Red Army Sony Pictures Classics Reviewed for Shockya by Harvey Karten. Data-based on Rotten Tomatoes. Grade: B+ Director: Gabe Polsky Screenwriter: Gabe Polsky Cast: Slava Fetisov, Vladimir Pozner, Viktor Tikhonov, Alexei Kasatonov, Vladimir Krutov, Vladislav Tretiak, Scotty Bowman, Anatoli Karpov, Lawrence Martin, Lada Fetisov Screened at: Review, NYC, 1/8/15 Opens: January 23, 2015 When the modern Olympic games were established, the idea was that countries of various stripes would get together, the participants and fans getting to know one another better, and lo, everyone would be singing Kumbayah. Things turned out differently, as the Olympic games became yet another competition among the various nations, the Nazi government in 1936 using [ Read More ]
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- 2/11/2015
- by Harvey Karten
- ShockYa
Perhaps someday we will live in a world where the Olympics are always happening all of the time. Alas, we currently inhabit a cruel reality where the Olympics take place for a mere fortnight every couple years. And so last night we said good night to the Olympics in Sochi. Good night, teenaged figure skaters! Good night, jokes about curling followed by the epiphany that curling is pretty cool! Good night, insipid NBC commentary and insipid snark about the insipid NBC commentary! Good night, awkward cutaways to Putin!
The Closing Ceremony of Sochi 2014 took viewers on a journey through Russian culture.
The Closing Ceremony of Sochi 2014 took viewers on a journey through Russian culture.
- 2/24/2014
- by Darren Franich
- EW.com - PopWatch
The most expensive Olympics ever ended today in Sochi, Russia. NBC broadcast the Closing Ceremony in primetime tonight. Here’s NBC’s version of that ceremony: 8:25 Pm Et: NBC’s walk up to the Closing Ceremony is its one-hour docu on Nancy Kerrigan and Tonya Harding which, Kerrigan tells Bob Costas when it’s over, was difficult to watch and “doesn’t matter” any more, in re whether Harding knew in advance about the plan to club Kerrigan in the knee. Seems about right. It will be interesting to see what kind of ratings this debbie-downer lead-in pulls for NBC. 8:28 Pm Et: Bob Costas plugging Rio Summer Games, eating up precious minutes. Does this mean we won’t get the see the Closing Ceremony’s honoring of Russian authors Tolstoy, Solzhenitsyn, Checkhov and others too numerous (and tough to spell) to mention? Related: Bob Costas Makes Return To...
- 2/24/2014
- by LISA DE MORAES, TV Columnist
- Deadline TV
Two days after announcing it had hired New Yorker editor (and former Washington Post Moscow bureau chief) David Remnick to provide guest commentary on the network’s air during its coverage of the upcoming Sochi Winter Games, NBCUniversal announced it had hired Moscow-based TV journalist Vladimir Pozner as a correspondent for its Olympics coverage in Sochi. Pozner will appear with Bob Costas on a late-night program, offering a Russian perspective of the Games, the company said. “With his deep Russian roots and American upbringing, Vladimir Pozner is uniquely qualified to provide a Russian outlook to our audience during the Sochi Olympics,” said Jim Bell, Executive Producer, NBC Olympics, in this morning’s announcement, calling this “another significant moment in Russia’s history.” Costas, know for his outspoken commentary, recently told The Associated Press he won’t comment on Russia’s so-called “gay propaganda” law that’s causing people to protest...
- 12/11/2013
- by LISA DE MORAES, TV Columnist
- Deadline TV
Moscow – Russian-American broadcaster Vladimir Pozner will join Bob Costas on NBC's late news show throughout the Sochi Winter Olympic Games, offering a Russian perspective on the social and cultural trends behind the day's happenings in Olympic sport. Pozner, a veteran newsman whose career spans U.S.-Russia relations dating back to the Cold War era, has covered three previous Olympics: for Soviet television during the Moscow summer games in 1980, and then for Russian TV during the winter games in Turin in 2006 and Vancouver in 2010. Exclusive Video: Olympic Hopefuls Sing Sochi Wishes for NBC's Bob Costas On each of
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- 12/11/2013
- by Nick Holdsworth
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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