Love it or hate it, the DeLorean is an icon of 1980s culture, probably most famous for its appearance in the Back to the Future trilogy. With gull-wing doors, a polished stainless steel body, and a low-slung futuristic design (fit for a time-machine…) the DeLorean looked, to many, like a car way ahead of its … Continue reading
Here’s a short film that every American needs to watch. “Skwerl” aims to portray a couple’s interaction through the emotional content of their words, only the words are nonsense gibberish mixed with out-of-place English words. It strikes us as what English must sound like to a foreigner. In fact, it really conjures up memories of … Continue reading
With the fall TV season upon us, everyone (and their 100 monkeys) is writing up fall preview reviews. And it doesn’t look good. So we thought it’s high time network executives take a page from the movie studio handbook: reboots! Movie studios have uncovered a genius solution to the problem of perpetually uninspired movie ideas: … Continue reading
(Noel Murrey, July 28, 2001) Miranda July’s second feature film, The Future, began life as a series of stage performances called Things We Don’t Understand And Are Definitely Not Going To Talk About, in which members of the audience were drafted to play the major roles. But there’s nothing stagey or amateurish about the film, … Continue reading
Very cool time-lapse video taken from the International Space Station (ISS). This is what it would look like if you ever had the chance to board the ISS. You won’t. But, at least now you know what the astronauts see when they look down on Earth at dawn. 8/4/11 Here’s an … Continue reading
Adam Sandler seems like a nice guy. I mean that. He puts all of his less famous (and less funny) friends in his movies and even goes on to produce some of their epic failures. This latest movie, Jack and Jill, well words don’t do the trailer justice. Just let George C. Scott sum up … Continue reading
10 More Ridiculous Movie Clichés. My favorite, the sarcastic hand clap.
Resurrect Dead: The Mystery of the Toynbee Tiles I love a good documentary. And this, well it looks pretty, damn, good. The Toynbee Tiles were mysterious tiles, or plaques, embedded in the asphalt of the streets of several major cities. They seemed to be conveying some unknown, cryptic message of some sort. Or, maybe they’re … Continue reading
“You Got Your Fratboy Humor in My Ironic Hipster Faux-Appreciation of Fratboy Humor!” (from the blog) Yes, yes they did. Hipsters will wrack their brains trying to explain why they “get it”. Fratboys will just wrack their brains. Check out these shorts that take short attention span to a level I didn’t think possible. Pretty … Continue reading
With hulu, Netflix, youtube, and cable on demand, there’s almost no reason to subject oneself to the boring old, cookie-cutter situation comedy anymore. And networks have taken notice. In the last few seasons, edge has been at the forefront of network executives’ wish lists. Enter actor Bret Harrison. Someone decided he’s the “it” guy for … Continue reading
