sure - taking the position that Wall-E's portrayal of a future... STORY SPOILER WARNING ... in which earth has been decimated...
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One Of These Things Is Not Like The Other by The Hot Blog

“Finally, someone's found a sure-fire way to make money with a modern Middle East war movie: Just send a Marvel superhero into the fray to kick some insurgent butt. The powerhouse comicbook-inspired actioner "Iron Man" isn't principally...
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