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The Rotten Tomatoes Show turns to you, the viewer, to find out who would win in a fight Once and For All: Arnold Schwarzenegger in Predator or Sylvester Stallone in Rambo?
The Rotten Tomatoes Show is a movie review show that airs on Thursday nights at 10:30 e/p on Current TV. From reviews of the newest releases to commentary on cult favorites and movie trends, each episode of The Rotten Tomatoes Show is a fast-paced, comedic journey through the week in cinema.
For more from the Rotten Tomatoes Show: http://rottentomatoesshow.comThe Rotten Tomatoes Show turns to you, the viewer, to find out who would win in a... more
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A Rotten Tomatoes Show special that celebrates science fiction: Star Wars and its inspirations, Viggo Mortensen's tips for surviving the apocalypse, the Top 5 Aliens & Monsters, the Top 5 Spaceships, a clumsy Storm Trooper, time travel movies, awesome gadgets, and much more.
The Rotten Tomatoes Show is a movie review show that airs on Thursday nights at 10:30 e/p on Current TV. From reviews of the newest releases to commentary on cult favorites and movie trends, each episode of The Rotten Tomatoes Show is a fast-paced, comedic journey through the week in cinema.
For more from the Rotten Tomatoes Show visit - http://rottentomatoesshow.comA Rotten Tomatoes Show special that celebrates science fiction: Star Wars and its... more
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We've got a new segment on The Rotten Tomatoes Show this week: Once and for All.
Have you ever had a debate about which movie is better? Which character could would win in a fight? We're settling all those scores now. This week, we want to know whether you think would come out on top in a brawl: Sylvester Stallone in Rambo or Arnold Schwarzenegger in Predator.
In a 10 to 30-second video webcam of yourself (no editing, no clips), tell us which character you think could best the other and why. Upload your webcam no later than Sunday night, June 6th, and you could end up featured in the show!
If you have any questions, email dbere AT current DOT com. For technical issues, please get in touch with us on Get Satisfaction: http://getsatisfaction.com/currentcomWe've got a new segment on The Rotten Tomatoes Show this week: Once and for All.... more
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I just had to post this because this is going to be an AWESOME action movie. Anyone else but me really psyched for it?I just had to post this because this is going to be an AWESOME action movie. Anyone... more
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In the last year, we've only crowned three with our special Quipmaster crown. It wasn't for lack of content, mind you, as we previously knocked around such notables as Bruce Campbell, Bruce Willis and even a fictional write-in for his quips.
But in the end, only three were worthy, including California's Governor, Arnold Schwarzenegger. The other two are after the jump!
So who could be a Quipmaster in 2010? Leave your ideas in the comments--WITH quips, please.
In the last year, we've only crowned three with our special Quipmaster crown.... more
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This is a guest post from Dan Ucko. He is formerly an intern for Vanguard and blogs at blog.plugintodan.com. He graduated from Cal Poly Pomona in 2009.
Finally: a step in the right direction toward bringing public higher education in California out of the gutter.
The Governator last week proposed significant legislation calling for a reshaping of priorities, so that California will "never again" spend more on prison uniforms than on caps and gowns.
It will not alleviate the sunshine state's education crisis immediately. But as long as we’re spending more on kids than criminals, we can all sleep a little better at night. Right?
Cuts to public education in this state have caused both outrage and outcry -- near riots at UCLA, "Save the CSU" protest rallies in Long Beach.
No one likes paying more for less, yet that's exactly what many of California's college students have been faced with in the last year.
A former Cal State student myself, I managed to escape (graduate) just as things went south. But I can't imagine what my friends and former classmates are experiencing right now.
So much for paving the way for future generations, eh?
California's public universities have been giving students and teachers fewer days of school to save precious funding through "furlough days."
All this while cutting programs, increasing class sizes and raising tuition as much as 15 to 35 percent.
Today’s students are now burdened with a whole new set of pressures.
And I’m not talking about final exams.
Living on your own? Finding a career? Paying off student loans?
