Sneak peek at "Garbage Dreams" this Thursday

Published Jan. 4, 2010 at 10:13 a.m.


This Thursday, Discovery World, 500 N. Harbor Dr., hosts a screening of the film followed by a panel discussion featuring Rick Meyers, Recycling Specialist for the Milwaukee Department of Public Works and George T. Stone, MATC professor and co-chair of MATC's District Sustainability Committee. The discussion will be hosted by MPTV General Manager Ellis Bromberg.

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On Hollywood: Talking "Paranormal Activity"

Published Nov. 5, 2009 at 6:10 a.m.


"Paranormal Activity" is the surprise hit of the year in movies. Made for $11,000 by director Oren Peli and shot at his home, the film has made over $60 million. Its young stars, Katie Featherston and Micah Sloat spoke with OnMilwaukee.com's Gino Salomone recently.

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Sunday Sound-off: Is the movie ever better than the book?

Published Oct. 18, 2009 at 7:04 a.m.


This weekend, "Where the Wild Things Are" opened in theaters and, for some, it leads to the classic question that asks if the book is better than the movie, or the movie is better than the book. What do you think? Let the wild rumpus start!

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Screen legend Landau visits Milwaukee Film Festival

Published Oct. 1, 2009 at 7:07 a.m.


Martin Landau has done just about everything there is to do in the show business. He started out in television when there was live television, as early as 1948. He was nominated three times for Oscars. He won once, for playing Bela Lugosi in the Tim Burton/Johnny Depp film "Ed Wood." Landau has been part of so many memorable moments in Hollywood and now he'll be part of the Milwaukee Film Festival.

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Milwaukee Film Festival heads toward strong finish

Published Sept. 30, 2009 at 4:25 p.m.


They haven't run out of popcorn or excellent movies at the Milwaukee Film Festival, which continues through the weekend at the Oriental Theatre on the East Side and Marcus North Shore Cinema in Mequon. If you haven't checked out any of the movies yet, OnMilwaukee.com film expert Mark Metcalf has some recommendations to help you plan your schedule.

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Music and sports films highlight LGBT Film Fest

Published Oct. 13, 2009 at 5:08 a.m.


The Milwaukee Short Film Festival is behind us and the debut Milwaukee Film Festival is under our belt, too. But don't think for a minute that the film scene has quieted down here. No, now it's time for the 22nd annual LBGT Film / Video Festival, which takes places Oct. 15-25 at the UWM Union Theatre, the Oriental Theatre and the Milwaukee Art Museum.

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Screening Room: "Tulpan" and "Tony Manero"

Published Sept. 5, 2009 at 11:29 a.m.


In this installment of the Screening Room, OnMilwaukee.com film expert Mark Metcalf looks at "Tulpan," the first narrative feature of a Kazakh documentary filmmaker named Sergey Dvortsevoy. "Tony Manero" is about a Chilean man who earns his meager living as a dancer but is trying to make it up and out of his existence by entering a John Travolta lookalike contest.

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Metcalf's DVD Screening Room: Aug. 1, 2009

Published Aug. 1, 2009 at 1:27 p.m.


In this edition of the Screening Room, OnMilwaukee.com movie expert Mark Metcalf weighs in on the Ben Stiller-directed comedy "Tropic Thunder," which features a brilliant performance by Tom Cruise (pictured) and the HBO series "Rome," which captures a good deal of the culture and the custom of Rome but creates suspicion that it is fabricated to make the show more appealing rather than actually researched and historically accurate.

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Metcalf's DVD Screening Room: Men in the Movies

Published July 18, 2009 at 2:03 p.m.


A lot of men who grew up in the 1950s and '60s took their cues on manhood from movies. In this edition of the Screening Room, OnMilwaukee.com movie expert Mark Metcalf takes a look at some classics like "The Professionals," "The Magnificent Seven" and "The Wild Bunch," and what those films -- and the actors and characters contained within -- taught him about being a man.

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Critical mass: The experts review "Public Enemies"

Published July 4, 2009 at 4:14 p.m.


The movie "Public Enemies" is drawing mixed reviews from movie critics, many of whom liked the look and style of Michael Mann's film, but where underwhelmed by the execution. New Yorker critic David Denby wrote, "Here is a look at what movie critics from around the country wrote about the new movie "Public Enemies," which was filmed in Wisconsin by director Michael Mann and stars Johnny Depp as John Dillinger.

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