WCBE 90.5 FM: A Salute to Spike Lee - "Inside Man," "Do the Right Thing," "Summer of Sam," Malcolm X"

WCBE 90.5 FM: A Salute to Spike Lee
It's Movie Time: “Inside Man,” “Do the Right Thing,” “Summer of Sam,” “Malcolm X”
Co-hosts, writers & producers: John DeSando & Clay Lowe
Air Time: 3:01 pm and 8:01 pm, September 1, 2006
Streaming live on the web at http://www.wcbe.org .

The script:

Clay

The hard hitting documentary: “When the Levees Broke” mandates another look at some of the other films of Spike Lee . . .

“Inside Man “ is, ironically, full of more 9/11 relevancy than Oliver
Stone’s “World Trade Center” . . .

John

“Do the Right Thing” does the right thing to boost the career of Spike Lee . . .

Clay

“Summer of Sam” is a steamy plate full of coiled spaghetti, lumpy meatballs, and layered Italian Lasagna . . .

John

“Malcolm X” amalgamates Lee’s concerns about racism . . .

MUSIC UP THEN UNDER FOR:

Richelle Antczak

"It's Movie Time" in Columbus with John DeSando and Clay Lowe . .

MUSIC BRIEFLY UP THEN SLOWLY DOWN AND OUT

John

I'm John DeSando

Clay

And I'm Clay Lowe (Intro & Inside Man - 156 words)

Folks, bravo to HBO for its support of Spike Lee’s four-hour documentary “When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts.” Few Hollywood directors have shown more care for America’s underclass than has Spike Lee.

Michael Moore has shoved his camera more often into the faces of the rich and powerful. And Oliver Stone has more brutally detailed the horrors of war. But no one has captured, more effectively, the urban beat of America.

In “Inside Man” (starring Denzel Washington) Lee’s ever moving camera details the efficiencies, and the confusions, of New York City’s Police Department as it moves into action. That the movie’s bank heist and hostage situation takes place just a few blocks away from the remains of the World Trade Center only further focuses the film’s power.

John

What a stretch-- EVERYTHING is a few blocks away!

Clay (Ignores him)

More than an action-thriller, however, Inside Man, is about human need and greed. And about how some people can rise above it, and some people can’t.

John ("Do the Right Thing” 133 words)

Here are some who can:

Samuel L. Jackson, Rosie Perez, John Turturo, and Spike Lee in Director Lee’s 1989 Do the Right Thing—Everybody’s career was ascending, not least of all Lee’s, soon to be the most recognizable African-American director in film.

What was revealed about an auteur in the making in Right Thing was his ability to take the hottest day in Bed-Sty and stir racial tensions to a
boiling point that resolved nothing about racism but showed everything about ignorance, both black and white.

What is the RIGHT THING to do? Murder, arson, cop brutality are just a few of the WRONG things on this poor city block.

What’s right is that with no answers to racial tensions in the late 20th
century, director Lee spreads humor and humanity, becoming the RIGHT director for our times

Clay ("Summer of Sam” - 130 words)

Well folks, the Summer of Sam (1977) was the wrong time for just about everybody in New York City but the New York Yankees - which Spike Lee duly notes throughout this film.

Set in a dead-end Italian neighborhood the movie features a gang of tough-guy hoods; a spiky-haired wanna-be rock star and a weirdo serial killer who talks to dogs and calls himself the Son of Sam.

The girlfriends and wives are a world apart from the macho men around them. You know, the guys who walk around clutching their crotches and try to bully everyone who’s different or smaller.

John

You don’t mean Cheney, do you?

Clay

Come on, show some respect for our President.

Anyway, Summer of Sam is a violent and angry film, because it's mostly about what
happens when the heat rises in the city and clueless young men feel their
hormones kick in.

John (“Malcolm X” 137 words)

You want “violent and angry”? I’ll give you “violent and angry.”

Spike Lee’s acclaimed biopic Malcolm X treats honestly the ill-fated life of the titular African-American leader. Although the name “Black Panther” immediately instilled fear in the general populace, Lee shows a sympathetic side to the most famous Panther.

From Malcolm’s early life as a gangster, his discovery of the Nation of Islam and writings of Elijah Muhammad, to his conversion as a Sunni Muslim and eventual martyrdom, Lee captures it all with his characteristic eye for the uncompromising truth and his affection for the weakness and nobility of
humanity.

