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Lots of stuff

Lots of stuff happening:

DVD Talk reviews the next Film Crew DVD:
http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/review.php?ID=30192

The Honolulu Star-Bulletin did a piece on Rifftrax and the Film Crew:
http://starbulletin.com/2007/08/31/features/story07.html

Rifftrax is running a new contest, called Rifftrax DIY, using the “cuts.com” platform Legend Films acquired a few months ago. They are calling on fans to create their own riffed videos. Find out more at:
http://www.rifftrax.com/contest

Mike Nelson did a live chat on the Washington Post web site on Friday, August 24. You can read the log at:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/discussion/2007/08/22/DI2007082201850.html

Meanwhile, The Decatur Daily discusses The Film Crew.
http://www.decaturdaily.com/decaturdaily/columnists/franklinharris/070823.shtml

NewsOK.com interviews the Film Crew:
http://newsok.com/article/3102049

DreadCentral.com interviews Bill Corbett and Kevin Murphy at Comic-Con, on video!
http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid464121041/bclid463868352/bctid1130907231

The L.A. Times also briefly interviewed Bill and Kevin.
http://blogcritics.org/archives/2007/08/06/093709.php

And Freezedriedmovies.com interviewed Mike Nelson on the floor of the Comic-Con:
http://www.freezedriedmovies.com/blog/index.php?/archives/225-Exclusive-Interview-Michael-J.-Nelson.html

digitallyobsessed.com reviews the second release by the Film Crew, “Killers from Space.”
http://www.digitallyobsessed.com/showreview.php3?ID=9504

And a second reviewer at Blogcritics.com reviews the first Film Crew outing, “Hollywood After Dark.”
http://blogcritics.org/archives/2007/08/06/093709.php

One of the best TV shows of all “Time”

Time Magazine TV critic James Poniewozik recently posted his list of The 100 Best TV Shows of All-TIME and guess which little show from the Twin Cities made the list! You can read his entry for Mystery Science Theater 3000, plus watch a short clip from “Manos” at the following address:

http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/article/0,28804,1651341_1659192_1652619,00.html

Thanks to Courtney for the tip!

Houston Chronicle interviews Mike, and more Film Crew reviews

Our buddy Bruce Westbrook at the Houston Chronicle has interviewed Mike Nelson about The Film Crew and more:
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ent/movies/video/4954105.html

Las Vegas City Life also reviewed the first Film Crew outing:
http://www.lasvegascitylife.com/articles/2007/07/26/ae/dvd/iq_15627259.txt
Thanks to Burke for the heads up.

So did Blog Critics Magazine:
http://blogcritics.org/archives/2007/07/28/111402.php

A bouncing baby Corbett!

We here at Satellite News would like to extend our best wishes to Virginia and Bill Corbett on the birth of their daughter Molly’s new baby brother, Frederick, on July 3, 2007. He was 8 lbs., 14 oz. Both mother and child are home and doing well. Congratulations!

Click on the thumbnails to see the full size images.

Molly and Freddy Corbett Virginia and Freddy Corbett Bill and Freddy Corbett

More Film Crew reviews

The Washington Post mentions the first Film Crew title —
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/07/05/AR2007070500632.html

So does The Philadelphia Inquirer
http://www.philly.com/inquirer/magazine/20070707_Dave_on_Demand___The_Closer_shows_TV_is_best_outside_the_box.html

So does Filmstew.com
http://www.filmstew.com/showBlog.aspx?blog_id=1120

And Appscout interviews Mike Nelson.
http://www.appscout.com/2007/07/interview_mst3krifftraxs_micha.php

IGN reviews the first Film Crew disk…:
http://dvd.ign.com/articles/802/802773p1.html

And interviews Mike Nelson:
http://dvd.ign.com/articles/802/802760p1.html

Popmatters.com also has a review…
http://www.popmatters.com/pm/blogs/shortends_post/43590/on-dvd-the-film-crew-hollywood-after-dark-2007

As does Blogger News Network
http://www.bloggernews.net/18507

About.com:
http://classicfilm.about.com/b/a/000044.htm

Winston-Salem Journal:
http://www.journalnow.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=WSJ%2FMGArticle%2FWSJ_RelishArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1173351954574&path=!entertainment!general!&s=1037645508970

DVDTalk:
http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/read.php?ID=28923

Time Out Chicago:
http://www.timeout.com/chicago/Details.do?page=1&xyurl=xyl://TOCWebArticles1/124/time_in/crew_cuts.xml

And The L.A. Times asks The Film Crew to pick their seven favorite cult movies, and they oblige…:
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-et-filmcrew11jul11-pg,1,5477719.photogallery?coll=la-utilities-entnews&index=1

And here are two more:
http://www.the-trades.com/article.php?id=5525

http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/07/15/team_behind_mystery_science_theater_3000

Meanwhile the third Film Crew title, Wild Women of Wongo is now available for pre-order at Amazon. We would appreciate if you would use this link —
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000S86J3Q?tag2=satellitenews

While we’re at it, we would appreciate it if you would use this link to order Killers from Space
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000N2HDIW?tag2=satellitenews

And if you haven’t ordered Hollywood After Dark yet, we’d appreciate it if you would use this link–
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000N2HDIM?tag2=satellitenews