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Fri, Jan 09, 2009

Another new feature, and one you can expect every day Monday through Friday.

News stories I missed? Stuff you’d like me to cover? Questions you have for me? Something movie-, TV-, DVD-, or pop culture-related you want to talk about? This is where to do it.

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Mimi

Sat, Jan 10, 2009 2:37pm

I like “talk nerdy to me.” I realize it’s not an original MAJ-ism, but it makes me giggle. Well done.

Anne-Kari

Sun, Jan 11, 2009 1:18pm

MAJ – you’ll love this link, it’s all about assorted actors who ‘get fandom’, and includes David Tennant, Nathan Fillion, Felicia Day and others.

http://io9.com/5128208/actors-who-get-fandom

blake

Sun, Jan 11, 2009 1:58pm

I watched Snow Cake on BBC i Player.
It’s great.

Then I watched Killer Klowns from Outer Space.
It was also great.

Pretty great day.

If only every day could be like this…

…

Don’t think I’ll be watching The Spirit.
Or Bride Wars.

JoshDM

Mon, Jan 12, 2009 6:05pm

So I’m chatting with an older coworker today about movies and I drop the concept of “Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon” on him.

Subsequently, we travel to visit The Oracle of Bacon for a few queries.

Little did I realize that next month’s (anthology?) movie that I never heard of, “New York, I Love You” completely fucks over the process.

In fact, after searching a bit, whomever posted the trailer on Youtube agrees with me.

Anne-Kari

Thu, Jan 15, 2009 2:04pm

I found this rather randomly, but it’s utterly fascinating (after the first 3 minutes of Jack Nicholson’s personal hygiene routine). It’s a ‘making of’ for The Shining, and the whole thing was shot and edited by Kubrick’s then-17-yr-old daughter.

http://specialwayofbeingafraid.blogspot.com/2009/01/mostly-work-but-some-play.html