Lee’s direction of Denzel Washington as Malcolm is successfully even-handed: Washington is memorable both as a Zoot-suit gangster and a peace–seeking preacher. Washington was nominated for an Oscar.

Although Malcolm’s life can still be argued as one of dangerous violence, Lee’s film is both dramatic and empathetic.

John (Continues with wrap up of Spike Lee 55 words)

There has never been such a boyish, basketball-loving director as Spike Lee. For the weightiest topic in the history of American culture, race relations, Lee brings an artist’s sensitive eye and sense of humor without sparing the violent ends still prevailing in the ghettos and battlefields.

And his films are entertaining. THIS is an auteur.

John

Clay, I have to find a BORING Spike Lee film to bolster my reputation as a “fair and balanced” critic who always “does the right thing.”

I’m outta here.

Clay

John, your reputation precedes you, because even your family knows you’ve got us all BAMBOOZLED . . .

I'm outta here, too

See you at the movies, Folks.

HIT MUSIC

Richelle:

The Award Winning "It's Movie Time" with John DeSando and Clay Lowe is written and produced by John DeSando and Clay Lowe in conjunction with 90.5 FM, WCBE in Columbus, Ohio.

MUSIC UP AND OUT

© 2006 John DeSando and Clay Lowe

WCBE 90.5 FM: A Salute to Spike Lee "Inside Man," "Do the Right Thing," "Summer of Same," "Malcolm X"

WCBE 90.5 FM: A Salute to Spike Lee
It's Movie Time: “Inside Man,” “Do the Right Thing,” “Summer of Sam,” “Malcolm X”
Co-hosts, writers & producers: John  DeSando & Clay Lowe
Air Time: 3:01 pm and 8:01 pm, September 1, 2006
Streaming live on  the web at http://www.wcbe.org .

The  script:

Clay

The hard hitting documentary: “When the Levees Broke” mandates another look at some of the other films  of Spike Lee . . .

“Inside Man “ is, ironically, full of more 9/11 relevancy than Oliver
Stone’s “World Trade Center” . . .

John

“Do the Right Thing” does the right thing to boost the career of Spike Lee . . .

Clay

“Summer of Sam” is a steamy plate full of coiled spaghetti, lumpy meatballs, and layered Italian Lasagna  . . .

John

“Malcolm X” amalgamates Lee’s concerns about racism . . .

MUSIC UP THEN UNDER FOR:

Richelle Antczak

"It's Movie Time" in Columbus with John DeSando and Clay Lowe  . .

MUSIC BRIEFLY UP THEN SLOWLY DOWN AND  OUT

John

I'm John DeSando

Clay

And I'm Clay  Lowe (Intro & Inside Man - 156 words)

Folks, bravo to HBO for its support of Spike Lee’s four-hour documentary “When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts.”  Few Hollywood directors have shown more care for America’s underclass than has Spike Lee.

Michael Moore has shoved his camera more often into the faces of the rich and powerful.  And Oliver Stone has more brutally detailed the horrors of war.  But no one has captured, more effectively, the urban beat of America.

In “Inside Man” (starring Denzel Washington) Lee’s ever moving camera details the efficiencies, and the confusions, of New York City’s Police Department as it moves into action.   That the movie’s bank heist and hostage situation takes place just a few blocks away from the remains of the World Trade Center only further focuses the film’s power.

John

What a stretch-- EVERYTHING is a few blocks away!

Clay

More than an action-thriller, however, Inside Man, is about human need and greed.   And about how some people can rise above it, and some people can’t.

John ("Do the Right Thing” 133 words)

Here are some who can:

Samuel L. Jackson, Rosie Perez, John Turturo, and Spike Lee in Director Lee’s 1989 Do the Right Thing—Everybody’s career was ascending, not least of all Lee’s, soon to be the  most recognizable African-American director in film.

What was revealed  about an auteur in the making in Right Thing was his ability to take the hottest  day in Bed-Sty and stir racial tensions to a
boiling point that resolved nothing about racism but showed everything about ignorance, both black and white.

What is the RIGHT THING to do? Murder, arson, cop brutality are just a few of the WRONG things on this poor city block.

What’s right is that with no answers to racial tensions in the late 20th
century, director Lee spreads humor and humanity, becoming the RIGHT director for our times

Clay ("Summer of Sam” - 130 words)

Well folks, the Summer of Sam (1977) was the wrong time for just about everybody in New York City but the New York Yankees - which Spike Lee duly notes throughout this film.

