February 2012
63 posts
I swear to god, “I just want to thank my crew, you know who you are,” is such a kick in the teeth.
“Here are the Oscars, coming to you live from The Chapter 11 theater. […]...”
– Billy Crystal’s Oscar opening, delivered with a smile
“There aren’t too many people who are still under the impression that the Oscars...”
– Paris Review – First in Flight, Perrin Drumm
Firm with Tory links traced to election day... →
Wow.
“Poll: Santorum comes from behind in Alabama three-way”
– Second Front
WatchMake the best of a bad situation.
Warner Bros. finally catches up to everyone else... →
Best news I’ve read all day.
Sacha Baron Cohen Banned From Oscars 2012 →
Now they’re just going too far.
“And [Ralph Fiennes’s film adaptation of “Coriolanus”] reminded...”
– Shakespeare and the 99 Percent in ‘Coriolanus’ | ThinkProgress
Netflix will stream The Artist and other Weinstein... →
Interesting to watch who partners what with Netflix and who doesn’t.
Lea Thompson | Film | Random Roles | The A.V. Club →
Ah, SpaceCamp…
The Horror!: Hammer To Open Script Archive To... →
Cool.
I tried to watch Game of Thrones and this is what... →
It’s a fair cop.
Dinner at RFD before Eddie Izzard at Largo.
Arizona Sheriff, Running as Republican for... →
This stuff just keeps happening.
Ultimate Irony: Newt Gingrich’s Bus Breaks Down in... →
His middle name is “Leroy”?
New York Times Reporter Anthony Shadid Dead in... →
The guy made it out of Libya by the skin of his teeth, after being held hostage by pro-Kadaffi militants, only to die in Syria from an asthma attack.
I think Obama just left town, at 8:30 AM sighted two blue and white Sikorskis trailed by a Chinook, track south, 5 miles west of my position at Rodeo and Exposition.
Jesus Camp (2007)
Hard to imagine these people voting for Mitt Romney. Just sayin’.
President Bartlet Is A Sell-Out - The Dish | By... →
My mom spent the entire aughts driving around with a “Jed Bartlet is my President” bumper sticker on her Mazda 6.
OSCARS Q&A: 'The Descendants' Filmmaker Alexander... →
Man can do no wrong.
Read the script for "The Artist" →
Lena Dunham | TV | Interview | The A.V. Club →
Me and Frankie saw this film when it played in Manhattan Beach last year. White People Problem movie, he said— meanwhile I try to get him to see Miss Bala with me and he insists on Underworld. The sex scene in the conduit on the construction site has to be one of the more sad-hilarious moments in film history.
Her comments on how one gets into the Criterion Collection:
It really does...
Mormons Still Baptizing Dead Jews Despite... →
So weird.
Cowabunga Dude! Is Jonathan Liebsman Bringing The... →
It’s amazing how they keep making these in such a way that they make money but you never hear of them.
WatchLook out 30-cent-an-hour Chinese labor!
"Downton Abbey": Tracking the Anachronisms : Word... →
Dan Aykroyd now saying he'll just recast Bill... →
Fat guy in a hoodie is interrogating the Arclight usher as to the aperture plate that the projectionist will be using for our “African Queen” screening.
“So, is it 1.37 or what?”
“Facebook is a continuation of high school by other means.”
– von Clausewitz
"Star Trek" method for inventing alien food names
Select name of classic American dish, preferably with anglo-saxon etymology, e.g. stew, broth…
Attach vaguely Armenian last name to front, e.g. Tarkanian, Coserian…
Optionally, put recognizable anglo-saxon animal/anatomical name inbetween: “hog’s leg”, “fish tail”.
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What is Marriage For?
I am a sociologist who does research on families and child well-being, and I am strongly pro-marriage equality. However, while I am aware of all of the social science showing that children of gay/lesbian parents do just as well as children of opposite-sex parents, I did not consider this evidence when forming my opinion. […]
By definition, most families are not...
British Man Using ‘Sovereign Citizen’ Tactics To... →
Sovereign Citizens are my second-favorite favorite crazies behind Redemption theorists.
“I have never seen [JAWS: The Revenge], but by all accounts it is terrible....”
– Michael Caine, revealing a cynical edge