Mmmm... Tammy Littlenut. Sorry, but hey, Used Wigs has a nice way of getting those soon to be out of reach interviews. [Because in my mind The Strangers With Candy movie is going to be a huge goddamn blockbuster.] God bless them. While I'm at it I'll exploit their link to a half decent Sleater Kinney video. I can't quite get myself to link to the tree thing -- but if I were on weed...
Thanks to Stakes is High I now know of The Superficial. The bitch rag of the month. Enjoying it much more than Defamer. But, most likely, in a couple weeks, it will get old and annoying -- just like Defamer and Whatevs...
In case anyone had doubts, I'm glad to report Topher Grace can act. Thuroughly enjoyed his performances in P.S. and In Good Company this weekend. I'd had my suspicions from Traffic and his bits in the Ocean's films, but I'm putting this guy in that Johnny Depp catagory of definitely having a long and prosperous leading man career after his B show tv career if he keeps up these well chosen roles. P.S. is the better of the two as a film that sticks with you after the viewing -- In Good Company pretty much gives you a grin as it flows over you, leaving you happy and content. P.S. tries to pack a bit too much in it's 90 minutes but is chock full of great performances and even has a bit of a Miller's Crossing [definitley on my top 3 Coen Bros. movies] reunion (even though they have no scenes together) with the pretty much always spot on Gabriel Byrne and Marcia Gay Harden.
[Okay -- feeling a need to vent a bit about my Netflix relationship. Until very recently I've been peaches and cream with these guys, as I think this blog shows. But recently, my Friday send-backs haven't been getting to them until Tuesday and, well, I guess that's it... But! I have a feeling that this has something to do with me being unable to return my movies as quickly as I used to... I'm not sure... Hacking Netlflix has some case sudies very close to this with folks saying the same thing... Hey, I'm not saying they're still not the best thing out there, it is -- but -- some cracks are starting to show. And the only reason I can think of is my turnaround rate isn't what it used to be. Just a heads up, I guess. But don't worry NF, you're still my honey. I'd still toss a bomb in a Blockbuster for you any day. Kisses.]
Birth made for a pretty good counter-point for P.S.. Both deal with the what-if situation of a lost love returning from the dead in the from of someone else. 20 years go by and Topher Grace comes back as Laura Linney's lost love. And in Birth 9 years go by and wunderkind Cameron Bright says he's Nicole Kidman's dead finacee. Now, this kid's actually 12 years old know -- so he was actually very close to the nine years old he plays in the movie and his creep-tastic performace is almost worth watching for. Again, this kid (though he has the whole child actor teen drug/booze freakout to attempt to avoid) has a very good chance of being a hell of an actor -- very much like Christian Bale? I mean, look at the headshot he's already got going on IMDb for chrissake. And that Thank You For Smoking sounds pretty good too.
Okay, folks. The Rolling Blackout will be having a seriously lame contest going on in a couple days, so stayed tuned for that. Basically all you'll have to do is tell me you want one and I'll send it to you. Much like this giveaway that I'm doing over st SF -- click here to order yours today.
5/23/2005
5/16/2005
Miskates
Sorry -- seems I screwed up publishing that 5/12 post. (How does one screw up posting on Blogger is the question...?) Well, it's down there now, but I must place another warning about that picture... I swear I saw that guy in Hellboy... Heh. More to come later.
5/13/2005
Factotum
Hey, you know I should be sleeping the sleep of kings right now but I just heard Matt Dillon say some shit about Factotum being made into a movie so here you go...
The what the hell?
The little bit. Really, screw that one, unless this other one doesn't work.
The Real Trailer. I gotta say it looks great. Matt Dillon. You know, I wouldn't put him in position for many roles but this is looking good. Maybe too good though--needs some pock marks, but he definitely has the stance down... Shit, I gotta sleep... Click the pic to buy Chuck's best work.
The what the hell?
The little bit. Really, screw that one, unless this other one doesn't work.
The Real Trailer. I gotta say it looks great. Matt Dillon. You know, I wouldn't put him in position for many roles but this is looking good. Maybe too good though--needs some pock marks, but he definitely has the stance down... Shit, I gotta sleep... Click the pic to buy Chuck's best work.
5/12/2005
Cutely Horrifyingly Funnily
Is it just me or are the Kidz Bop people moving up in terms of production value?
From Kelly to the Alligator on Guitar
And to go from cute to highly--and I really mean quite fucked-up--disturbing... really I don't know why this should be passed around but I can't help myself now--it's like The Ring! I followed these instructions from Patton's blog after he warned over and over again and blah blah blah...