Naw. How about making sure the courses you need to graduate are still being offered? Unlucky freshmen may even find their majors dissolved before they make it to upper division.
Skeptics will write this off as too little too late. But at this point, almost anything is a good thing.
Keep it coming Arnold.
A few links:
Reshaping Priorities from Prisons to Universities (PDF)
Latest state info: http://gov.ca.gov/
Join the California Education Crisis group on Current.
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California prisons have plenty of problems but one that you may not often hear about is contraband. That's the subject of tonight's Vanguard episode: Prison Contraband.
This Week on Vanguard: Prison Contraband (Video)
What people are sneaking into the clink has changed a bit from old prison movies. Sure, there's plenty of homemade knives and drugs, but one of the biggest problems facing California prison officials these days is actually cell phones. A report released early last month showed over 4000 cell phones confiscated across the state this year.
"Investigations conducted within California prisons have supported allegations [that] cellphones have been used by incarcerated felons to participate in criminal activity," wrote Cate, secretary of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
Crimes committed by inmates using cellphones have included the planning of escapes, restraining order violations, use of stolen credit cards to purchase inmate quarterly packages and the coordination of smuggling contraband into prisons, Cate said.
Authorities have even begun training cell phone sniffing dogs.
Tune in tonight to Vanguard for an in-depth look at the fight against contraband in California prisons.
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In a flurry of legislation-signing yesterday, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger put a lot of new bills into law, including one to release 20,000 to 25,000 inmates from California prisons. It's estimated that this will save the state about $270 million though it's still less than the 40,000 that a panel of federal judges ordered the state to release.
California's prisons are famously over-crowded, creating all sorts of institutional problems as well as budgetary problems. Earlier this week (before the legislation was signed) lawyers representing California inmates called for the Governor to be held in contempt of court for not complying with the judges' orders and that the system cannot provide adequate mental health and medical care. Vanguard's Laura Ling reported from one of them: Corcoran State Prison.
Prison Power Play (Video)
Releasing prisoners will take some of the strain off the state, and supporters of the plan say that ever-stricter stances on crime (such as California's "Three Strikes Law") have unnecessarily put many thousands behind bars. But some are unsurprisingly nervous about a new influx of ex-cons on California's streets.
What do you think? Can California stand to release some of the pressure on its prisons system? What else could they do? Comment over here at Current News.
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- Getting Out of Prison (Video)
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- Convicts on Fire (Video)In a flurry of legislation-signing yesterday, California Governor Arnold... more
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THE EXPENDABLES is a hard-hitting action/thriller about a group of mercenaries hired to infiltrate a South American country and overthrow its ruthless dictator. Once the mission begins, the men realize things aren’t quite as they appear, finding themselves caught in a dangerous web of deceit and betrayal. With their mission thwarted and an innocent life in danger, the men struggle with an even tougher challenge - one that threatens to destroy this band of brothers.
Read more: The Expendables Movie Trailer: Giving Up the Cameos Right Off the Bat | /Film http://www.slashfilm.com/2010/03/31/the-expendables-movie-trailer-giving-up-the-cameos-right-off-the-bat/#ixzz0jmjBnJ9pTHE EXPENDABLES is a hard-hitting action/thriller about a group of mercenaries hired... more
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I'm usually not a fan of films that sell by the casting and not the narrative, but you've got to get excited about an action film starring Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham, Jet Li, Dolph Lundgren, Terry Crews, Randy Couture, Mickey Rourke and many more (heard Bruce Willis and Arnold Schwarzenegger also star)I'm usually not a fan of films that sell by the casting and not the narrative,... more
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The California Senate approved creating a government-run health care system for the nation's most populous state on Thursday, ignoring a veto threat from Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Supporters said it is time for state legislatures to take up the debate as the Obama Administration's national health care proposal falters in Congress.
"If it's not to be done at the national level, let us take the lead," said state Sen. Christine Kehoe, D-San Diego.
The move in California comes after Massachusetts voters changed the calculus in Congress by electing a Republican to the Senate who opposes the pending plan.The California Senate approved creating a government-run health care system for the... more
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Darren's dad just doesn't understand technology.
