Movies & TV - Aug. 29, 2009
Metcalf's Screening Room: "Inglourious Basterds"
Movie violence can be gratuitous, but it can also be elegant and exciting. That describes Quentin Tarantino's latest film. All in all, it's a fun popcorn movie. It doesn't break any new ground, but it may take old familiar Tarantino ground to new levels of fun and indulgence. And the name, "Inglourious Basterds," misspelled, in only the way a boy from Tennessee might spell it if he was called upon to create a myth.
Tags: inglourious basterds, mark metcalf, quentin tarantino, brad pitt, cristoph waltz

Movies & TV - Feb. 19, 2009
Helping Oscar handicap the Best Actor nominees
Will Brad Pitt win a statue for "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"? Will Frank Langella's portrayal of Richard Nixon carry the day? Can Sean Penn break through for "Milk"? What about Richard Jenkins (pictured in "The Visitor")? OnMilwaukee.com movie expert Mark Metcalf considers all the candidates for Best Actor and makes his selection inside.
Tags: academy awards, best actor, sean penn, frank langella, brad pitt, richard jenkins, mark metcalf

Movies & TV - Dec. 29, 2008
The attack of annoying movie watchers
Within the confines of one packed theater, just about every movie-watching stereotype was in attendance.
Tags: curious case of benjamin button, brad pitt, movie audience, movie watching

Movies & TV - Sept. 13, 2008
Coens let laughter loose with "Burn After Reading"
"Burn" is a black comedy about, for all intents and purposes, an ill-fated collision of otherwise unassociated idiots and while the cast does demonstrate the downfalls of their flaws with brilliant and hilarious exaggeration, you can't help but cringe, continuously, at their quirky caricatures.
Tags: burn after reading, coen brothers, brad pitt, george clooney, frances mcdormand, no country for old men

Living - Aug. 9, 2008
Bernie Mac: 1957-2008
Comedian Bernie Mac, who portrayed Brewers slugger Stan Ross in the movie "Mr. 3000," died Saturday at age 50.
Tags: bernie mac, stan ross, mr. 3000, mike cameron, kings of comedy, brad pitt, george clooney