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04.09.0850 greatest comedy sketches of all timeOne of the few movie critics whose opinion I trust, Nich Schager, points us to IFC's collection of the '50 Greatest Comedy Sketches of All Time.' Below is number eighteen: This isn't particularly journalism related, but I point this out for two reasons. One, it's damn hilarious and worth some time and a walk down memory lane. The collection includes genius bits spanning over 50 years of sketch comedy with gems like Monty Python's 'Spanish Inquisition' to SNL's 1978 'Olympia Restaurant' sketch which had John Belushi spouting, "Cheezborger! Cheezborger!" The second reason I point this out is that it is a fine example ...
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03.17.08St. Patrick’s Day movie tributeFrom Slate.com, 'The Worse Leprechaun Movies Ever Made!'I disagree with Leprechaun in the Hood however, that was cinema gold. Gold, get it? Huh, huh? Man, tough room.
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03.16.08Star Wars (Sweded)Sweded #
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03.15.08New ‘Incredible Hulk’ trailer upYou suck Ang Lee. Better stick to martial arts and gay cowboy movies and leave the super-hero stuff to the people that can pull it off effectively.I'm glad they decided to just start over and pretend the first movie didn't happen, like the new Batman stuff from Christopher Nolan. Now if only they could do that with Daredevil and *gasp* Captain America.
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03.08.0810,000 B.S.Nick Schager gives the best review of Roland Emmerich's (Independence Day, The Day After Tomorrow) latest tripe:10,000 B.C.'s stereotypically primitive characters have less personality than Kubrick's primeval 2001 apes, and no more distinctive is its narrative, a hodgepodge of mystical prophesies, man-vs.-beast skirmishes, and rousing calls to arms so stale that the film comes close to emitting an actual stench. D'Leh eventually finds the courage to be a shirtless, dreadlocked Braveheart to the legion of African-ish warriors who join his crusade. His orchestration of a lame climactic rebellion against the tyrannical powers that be, however, whips up only the desire ...
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03.01.08New ‘Iron Man’ trailerThe newest trailer for the upcoming Iron Man movie has been released, and it is sweet.I had no idea Paltrow was in this, not that she's the draw or anything.
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02.24.08‘Wolverine’ movie turning into a bloated monsterRemember when you saw the first X-Men movie and were thrilled to see those characters come to life? Then, a few years later we were treated to X2: X-Men United and once again, we were all thoroughly impressed.When it was announced that Bryan Singer would not be a part of X-Men: The Last Stand we all knew that it would not be as great as the first two, that was a given. However, nothing could have prepared us comic-book nerds for the crap-fest that was to be unleashed upon us.Complicated characters with equally complicated histories, like Beast, Juggernaught, the Morlocks ...
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02.20.08The VisitorThis looks good.
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02.12.08Random movie scene: Good Will HuntingBest rant ever.BONUS: Good Will Hunting, the Monkey Version
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02.09.08Best movie summary everFrom the Wikipedia entry for Joel and Ethan Coen's Burn After Reading:Burn After Reading is an upcoming film, set for release in 2008, starring John Malkovich, George Clooney, Frances McDormand, and Brad Pitt and made by Joel and Ethan Coen. According to the Coens the plot will focus on the world of the CIA, physical fitness in Washington, D.C., and internet dating.Consider me sold.
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01.22.08Heath Ledger interview two months agoTell-tale signs perhaps. I would like to think this was an accidental overdose, but details are still sketchy. Truth be told no one will ever know. Word is playing The Joker physically and mentally taxed Ledger.To prepare for the role he lived alone in a hotel room for a month, formulating the character's posture, voice and psychology. He started a diary, in which he wrote the Joker's thoughts and feelings to guide himself during his performance. [source]Not to be overly dramatic, but this really sucks.
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01.22.08Heath Ledger found dead in Manhattan apartmentFrom the New York Times:The actor Heath Ledger was found dead this afternoon in an apartment in Manhattan owned by the actress Mary-Kate Olsen, according to the New York City police. Mr. Ledger was 28. At 3:31 p.m., a masseuse arrived at Apartment 5A in the building, at 421 Broome Street in SoHo, for an appointment with Mr. Ledger, the police said. The masseuse was let in to the home by a housekeeper, who then knocked on the door of Mr. Ledger’s bedroom. When no one answered, the housekeeper and the masseuse opened the bedroom and found Mr. Ledger unconscious. ...
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01.22.08Oscars announcedThe nominees for the 80th Annual Oscars were officially announced today. No surprise that 'No Country for Old Men' and 'There Will Be Blood' led most of the nominations, with 'Juno' coming in a close second. Here's a partial list:Best motion picture of the year "Atonement" (Focus Features)A Working Title ProductionTim Bevan, Eric Fellner and Paul Webster, Producers "Juno" (Fox Searchlight)A Dancing Elk Pictures, LLC ProductionLianne Halfon, Mason Novick and Russell Smith, Producers "Michael Clayton" (Warner Bros.)A Clayton Productions, LLC ProductionSydney Pollack, Jennifer Fox and Kerry Orent, Producers "No Country for Old ...
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01.16.08There Will Be Bitchslaps!I saw the local premiere of Paul Thomas Anderson's There Will Be Blood last night. I was wary of being biased due to all of the award attention it has already garnered but I must say, it was damn good. From a movie-nerd perspective it had all of the right elements without being bogged down with too many of the trappings of bad drama.Daniel Day-Lewis is awesome as usual, something I will have to comment about another time.The reason for the post title is that there are, in fact, several scenes in the movie where someone just gets severely bitch ...
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01.14.08Trailer Park: The ‘Sometimes I hate Hollywood’ editionThree movie trailers that will make you hate Hollywood and question why you aren't making millions as a screenwriter.The Hottie and the NottieYes, this is a Paris Hilton rom-com. As if you didn't dislike her enough, they've created a movie to reinforce the stereotype that only blond, thin and dumb women are the preferred trophy among men. Really? Did we just step back into the 1970s or something? It blows my mind that someone actually pitched this, it got written and that people acted and directed it with a straight face.PostalNow there is nothing wrong with the idea here, the ...
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