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Catchphrase! 2

Mar

9

2010

Next year’s Oscar winner, courtesy of Cracked.com:

Sadly, NBC has C&D’d every copy of my very favorite Thanksgiving video off the interwebs (the Sarah McLachlan/Ana Gasteyer duet “Basted in Blood,” which you can listen to here until the lawyers get to it). This, however, is a great substitute. Sadly, the video quality is not great, but this entire sequence from Addams Family ...

And Now For Something Completely Different 1

Nov

9

2009

I’m up to my eyeballs in studying for the GRE – I take it Wednesday and I think I’m close to running through every goddamn GRE math prep question on the internet. So, in lieu of an actual post, please enjoy this TV/Movies mashup Casey found that kind of melted my brain: I’ll probably have ...

Department Of Titlular Hilarity 1

May

2

2009

I get a little listing of all the movies in development and/or about to go into production, which I use to cold-call and beg people for jobs. Occasionally I see a title so goofy that I think, “That can’t possibly be real.” Or at least I do until I see a story in the trades ...

The Most Complicated Evil Plot I Have Yet Devised

Jul

9

2008

I think I’ve figured out how to land myself a job interview next Friday. This theory came to me as I was waiting for my Chinese food for an hour and 15 minutes. I really had to pee, but I just KNEW the guy was going to come while I was in the bathroom. Sure ...

How To Increase The Chances That I Will See Your Horror Movie 2

Jul

7

2008

Start by calling it “Mutant Zombie Vampires From the Hood!“. And actually, you can pretty much stop right there, because the title is just that awesome.

Miscellany From The Last Day of Shooting 4

Jun

28

2008

A few bits of errata, Laz style: — Because we were on a Wednesday-Sunday shooting schedule, I had taken to calling each day “Fake ____”. Like Wednesday was Fake Monday, Thursday was Fake Tuesday, Friday was Fake Wednesday. Today, the last day I have to deal with this shift, I found a flaw in my ...

In Bruges 1

Feb

11

2008

In honor of the movie that’s recently come out (which I have not yet seen, but Tim, of course, has), I wanted to remind people that I have, in fact, actually been to Bruges. I even have photographic evidence of this fact. I even have evidence that Mark was there with me, and that he ...

What Hath Transformers Wrought?

Jan

28

2008

It hath wrought the G.I. Joe movie. He-Man and She-ra, please call your agents.

A Follow-Up To My Previous Post 1

Jan

20

2008

I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry is about as dumb as you’d think. parts of it are dumber, parts of it are not as dumb. Overall…about as dumb. I’m not quite at the point of demanding the filmmakers pay me for the 2 hours I spent watching it, but yet I still think I’d ...