Sorry, I wasn't aware of this. Also to be included in best of 2008.
Check it here, and here.
Up next: A better explanation as to why I doubt it'll actually be out in 2008.
10:14 PM
Also:
Sorry, I wasn't aware of this. Also to be included in best of 2008.
Check it here, and here.
Up next: A better explanation as to why I doubt it'll actually be out in 2008.
10:14 PM
7:33 AM
summer!
I predict this will be the bestest and awesomenest movie of the year. After Batman. And Be Kind Rewind.
Up next: Also, Zack and Miri make a porno if it comes out this year.
Up next: Also, Zack and Miri make a porno if it comes out this year.
7:33 AM
summer!
I predict this will be the bestest and awesomenest movie of the year. After Batman. And Be Kind Rewind.
Up next: Also, Zack and Miri make a porno if it comes out this year.
Up next: Also, Zack and Miri make a porno if it comes out this year.
10:34 AM
Dylan and me
I'm sitting somewhere in the auditorium, before the music begins to play. My friend brought binoculars, which was good because I was able to prove once and for all that ol' Bob really does take his 2004 Oscar on tour with him. Awesome, right?
So the show begins and it's everything you'd expect it to be. Except for the sound which for some reason was kind of terrible. I'd tell you, but really, I'm no sound engineer.
So Dylan played a bunch of songs, very few of which the audience as a whole was able to recognize, save for when he said "Like a rolling stone", and then everyone cheered, stood up, clapped, yelled and "sang" along. It reminded me of Man on the Moon. You know, the scene where Andy Kaufman plays a college audience who barely reacts until he goes into his Latka voice and says his trademark "Tank you beddy mach". But this, to a man who once played a show where everyone was booing him, should not matter in the least bit.
Other mostly rearranged songs he played where: It Ain't Me Babe, Things Have Changed, The Levee's Gonna Break and Blowin' in the Wind.
He didn't play Ballad of a Thin Man. But my iPod did later that night, so everything turned out fine.
All in all, great show. This was also his first date on this tour.
Up next: The entire cast of Hairspray performing in Central Park tomorrow.
10:34 AM
Dylan and me
I'm sitting somewhere in the auditorium, before the music begins to play. My friend brought binoculars, which was good because I was able to prove once and for all that ol' Bob really does take his 2004 Oscar on tour with him. Awesome, right?
So the show begins and it's everything you'd expect it to be. Except for the sound which for some reason was kind of terrible. I'd tell you, but really, I'm no sound engineer.
So Dylan played a bunch of songs, very few of which the audience as a whole was able to recognize, save for when he said "Like a rolling stone", and then everyone cheered, stood up, clapped, yelled and "sang" along. It reminded me of Man on the Moon. You know, the scene where Andy Kaufman plays a college audience who barely reacts until he goes into his Latka voice and says his trademark "Tank you beddy mach". But this, to a man who once played a show where everyone was booing him, should not matter in the least bit.
Other mostly rearranged songs he played where: It Ain't Me Babe, Things Have Changed, The Levee's Gonna Break and Blowin' in the Wind.
He didn't play Ballad of a Thin Man. But my iPod did later that night, so everything turned out fine.
All in all, great show. This was also his first date on this tour.
Up next: The entire cast of Hairspray performing in Central Park tomorrow.
9:24 PM
9:24 PM
8:33 PM
I wish I knew how to... GOSH, shut up!
Apparently this is what passes for in nowadays...
From USA Today, complete version here
The original clip from the movie, a tiny bit of a spoiler....
Now, this is the video the article mentions. No spoilers here. Well, no more than any other trailer:
Up next: Jared Hess' Napoleon Dynamite film school short.
*Although personally, I would've gone with "I swear to blog!" or "No, it's Morgan Freeman, you got any bones that need collecting?" or "Whoa! Dream big!", all from the fabulous fantastic Juno.
