I'm a Muppet of a Man, I'm a Very Manly Muppet

January 11, 2012 By 1 Comment

Life’s like a movie, make your ending, keep believing, keep pretending… As Tyler Cowen was talking about in the last post, humans are inexorably drawn to stories. I even like to think of every sentence as a story. It stars a subject which verbs something. And in my childhood there were two stories that loomed [...]

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Did NYU Fire a Professor for Giving James Franco a D?

December 21, 2011 By 11 Comments

The Guardian: A professor who was fired by New York University has filed a lawsuit claiming he was dismissed for giving celebrity student James Franco a D grade for poor attendance. Dr José Angel Santana, who taught as an assistant arts professor on the actor’s graduate film course, says that Franco – who supplements his acting career [...]

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Jokers

December 13, 2011 By 4 Comments

via Your Thoughts?

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Arnold Schwarzenegger Explains Total Recall For Us

November 26, 2011 By 4 Comments

Rather hilariously, Arnold seems to think the point of a DVD commentary is to narrate the film for the viewers: Less hilariously, he was elected governor of California. Your Thoughts?

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L. Dicaprio

November 13, 2011 By Leave a Comment

Oscar season has begun: L. DiCaprio (J. Edgar Parody) – watch more funny videos Your Thoughts?

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A Short Film In Fake English

October 12, 2011 By 9 Comments

The film is called Skwerl. Is that what we English speakers sound like to people who can’t understand us? Is this? Your Thoughts?

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Misogyny At The Movies: A 50/50 Film Review

October 12, 2011 By 11 Comments

I am going to break with my normal habit of assiduously avoiding spoilers in my review of the film 50/50. I am also going to succumb shamelessly and repeatedly to my weakness for painfully obvious plays on words:

Filed Under: Feminism, Feminism, Film, Film, Film Reviews, Film Reviews, Women's Issues Tagged With: , , 11 Comments

Everything Is A Remix: The Matrix

October 7, 2011 By 3 Comments

A nice job of illustrating one film’s myriad visual and narrative allusions to prior films and other visual media: If only there were some way to bring so vividly to life a literary or philosophical work’s connections to all that has gone before it. (via) Your Thoughts?

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Parrot (A Short Atheist Film)

September 28, 2011 By 2 Comments

A 20 minute Australian short film about a closeted atheist wants to be the atheist’s Philadelphia or In the Heat of the Night. Here is the trailer: Parrot Short Film Trailer from Myrtle Street Pictures on Vimeo. It looks interesting, but I admit that I am squeamish about the whole idea of self-consciously atheistic filmmaking. So [...]

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Talking To Your Kids About Star Wars, A Public Service Announcement

September 22, 2011 By 7 Comments

It is important to address some things with your children before other people do: httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCjMGOvMghY How have you dealt with introducing Star Wars to your children? Your Thoughts on the right and wrong ways to go about it?

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