"Go to jimgoad.net
Click on 'Lounge'
Scroll down, and click on 'Their worst day ever…'
That's where the picture is. And that's three steps until you can see
it. I want to make sure anyone reading this actually wants to see this
horrible, horrible picture."
The first picture will make you laugh, the second picture -- well, depending on your constitution... Scarring.
Anywho, so who likes comedy?
The Stella videos have finally found a home that can host -- HERE... I've so far only watched ten or so and 80% of them have been pretty damn funny. Special guest stars include dreamy Paul Rudd on "Woods", Zach Galifinacamackous on "Searching For Santa", and Sam Rockwell on "Bored" (my favorite so far). Who knew so much funny could be made out of rubber penises and necrophelia? But I can attest to the genius of their live performances, which I have doubts about their being able to translate to the Comedy Central show they're getting. Then again, they've been around long enough to know what to do. But if you get the chance, I highly recommed seeing them in person.
I was recently reminded of the great Louis CK's website... it looks like shitballs (and I'm pretty tolerant of shitball looking sites) but there's some great video on there. Winthrop tipped me too the rather wildly uncomfortable "cinema classics nyc" clip in the "rough experimental material" section, not for everyone -- but if you have a sense of humor...
From Kelly to the Alligator on Guitar
And to go from cute to highly--and I really mean quite fucked-up--disturbing... really I don't know why this should be passed around but I can't help myself now--it's like The Ring! I followed these instructions from Patton's blog after he warned over and over again and blah blah blah...
"Go to jimgoad.net
Click on 'Lounge'
Scroll down, and click on 'Their worst day ever…'
That's where the picture is. And that's three steps until you can see
it. I want to make sure anyone reading this actually wants to see this
horrible, horrible picture."
The first picture will make you laugh, the second picture -- well, depending on your constitution... Scarring.
Anywho, so who likes comedy?
The Stella videos have finally found a home that can host -- HERE... I've so far only watched ten or so and 80% of them have been pretty damn funny. Special guest stars include dreamy Paul Rudd on "Woods", Zach Galifinacamackous on "Searching For Santa", and Sam Rockwell on "Bored" (my favorite so far). Who knew so much funny could be made out of rubber penises and necrophelia? But I can attest to the genius of their live performances, which I have doubts about their being able to translate to the Comedy Central show they're getting. Then again, they've been around long enough to know what to do. But if you get the chance, I highly recommed seeing them in person.
I was recently reminded of the great Louis CK's website... it looks like shitballs (and I'm pretty tolerant of shitball looking sites) but there's some great video on there. Winthrop tipped me too the rather wildly uncomfortable "cinema classics nyc" clip in the "rough experimental material" section, not for everyone -- but if you have a sense of humor...
5/10/2005
Feeling Non-Comital (SF - PH)
What's to talk about? Yeah, Paris Hilton got turned into all kinds of dead. But that doesn't beat Orlando Bloom nipples, does it? I guess it does. No, there's nothing to talk about.
5/02/2005
On a Midnight Near You?
The Coolidge Corner Theater's had some pretty good midnight shows the past couple months... Most of you should know about Found Magazine. Well a while ago there was a Found Video presentation. Though there were many funny/disturbing videos shown that night, two of the better ones weren't exactly "found" at all--they are classic 80's videos with a bit of production behind them...
Sadly, after about an hour and a half of searching I could only find this one clip of the brilliant Wendy's training video from 1989 entitled Grill Skill. But I think it does a good job of touching upon the greatness of the whole thing. Click the pic of the magical training rapping dude that comes from the magical training tape at Wendy's.
With Mother's Day coming around here's another one they showed that evening -- Mr. T rappin' at y'all about treating your moms with respect. It's worth the damn commercial. Yes, in 1984 what better rap was flowin' than: Mother/There is no other/Mother/So treat her right
And this is happening in a couple weeks. The whole thing brings more questions to mind than excitement--but it has certainly captured my interest... From the Coolidge Corner Theater website (5/14/05):
Sure, you can have your X-Box super-advanced 3-D action video games, but nothing matches the sheer joy and innocent fun of Asteroids, Berzerk, Combat, Defender, Missile Command, Pac-Man, Space Invaders, and Yars Revenge. Yes, we're talking about the home video game system that started it all - the Atari 2600. To celebrate the long lost art of these classic video games, the Coolidge is turning the ENTIRE theatre into a massive Atari 2600 video arcade for one night only! Join us for Atari on the big screen as we kick off the night with three auditoriums, each featuring a different classic Atari game. We'll play in 5 minute rounds (first come, first play, just like at the arcade), with judges passing out raffle tickets to the best players.