Set in a dead-end Italian neighborhood the movie features a gang  of tough-guy hoods;  a spiky-haired wanna-be rock star and a weirdo serial killer who talks to dogs and calls himself the Son of Sam.

The girlfriends and wives are a world apart from the macho men around them.  You know, the guys who walk around clutching their crotches and try to bully everyone who’s different or smaller.

John

You don’t mean Cheney, do you?

Clay

Come on, you should respect our President.

Anyway, Summer of Sam is a violent and angry film, because it's mostly about what
happens when the heat rises in the city and clueless young men feel their
hormones kick in.

John (“Malcolm X” 137 words)

You want “violent and angry”?  I’ll give you “violent and angry.”

Spike Lee’s acclaimed biopic Malcolm X treats honestly the ill-fated life of the titular African-American leader. Although the name “Black Panther” immediately instilled fear in the general populace, Lee shows a sympathetic side to the most famous Panther.

From Malcolm’s early  life as a gangster, his discovery of the Nation of Islam and writings of Elijah  Muhammad, to his conversion as a Sunni Muslim and eventual martyrdom, Lee captures it all with his characteristic eye for the uncompromising truth and his  affection for the weakness and nobility of
humanity.

Lee’s direction of Denzel Washington as Malcolm is successfully even-handed: Washington is memorable both as a Zoot-suit gangster and a peace–seeking preacher. Washington was nominated for an  Oscar.

Although Malcolm’s life can still be argued as one of dangerous violence, Lee’s film is both  dramatic and empathetic.

John (Continues with wrap up of Spike Lee 55 words)

There has never been  such a boyish, basketball-loving director as Spike Lee. For the weightiest topic in the history of American culture, race relations, Lee brings an artist’s sensitive eye and sense of humor without sparing the violent ends still prevailing in the ghettos  and battlefields.

And his films are entertaining. THIS is an  auteur.

John

Clay, I have to find a BORING Spike Lee film to bolster my reputation as a “fair  and balanced” critic who always “does the right thing.”

I’m outta here.

Clay

John, your reputation precedes you, because even your family knows you’ve got us all BAMBOOZLED . . .

I'm outta here, too

See you at the  movies, Folks.

HIT MUSIC

Richelle:

The Award  Winning "It's Movie Time" with John DeSando and Clay Lowe is written and  produced by John DeSando and Clay Lowe in conjunction with 90.5 FM, WCBE  in Columbus,  Ohio.

MUSIC UP AND   OUT

© 2006 John DeSando and Clay Lowe

WCBE 90.5 FM "Little Miss Sunshine," "Sketches of Frank Gehry," "Who Killed the Electric Car?"

WCBE 90.5 FM
It's Movie Time:
Co-hosts, writers & producers: John DeSando & Clay Lowe
Reviews: “Little Miss Sunshine,” “Sketches of Frank Gehry” “Who Killed the
Electric Car?”
Air Time: 3:01 pm and 8:01 pm, August 18, 2006
Streaming live on the web at http://www.wcbe.org .

The Script:

Clay

"Little Miss Sunshine” is full of naughty words and grumpy fun . . .

John

“Sketches of Frank Gehry” will make you love buildings again. . .

Clay

“Who Killed the Electric Car?” gets lost in its own ozone . . .

MUSIC UP THEN UNDER FOR:

Richelle Antczak

"It's Movie Time" in Columbus with John DeSando and Clay Lowe . .

MUSIC BRIEFLY UP THEN SLOWLY DOWN AND OUT

John

I'm John DeSando

Clay

And I'm Clay Lowe

John ("Little Miss Sunshine” 130 words)

Clay: Little Miss Sunshine is the best comedy of the year.

The Hoover family is traveling by VW bus to the Little Miss Sunshine Beauty
Pageant. A few family members are dad (Greg Kinnear), a
motivational speaker; Alan Arkin as potty-mouthed, tell it like it is
grandpa; brother in law (Steve Carell) has tried suicide more than
once.

My VW bus broke down as does theirs. They always do on long trips, a
metaphor for the romantic growth of our country and the flowering of character. This
film shows more character development than most of the films this summer
combined.

Along the way the Hoover family will face its darkest secrets, keep a sense
of humor, and confirm the importance of love, which the poet says
“comforteth like sunshine after rain.”

Clay ("Little Miss Sunshine” 132 words)

Folks, in tribute to the hippie families of the seventies who let the
sunshine in through their long hair and VW bus windows, comes a comedy
that’ll leave you laughing even when it hurts.

