May 2008
91 posts
Sex and the City is on pace to make over $60,000,000 this weekend after opening to more than an estimated $26,000,000 last night. A little show on the nichest of niche networks should outgross the second weekend of Indy by a 3:2 margin (if not more). The Holy Grail (of Botox) has once again defeated the most famous archaeologist.
"Wall*E" Meets Bouncy Balls. →
WatchPaul Rudd Makes a Screensaver
Who doesn’t want a mirrored image of The Ruddster urging you to commit heinous acts of violence upon co-workers? (via JoBlo)
Outstanding new red-band trailer for Will Ferrell... →
WatchThe first trailer for Choke starring the inimitable Sam Rockwell.
“There is literally no difference between ‘You have to turn your brain off...”
– Devin at CHUD.
Second time at Ikea in three days—yep, it’s Big Move 2008.
WatchHow and where not to do The Fishstick by lonelysandwich via merlin.
No matter how terrible the location, sandwich knows how to bring it.
White Sox pitcher Gavin Floyd just hit a batter with the bases loaded.
Twice.
Well, eight in a row was nice. Nine just seems excessive.
WatchFor a limited time only (that is, until Warner Bros.’ legal department hops on this), the international trailer for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, David Fincher’s adaptation of the F. Scott Fitzgerald short story, has leaked online in all of its resplendent, hauntingly beautiful splendor. Apparently the English trailer plays before Indy, but I was not blessed enough to see it....
It’s embarrassing and a little sad that I have literally done five minutes of work today. I kind of wish I were embellishing.
Trailer for the Beef's "Eagle Eye." →
Surprisingly strong, surprisingly not blatantly Hitchcock.
“Some people will never learn anything because they understand everything too...”
– Did Alexander Pope have a camera that looked into the future in order to look into my life? This is Zits in high school all over again.
“Our passions are like convulsion fits, which, though they make us stronger for a...”
– Alexander Pope, who has been on my mind all day after his appearance in today’s crosswords, explaining why I am still sitting at work after 8:00 P.M.
Is 7:30 really the most opportune time to trim the hedges of the cement driveway next door?
A man in a fedora outruns a boulder made of... →
I just booked the most important meeting of the year: 11:45 AM on May 22nd, our team will take a special visit to Arclight Cinemas for roughly two hours and three minutes.
That’s right: I’m getting paid to watch Indiana Jones.
"It makes 'Matrix Revolutions' look like 'Matrix...
While Speed Racer (2008) does fail on every possible level, the 2001 ending brought me joy as it not only referenced (and attempted to sully) a beautiful touchstone in film but hammered home the inconceivably self-righteous and self-serious “themes” only the Wachowskis can awkwardly shoe-horn into mindless popcorn fare.
Not only does the film make the case that they learned nothing...
"Variety" says: Not a complete mess!
And reviews from the first screening of Indiana Jones in Mars Attacks! have started hitting the tubes.
WatchBatman (1989) trailer vs. The Dark Knight (2008) teaser trailer. Awful similar. (via ontd)
International Relations as explained by gun-toting...
Yesterday at our vendor, it was bellyaching over “damned liberal judges.” Today’s bellyaching centered solely on the price of ammunition in the US due to “the war effort.”
But it’s okay because we send “reject arms/last year’s models” to countries like Saudi Arabia while we keep “the really good shit.”
