I have never read Beowulf. I own a recent paperback translation (w/ explanatory footnotes) by Howell D. Chickering, Jr. but owning is not the same as reading. For one thing, I don't even like regular poetry, much less epic Olde... CONTINUE READING THE HUNT FOR THE WORST MOVIE OF ALL TIME: BEOWULF»
Posted on August 24, 2009 in
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Tags: Angelina Jolie | Anthony Hopkins | Beowulf | Crispin Glover | John Malkovich | Ray Winstone | Robert Zemeckis | Robin Wright Penn | St. Vincent
For the record, I like Crispin Glover. A lot. I really like River's Edge, and there's this movie called Twister that is not the storm-chasing movie, but is a really weird "comedy" from 1989 with Dylan McDermott, and Hary Dean... CONTINUE READING THIS IS YOUR MUSIC VIDEO: CRISPIN GLOVER'S "CLOWNY CLOWN CLOWN"»
Posted on July 27, 2009 in
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Tags: Crispin Glover
Alice in Wonderland trailer, you guys: Well, that looks neat, I guess. (You say you did all of that with a what now? A computahuh?) Also: unnecessary. Did we need Tim Burton's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory? Not really. But... CONTINUE READING TIM BURTON'S ALICE IN WONDERLAND LOOKS AS UNNECESSARY AS IT DOES NEAT»
Posted on July 22, 2009 in
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Tags: Alice In Wonderland | Anne Hathaway | Christopher Lee | Crispin Glover | Helena Bonham Carter | Johnny Depp | Mia Wasikowska | Tim Burton
Crispin Glover is objectively awesome, but this is actually FOR kids, so it's kind of strange. This would kind of scare me: I've never been afraid of spiders, until now. (There are other nursery rhymes by celebrities where this came... CONTINUE READING CRISPIN GLOVER READS LITTLE MISS MUFFET AND IT'S EXACTLY WHAT YOU'D THINK»
Posted on March 19, 2009 in
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Tags: Crispin Glover
The whole "is Joaquin Phoenix really retiring from acting to become a rapper?" and/or "hoax?" debate was getting so Joaquin Boring. People claimed he made it all up. He claimed those people were just jealous (what?). It turns out... CONTINUE READING JOAQUIN PHOENIX ON LETTERMAN MADE JOAQUIN PHOENIX INTERESTING AGAIN»
Posted on February 12, 2009 in
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Tags: Crispin Glover | David Letterman | Drugs | Hoaxes | Joaquin Phoenix