Arrested Development

By Media Maven The main plot of the picture is going to be the old "movie within a movie" device-- as suggested by Ron Howard in the show's finale, the story of the Bluth family sounds like a good movie...and so it is!  As we rejoin the Bluths, we find them as consultants on a movie about their lives.  The main action of the A.D. movie will be our Bluths interacting with the actors playing them in the Bluth movie.  So for example, Jason Bateman, as Michael Bluth, will be interacting with Mr. Z (its way too early for anyone other than the series regulars to be mentioned as cast), an actor (in real life) playing an actor who is playing Michael Bluth in the Bluth movie. Everybody got it?   [read the full post]

By Media Maven For true television-lovers of our generation, there is a perpetually growing list of shows that like James Dean or John Lennon, have had their auspicious lives cut short. Shows like Freaks and Greeks, Wonderfalls, and the granddaddy of them all, Arrested Development, are just a few of the gone, but not forgotten bunch that have found new life off the network and on DVD. My advice? Watch the first 2-3 episodes. It's certainly worth your while. If you aren't hooked, this show isn't for you. If you're hooked, you can thank me later. For true television-lovers of our generation, there is a perpetually growing list of shows that like James Dean or John   [read the full post]