From USA Today, complete version here
'Blood' fans drink up milkshake catchphraseOk, so now you've read that, some videos to illustrate the point:LOS ANGELES — If you have a milkshake, and I have a milkshake, then you have Hollywood's hottest catchphrase.Every year, we seem to get at least one. "I see dead people." "I wish I knew how to quit you." Anything from Napoleon Dynamite.
This year's latest cinematic must-say comes from There Will Be Blood, the oil drama in which Daniel Day-Lewis delivers a crushing insult to a nemesis with the punch line "I drink your milkshake! I drink it up!"*
Relatively few people have seen the movie — this past weekend, it expanded to about 1,500 theaters and its gross so far is $21.1 million — but the dialogue has taken off nonetheless.
A "There Will Be Milkshakes" video, with scenes from the film playing to Kelis' song Milkshake, has more than 60,000 views on YouTube. IDrinkYourMilkshake.com has become a popular forum to discuss the films of There Will Be Blood director P.T. Anderson.
New York magazine even offers a user's guide to the phrase. It suggests using it as sports metaphor ("The Celtics drank the Knicks' milkshake last night"), a sexual double entendre or a taunt, as in "You'd best back down before I drink your milkshake."
The original clip from the movie, a tiny bit of a spoiler....
Now, this is the video the article mentions. No spoilers here. Well, no more than any other trailer:
Up next: Jared Hess' Napoleon Dynamite film school short.
*Although personally, I would've gone with "I swear to blog!" or "No, it's Morgan Freeman, you got any bones that need collecting?" or "Whoa! Dream big!", all from the fabulous fantastic Juno.
8:33 PM
I wish I knew how to... GOSH, shut up!
Apparently this is what passes for in nowadays...
From USA Today, complete version here
The original clip from the movie, a tiny bit of a spoiler....
Now, this is the video the article mentions. No spoilers here. Well, no more than any other trailer:
Up next: Jared Hess' Napoleon Dynamite film school short.
*Although personally, I would've gone with "I swear to blog!" or "No, it's Morgan Freeman, you got any bones that need collecting?" or "Whoa! Dream big!", all from the fabulous fantastic Juno.
From USA Today, complete version here
'Blood' fans drink up milkshake catchphraseOk, so now you've read that, some videos to illustrate the point:LOS ANGELES — If you have a milkshake, and I have a milkshake, then you have Hollywood's hottest catchphrase.Every year, we seem to get at least one. "I see dead people." "I wish I knew how to quit you." Anything from Napoleon Dynamite.
This year's latest cinematic must-say comes from There Will Be Blood, the oil drama in which Daniel Day-Lewis delivers a crushing insult to a nemesis with the punch line "I drink your milkshake! I drink it up!"*
Relatively few people have seen the movie — this past weekend, it expanded to about 1,500 theaters and its gross so far is $21.1 million — but the dialogue has taken off nonetheless.
A "There Will Be Milkshakes" video, with scenes from the film playing to Kelis' song Milkshake, has more than 60,000 views on YouTube. IDrinkYourMilkshake.com has become a popular forum to discuss the films of There Will Be Blood director P.T. Anderson.
New York magazine even offers a user's guide to the phrase. It suggests using it as sports metaphor ("The Celtics drank the Knicks' milkshake last night"), a sexual double entendre or a taunt, as in "You'd best back down before I drink your milkshake."
The original clip from the movie, a tiny bit of a spoiler....
Now, this is the video the article mentions. No spoilers here. Well, no more than any other trailer:
Up next: Jared Hess' Napoleon Dynamite film school short.
*Although personally, I would've gone with "I swear to blog!" or "No, it's Morgan Freeman, you got any bones that need collecting?" or "Whoa! Dream big!", all from the fabulous fantastic Juno.
7:56 AM
7:56 AM
8:19 AM
haters
My friend has this on his ABOUT ME* section on facebook. I found it hilarious, and by golly, you should too!