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Unsurprising Arnie and Sly feature quite heavily in this montage of the cheesiest movie moments of all time.
You might require a sick bag.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTiAS7cdsYcUnsurprising Arnie and Sly feature quite heavily in this montage of the cheesiest... more
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Richard Rodriguez discusses California
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This is a guest post from Dan Ucko. He is formerly an intern for Vanguard and blogs at blog.plugintodan.com. He graduated from Cal Poly Pomona in 2009.
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Finally: a step in the right direction toward bringing public higher education in California out of the gutter.
The Governator last week proposed significant legislation calling for a reshaping of priorities, so that California will "never again" spend more on prison uniforms than on caps and gowns.
It will not alleviate the sunshine state's education crisis immediately. But as long as we’re spending more on kids than criminals, we can all sleep a little better at night. Right?
Cuts to public education in this state have caused both outrage and outcry -- near riots at UCLA, "Save the CSU" protest rallies in Long Beach.
No one likes paying more for less, yet that's exactly what many of California's college students have been faced with in the last year.
A former Cal State student myself, I managed to escape (graduate) just as things went south. But I can't imagine what my friends and former classmates are experiencing right now.
So much for paving the way for future generations, eh?
California's public universities have been giving students and teachers fewer days of school to save precious funding through "furlough days."
All this while cutting programs, increasing class sizes and raising tuition as much as 15 to 35 percent.
Today’s students are now burdened with a whole new set of pressures.
And I’m not talking about final exams.
Living on your own? Finding a career? Paying off student loans?
Naw. How about making sure the courses you need to graduate are still being offered? Unlucky freshmen may even find their majors dissolved before they make it to upper division.
Skeptics will write this off as too little too late. But at this point, almost anything is a good thing.
Keep it coming Arnold.
A few links:
Reshaping Priorities from Prisons to Universities (PDF)
Latest state info: http://gov.ca.gov/
Join the California Education Crisis group on Current.This is a guest post from Dan Ucko. He is formerly an intern for Vanguard and blogs at... more
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Early in the new, sci-fi/vampires-rule-the-world flick DAYBREAKERS, Ethan Hawke, playing a handsome, charismatic, and morally conflicted vampire (is there any other kind these days?), enters the world headquarters of the international corporation that is the sole, global supplier of human blood. He steps out of an elevator and beholds before him a vast, seemingly limitless atrium, stacked row upon row with stainless steel racks containing human bodies being "milked" for their blood.
Think about that for a second. Think about where that harvest is taking place. Imagine going into McDonald's world headquarters and finding that, just as you step past reception, you're confronted with a fully operational slaughterhouse and hamburger processing plant. Does that make sense?
Any science-fiction movie is predicated at least a little on the suspension of disbelief. You're asked to accept that the laws of physics can be overturned so that starships can break the speed of light, or that an automated household's computer system not only understands colloquial English but also possesses a dry sense of humor, or that a race of giant blue aliens is both intimately in touch with a planet's natural forces and is uniformly, incredibly hot (hey there, Mr. Cameron!).
But then there are points where the process of willful suspension of disbelief breaks down, where what we're presented with so defies logic, physics, or natural human behavior that the mind rebels. At that point, the credibility of an entire movie can be at risk. Not many survive.
Even the best of movies can have its "Oh, come on!" moment (although, admittedly, those movies are far outnumbered by the really, really sucky ones). Click on the link to check out our favorite sci-fi jaw-droppers. Remember: In outer space, no one can hear you groan.
http://www.reelzchannel.com/article/982/top-10-oh-come-on-moments-in-sci-fi-moviesEarly in the new, sci-fi/vampires-rule-the-world flick DAYBREAKERS, Ethan Hawke,... more
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Evan Kopelson covered GGCS2 the Governors' Global Climate Summit in Los Angeles. In this clip, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger of CA talks about how sub-national governments, specifically the State of California, are leading the nation towards comprehensive climate action.Evan Kopelson covered GGCS2 the Governors' Global Climate Summit in Los Angeles.... more
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