August 2010
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My Year In Movies #92: Memories
This is actually three separate short films released as one; I quite enjoyed this. The second one, “Stink Bomb”, especially. Check it out some time.
Bearsharktopus-Man: An Open Letter to Maryland... →
On this recent mailer from her campaign:
To: nancy.king@senate.state.md.us
Re: Comics and Classrooms
Dear State Senator King, Let me start by saying I’m sure we have far more in common than we disagree about. But as a former educator and current comic book writer and artist, I felt…
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A cover of “Jesus Christ” by Brand...
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My Year In Movies #91: In Bruges
A serious meditation on guilt and absolution, In Bruges is also hysterically funny. Colin Farrell (who won a Golden Globe for this)and Brendan Gleeson are perfect as Irish hit-men hiding in a Bruge, Belgium, that is alternately heaven, hell, and purgatory, all at once.
Much like Vienna in The Third Man, Bruges is a character itself in the film; for Ralph Fiennes, it’s a place of...
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My Year In Movies #90: Scott Pilgrim vs The World...
SHOCK AND SURPRISE: I still love this movie. Please refer to this as to the reasons why.
Also: watch this video.
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nnnidevenknow asked: less a question, more of a "i still need to send you the $ and get that rnr ep and shirt from you".
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bistrowen asked: Do you think the wordplay question was just a warmup for the entomology/etymology question?
reallyreallyprofound asked: an entymologist would know the difference!
reallyreallyprofound asked: What is the difference between an etymologist and an entomologist?
reallyreallyprofound asked: do you appreciate play-on-words jokes?
Ask me questions →
I’ll, like, totally answer and and make you think about death and get sad and stuff.*
*not a guarantee
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We Need Vices →
I made a mix on 8tracks.com, go listen to it.
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My Year In Movies #89: Scott Pilgrim vs The World
If you know anything about me at all, or have been reading this tumblr, or my twitter, you know I have been looking forward to this movie since it was announced. It’s been hard for me to talk about it since I saw it Wednesday in anything more than a general “OMG ITS SO AWWWWWWWWWWWESOME!” way. I have a deep connection to the Scott Pilgrim series of OGNs, and especially the...
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My Year In Movies #88: Reign Of Fire
I can’t really say this was a good movie. Because it wasn’t. It was actually pretty ungood. I mean, it wasn’t flat-out terrible or anything. But it seemed like one long wasted opportunity. You have DRAGONS and they’ve TAKEN OVER THE PLANET. And you don’t have a whole lot of hot* dragon on dragon action? That is a failure of massive proportions in my book. I totally...
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My Year In Movies #87: The Brothers Bloom (2nd...
Loved this just as much the second time, if not even more. I had to make my girlfriend and my sister both watch it, so we did. And much fun was had by all. Hooray!
Anonymous asked: Well who is that bridge burning song about? Don't pussy out on us now.
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This is titled “Grab the Gas, We’ve...
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My Year In Movies #86: The Brothers Bloom
“There’s no such thing as an unwritten life, just badly written ones.”
So, much like Brick, this movie impressed me with how confident and stylish Rian Johnson’s direction is. And goddamn, was this a FUN movie. I am VERY looking forward to Johnson’s next film, Looper, now.
Special big ups to Rinko Kikuchi for being amazing while only speaking 3 lines in the whole...
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Satsuma
“Now that we’re waiting for another understanding to end, I’m already moving on to begin.” “So when this all ends up with us friends, well then you’ll realize we all start again.” “And again, I try to recommend the way back to me heart is a bullet to the back of your head.” “Well, strike that thought, and strike my name from your list,...
Go Ahead: Ask Me Stuff →
Anonymous questions allowed. Nay: encouraged! Though I don’t mind questions from peeps with real names and faces too.
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My Year In Movies #85: Bronson (2nd viewing)
“Charles Bronson is Britain’s most famous prisoner.
He has spent 34 years in jail, 30 of them in solitary confinement.
He has not yet been granted a release date.”
So I watched this again. This time, I spent the majority of the time marveling at the actual construction of the film. Every shot choice, camera angle, and edit was very deliberate and calculated, as if to portray...
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How I Became Invisible. “No...
QUESTION:
cover Jimmy Eat World, or The Lawrence Arms? TELL ME!