I Hate people who: tell you to stop smoking, tell you how bad coke is, welcome you to facebook, ask too many questions, wear pink lacoste shirts, wear sunglasses indoors, get a nose job and then say they had breathing problems, think arjona is a poet, judge by the cover, call the yankees the evil empire, classify you by your salary, call themselves hippies but eat mcdo, cheat.*This is an abridged version.
Up next: Damn yankees!
8:19 AM
haters
My friend has this on his ABOUT ME* section on facebook. I found it hilarious, and by golly, you should too!
I Hate people who: tell you to stop smoking, tell you how bad coke is, welcome you to facebook, ask too many questions, wear pink lacoste shirts, wear sunglasses indoors, get a nose job and then say they had breathing problems, think arjona is a poet, judge by the cover, call the yankees the evil empire, classify you by your salary, call themselves hippies but eat mcdo, cheat.*This is an abridged version.
Up next: Damn yankees!
3:56 PM
Lick the Star
Lately, in my endless reevaluating of evaluations, I've noticed how most of my heroes are women. The rest are males.
This is Sofia Coppola's very first short film.
Up next: In his infinite wisdom, the man slowly became aware that his wisdom had no limits.
This is Sofia Coppola's very first short film.
Up next: In his infinite wisdom, the man slowly became aware that his wisdom had no limits.
3:56 PM
Lick the Star
Lately, in my endless reevaluating of evaluations, I've noticed how most of my heroes are women. The rest are males.
This is Sofia Coppola's very first short film.
Up next: In his infinite wisdom, the man slowly became aware that his wisdom had no limits.
This is Sofia Coppola's very first short film.
Up next: In his infinite wisdom, the man slowly became aware that his wisdom had no limits.
10:30 AM
whatever with your however
A couple walked into the coffeshop and started making out. Granted they went to one of the back couches, and there was hardly anyone else in there, but still. The way they started making out, they couldn't have been older than 16, which I guess then makes it ok. But still. Is this really what kids do? It makes me wonder what they do when they're alone. I guess them being 16 and all, they don't get very much alone time, but still .You have to wonder.
She opens her eyes for a second and sees one of the cashiers look at her, she smiles, she resumes the kissing. If she was ten years older, you'd think she was flirting. You'd think she was a slut. You'd think of ways of telling them to leave. But they're both 16, and at that age everything is everything to you, and anything can be the end of the world. If you tell them to leave, they'd probably look at you with eyes that say "please don't take this from us, this is all we have". That, or their eyes would say "Fuck off".
More than inappropriate, I'd call it disproportionate. And then wonder what I meant. However, they ARE 16. So I guess it's ok to do this when you're 16, but still. In my headphones, the little plastic buds blast Tracie Thoms yelling at Zoe Bell: "Whatever with your however!". Serendipity happens. As does everything else.
That wet sucking sound coming from the couch in the corner. And the volume on Zoe won't go higher. "However" she says. Though it sounds more like "Howeva". I guess wet sucking kisses sound better than gunshots, but still.
Imagine the embarrasment then when a parent walks in. Serendipity again. They'd chosen a corner couch, unfortunatelty that corner was right next to one of the entrances. That entrance is where a parent stood. One second he's thinking what kind of coffee he'll have today, the next he's wishing he'd listened to his friend who told him about a new coffeshop they opened a couple of blocks away. For a while nothing happens. Then nothing happens for a little while
longer. The three of them trying to come up with something to say. Trying to conjure up the right words that will make time go back. A magical spell that'll take them away.
The girl says hi. They boy mutters something incomprehensible. Everyone assumes he meant "hello", and it's fine. The father says he came in to get some coffee, he asks her what she's drinking. She answers whatever she answers. The father then says that sounds good and walks towards the counter. The cashier takes his order, small talks about her not drinking coffee. "It's ironic", she says. She doesn't like the taste, that's what she says when you ask her why. She's the one that exchanged looks with her customer's daughter a couple minutes ago. She says to him, with a calm and peaceful voice she says: "Would you like sugar with that?" He says, "No, too much sugar for today".
