Category Archives: New_Jack_City
New Jack City: K.C. to Honor, Roast Rock ‘N Roll General Max Floyd!
Former KY-102 ‘glory days’ general manager Bob Garrett says it’s high time one of Kansas City’s true radio legends receives the recognition he deserves..
And friends of KY-102’s legendary first program director and air personality Max Floyd have been planning it for some time.
Now it’s going to happen!
But wait! This isn’t going to be some kind of exclusive private schmooze or behind-closed-doors love fest! Instead Max will be properly ROASTED…and everyone’s invited to join in the festivities.
Name of the game: Continue reading
New Jack City: Your Next Date with the Twilight Saga is Near
Seems like only yesterday that TWILIGHT SAGA mania swept the local multiplexes.
Come to think of it—it was just yesterday. Actually November 20th when TWILIGHT SAGA: NEW MOON unspooled in Kansas City to hysterical audience reaction and mega ticket sales.
Well guess what? The countdown for the third installment in the franchise is on! Continue reading
New Jack City: Newest Screenland Unveiled at Crown Center
SCREENLAND AT CROWN CENTER channels the concepts Continue reading
New Jack City: ‘Up in the Air’ to open Early, Exclusive – Next ‘Twilight’ conquers IMAX!
This just in!
Paramount will open UP IN THE AIR here early afterall. The just announced KC date is Continue reading
New Jack City: ‘Up In The Air’ to be part of K.C.’s Cinematic Holiday Mix!
Let me be the first to share it Continue reading
New Jack City: Screenland Crown Center Approaches!
Local art house movie maestro Continue reading
New Jack City: Let’s All Go to the Snack Bar–Please!
AMC Entertainment’s announcement Monday that it would no longer permit moviegoers to bring their own concession items into their theatres touched off a firestorm of media handwringing.
It was front page news in Continue reading
NEW JACK CITY: The Plaza Gift that DIDN’T Keep On Giving!
Don’t do as I did. Do as I now will do!
My favorite Christmas, birthday or anytime gifts to receive are Gift Cards. Continue reading
NEW JACK CITY: Jack’s BEST-BETS with All the Stuffings!
This holiday week will have thousands of Kansas Citians heading for their favorite MegaPlexes.
To help you get the biggest bang for your entertainment buck, here are my Jack Goes To The Movies–Best Bets at the Box Office!
Looking for LAFFS with your Turkey? Here are MY Comedy Picks:
Director Wes Anderson’s stop-motion animated FANTASTIC MR. FOX whose idyllic home life goes to hell in a handbag when he slips back to his old ways as a sneaky chicken thief.
The adult comedy stars the voice-talents of George Clooney as Mr. while Meryl Streep is the Mrs.
Also along for the ride Jason Schwartzman, Willem DaFoe, Owen Wilson—and Bill Murray as Badger.
My other Fun-Picks include OLD DOGS with John Travolta, Robin Williams, Kelly Preston, Matt Dillon and Seth Green….IF you thought WILD HOGS was a hoot…
Also the quirky Continue reading
NEW JACK CITY: Catch a Falling STAR…but Keep it Out of MY Pocket!
A while back the good folks at the KANSAS CITY STAR inserted a small card into my newspaper.
On it they announced big plans for their upcoming Thanksgiving issue. Something to the effect that “…the Kansas City Star has BIG PLANS for your Thanksgiving Day edition and holiday shopping.”
Big Plans?
We could look forward to the largest edition of the year. Not necessarily news, mind you but that the paper will be filled with sales inserts from all of my favorite retailers, etc.
So WHAT Plans?
Those were outlined in a much smaller print size at the bottom of the piece explaining that all STAR subscribers will automatically receive home delivery on Thanksgiving day at an additional cost of $1.25!
“November delivery will reflect this slight one-time additional cost,” it proclaimed.
As a longtime subscriber to the STAR, I’ve reluctantly come to accept today’s meager print editions.
Looks to me that one of the only real BRIGHT SIDES left are the obituaries— seemingly one of the few remaining profit centers for the newspaper.
