August 2008
Who says you have to suffer for your art? The... →
The L.A. Times glorifies the art of female screenwriting, down to its own perverted heart of joy.
” … So on a recent weekday afternoon — at the 2 p.m. start of the day’s five-hour shift — Lutz efficiently popped a bottle of Leclerc Briant on the poolside deck of her expansive home. Immediately from around the corner came Smith’s hearty “Woo!” as...
“No fancy talk here, just solid, monosyllabic obscenities; no flights of digital...”
– Nathan Lee likes Death Race, and bestows theoretical dignity on the “Bring It On” ethos
(via landsend)
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“Se al posto dei funghetti c’era del Tavernello e lo chiamavano...”
– Valido, re: “Shrooms.”
Brenda’s back! →
weekendance:
and she’s cooler than ever!
“… Miss me?”
Is Jon Stewart the Most Trusted Man in America? →
“The Daily Show resonates not only because it is wickedly funny but also because its keen sense of the absurd is perfectly attuned to an era in which cognitive dissonance has become a national epidemic.”
Minacciosi messaggi in bottiglia da altri fusi...
“Tijuana! Addio. Se le comunicazioni dovessero interrompersi, sappi che ti ho amato come una sorella.”
[ricevuta quattro giorni or sono]
“Io non confonderei affatto il qualunquismo proattivo con il fascioleghismo. Come...”
– Comavigile, qui.
Patetici tentativi di tastare il polso al paese...
“Posto infame. Però ho vinto 347 dollari e 72 centesimi a una slot machine di Guerre Stellari.”
[cartolina da Las Vegas, arrivata stamattina]
Girl Talk, “Give Me A Beat”.
“Liam Neeson è una ex spia a Parigi a cui rapiscono la figlia minorenne Shannon...”
– Friday Prejudice on “Taken”.
Patetici tentativi di tastare il polso al paese...
“Non mi potrò considerare una vera donna finché non sarò capace di correre per i prati degli Stati Confederati in hot pants e sandali a spillo come Daisy di Hazzard.”
[no, not me]
The Insane True Stories Behind 6 Cursed Movies →
dielle:
via kekkoz da Cracked.com
Patetici tentativi di tastare il polso al paese...
“Ho visto cose. Nuovi significati. Cittadina fantasma con free UFO repair center aliens welcome scritto a vernice fluorescente nell’officina di un trentenne con occhi da gatto completamente pazzo che dice di averne avuto uno in giardino per un mese.”
(messaggio in bottiglia, ieri pomeriggio)
“Not since Iago and Othello obsessed on the comely Cassio, not since Richard of...”
– Maureen Dowd on the latest McCain/Obama spat.
“The Germs and Mr. West booked some shows and performed on the 2006 Warped tour,...”
– Shane West as Darby Crash, and viceversa. (via NYT)
Oh, hell no.
“I can’t say that I’m terribly interested in a Streets of Fire 2 absent the integral contributions of Hill, Larry Gross, Ry Cooder and Jim Steinman, but I am tickled by the notion of the film industry’s Schlockmeister General, Albert Pyun, attempting to cash in on largely forgotten box office bomb from the mid-80s.”
The result: this.
This is it, fellas. The moment...
Lessons to learn: Never back down on a good troll... →
ED’s reaction to the wave of interest in Jason’s Craigslist Experiment (and, to a certain degree, to the whole New York Times troll article).
“AVC: Did you see the pilot?
EW: [Hesitates.] Yes I did. [Laughs.]
AVC: Should...”
– Edgar Wright, about the McSpaced pilot | The A.V. Club (via conundrum)
“Sub-editing is a noble profession. It is also a thankless one - particularly...”
– Reading The Guardian online always means there’s something to find.
(grazie, Matteo) 