The joke seems to escape them both.
In the grand disproportionate scheme of things, from the point of view of the big Whatever, in the largest scope of humanity and existence, everyone is always missing the joke.
Up next: The top 10 books that make you stupid.
She opens her eyes for a second and sees one of the cashiers look at her, she smiles, she resumes the kissing. If she was ten years older, you'd think she was flirting. You'd think she was a slut. You'd think of ways of telling them to leave. But they're both 16, and at that age everything is everything to you, and anything can be the end of the world. If you tell them to leave, they'd probably look at you with eyes that say "please don't take this from us, this is all we have". That, or their eyes would say "Fuck off".
More than inappropriate, I'd call it disproportionate. And then wonder what I meant. However, they ARE 16. So I guess it's ok to do this when you're 16, but still. In my headphones, the little plastic buds blast Tracie Thoms yelling at Zoe Bell: "Whatever with your however!". Serendipity happens. As does everything else.
That wet sucking sound coming from the couch in the corner. And the volume on Zoe won't go higher. "However" she says. Though it sounds more like "Howeva". I guess wet sucking kisses sound better than gunshots, but still.
Imagine the embarrasment then when a parent walks in. Serendipity again. They'd chosen a corner couch, unfortunatelty that corner was right next to one of the entrances. That entrance is where a parent stood. One second he's thinking what kind of coffee he'll have today, the next he's wishing he'd listened to his friend who told him about a new coffeshop they opened a couple of blocks away. For a while nothing happens. Then nothing happens for a little while
longer. The three of them trying to come up with something to say. Trying to conjure up the right words that will make time go back. A magical spell that'll take them away.
The girl says hi. They boy mutters something incomprehensible. Everyone assumes he meant "hello", and it's fine. The father says he came in to get some coffee, he asks her what she's drinking. She answers whatever she answers. The father then says that sounds good and walks towards the counter. The cashier takes his order, small talks about her not drinking coffee. "It's ironic", she says. She doesn't like the taste, that's what she says when you ask her why. She's the one that exchanged looks with her customer's daughter a couple minutes ago. She says to him, with a calm and peaceful voice she says: "Would you like sugar with that?" He says, "No, too much sugar for today".
The joke seems to escape them both.
In the grand disproportionate scheme of things, from the point of view of the big Whatever, in the largest scope of humanity and existence, everyone is always missing the joke.
Up next: The top 10 books that make you stupid.
10:30 AM
whatever with your however
A couple walked into the coffeshop and started making out. Granted they went to one of the back couches, and there was hardly anyone else in there, but still. The way they started making out, they couldn't have been older than 16, which I guess then makes it ok. But still. Is this really what kids do? It makes me wonder what they do when they're alone. I guess them being 16 and all, they don't get very much alone time, but still .You have to wonder.
She opens her eyes for a second and sees one of the cashiers look at her, she smiles, she resumes the kissing. If she was ten years older, you'd think she was flirting. You'd think she was a slut. You'd think of ways of telling them to leave. But they're both 16, and at that age everything is everything to you, and anything can be the end of the world. If you tell them to leave, they'd probably look at you with eyes that say "please don't take this from us, this is all we have". That, or their eyes would say "Fuck off".
More than inappropriate, I'd call it disproportionate. And then wonder what I meant. However, they ARE 16. So I guess it's ok to do this when you're 16, but still. In my headphones, the little plastic buds blast Tracie Thoms yelling at Zoe Bell: "Whatever with your however!". Serendipity happens. As does everything else.
That wet sucking sound coming from the couch in the corner. And the volume on Zoe won't go higher. "However" she says. Though it sounds more like "Howeva". I guess wet sucking kisses sound better than gunshots, but still.