I digress. Continue reading
NEW JACK CITY: NEW MOON Shatters Records!
Friday’s debut of the Vampire-Romance sequel NEW MOON has broken the previous opening day record of $ 67.2 million set by THE DARK KNIGHT in July of 2008!
TWILIGHT SAGA: NEW MOON produced an incredible $72.7 million in first day ticket sales.
…and that’s JUST in North American Theaters! Continue reading
NEW JACK CITY: …and the Envelope, Please!
On my calendar, Kansas City’s movie-award season begins this weekend as the Hollywood studios begin to release their more prestigious films—or expand potential award winners to markets beyond New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, and Toronto.
Why THIS weekend for Kansas City?
Because one of these Expansion Runs includes K.C.!
It’s “PRECIOUS: Based On The Novel PUSH by Sapphire.”
This is the disturbing, often painful account of how an overweight 16 year old black girl in Harlem learns to rise above her bleak life while enduring unspeakable abuses.
The movie wow’ed them at this year’s Sundance Film Continue reading
NEW JACK CITY: AMC Theatres CEO’s 3-D Prediction Echoed by Jack!
Asked recently whether 3-D is finally poised to really take off, new AMC ENTERTAINMENT honcho Gerry Lopez suggested to Hearne Christopher that we reserve judgement until Christmas.
Why Christmas?
Because both DISNEY’S A CHRISTMAS CAROL and AVATAR are opening in November and “are bound to take 3-D to a new place where it’s never gone before,” Lopez said.
He called it a ‘WATERSHED MOMENT.’
Having now seen DISNEY’S A CHRISTMAS CAROL in 3-D earlier this week, as well as a 20 minute IMAX 3-D demo of AVATAR, I’m here to tell you that the AMC honcho is Right On!
DISNEY’S A CHRISTMAS CAROL’s 3-D presentation is STUNNING and takes this 7th Continue reading
NEW JACK CITY: Get Stuffed in Style at the Movies
Who doesn’t love a good list?
There’s the Letterman TOP 10. And Continue reading
New Jack City: Radio Ratings Portable People Meters, right Here, Right Now!
Several weeks ago I reported on the major change in how radio listenership is about to be measured in Kansas City.
K.C. will be converted from a Diary reporting to a Personal People Meter or PPM market.
The changeover has now been implemented and the first solid ratings info using the new system will become available December 31, 2009.
To say that local radio suits are nervous about their first set of numbers achieved under the new system would be an understatement.
But let’s back up minute.
Up until now Arbitron selected listeners pretty much at random and had them fill out a quarterly diary of their daily listening habits.
Pretty unscientific, Continue reading
New Jack City: TWILIGHT SAGA: NEW MOON adds Original to Holiday Hit List
Another movie phenomena is the TWILIGHT franchise which stunned the industry last year! Its follow-up—TWILIGHT SAGA: NEW MOON—opens everywhere Friday, November 20th. To say that advance tickets sales are brisk would be a gross understatement. Many of the movie’s Thursday … Continue reading
New Jack City: Paranormal Activity Expands in Kansas City
Once every blue moon or so Hollywood stumbles across a small independently produced movie that, with special handling, goes through the stratosphere.
It happened with MY BIG FAT GREEK WEDDING, and later Continue reading
NEW JACK CITY: Imus back in the Saddle on Fox Business. Pulling No Punches!
Cranky radio legend Don Imus got Down To Business with his delayed debut on the still struggling Fox Business Network this morning.
The new Continue reading
NEW JACK CITY: Gratuities Accepted, Tipping Gone Awry – even at Juice Joints!
I’m perplexed at the phenomenon of tipping…
I know it’s the practice to reward service. But who qualifies? Why do they qualify? And who doesn’t?
Many cruise lines are very upfront about the practice Continue reading
New Jack City: Studio boosts Michael Jackson Film to EVENT STATUS!
When I first heard of Sony Entertainment laying down a reported $60 million for the rights to 80 hours of Michael Jackson rehearsal footage, I thought they’d lost their minds.
But as the October 28 release date Continue reading
