Movies & TV - Oct. 29, 2009
OnMedia: It sure smells like "Mad Men" in Thiensville
The latest season of public television's "Pioneers of Television" is in production for airing next year, and the Milwaukee-based production company is shooting one of the key scenes up in Thiensville. And it's looking more and more like NBC's "Chuck" will be back in January, a bit earlier than planned.
Tags: mad men, steve boettcher, pioneers of television, gene roddenberry, William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, Nichelle Nichols, Clint Eastwood, Chuck, Scrubs, Adam Lambert, Oprah

Movies & TV - June 13, 2009
Metcalf's DVD Screening Room: "Gran Torino"
Thinking of renting a DVD this weekend? OnMilwaukee.com movie expert Mark Metcalf weighs on "Gran Torino," the film that stars Clint Eastwood, who also produced and directed. The film, about a working-class man in a working-class neighborhood, gets a working-class treatment from Eastwood, who is known for that blue-collar, lunch pail approach to making movies.
Tags: gran torino, clint eastwood, mark metcalf

Movies & TV - Jan. 8, 2009
Milwaukee actor debuts in Eastwood's "Gran Torino"
Clint Eastwood's epic new film "Gran Torino" opens in Milwaukee this Friday, Jan. 9. If you're going, keep an eye out for Elvis Thao, a Milwaukee actor playing a Hmong gangbanger in the movie about a disgruntled Korean War vet and his struggles to save a Hmong teenager from the pressures of gang life.
Tags: gran torino, clint eastwood, elvis thao, hmong, shaolin entertainment