Vicky Cristina Barcelona
We’ve been watching Vicky Cristina Barcelona. It’s a good movie, generally. I’ll make no comment on the bohemian morality here. But the pacing and music and light is lovely (and apparently Woody Allen is good for a baby’s frayed nerves, too).
It’s funny though. Everyone in the film is idle. The Americans because they’re rich, staying [...]
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That Was England
This is England is a very good movie. I’d like to point out, though, that none of those people were voting for Maggie before the NF man came along. Ahem.
Has anyone done any research why in the 60s – 80s, the British went so spectacularly batsh.t? I mean, you have your Mediterranean countries which protested [...]
Categories: History
Gotta Love the Inevitable Eventuality of Tax Payer Dollars
This is amazing. All the artsy Brits in my Twitter stream have been moaning about the UK Film Council getting the axe, but then the author Ian Rankin mentioned this article as a “sharp and persuasive critique”.
The Times – Good riddance to the UK Film Council, by Chris Atkins
The real scandals, however, came [...]
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Two Annoying Hollywood Stars Do Top Gear
Well, Cameron Diaz is annoying. Tom Cruise is weird. But mostly he’s weird because he should be so very good. But then he’s weird and that makes him weirder. But when he’s on, he’s very good. Anyway it’s nice to hear this:
The Sunday Times – Jeremy Clarkson talks cars, fighter jets and biscuits with Hollywood [...]
Categories: Sports and Leisure
Absolutely the Funniest Item of the Day CCXLII
I love Kevin Spacey. I really do.
I think impersonations must be the best kind of comedy. One doesn’t even have to say anything funny, just a good impersonation is enough to make everyone shriek with laughter. Why is that, I wonder.
Categories: Entertainment
Worst Remake Ever
The Times – This new Karate Kid kicks where it hurts, by Sathnam Sanghera
This is the most incredible tale of WTFness, but this really takes the cake:
One of the biggest problems with the new film is the change of setting. Instead of moving from New Jersey to California as a result of his [...]
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Toy Story III
I haven’t seen it yet (baby), but I’ve allowed myself to break the usual Pixar-related embargo (because this is the first one I haven’t seen in the theaters since I’ve been out of school), and I think it’s probably a bad sign if I can’t get past the spoiler-lite conceptual-overview high-concept plot set-up without welling [...]
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Absolutely the Funniest Item of the Day CCXXXVII
Lost’s Damon Lindelof pitches his treatment of the BP oil spill: Armageddoner!
FADE IN: We OPEN on Billy Bob. He doesn’t need the cane anymore — maybe he has some kind of Iron Man cyberleg or something. This will be important later. Just don’t ask me why. The phone rings. [...]
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Antonio Griffo Focas Flavio Angelo Ducas Comneno Porfirogenito Gagliardi de Curtis di Bisanzio
Today I got stuck in THE WORST traffic jam, but my car has 6 months of satellite radio so I was listening to Radio One playing its late Friday night dance mixes, and the DJ announced this to be the hit dance song of the summer, Yolanda Be Cool – We No Speak Americano:
Which is [...]
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Where All the Hypatias Were Called Hypatia
Wheat & Weeds – Agony of Agora
I was kind of excited about this movie, because last year, a few weeks before I saw the first trailer for this movie, I’d read Umberto Eco’s Baudolino, and Hypatia features rather, erm, heavily, in parts. But, oh well!
Won’t be seeing this one, as it’s a prolonged [...]
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On Using “Pimp” As a Verb
I cautioned a guy at work the other day (who’s first language isn’t English (not that you’d notice, it’s so good)) against using “pimp” as a verb, as in “pimp my ride” (except “ride” was something more relevant to where I work). I said it was a bit …negative. I’m feeling very righteous (and relieved) [...]
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Mit Stallman!
Hitler, as “Downfall producer” orders a DMCA takedown from Brad Templeton on Vimeo.
Curtsy: RC2 in the comments of the last video (Hilariously, looking for that link, I saw “Hitler” and clicked on the wrong entry. I am, evidently, just ALL Hitler ALL THE TIME. And here I am on vacay in Maui. Weird, eh?). Man, [...]
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Hitler Is Told Constantin Film AG Is Protecting Their Copyright
I love these parodies. Long live fair use!
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Movie Title: This Is Amazing
And Now For Some Mary Poppins, Remixed
Curtsy: Vanderleun.
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