Imagine the embarrasment then when a parent walks in. Serendipity again. They'd chosen a corner couch, unfortunatelty that corner was right next to one of the entrances. That entrance is where a parent stood. One second he's thinking what kind of coffee he'll have today, the next he's wishing he'd listened to his friend who told him about a new coffeshop they opened a couple of blocks away. For a while nothing happens. Then nothing happens for a little while
longer. The three of them trying to come up with something to say. Trying to conjure up the right words that will make time go back. A magical spell that'll take them away.
The girl says hi. They boy mutters something incomprehensible. Everyone assumes he meant "hello", and it's fine. The father says he came in to get some coffee, he asks her what she's drinking. She answers whatever she answers. The father then says that sounds good and walks towards the counter. The cashier takes his order, small talks about her not drinking coffee. "It's ironic", she says. She doesn't like the taste, that's what she says when you ask her why. She's the one that exchanged looks with her customer's daughter a couple minutes ago. She says to him, with a calm and peaceful voice she says: "Would you like sugar with that?" He says, "No, too much sugar for today".
The joke seems to escape them both.
In the grand disproportionate scheme of things, from the point of view of the big Whatever, in the largest scope of humanity and existence, everyone is always missing the joke.
Up next: The top 10 books that make you stupid.
She opens her eyes for a second and sees one of the cashiers look at her, she smiles, she resumes the kissing. If she was ten years older, you'd think she was flirting. You'd think she was a slut. You'd think of ways of telling them to leave. But they're both 16, and at that age everything is everything to you, and anything can be the end of the world. If you tell them to leave, they'd probably look at you with eyes that say "please don't take this from us, this is all we have". That, or their eyes would say "Fuck off".
More than inappropriate, I'd call it disproportionate. And then wonder what I meant. However, they ARE 16. So I guess it's ok to do this when you're 16, but still. In my headphones, the little plastic buds blast Tracie Thoms yelling at Zoe Bell: "Whatever with your however!". Serendipity happens. As does everything else.
That wet sucking sound coming from the couch in the corner. And the volume on Zoe won't go higher. "However" she says. Though it sounds more like "Howeva". I guess wet sucking kisses sound better than gunshots, but still.
Imagine the embarrasment then when a parent walks in. Serendipity again. They'd chosen a corner couch, unfortunatelty that corner was right next to one of the entrances. That entrance is where a parent stood. One second he's thinking what kind of coffee he'll have today, the next he's wishing he'd listened to his friend who told him about a new coffeshop they opened a couple of blocks away. For a while nothing happens. Then nothing happens for a little while
longer. The three of them trying to come up with something to say. Trying to conjure up the right words that will make time go back. A magical spell that'll take them away.
The girl says hi. They boy mutters something incomprehensible. Everyone assumes he meant "hello", and it's fine. The father says he came in to get some coffee, he asks her what she's drinking. She answers whatever she answers. The father then says that sounds good and walks towards the counter. The cashier takes his order, small talks about her not drinking coffee. "It's ironic", she says. She doesn't like the taste, that's what she says when you ask her why. She's the one that exchanged looks with her customer's daughter a couple minutes ago. She says to him, with a calm and peaceful voice she says: "Would you like sugar with that?" He says, "No, too much sugar for today".
The joke seems to escape them both.
In the grand disproportionate scheme of things, from the point of view of the big Whatever, in the largest scope of humanity and existence, everyone is always missing the joke.
Up next: The top 10 books that make you stupid.
1:41 AM
Almost there...
There's still some voting and counting to do, but it seems the writers have finally come to an agreement everyone can... well... agree with (!!). The new deal is for the next threee years and the last step if for all members of the WGA to vote on whether to accept the deal or not.
This is great news.
Read Nicki Finke and John August's reactions.
From Variety
Up next: A lot, hopefully.
This is great news.
Read Nicki Finke and John August's reactions.
From Variety
After 14 weeks of warfare, labor peace has come to Hollywood.TV showrunners head back to the office today, and the scribe tribe officially resumes work Wednesday. As word of the tentative agreement began spreading Saturday morning, the town breathed a collective sigh of relief and started making plans to resume production.