Then at 1:00, join us for a final Championship Round between the best players (drawn from our lucky raffle participants) on the GIANT SCREEN. Yeah, it's just like that Fred Savage movie THE WIZARD, which, what do you know, we'll be screening immediately afterwards!
Sadly, after about an hour and a half of searching I could only find this one clip of the brilliant Wendy's training video from 1989 entitled Grill Skill. But I think it does a good job of touching upon the greatness of the whole thing. Click the pic of the magical training rapping dude that comes from the magical training tape at Wendy's.
With Mother's Day coming around here's another one they showed that evening -- Mr. T rappin' at y'all about treating your moms with respect. It's worth the damn commercial. Yes, in 1984 what better rap was flowin' than: Mother/There is no other/Mother/So treat her right
And this is happening in a couple weeks. The whole thing brings more questions to mind than excitement--but it has certainly captured my interest... From the Coolidge Corner Theater website (5/14/05):
Sure, you can have your X-Box super-advanced 3-D action video games, but nothing matches the sheer joy and innocent fun of Asteroids, Berzerk, Combat, Defender, Missile Command, Pac-Man, Space Invaders, and Yars Revenge. Yes, we're talking about the home video game system that started it all - the Atari 2600. To celebrate the long lost art of these classic video games, the Coolidge is turning the ENTIRE theatre into a massive Atari 2600 video arcade for one night only! Join us for Atari on the big screen as we kick off the night with three auditoriums, each featuring a different classic Atari game. We'll play in 5 minute rounds (first come, first play, just like at the arcade), with judges passing out raffle tickets to the best players.
Then at 1:00, join us for a final Championship Round between the best players (drawn from our lucky raffle participants) on the GIANT SCREEN. Yeah, it's just like that Fred Savage movie THE WIZARD, which, what do you know, we'll be screening immediately afterwards!
4/26/2005
Add Two More Tease Me's, Please
Since I was in a frenzy of posting video clips last night--and this morning these two were staring me in the face I simply felt the need to preserve these two on the ol' TRB as well. This first one is another gift from our friends in France. All freedomy as they are, they've gone and dipped into the slasher pic genre. A couple of sweet innocent ladies have gotten themselves in a bit of trouble while trying to visit the 'rents in the countryside. This movie's been around in festivals and such for two years now--it's finally coming stateside via Lions Gate on June 3rd. Word is that it's damn good for what it is--a maniac killer movie, but with uncommonly great performances, but then there's the end where it has a pull-the-rug finale. Anyway, here's the teaser, click it...
Chris Cunningham creeps me the fuck out. His work with Aphex Twin is some of the most surreal stuff that's gotten to large market in this country--I barely made it through his Director's Series dvd -- it's much darker than Spike Jonze's and Gondry's stuff. And when I say dark I mean nightmare shit. Anyway, as much as I feel completely uncomfortable around his work--I am at the same time drawn to it. He knows precisely what he's doing and taps into some weird primal eerieness--sort of like an urban David Lynch without the subtlety. This whole teaser thing isn't much--but I've no doubt that the completed project is something worth keeping an eye shut for. Click the-what-the-hell-is-that below.
Wait! One more from m'lady to make it three -- a claymation New Order video that would have went well with the animation theme going on last night. This one beats that Arcade Fire video rather soundly. Anyway, here it is.
While I'm here again I might as well mention like some others I'm sure have recently, that Fiona Apple's unreleased Jim O'Rourke produced album Extraordinary Machine is pretty damn good. For whatever it's worth, I've never really been a fan of hers in the past -- her songs have always been those that I've never been opposed to but never liked enough to go out and buy n album. Her politics have been a bit off-putting, for lack of a better word. But I've known she's been the gal of one of my favorite directors for a while now (for all I know they've been long since seperated) and so I've always held out a sort of feint interest in her. Anyhow, I've gotta say this new unreleased one of hers is far superior to anything I've heard from her in the past. That's all, I swear.
Chris Cunningham creeps me the fuck out. His work with Aphex Twin is some of the most surreal stuff that's gotten to large market in this country--I barely made it through his Director's Series dvd -- it's much darker than Spike Jonze's and Gondry's stuff. And when I say dark I mean nightmare shit. Anyway, as much as I feel completely uncomfortable around his work--I am at the same time drawn to it. He knows precisely what he's doing and taps into some weird primal eerieness--sort of like an urban David Lynch without the subtlety. This whole teaser thing isn't much--but I've no doubt that the completed project is something worth keeping an eye shut for. Click the-what-the-hell-is-that below.