Directed by Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris, “Little Miss Sunshine” is a
perfect feature debut for this award winning team who have produced MTV
videos for REM, Smashing Pumpkins and (dare I say it?) the ever-so-naughty
Janet Jackson.

From the suburbs of Albuquerque to the concrete expressways of L.A. “Little
Miss Sunshine” takes us on a giddy romp that most of us have been waiting
for all summer.

Credit Greg Kinnear for playing a father who doesn’t always know best,
Paul Dano who melts our hearts as the brooding son, and three cheers for
little Abigail Breslin who takes the movie home.

John ("Sketches of Frank Gehry” 130 words)

Here's a "home" movie of sorts:

The Sketches of Frank Gehry documentary tells of a jolly little Jewish man
whose Guggenheim Balboa may be the most celebrated museum architecture of
modern time. This informative and humane documentary is directed by Sydney Pollack (Tootsie), who knows nothing of architecture and therefore is perfect for the job, according to Gehry.

The doc’s singular weakness is Pollack’s regular intrusions, even having
another camera recording him while he is recording Gehry.

Enjoy the moments when Gehry lets us into his creative process, for
instance, by constructing a new building model of flexibly-placed cardboard
pieces he changes before our eyes with good reasons. When he shows how he
took a Hieronymous Bosch painting and created a building out of its
composition, I was a happy human listening to a god’s creation.

Clay ("Who Killed the Electric Car?" 130 words)

Well, John, writer-director Chris Paine is no god, just a first time
documentary maker who tries to persuade us in “Who Killed the Electric Car?”
that good guys drive electric cars and bad guys drive internal combustion
engines.

This may or may not be true, but he doesn’t prove it. Sure he has some
celebrities who leased the prototype cars in the 1990s, such as a weird bearded
Mel Gibson, an ever sincere Tom Hanks, and the wild and wacky Phyllis
Diller.

His villains of choice? The car companies, the oil companies, the compromised
politicians, and everyone else who failed to lease one.

“Who Killed the Electric Car?” is not a good documentary, but it is a great
commercial. I’d buy one today, but too bad, folks, GM long ago, decided to
trash them.

But enough of bright yellow microbuses, architectural prodigies, and little
engines that could, John, because it’s grading time.

John

Holy Hippies, Hooray!

“Little Miss Sunshine” earns an “A” for the best ensemble ACTING this
summer . . .

Clay

"Little Miss Sunshine” gets an “A” for being ANOTHER ribald road
romp across AMERICA . . .

John

“Sketches of Frank Gehry” earns a “B” because BEAUTIFUL BUILDINGS BELIE a
humble architect . . . .

Clay

“Who Killed the Electric Car?” gets a “C” because it CONFUSES more than it
CLARIFIES . . .

John

Clay,

I wonder what a VW bus trip would do for Bush, Cheney, Rice, and Rumsfeld.

I’m outta here.

Clay

I don’t really know, John, but I'm they'd be happier in a Hummer . . .

I'm outta here, too

See you at the movies, Folks.

HIT MUSIC

Richelle:

The Award Winning "It's Movie Time" with John DeSando and Clay Lowe is
written and produced by John DeSando and Clay Lowe in conjunction with
90.5 FM, WCBE in Columbus, Ohio.

MUSIC UP AND OUT

© 2006 John DeSando and Clay Lowe

WCBE 90.5 FM: "The War Tapes," "Talladega Nights," "The Heart of the Game"

WCBE 90.5 FM: It's Movie Time:
Co-hosts, writers & producers: John DeSando & Clay  Lowe
Reviews: “The War Tapes,” “Talladega Nights” “The Heart of the Game”
Air  Time: 3:01 pm and 8:01 pm, August 11, 2006
Streaming live on the  web at http://www.wcbe.org .

The script:

Clay

"The War Tapes” should be seen by everyone who cares about America . .  .

John

“Talladega Nights” is a comedy racing on full satire. .  .

Clay

“The Heart of the Game” is a great film built on bad metaphors . . .

MUSIC UP THEN UNDER  FOR:

Richelle Antczak

"It's Movie Time" in Columbus with  John DeSando and Clay Lowe . .

MUSIC BRIEFLY UP THEN SLOWLY DOWN  AND OUT

John

I'm John DeSando

Clay

And I'm  Clay Lowe

John ("The War Tapes" 128 words)

Clay, in The War Tapes, one soldier says, "A good  American will always love his country and be suspicious of his government." This  statement isn’t a criticism of neocons but a self-protective code of behavior  devoid of politics.

