Michael Cera plays a lovably baffled and recently heartbroken indie rock aficionado who, along with band of merry very gay boys meets Kat Dennings while on an unsupervised jaunt to Manhattan to track down their favorite band, “Where’s Fluffy?” They fall in love while trying to find her drunk friend (a charming and adorable Ari Graynor) [...]
I know you’re having an Oscar party, so don’t forget your printable pdf ballot. It’s funny, last year I probably saw more movies at the theatre than in any other year of my life. For only the second time in my life (the first time being last year), I’ve see all of the Best Picture [...]
The Conversation: Undeniably awesome! Breathless: Sexily French! Away From Her: Sadly boring! Taken: Disappointingly corny!
Last night I had the pleasure of attending a panel hosted by Creative Screenwriting Magazine that included 6 of 10 Oscar nominated screenwriters for this year. The panelists are listed below, followed by a pithy commentary on their personality: Simon Beaufoy – Slumdog Millionaire (Best Adapted Screenplay) Charmingly bumbling short British guy in a tan [...]
This brilliant idea came to me while I was driving to work, seething about how much I hated Benjamin Button (more on that later). Please feel free to add your own (probably better) titles in the comments. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button = The Curious Case of Benjamin’s Butthole Frost/Nixon = Cocks/Lickem Milk = [...]
Prediction #1: I will not watch the Golden Globes and instead spend tomorrow morning reading recaps and looking at fashion photo galleries online instead of doing work. Apart from that, here are my other predictions, keeping in mind that I haven’t actually seen all the nominees….actually, I don’t think that is an important part of [...]
and I can’t decide how to feel about that: (1) Elation? Michael Cera in a movie directed by Edgar Wright in which “a young slacker [...]meets the woman of his dreams but finds that he can only win her heart by battling and defeating her seven evil ex-boyfriends. ” Oh yes, tell me more, Hollywood [...]
Don’t get too excited, I didn’t go there. Maybe next year. But I was just reading about it in this LA Times article, with the oh-so-clever headline “Like its well-fed folks, the Austin, Texas, gathering is swelling” (aren’t there too many commas in there?). I wanted to go to SXSW (I don’t get a lot [...]
…as in “one list” not “A-list.” I figure the “people” that are going to be “reading” my “blog” won’t want to read a movie blog by someone who doesn’t like the same movies as them. So without further ado: 25 Movies That I Really Like Rushmore Pulp Fiction On the Waterfront Shaun of the Dead [...]