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The Wrong Director in the Wrong Place at the Wrong Time
Die Hard 2: Die Harder was on itv2 last night, so this was a nice bit of serendipity — Kevin Smith has published the comp artwork for the cover of the forthcoming An Evening With Kevin Smith 2: Evening Harder DVD: He’s never looked cooler†. Absolute genius, can’t wait. † … well, as cool as…
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Natalie Portman Comes of Age
Sorry, it wasn’t Natalie Portman being photographed topless on a beach by paparazzi, or being cast in V for Vendetta, or shaving her head, but this segment from a recent Saturday Night Live which makes me think “hey, Natalie Portman, not a kid anymore” … Cheers to NBC for letting a kosher version finally become…
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UUUHHHGGG-rrrrRRR!
UUUHHHGGG-rrrrRRR!: Genius.
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78th Academy Award Nominations
The 78th Academy Award Nominations have been released: oh for David Strathairn and Dame Judi Dench to take Best Actor / Actress in a Leading Role …
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“You Call This Archaeology?”: An Indiana Jones Drinking Game
Pending an evening of the Indiana Jones trilogy and a shitload of drinks, I humbly plagiarise and present: To Prepare You’ll need the following: The Indiana Jones trilogy, preferably on Blu Ray: A movie playback device, and a humungous TV (surround sound system recommended) Bunch of friends who aren’t surly drunks A shitload of…
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‘Noooooo’
Darth Vader’s ‘Nooooooo’ in Star Wars Episode III is now somewhat legendary, but in a English -> Chinese -> English translation for a pirate copy, it apparently comes out as “Do not waaaaaaaant!” Excellent.
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Way Down the Food Chain
Here’s where I know I’m a nothing, a nobody. I watched Kill Bill, Vol. 1 at the cinema when it came out a year and a half ago. As soon as I could, I bought the DVD. After watching it both those times, I thought, “Jesus, what a cool flick”, but of course I had…
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Meeja Flip Flop
As I tend to be doing most weekends, I watched a few movies with some mates on Saturday night. Super Size Me (which UK trailers seemed to be announcing as “I, the Super Sized One”, as opposed to the actual title which says “Yes, please make my order Super Sized”) didn’t impress that much. I…
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Whoa, Precious …
It suddenly dawned on me that after my (brief) comments on Reloaded earlier in the year, I forgot to follow through with comments on The Matrix Revolutions. I’ve seen The Matrix countless times now, Reloaded a few times, but I’ve yet to have a repeat viewing of Revolutions after that first time back in November.…