Three National Guardsmen were given cameras in 2004 to film their personal points of view one year after the beginning of the Iraq conflict. The result is a mixture of grunt  humor, often better than anything scripted, and unsettling danger, such as the  cry of one narrator, ''This is the most helpless feeling you've ever had,''  about the awful omnipresence of improvised explosive devices they never see  coming.

Ditto the enemy. The documentary brings to the screen the reality of all war from those who know it best, the foot soldiers.

Clay ("The War Tapes" 133 words)

Folks, the screen reality we’ve seen from Iraq has become increasingly graphic and violent.  Not so the early years of the war when images of dead bodies were verboten and cheerleading was expected from imbedded reporters.

But despite the Iraqi elections, and despite the continued promises of hope, the daily violence continues.   So, not surprisingly, more graphic images of that violence have gradually found their ways on to our screens.  But, none so dramatic nor graphically violent than those taken by those three National Guardsman who documented their year in Iraq.

There’s boredom, anger, humor and fear, all mixed in together with images galore of bloodshed and gore that Americans haven’t seen on the screen since the Viet Nam war.

Folks, The War Tapes, like it or not, have brought the war home.

John ("Talladega Nights" 126 words)

Talladega Nights is funny  because of redneck dumbing down and Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly as  believable race car drivers with slow wits and big hearts.

Ferrell screams, “Help me, Jesus! Help me, Tom Cruise! Tom Cruise, use your witchcraft to get the fire off me!” after an accident, and his wife is a hot blonde who goes where the earning potential is greatest. I frequently laughed out loud as they confirmed my best Jeff Foxworthy insights about rednecks.

Ferrell’s motto is “If you’re not first, you’re last.” Nights is not my first-ranked comedy of the summer (Little Miss Sunshine is), but it stands with Clerks II as a humorous look at a prominent subculture  whose political clout is approaching the status of “soccer moms.”

Clay ("The Heart of the Game" 130 words)

Folks, the new documentary The Heart of the Game manages to not only capture the passion and the energy of a high school girls’ basketball team, it also captures the eccentricities of its male coach.  You know,  the kind of guy who shouts out “kill ‘em” and “rip out their throats” in order to keep them fired up.

There are tears, joys, disappointments and fights with the powers to be who wouldn’t let one of the girls come back to play after she  had dropped out of school to have a baby.

Filmed over a period of six seasons, the filmmakers of The Heart of the Game have proven, most of all, that they have as much heart as their subjects.

But enough of exploding Hummers, hard charging race cars, and snarling high school girls, John, because its grading time.

John

Holy Halliburton, Hooray!

“The War Tapes” earns an “A” for being AUTHENTIC and without ARTIFICE . . .

Clay

"The War Tapes” gets an “A” because ALTRUISM is not ALWAYS rewarded . . .

John

“Talladega Nights” earns a BE for BODACIOUS fun at the  expense of red-state Americans. . .

Clay

"The Heart of the Game” gets a B because BEING aggressive is not the only way to play a game . . .

John

Clay, I wonder if NASCAR enthusiasts listen to our  show?

I’m outta here.

Clay

You’ll have to ask my two daughters, they love racing, but I’m not sure they're that high on our show.

I'm outta here, too

See you at the movies, Folks.

HIT MUSIC

Richelle:

The Award Winning  "It's Movie Time" with John DeSando and Clay Lowe is written and produced  by John DeSando and Clay Lowe in conjunction with 90.5 FM, WCBE in  Columbus, Ohio.

MUSIC UP AND  OUT

© 2006 John DeSando and Clay Lowe

WCBE 90.5 FM: "World Trade Center," "Miami Vice," "Lady Vengeance"

WCBE 90.5 FM #278-Final: World Trade Center, Miami Vice, Lady Vengeance
It's Movie Time co-hosts, writers, producers: John DeSando & Clay Lowe
Air Time: 3:01 pm & 8:01 pm, August 4, 2006
Streaming Live on the web and on-demand at: http://www.wcbe.org

The Script

Clay

World Trade Center does not carry the signature stamp of Oliver Stone . . .

John

"Miami Vice" is NICE for a summer. . .

Clay

"Lady Vengeance" is a black comedy about the desire for revenge . . .

HIT MUSIC: "STAR WARS," THEN UNDER FOR:

Richelle:

"It's Movie Time" in central Ohio with John DeSando and Clay Lowe.''

