trailer break: ‘Due Date’
It’s like someone said, ‘Midnight Run wasn’t stupid enough, but if we mash it up with The Hangover
Month: October 2010
question of the day: Is Banksy’s ‘Simpsons’ couch gag a load of pretend outrage, or is it eye-opening commentary?
Enigmatic British street artist Banksy struck again last night: on U.S. television. He supplied the ‘couch gag’ bit during the opening credits of a new episode of The Simpsons entitled ‘MoneyBart,’ and it’s a doozy…
deep thought (re TV versus movies)
The best television today is better than the best television used to be. But the best movies today are not better than the best movies used to be.
if you are a subscriber/donor…
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Stephen Fry is Mycroft Holmes; Emma Stone is Gwen Stacy; Armie Hammer is NOT the Winklevi (but he kinda is); more: leftover links
Plus, Avatar sex toys, Cory Doctorow on the real cost of free, how the rich buy journalists, and more.
retro trailer: ‘Help!’
In honor to what would have been John Lennon’s 70th birthday today, a look back at one of the silliest movies ever made. And I mean that as a compliment.
question of the weekend: Do you dance?
Do you gotta boogie? Or not so much?
Saturday cute: The Fellowship of the Peeps
Peeps: they’re not just for Easter anymore.
Friday night fortune cookie: Reg says…
“What Jesus fails to appreciate is that it’s the meek who are the problem.”
Howl (review)
James Franco’s elucidation of Allen Ginsberg is soaring in its warmth and sincerity. The words are (mostly) the writer’s, but the vitality and the passion are all Franco’s: he makes the poet breathe for us today in a way that feels entirely modern and relevant.