The strike's end also means the Feb. 24 Oscars can proceed without fear of picketing and with scriptwriters for the kudocast.
WGA West prexy Patric Verrone told guild members Sunday to put away their picket signs: The ruling boards of the Writers Guild of America unanimously blessed a three-year tentative deal with the majors.
The next step is to get approval by members on lifting the strike. Members will vote by fax or in person at specified meetings; the vote concludes Tuesday night.
After that, the members will be asked in a separate vote whether to OK the new three-year deal; those ballots go out in the next few days, with a 10- to 12-day return period.
Given the strong support shown for Verrone and other guild leaders in Saturday's member meetings -- despite some reservations about the deal -- everyone assumes that members will vote to end the strike.
Up next: A lot, hopefully.
1:41 AM
Almost there...
There's still some voting and counting to do, but it seems the writers have finally come to an agreement everyone can... well... agree with (!!). The new deal is for the next threee years and the last step if for all members of the WGA to vote on whether to accept the deal or not.
This is great news.
Read Nicki Finke and John August's reactions.
From Variety
Up next: A lot, hopefully.
This is great news.
Read Nicki Finke and John August's reactions.
From Variety
After 14 weeks of warfare, labor peace has come to Hollywood.TV showrunners head back to the office today, and the scribe tribe officially resumes work Wednesday. As word of the tentative agreement began spreading Saturday morning, the town breathed a collective sigh of relief and started making plans to resume production.
The strike's end also means the Feb. 24 Oscars can proceed without fear of picketing and with scriptwriters for the kudocast.
WGA West prexy Patric Verrone told guild members Sunday to put away their picket signs: The ruling boards of the Writers Guild of America unanimously blessed a three-year tentative deal with the majors.
The next step is to get approval by members on lifting the strike. Members will vote by fax or in person at specified meetings; the vote concludes Tuesday night.
After that, the members will be asked in a separate vote whether to OK the new three-year deal; those ballots go out in the next few days, with a 10- to 12-day return period.
Given the strong support shown for Verrone and other guild leaders in Saturday's member meetings -- despite some reservations about the deal -- everyone assumes that members will vote to end the strike.
Up next: A lot, hopefully.
8:33 AM
2 options
The moment you feel obsession creeping in, you can a: Run, or 2: Tell your friends and loved ones there's few other topics you'll be discussing in the following weeks.
I'm listening to this guy:
Read this guy:
In this:
Up next: chaos, watermelons, clocks... everything
I'm listening to this guy:
Read this guy:
In this:
Up next: chaos, watermelons, clocks... everything
8:33 AM
2 options
The moment you feel obsession creeping in, you can a: Run, or 2: Tell your friends and loved ones there's few other topics you'll be discussing in the following weeks.
I'm listening to this guy:
Read this guy:
In this:
Up next: chaos, watermelons, clocks... everything
I'm listening to this guy:
Read this guy:
In this:
Up next: chaos, watermelons, clocks... everything
10:11 PM
SuperKing2007Gone
So I saw several 2007 movies after 2007 had actually ended.
I if had a DeLorean I'd go back in time to change my top eleven movies of the year post.
Not, wait. Scratch that. If I had a DeLorean I'd go back and like bet on horses or something.... Then. Maybe. Change the post. I would own the internet, after all.
(The one you don't recognize is The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters)
Up next: 1.21 jigowatts! What's a jigowatt!
10:11 PM
SuperKing2007Gone
So I saw several 2007 movies after 2007 had actually ended.
I if had a DeLorean I'd go back in time to change my top eleven movies of the year post.
Not, wait. Scratch that. If I had a DeLorean I'd go back and like bet on horses or something.... Then. Maybe. Change the post. I would own the internet, after all.
(The one you don't recognize is The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters)
Up next: 1.21 jigowatts! What's a jigowatt!
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