Wait! One more from m'lady to make it three -- a claymation New Order video that would have went well with the animation theme going on last night. This one beats that Arcade Fire video rather soundly. Anyway, here it is.
While I'm here again I might as well mention like some others I'm sure have recently, that Fiona Apple's unreleased Jim O'Rourke produced album Extraordinary Machine is pretty damn good. For whatever it's worth, I've never really been a fan of hers in the past -- her songs have always been those that I've never been opposed to but never liked enough to go out and buy n album. Her politics have been a bit off-putting, for lack of a better word. But I've known she's been the gal of one of my favorite directors for a while now (for all I know they've been long since seperated) and so I've always held out a sort of feint interest in her. Anyhow, I've gotta say this new unreleased one of hers is far superior to anything I've heard from her in the past. That's all, I swear.
4/25/2005
Kids Power Out on Mars Space Orchid
Hey kids, wanna watch a funny show? It's called The Kids Show. See how that works out. Thank you, Mathew Tobey, I miss your mp3 blog -- why no updates for three months? That twised little show reminds me a lot of the dearly missed TV Funhouse -- the one that Comedy Central will hopefully release a dvd of some day...
What, more animation? How about that video for Arcade Fire's Neighborhood #3 (Power Out) -- it's well done if not a little boring in the mid-section. I can't help but think of those little hooded things from the first Star Wars movie. Thanks Stereogum.
And finally one from a special fellow (you're still making my firefox crash every time though)-- Space. No, it's not the new Daft Punk video, you ass. Sorry. I guess they're French -- and this was condsidered a hit in 1977 according to All Music. Via this place.
Which reminds me, I haven't updated what's been going on in the mix lately so let me give a small break down of some things you should give a listen to if you're so inclined. MIA's new cd Arular is pretty darn good for your booty. Ahem. Sam Prekop's Who's Your New Professor is a damn fine listen. And because they're suposedly playing the MFA sometime this summer I've been catching up on Mouse From Mars, and if you haven't, I suggest you do the same. And of course there's that new White Stripes single. Blue Orchid. Thanks you.
Ok, now I can go watch Primer and get some sleep. If all those links work -- amen.
What, more animation? How about that video for Arcade Fire's Neighborhood #3 (Power Out) -- it's well done if not a little boring in the mid-section. I can't help but think of those little hooded things from the first Star Wars movie. Thanks Stereogum.
And finally one from a special fellow (you're still making my firefox crash every time though)-- Space. No, it's not the new Daft Punk video, you ass. Sorry. I guess they're French -- and this was condsidered a hit in 1977 according to All Music. Via this place.
Which reminds me, I haven't updated what's been going on in the mix lately so let me give a small break down of some things you should give a listen to if you're so inclined. MIA's new cd Arular is pretty darn good for your booty. Ahem. Sam Prekop's Who's Your New Professor is a damn fine listen. And because they're suposedly playing the MFA sometime this summer I've been catching up on Mouse From Mars, and if you haven't, I suggest you do the same. And of course there's that new White Stripes single. Blue Orchid. Thanks you.
Ok, now I can go watch Primer and get some sleep. If all those links work -- amen.
4/21/2005
A Castle in Kazakhstan
[I know I missed my sorta promised Monday night post this week but us Massatwoshits state employees don't work on Patriots Day, my apologies...]
There are probably a lot of people not into Japanese animation that have caught a Miyazaki movie and been a bit enchanted -- the guy is fairly amazing at creating grandiose otherworldly universes, with sweeping and very original stories that manage to translate well across the globe. This one looks to be another feather in his cap and the animation looks amazing in that sexy quicktime (small - medium – large - x-large). Also funny because I know a guy named Howl and I’m sure he’s always wanted a moving castle. (Thanks again AICN.)
A while ago I got steered to this article from somewhere and thought that another season of Da Ali G Show was underway. It’s a damn funny story if you’re familiar with Sacha Baron Cohen’s character from that show, Borat. And even if you aren’t, really. Well, it became a bit clearer that after that incident it wasn’t a new season they were filming but an actual Borat-centric movie. Word got out that Sacha got in a bit of a row with the director he’d hired and then things went silent. And really with this type of project, you can’t be too sure that what was getting out was really the truth, or the guy just having fun with the press. But now good news – a new and improved director has stepped up to bat for Borat in the form of the possibly genius-y Larry Charles (save for the Mad About You stuff). Click here for the CHUD article and its own back-story about the goings on of this project. Thinking about it now, Borat seems like a much better character to be basing a movie around rather than Mr. Ali G -- click HERE for my review of Ali G Indahouse movie and Larry Charles' very much underrated Masked & Anonymous [how strangely convenient] -- here's HBO's own Borat bio...
