Jason Reitman
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Young Adult
Consumption: December 2007
On the Web
- The Moby Equation: A clever formula used to determine a recording artist’s sellout level.
- Untraceable: The funniest film trailer I’ve seen in awhile. Looks like The Net meets Fear Dot Com. Enticing, no?
In the Stereo
- Salter Cane: Salter Cane
- Van Halen: Fair Warning
On the Silver Screen
Juno stopped just shy of being too cool for its own good. It's pretty damned well done, and Ellen Page is really something else.
Consumption: March 2006
On the Web
- Deadguy138’s YouTube Channel: A growing collection of rare live video footage from some great underground bands: noise, punk, metal, jazz, and more.
- Lawsuit Over Brokeback Mountain Reveals Unease Over Pay for “Arthouse” Films: Are major film studios’ “independent” divisions lowballing creative talent and then cashing in on awards buzz? Yes.
- Time to Redesign: Someone has finally taken notice of how much I “suCkSS.”
- Best Fight Scene of All Time: A truly inspiring… See more →
Looking Down My Nose Into the Mirror
I have a disappointing capacity for insufferable snobbery. I won’t deny it. But I’m not beyond accepting my comeuppance, however quietly self-administered it may be.
Last night, I attended a free screening of Thank You for Smoking, a new comedy which satirizes the tobacco legislation debate. It’s a film designed to hook mainstream audiences with simple, recognizable caricatures of the players on both sides of the issue, and an unfaltering confidence in its own cleverness.… See more →