August 2010
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What a stupid ad campaign, and those cats looked scary even to me.
– Hollywood 2.0 bête noire Nikki Finke coyly acknowledges her éminence grise status among cat ladies while dissing Kitty Galore’s opening weekend.
July 2010
29 posts
Spirit, Opportunity, Curiosity
New game: Mars rover or illegitimate daughter of Thomas Jefferson?
For me, the most notable thing about the summer of 2000 was when “Don’t worry, Big Mommaʼll be here” briefly supplanted “Don’t Worry, Be Happy” in the popular imagination.
It isn’t so much a question of if Guy Fieri’s midlife crisis will resemble a Smash Mouth reunion; it’s a question of how badly.
“What dilated pupils you have!”
“The better to ecstasy you with.”
M: The Waiting for Guffman guy used to be married to Liza Minnelli?
R: No. David Gest used to be married to Liza Minnelli. Christopher Guest is married to some other dude.
Grace note
Hans Zimmer’s score for Inception is a spiritual successor to Trevor Jones’ score for Dark City.
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Just tried the pinching. It was awesome.
– My friend J____, upon finally joining the smartphone-toting ranks.
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500 million friends →
Part of me wishes Fincher had done something completely batshit insane like rig Eisenberg for performance-capture and insert a CG Zuckerberg, Gollum-like, into the otherwise live-action movie. Given the Facebook CEO’s flat affect, the production could probably have gotten away with whatever Zemeckis is smoking these days. (Beautiful use of Scala & Kolacny Brothers’ 2002 cover of...
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I can’t wait for HBO to option Apple’s FaceTime commercials.
It’s not that you’re a dork or I’m a dork—it’s that we’re dorks about the same stuff. That’s what’s so fucking great.
“I’m a voyeur—just like you, Max” is the most insightful thing someone who got my name wrong has ever said to me.
LeBron, LeBron, LeBron!
– Jan Brady
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Bumblefuck
H: These fireflies remind me of shooting stars.
R: They remind me of that blinking light on the smoke detector that you only notice when you can’t sleep.
Sometimes I wonder what the other Lindsay Lohan from The Parent Trap is up to. She’s probably a marine biologist by now.
I get the feeling Mel Gibson really wants to headline the Taken sequel.