Film and television

Good luck with that.

Rest in peace, Leslie Nielsen. And stop calling me Shirley.

Over a year later, I’m still profoundly baffled and disappointed by the removal of friends’ ratings from @netflix movie pages. So stupid.

This is such a strange move. I wonder how big a release they’re planning, because there can’t be much overlap between the 3D crowd and the subtitles crowd, regardless of the arguable potential for the former to be enticed by BR’s unorthodox brand of ultraviolence. A shitty American remake wouldn’t have surprised me, but a 3D’d American theatrical release (of any size) ten years later is not something I ever saw coming.

Clue was a great movie to grow up with. I was drawn in at a young age by its slapstick and wordplay, there was always something new to discover in its absurdly Byzantine plot, and I understood more and more of its cultural and political references as I got older. It was probably the basis for my years-long fascination with the McCarthy era. I’m surprised this piece makes no mention of Murder By Death, the… See more →

As much as I hate to admit it, watching Paranormal Activity alone at home before bedtime did give me just a touch of the willies.

Ordinarily I’m not interested in celebrities being out of touch with reality, but these two just keep getting nuttier.

This year was the least of the eight OIAFs I’ve attended, but I’m glad to see The External World took away the big prize, since it was definitely a standout. Too bad you can’t see any of it online. I’m likewise happy to see the excellent Goodbye Mister Christie win the best feature award. It was the only feature that interested me this year (Phil Mulloy is the shit, and his films are very much… See more →

Since their craft is so laborious, you’d expect concision to be the chief concern of an animator, yet so many films overstay their welcome.

Fuck. Yeah.

This is fucked up beyond belief.

Hoping the mystery of Tommy Wiseau is solved in my lifetime. The latest chapter: The House That Drips Blood on Alex. shar.es/0A4kB

The Sopranos S03E01’s surveillance montage mashup of Mancini’s “Peter Gunn” theme and Police’s “Every Breath You Take” is pretty fantastic.

When I grow up, I want to be Keith Mars.

Forgot to share this before. The attention to detail here is astonishing, right down to replicating each character’s every costume change. It pretty much recreates the entire movie, attempts to fill plot holes, and provides hours of gameplay (thanks to numerous Easter eggs, achievements (medals), and other secret goodies), all while staying true to what makes The Room such a wonderfully inept phenomenon. Of course, that means it’s also essentially mundane and boring, but, perhaps… See more →

The next time I need to impersonate a teenager online, my username will be “c0rnb4113r”. That is all.

Though I know she’s a natural blonde, I like to think Christina Hendricks is Charlie Brown’s Little Red-Haired Girl all grown up.

Remember in Ghost World when the guy wants to rent Fellini’s 8½ and the video store clerk offers him 9½ Weeks? Yeah, that’s Ping.

I knew Windhammer was a Silverhawks character, but this description of him is pretty fantastic.

Dreamed @urbancrunchy developed a time machine for Xbox 360, which I used to replicate a behind-the-scenes photo from Diff’rent Strokes.

It pains this reverent cinema devotee to admit that a theatrical screening’s quietest moments make for the most satisfying knuckle-cracking.

Seriously, if you don’t love The Blues Brothers, something’s wrong with you. So few films are constructed of such honest joy.

It couldn’t be a more perfect evening to watch The Blues Brothers in Brooklyn Bridge Park. We’re on a mission from God.

This… is BULL SHIT!!

This pretty much just happened to me: youtube.com/watch?v=EHSoN8t6x…

I put deleted scenes on the DVD, and of course I could’ve gone back and put those scenes into the film to make it longer, but I just didn’t want to. If I’d done that, I would’ve gone back and corrected a bunch of things I would have done differently. Better to leave it alone.

Exactly. Someone introduce this man to George Lucas.

Watched The Art of the Steal. Pushing aside my shrugging cynic and letting the sadness do its job.

Okay, Inception was extremely enjoyable, but a lot of people have way too much shit in their pants over it.

One minute into Lady in the Water—which I already expected to be laughably terrible—and I’m already stunned by the depths of its stupidity.

Dogtown and Z-Boys’ filmmakers’ boundless awe for their subjects makes more sense once you realize that the subjects are the filmmakers.

Intentional or not, there’s interesting subtext in the way Toy Story’s technology and sibling art direction have grown up with the series.

Watched The House of the Devil. Considered voting it most boring horror film ever. Learned Ti West also made Trigger Man. Calling it a draw.

Finally saw Altered States. It was like early Cronenberg with Hollywood money, and a studio mandate that the ending be flubbed hard.

The whistling guy on the bus seems to be making a medley of "The Girl from Ipanema" and the "Doogie Howser, MD" and Tecmo Bowl themes.

I’m not a Scott Pilgrim fan, but this looks crazy fun.

Mr. T pities the fools who made the A-Team movie: uk.news.yahoo.com/1/20100607/ten-…

Conan tour bus. All-nighter. Shit is crazy. Next stop: Sleep.

The only way to improve a visit from @trammell is to include a visit from @ConanOBrien.

By God man how tightly can chains be pulled?! Alcatraaaaaazzz…

Watching Lord of the Flies. Every second Piggy is onscreen makes me more impatient for what I know is coming.

If Kathleen Turner's husband in Body Heat was so loaded, why didn't they have air conditioning?

Lest anyone be curious about this film, I can attest that this review is spot-on.

The Human Centipede is all bark and no bite, a hilariously grotesque premise and a plot that's DOA. Only shocking aspect is how tame it is.

"Let's see. Doomed to die, eating other people's shit, or rip my face off someone else's ass?" — @jyllish, on The Human Centipede

Ignorance isn't always bad. If I understood what Lost fans were talking about, it might not sound so retarded, and then I would hate myself.

Well, it didn't take the torture porn people very long to get bored with their own stupid ideas and just remake I Spit On Your Grave.

"Independent" is not a genre. "Foreign" is not a genre. "Animation" is not a genre.

Quick reminder: Airwolf's protagonist was named Stringfellow Hawke.

The same people who cry heresy at George Lucas's revisionist Star Wars trilogy insist upon having the Lord of the Rings "Extended Editions".

That 30 Rock succeeds so triumphantly as comedy while wasting so much time on Jack Donaghy's unfunny love life is an impressive feat indeed.