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"I don’t want big, I want huge. I don’t want surprising, I want stunning. I don’t..."

Fri, 25 May 2012 20:31:07 -0700

“I don’t want big, I want huge. I don’t want surprising, I want stunning. I don’t want fast, I want explosive. I don’t want accidents, I want disasters. I don’t want dirt, I want filth. I don’t want a storm, I want a hurricane. I don’t want hills, I want mountains. I don’t want groups, I want crowds. I don’t want fear, I want panic. I don’t want suspense, I want terror. I don’t want humor, I want hysteria.”

- Renny Harlin in 1994 … right before dropping anchor on Cutthroat Island.

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Wed, 23 May 2012 20:39:16 -0700

Tyler Perry’s Why Did I Go Hiking?

Sun, 20 May 2012 20:08:16 -0700

Tyler Perry’s Why Did I Go Hiking?

patrickmdunn: Walked out of the movie theater tonight and overheard a puzzled child ask his father...

Fri, 18 May 2012 19:34:00 -0700

patrickmdunn:

Walked out of the movie theater tonight and overheard a puzzled child ask his father a burning question:

“Does The Hulk go to the bathroom when he’s The Hulk or does he wait until he’s back to being a regular person?”

I’ll be up all night pondering this.

Remember that episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation where...

Fri, 11 May 2012 01:39:13 -0700

Remember that episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation where Picard asks Data how old Chelsea Handler is and Data responds with characteristic unnecessary exactitude?

"Last year I basically completely disbanded my production company’s development arm. So I’m not..."

Mon, 07 May 2012 08:07:02 -0700

“Last year I basically completely disbanded my production company’s development arm. So I’m not interested in developing anything. I’m in the ‘Avatar’ business. Period. That’s it. I’m making ‘Avatar 2,’ ‘Avatar 3,’ maybe ‘Avatar 4,’ and I’m not going to produce other people’s movies for them. I’m not interested in taking scripts. And that all sounds I suppose a little bit restricted, but the point is I think within the ‘Avatar’ landscape I can say everything I need to say that I think needs to be said, in terms of the state of the world and what I think we need to be doing about it.”

- James Cameron, being a total downer.

Mon, 07 May 2012 03:23:00 -0700

After hours

Sun, 06 May 2012 20:15:00 -0700

Words cast no shadows, voices carry in the dark; eyes are ultraviolet, mouths are infrared.

Every time the Spider-Man mask comes off and Andrew...

Fri, 04 May 2012 05:18:05 -0700

Every time the Spider-Man mask comes off and Andrew Garfield’s assiduously mussed bedhead springs forth like he’s Elizabeth Taylor in Butterfield 8, I get yanked clean out of the Marvel universe.

I used to think it was noteworthy that, between 1993 and 1995,...

Wed, 02 May 2012 05:30:00 -0700

I used to think it was noteworthy that, between 1993 and 1995, Sylvester Stallone headlined two enormously expensive action movies set in different dystopian futures—but of course the really footnote-worthy thing is that, between 1993 and 1995, Rob Schneider costarred in two enormously expensive Sylvester Stallone movies set in different dystopian futures.

This is what happens when you use Amazon to stream Bravo shows...

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 19:32:57 -0700

This is what happens when you use Amazon to stream Bravo shows to your Roku box.

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Sun, 29 Apr 2012 11:25:22 -0700

"I can’t say anything. Just like I can’t say anything to someone who doesn’t like fish. You can’t..."

Sun, 29 Apr 2012 11:00:00 -0700

“I can’t say anything. Just like I can’t say anything to someone who doesn’t like fish. You can’t explain why fish tastes great and why they should enjoy it. There can only ever be a real reaction, a truthful reaction, when people actually have a chance to see a complete narrative on a particular film.”

- Peter Jackson on shooting The Hobbit at 48 FPS (fish per second).

A glass-floored bathroom situated atop a fifteen-story elevator...

Fri, 27 Apr 2012 10:59:00 -0700

A glass-floored bathroom situated atop a fifteen-story elevator shaft.

Guadalajara-based architects Hernandez Silva Arquitectos recently designed the interior of a new penthouse situated on top of a 1970s Mexican colonial building in Guadalajara, México. A notable feature of the home is a powder room situated atop an unused 15-story elevator shaft.

Memo to Las Vegas and Dubai: I’m disappointed neither of you came up with this first. You really dropped the ~~deuce~~ ball.

Can this be the cover of every novel forever please? [thanks,...

Mon, 23 Apr 2012 18:28:00 -0700

Can this be the cover of every novel forever please? [thanks, sarah]

(Superman Returns is not only Bryan Singer’s Far from Heaven, it is also his Down with Love.)

Sun, 22 Apr 2012 14:20:34 -0700

(Superman Returns is not only Bryan Singer’s Far from Heaven, it is also his Down with Love.)

Confession

Thu, 19 Apr 2012 20:29:03 -0700

I watch so little current television these days, apart from the ephemeral Bravo dreck, that hearing people get worked up about a new show (e.g., HBO’s Girls) feels like eavesdropping on an eschatological debate from The First Council of Nicaea–i.e., religious and a bit alien.

Brava, Bravo.

Thu, 19 Apr 2012 11:02:58 -0700

Brava, Bravo.

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Sat, 14 Apr 2012 01:52:05 -0700

Sometimes I’ll walk into the living room and find Stanley Tucci...

Fri, 13 Apr 2012 22:43:51 -0700

Sometimes I’ll walk into the living room and find Stanley Tucci just waiting there, staring at me from the television.