With our readership growing week by week, I thought I'd take the opportunity to clearly communicate just what this blog is about and clear up any possible misconceptions anyone may have. Here goes:
1.) THE MOVIES ARE NOT RANDOMLY SELECTED
This blog is driven by WABC-TV Channel 7 in New York and their schedule of late night weekend movies. The idea is that I write about these movies before they air, and provide the trailers for these movies whenever possible. You can then make up your own mind whether you want to actually watch these films as they air in real time over Channel 7, which is usually at 11:35 PM on Saturday and Sunday nights (exceptions include when sports events run overtime, in which case the movie may start at an unspecified time or be shown "already in progress;" or when epic movies like the upcoming showing of "The Ten Commandments" air earlier in the evening- on those nights, the movies may start later and are usually officially given an alternate start time).
2.) I HAVE NOT WATCHED THE MAJORITY OF MOVIES FEATURED ON THIS BLOG
The opinions I express on this blog are purely based on viewing the trailers for the movies and not the movies themselves. The opinons are supplemented by commentary on previous work from the actors and directors, or by similarly-themed movies. It may very well be that some of the movies featured are worthy of your time from an entertainment standpoint ("Drive" comes to mind); although it is highly unlikely in most cases. I have attempted to watch many of the films that WABC-TV Channel 7 runs in this time slot, but often don't get past the first 10 minutes. Of course, there may come a time where Channel 7 schedules a movie I've actually seen before; if that happens, I'll be sure to mention it.
3.) WHY DO YOU MENTION "LIFETIME" MOVIES IN THIS BLOG?
I mention "Lifetime" movies because one of the movie packages that WABC-TV has leased is a collection of movies that originally ran on the Lifetime TV network. Lifetime has syndicated their movies from 2006 and earlier. Many of these movies have alternate versions that were created for international markets either for broadcast TV, home video release or even theatrical release. Those versions may be even longer than those that appeared on Lifetime and include elements such as profanity that would not make it to the on-air versions (but sometimes show up in the trailers I find). In addition to previously-aired-on-Lifetime flicks, the other packages that WABC has tapped for this late night slot include some real direct-to-video and direct-to-cable independent fare as well as a package of urban films (including some like "Sounder" that really are great, classic films that deserve a better timeslot and presentation).
So that's it in a rather verbose nutshell. If you have any questions or comments, feel free to click the comments button for this posting. - your fiend, The Phantom.
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