by Nick Schager
[This week's "Retro Active" is inspired by the documentary portrait of skateboarder Danny Way, Waiting for Lightning.]
What does Vietnamese anti-communist activism have to do with rad skateboarding? Absolutely nothing. Except, of course, that they were melded together in hilariously random fashion in 1989's seminal skateboarding drama Gleaming the Cube, a work that brought to the multiplex masses the burgeoning sport and its fashion. At the center of this cult-classic is Christian Slater, sporting ratty t-shirts, spiky hair, and a lone left earring dangling from his 'lobe, the teenage actor striking a pose of rebel-cool that, along with the film's portrait of skating through city streets and in empty neighborhood swimming pools, helped inspire legions of kids to learn to grind and ollie. Slater is Brian, a prototypical high-school outsider whose parents don't understand his lifestyle and its attendant low grades and trouble with the law. His problems don't really begin, however, until his adopted Vietnamese brother Vinh (Art Chudabala), after expressing concern about trouble at work to Brian,...
[This week's "Retro Active" is inspired by the documentary portrait of skateboarder Danny Way, Waiting for Lightning.]
What does Vietnamese anti-communist activism have to do with rad skateboarding? Absolutely nothing. Except, of course, that they were melded together in hilariously random fashion in 1989's seminal skateboarding drama Gleaming the Cube, a work that brought to the multiplex masses the burgeoning sport and its fashion. At the center of this cult-classic is Christian Slater, sporting ratty t-shirts, spiky hair, and a lone left earring dangling from his 'lobe, the teenage actor striking a pose of rebel-cool that, along with the film's portrait of skating through city streets and in empty neighborhood swimming pools, helped inspire legions of kids to learn to grind and ollie. Slater is Brian, a prototypical high-school outsider whose parents don't understand his lifestyle and its attendant low grades and trouble with the law. His problems don't really begin, however, until his adopted Vietnamese brother Vinh (Art Chudabala), after expressing concern about trouble at work to Brian,...
- 12/9/2012
- GreenCine Daily
Derek is visited by his sister on the new episode of Grey’s Anatomy airing on October 8. You can view some sneak peeks below from ABC, then go take a look at the promo photos we previously posted for this episode.
Derek Is Visited By His Estranged Sister, Amelia Shepherd, On ABC’S “Grey’S Anatomy”
Guest Starring “Private Practice’s” Caterina Scorsone as Dr. Amelia Shepherd
James Tupper (“Men in Trees”) Guest Stars
“Superfreak” – When Derek receives an unexpected and unwelcome visit from his estranged sister, Amelia, issues between the siblings — both past and present — come to the surface; the Chief tries to help Alex when he notices that he’s refusing to use the elevators after his near-fatal shooting; and Meredith and Derek continue their efforts to ease Cristina back into surgery after her post-traumatic stress, on “Grey’s Anatomy,” Thursday, October 7 (9:00-10:01 p.m., Et) on the ABC Television Network.
Derek Is Visited By His Estranged Sister, Amelia Shepherd, On ABC’S “Grey’S Anatomy”
Guest Starring “Private Practice’s” Caterina Scorsone as Dr. Amelia Shepherd
James Tupper (“Men in Trees”) Guest Stars
“Superfreak” – When Derek receives an unexpected and unwelcome visit from his estranged sister, Amelia, issues between the siblings — both past and present — come to the surface; the Chief tries to help Alex when he notices that he’s refusing to use the elevators after his near-fatal shooting; and Meredith and Derek continue their efforts to ease Cristina back into surgery after her post-traumatic stress, on “Grey’s Anatomy,” Thursday, October 7 (9:00-10:01 p.m., Et) on the ABC Television Network.
- 10/6/2010
- by Clarissa
- TVovermind.com
A Private Practice actor makes a guest appearance on the October 7 new episode of Grey’s Anatomy. Below are promo photos and a synopsis for the episode.
Derek Is Visited By His Estranged Sister, Amelia Shepherd, On ABC’S “Grey’S Anatomy”
Guest Starring “Private Practice’s” Caterina Scorsone as Dr. Amelia Shepherd
James Tupper (“Men in Trees”) Guest Stars
“Superfreak” – When Derek receives an unexpected and unwelcome visit from his estranged sister, Amelia, issues between the siblings — both past and present — come to the surface; the Chief tries to help Alex when he notices that he’s refusing to use the elevators after his near-fatal shooting; and Meredith and Derek continue their efforts to ease Cristina back into surgery after her post-traumatic stress, on “Grey’s Anatomy,” Thursday, October 7 (9:00-10:01 p.m., Et) on the ABC Television Network.
“Grey’s Anatomy” stars Ellen Pompeo as Meredith Grey,...
Derek Is Visited By His Estranged Sister, Amelia Shepherd, On ABC’S “Grey’S Anatomy”
Guest Starring “Private Practice’s” Caterina Scorsone as Dr. Amelia Shepherd
James Tupper (“Men in Trees”) Guest Stars
“Superfreak” – When Derek receives an unexpected and unwelcome visit from his estranged sister, Amelia, issues between the siblings — both past and present — come to the surface; the Chief tries to help Alex when he notices that he’s refusing to use the elevators after his near-fatal shooting; and Meredith and Derek continue their efforts to ease Cristina back into surgery after her post-traumatic stress, on “Grey’s Anatomy,” Thursday, October 7 (9:00-10:01 p.m., Et) on the ABC Television Network.
“Grey’s Anatomy” stars Ellen Pompeo as Meredith Grey,...
- 10/1/2010
- by Clarissa
- TVovermind.com
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