MUSIC UP, THEN DOWN AND OUT

John

I'm John DeSando

Clay

And I'm Clay Lowe

MUSIC UP, THEN DOWN AND OUT

John ("World Trade Center" 122 words)

Slow and pointless, that's the new Oliver Stone film, World Trade Center. Taking the story of two Port Authority Police who survived, starring Nicholas Cage, Stone manages to make the singular event of the last decade a boring made-for-TV story of two cops buried and waiting rescue, by the Marines no less.

The set design is memorable, however.

Cutting as often as he can to the dull families in New Jersey waiting for word about their lost loved ones, Stone fails to make even this horrific event worth watching. It's as if he promised Hollywood after the disastrous Alexander that he'd be a good boy and not editorialize about 9/11.

Clay

And he doesn't.

John

Heck, point of view IS Stone: Remember the conspiracy theory of JFK?

Clay ("World Trade Center" 130 words)

I didn't do it.

But, John, there are no conspiracy theories about anything in World Trade Center, which was bound to disappoint true blue liberals such as we.

John

You’re wrong—There are theories and I’m independent.

Clay

That's an understatement. (Pause)

So, it's hard know what we expected, but an Oliver Stone film minus bites and growls is comparable to a Michael Moore film absent of his rants and raves about power and greed.

But that's not what's at the heart of the failure of this film. Simply put: It is not a well told story. It is full of empty dialogue, and it never attempts to put 9/11 into a larger or more meaningful context.

Yes, families suffered. Yes, hundreds needlessly died. And yes there were heroes who risked all to save those they could - but this movie isn't about them. It's about two security guards who got trapped in a ton of rubble before they got around to doing what they had set out to do.

That's pretty much it.

John ("Miami Vice" 130 words)

And that makes Vice look PRETTY cool.

The new "Sunny" Crockett and "Rico" Tubbs are not prettier, but Colin Farrell and Jamie Fox are at least as competent as the infamous "Miami Vice" cops of early 80's television days.

Miami Vice is a guilty sin of a rapid refill from the original prescription. Fast cars, boats, women, and camera. The look is grainy, hand held jitters with the multi-informational HD digital advantage in dark scenes, a precise metaphor for the dark, ruthlessly edgy world of narcotics and its companions, guns.

Crockett still is searching in the urban jungle for love and justice. When a high angle shot of him and a babe in a sleek boat shows them taking off for Havana, his search is again on for fun and naughtiness in the embrace of justice.

Clay ("Lady Vengeance" 128 words)

Naughtiness and justice, John, stayed tuned.

For a start, it's hard to tell in Lady Vengeance just what Korean director Park Chan Wook intended to say.

It is clear, however, what the movie is about. It is about a murderous child abuser. It is about one of his victims who unwittingly goes to jail for his crimes. And it then follows this victim, played by the attractive TV actress Lee Young-Ae, who waits 13 years to seek her revenge.

A bizzare stylistic blend of Alice in Wonderland, the Brothers Grimm, and the most recent films of Lars Von Trier, Lady Vengeance raises a host of disturbing issues: Why do the innocent suffer? Should their sufferings be avenged? And, most important of all, why are human beings driven by the blood lust for revenge?

Park Chan Wook comes up with no better answers than did Oliver Stone.

But enough of visions of Jesus and pictures of crying and dying children, John, because it's grading time.

John

Holy Hezbollah, Hooray.

HIT DRUMS, THEN UNDER FOR

John

"World Trade Center" earns a C because it’s Stone COLD . . .

Clay

"World Trade Center" gets a "B" because the event is important but its retelling is a BORE . . .

John

"Miami Vice" earns a B because BABES BRING the BATTLE BACK to the BANAL . . .

Clay

"Lady Vengeance" gets a C because it, like Hard Candy, it's more about seeking revenge than it is in trying to understand it . . .


DRUMS OUT

John

Clay: I'm Googling Loose Change to see more about the alleged Neocon/ 9/11 conspiracy. Surely sharpshooter Cheney couldn't have been complicit in that tragedy!

I'm getting way outta here to Interlaken, Switzerland.

Clay

John, professors who profess conspiracy theories tend to get fired, and you'll find no place to hide, not even on top of the Jungfrau.

I'm outta here too.

See you at the movies, folks.

HIT CLOSING THEME, THEN UNDER FOR

Richelle

The award winning "It's Movie Time" is co-hosted, written, and now produced by John DeSando and Clay for WCBE 90.5. FM

MUSIC DOWN AND OUT

Copyright 2006 by John DeSando & Clay Lowe