December 2010
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The Other 53 Movies From 2010 I Saw In 2010
In descending order of enthusiasm.
25 that were enjoyably stupid: Dinner For Schmucks, Unstoppable, The Town, Date Night, Twilight: Eclipse, Best Worst Movie, Due Date, Strange Powers: Stephin Merritt And The Magnetic Fields, Piranha 3-D, Hot Tub Time Machine, Change Of Plans, The Runaways, Wild Target, Get Him To The Greek, Survival Of The Dead, The Other Guys, Leaves Of Grass, Splice, Case 39,...
My 10 Favorite Movies Of 2010 That I Saw In 2010:...
The Kids Are All Right: Blurb #6. Critics who get dismissive of “family drama” or cranky over the treatment of Mark Ruffalo’s sperm donor are making me smug.
Easy A: Review. Critics who didn’t bother to see this are making me smug.
MacGruber: “I had a conversation with Powers Boothe, where he said, ‘What is this? Is this Hot Shots?’ And I’d say,...
Electric Six, "My Idea Of Fun" →
Electric Six song of the week. Game over!
A Short Play Inspired By Nearly Colliding Into...
Costello: Hey, that’s Stephen Dorff!
Abbott: What?
Costello: The actor! You know, from Somewhere!
Abbott: Do you not even know the name?
Costello: Somewhere! He plays a famous actor.
Abbott: Well, that must have been a stretch - you can’t even remember the movie’s name!
Costello: I told you, he’s from Somewhere!
Abbott: SO FUCKING WHAT?
Costello: That too!
Fin.
“The detention would also occasionally be interrupted by visits from the...”
– From the fawning but gem-packed ‘80s teen movie overview You Couldn’t Ignore Me If You Tried, which my wife kindly lent me. The director’s cut of The Breakfast Club was apparently three hours, but what I’d really kill to see is a screen test of Rick’s...
Weinstein Co., Miramax Ink Deal to Produce Movie... →
I thought about making an absurd list of movie properties the Weinsteins could resurrect, but as you’ll see in the article, they already did it for me. Copland?
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“Forget it, Anthony: it’s Christmas Town.”
– Leila’s well-played response to my confusion regarding just about everything in Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer last night. I hadn’t seen this special in so long that I forgot all the parts that weren’t in the original song. Why is Santa a megadouche? Did he really say the...
WHAT ARE THE KIDS LISTENING TO THESE DAYS?
Though I’m no longer in the “Best Music Of The Year” business (the only albums I have from 2010 are all from artists I have other albums by that I like more), I still feel the need to catch up with what the teeny poppers and the collegiate rockers are up to every winter. With Matthew’s mixes and Chris’ rolling short list at my disposal, I guess it’s time to...