December 2007
253 posts
WatchThe first time in a scene where one teen threatens another not to make a movie to enter a high school film contest. Add in fartloads of flash frames, hilariously cranky old folks, and using the term “bail you out” literally, and you have a sure-fire crowd pleaser.
Are you allowed to say "Academy Award-Winning... →
According to the trailer for “In Bruges” (the kick-off film of Sundance ‘08), you are. Could this be the first good movie with Colin Farrell? Aside from the pseudo-trippy, Modest Mouse-inspired art, not too sure.
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November 2007
137 posts
Watching NBC shows on NBC.com instead of iTunes due to NBC-Universal-GE-Galactus the World Eater/Apple pissing match = uncomprehending to irritated to annoyed to unhappy.
Downloading NBC shows from Azereus = weary to happy to ecstatic to satisfied.
God bless internet piracy.
Wow. When you actually have work to accomplish during the day, tumbls really taper. Apologies (or you’re welcomes to those who feel I overwhelm… I know you’re out there).
WatchI have never seen someone look so much like a monkey as a co-worker did today watching this video, laughing so hard that his mouth just hung open, emitting no sound, while he clapped his hands together.
(via lonelysandwich/QT)
Hot Dog, That's a Lame Title for a Post
Musings on “Hot Rod”:
1. The title offers a plethora of joke-y post titles, none of which are very good (see: above). I suppose that’s on purpose.
2. Danny McBride was the best choice anyone involved with the movie made. His gruff directness undercuts the wandering humor of “the Lonely Island” boys, and he stands heads above the rest in his ad libs (I assume...
Got my first non-fluffer credit on a studio feature today. Word.
While sweeping up crumbs, bits of cheese, and other scraps from a meal for adults, I had a conversation with one of said well-paid adults who left bits of food all over the table and floor. He stopped and looked out the window.
“Mm. Baby blue Porsche. I should get one of those.”
I lifted the dustpan and emptied it into the trash can.
The wonderful season of irrelevance, irreverence,... →
How can an awards show expect to be taken seriously when Lisa Kudrow is the lesser of the two evils presenting nominees?
I said both “internets” and “AICN” in a spoken conversation today. Who am I? What have I become?
A small consolation: it was a conversation with a man who wants the moniker “Quicktime” to stick.
Is a camo yamulkah really kosher?
Thanks, Los Angeles. No, that’s cool. The last thing our neighborhood needed was those two parking spots. Just paint them over with that bright fuck-you red.
Remember that “Twilight Zone” episode (or the infinite references to it) where all one man is left on Earth, and he laughs triumphantly about being able finally to read all of his books. Ironically, he steps on his glasses as he reaches for the first book, and, being far-sighted, wails in agony as he cannot read any of the infinite materials available to him until the end of his...
OUR HITLER From 1977, Hans-Jürgen Syberberg’s... →
A hidden… oddity (?) on the Times’ list of new DVDs this week. What the hell fantasia is over SEVEN HOURS long?
Better question: what the fuck kind of fantasia is about Hitler?
Red-Handed
Riding in the elevator with my pull-cart full of beverages to be stocked, I pressed the button for 2A and then pulled out my iPhone. Checking my Dashboard, I did not notice that the 2A button failed to light (as happens often on our turn-of-the-century efficient elevator). Instead of heading to a half-empty fridge, it plummeted straight down to 1 and opened on 3 of my 6 bosses returning from...
The Exhibitionist: IMAX 3D is Not For Me →
or “The Exhibitionist: Registering the Simplest of Complaints to Enjoy State-of-the-Art Movie Experiences is Not For Me”
Joe at the Movies
Despite what Adam says, “Margot at the Wedding” has a lot to offer besides bitterness and spite. While clearly attempting to evoke the French New Wave and early Polanski, Baumbach does a hell of a job creating a European-flaired yet distinctly American film examining what makes us love, what makes us hate, and what makes us be nonsensical bitches (the term is used non-genderly).
To...
It's not quite penises or "sex," but it's still... →
jumpin' Jehovah
Until (my first ever) viewing “The Next Great American Band” last night, I never really appreciated Mick Jagger’s voice (you know, pre-terrifying/depressing 2006 Super Bowl appearance). Apparently when Jagger strains his voice in songs, the “amature” band-wannabes interpreted it as just plain yelling.
Also, does ever show post-millionaire/idol require exorbitant...
“That’s what “Purple Violets” was: a Barbie story. ‘I...”
– Whitney, who should have a blog instead of me
I’m getting paid time and a half to watch “The Thing” on a 50” television. Apparently my soul does have a price.
And it’s low.
“Yes! This is it: a white guy, a black guy, orange sky, sun in every shot. ...”
– What I suppose Michael Bay said after watching “Last Boy Scout.”
WatchNot incredible, but any video that includes the line “I think I have a murder boner” is worth a gander.
“Nicolas Cage, Steve Buscemi and Tracy Morgan (diversity!) have signed on to...”
– Maybe one of the best sentences ever used to describe a movie, particulalry one like “G-Force.” (via CHUD)
An unsmiling conundrum. →
Rails & Tales
Saw “Southland Tales” at the Arclight last night. Whitney said she wanted to come, and then she saw the poster later that day in Pasadena and immediately texted me, “Why are we going to see that? It looks like Game Plan 2.” She asked me this question as the usher tore our tickets. He said, “Good question.”
We walked in as yet another helplessly peppy floor...
Not only do a couple of people of work talk to me like a baby, they talk to me like I’m a stupid baby.
Well, I don’t need the most attention, thank you, sir.
couldn’t find Eternal Sunshine so we watched Nat’l Lampoon Dorm Daze 2. in it’s entirety. SPOILER: at the end the monkey steals the diamond. — lonelysandwich
Well, thanks for the spoiler alert, at least.
Does this mean you own National Lampoon: Dorm Daze 2?
