Cutting Room for April 13

by Ryan Syrek

• You can keep the absanity of Ryan Reynolds or the chiseled chin of Clooney, my man crush is and will remain Ira Glass, the master of ceremonies for NPR’s “This American Life.” Don’t laugh! That splendiferous purveyor of radio nuggets is a national treasure! And he’s coming to our local screens. On Thursday May 10 at 7 pm and Tuesday May 15 at 7:30 pm, Village Pointe Cinema (...

Cutting Room for April 11

by Ryan Syrek

• I’m a sucker for romantic comedies. Oh, I could try to shield my masculinity with a denial, but the reality is that I have, on more than one occasion, failed to turn the channel when Win a Date with Tad Hamilton was one. So it’s with joy that I announce Omaha will soon have its own horse in that genre race. On Thursday, April 19 at 7 pm, Aksarben Cinema (aksarbencinema.com) will host a...

Movieha! - Omaha’s favorite movie podcast

by Ryan Syrek

Once more into the breech my good men and women. This week's installment (which will have to tide you over, as we're taking a week of next week...I'm penning this missive from the great state of Texas!) is chock full of the goodness you've come to expect from your favorite movie dudes. We've got April fool's talk, the worst sequel idea ever, a sassy trailer, an in-depth review of "adult...

Cinema Very T&A

by Ryan Syrek

Crazy Horse

Dress it up with classy filmmaking terms all you want, but facts are facts: Crazy Horse is an idling, simplistic documentary peppered with lady butts. Acclaimed director Frederick Wiseman (Titicut Follies) unleashes his cinéma vérité prowess on a subject unbecoming, lazily meandering through what appears to be a low-rent, mildly titillating Cirque du Soliel club in France. The intersection of...

Cutting Room for April 4

by Ryan Syrek

• The Mary Riepma Ross Theater (theross.org) in Lincoln has a thirst for blood so big a single screen can’t contain it. On Thursday, April 5 at 7 pm, Unfiltered Entertainment, which is a Lincoln-based production company, will hold the premiere of their feature-length horror film Blood Rites on not one but two screens, enough to hopefully accommodate the hordes of horror buffs looking to catch...

Movieha! - Omaha’s favorite movie podcast

by Ryan Syrek

Having survived the madness surrounding The Hunger Games, we've got a podcast you...KATNISS....get it? Like it sounds like "can't miss!" Kind of? Not really? Okay then. This week we talk about the real Bully, the MPAA. We also discuss a Kazakhstaccident, the trailer for a foreign action extravaganza, The Hunger Games, the Netflix Roulette selection (Strigoi), and do some MovieHakus for you....

Jazz Gives the Blues

by Ryan Syrek

Chico and Rita

In America, the term “adult animation” still conjures up images of inappropriate drawings, an alarming genre enjoyed by a thankfully small subgroup of the human race. But for the rest of the world, cartoons are more than just a way to sell Happy Meal tie-ins. As France showed with Persepolis and Israel demonstrated with Waltz With Bashir, the limitless potential of animation dismantles budget...