"Borat Sagdiyev is Kazakhstan's sixth most famous man. A leading journalist from the State run TV network, Borat has been sent to the United States to report on all aspects of American life. From baseball to Broadway, Borat asks the questions no westerner would dream of in his tireless quest for knowledge, telling dating agencies he will 'crush' women who are unfaithful, touching the penises of Vietnam veterans in Atlanta, urinating on trees with new age gurus in Sedona. Borat on his first ever trip abroad presents a picture of America that only Charles Manson would recognize. "
Click the pic there to witness one of the funniest and yet most thuroughly disturbing things from Borat's escapades in America. And if that link doesn't work try one of these: HERE or HERE? Sorry, my ride on the information superhighway is running low on gas tonight and can't quite be bothered to double check these last few links.
Oh, but before I sign off and watch the rest of this rather kick ass White Stripes movie (a bit more than enough crotch-shots of Jack--but visions of barefoot Meg will be drumming in my head tonight), I want to implore you to read this visit to the set of The 40 Year-Old Virgin. The movie's IMDb page has been sitting over there on my rather stagnant-because-I'm-lazy sidebar for a good while now ever since I stumbled upon the fact that Steve Carrell's getting his own leading role in a Judd Apatow movie. This will be the last AICN link I'll post on here for a while, I promise. But it's a damn funny article.
There are probably a lot of people not into Japanese animation that have caught a Miyazaki movie and been a bit enchanted -- the guy is fairly amazing at creating grandiose otherworldly universes, with sweeping and very original stories that manage to translate well across the globe. This one looks to be another feather in his cap and the animation looks amazing in that sexy quicktime (small - medium – large - x-large). Also funny because I know a guy named Howl and I’m sure he’s always wanted a moving castle. (Thanks again AICN.)
A while ago I got steered to this article from somewhere and thought that another season of Da Ali G Show was underway. It’s a damn funny story if you’re familiar with Sacha Baron Cohen’s character from that show, Borat. And even if you aren’t, really. Well, it became a bit clearer that after that incident it wasn’t a new season they were filming but an actual Borat-centric movie. Word got out that Sacha got in a bit of a row with the director he’d hired and then things went silent. And really with this type of project, you can’t be too sure that what was getting out was really the truth, or the guy just having fun with the press. But now good news – a new and improved director has stepped up to bat for Borat in the form of the possibly genius-y Larry Charles (save for the Mad About You stuff). Click here for the CHUD article and its own back-story about the goings on of this project. Thinking about it now, Borat seems like a much better character to be basing a movie around rather than Mr. Ali G -- click HERE for my review of Ali G Indahouse movie and Larry Charles' very much underrated Masked & Anonymous [how strangely convenient] -- here's HBO's own Borat bio...
"Borat Sagdiyev is Kazakhstan's sixth most famous man. A leading journalist from the State run TV network, Borat has been sent to the United States to report on all aspects of American life. From baseball to Broadway, Borat asks the questions no westerner would dream of in his tireless quest for knowledge, telling dating agencies he will 'crush' women who are unfaithful, touching the penises of Vietnam veterans in Atlanta, urinating on trees with new age gurus in Sedona. Borat on his first ever trip abroad presents a picture of America that only Charles Manson would recognize. "
Click the pic there to witness one of the funniest and yet most thuroughly disturbing things from Borat's escapades in America. And if that link doesn't work try one of these: HERE or HERE? Sorry, my ride on the information superhighway is running low on gas tonight and can't quite be bothered to double check these last few links.
Oh, but before I sign off and watch the rest of this rather kick ass White Stripes movie (a bit more than enough crotch-shots of Jack--but visions of barefoot Meg will be drumming in my head tonight), I want to implore you to read this visit to the set of The 40 Year-Old Virgin. The movie's IMDb page has been sitting over there on my rather stagnant-because-I'm-lazy sidebar for a good while now ever since I stumbled upon the fact that Steve Carrell's getting his own leading role in a Judd Apatow movie. This will be the last AICN link I'll post on here for a while, I promise. But it's a damn funny article.
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