Jake Lloyd is a 20-year-old young man who is like a lot of 20-year-old young men. He went to high school, and suffered the casual cruelties and careless aggressions of adolescence. He took a year off and is now in... CONTINUE READING WE ARE ALL AGING ANAKIN SKYWALKERS»
Posted on July 24, 2009 in Where Are They Now?
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Tags: Aging | Anakin Skywalker | Child Actors | George Lucas | Jake Lloyd | Star Wars Episode I: Phantom Menace
The People Vs. George Lucas trailer, you guys: All adults! Everyone in this movie is a fully grown adult complaining about children's movies. I'm surprised they had time to sit down for a talking-heads interview. Aren't they worried someone's going... CONTINUE READING THE NERDS VS. GEORGE LUCAS»
Posted on February 13, 2009 in Documentaries, Trailer
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Tags: George Lucas | Jar Jar Binks | Nerds | Star Wars
George Lucas was in Washington this week to talk to congress about an alternate internet service reserved for educational purposes. Fair enough. That is acceptable. It was his answers to questions posed by Examiner that was unacceptable: Lucas, who was... CONTINUE READING GEORGE LUCAS IS ENDORSING HIMSELF FOR PRESIDENT OF STUPIDISTAN»
Posted on June 26, 2008 in Oh, Yuck!, Politics
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Tags: Barack Obama | Election 2008 | George Lucas
I know that I am losing in my campaign against Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, which is weird since I have more money and much more public support than either Spielberg or Lucas (or Ford or... CONTINUE READING INDIANA JONES AND THE KINGDOM OF THE YOU'VE GOT TO BE FUCKING KIDDING ME»
Posted on May 16, 2008
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Tags: George Lucas | Harrison Ford | Indiana Jones | Shia LaBeouf | Steven Spielberg
There are a bunch of behind-the-scenes clips from Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull traveling along the information coal mine track today, and while I maintain that this movie looks boring and annoying, this behind-the-scenes footage is... CONTINUE READING STEVEN SPIELBERG AND GEORGE LUCAS ARE BORING OLD MEN»
Posted on May 15, 2008 in Behind The Scenes
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Tags: Aging | George Lucas | Harrison Ford | Indiana Jones And The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull | Shia LaBeouf | Steven Spielberg
The mystery and allure that shrouds George Lucas's Skywalker Ranch is legendary among fans. It has even spawned a mediocre Cheetos-fart comedy, Fanboys, in which a team of crack supernerds attempts to sneak onto the property to steal a print... CONTINUE READING GEORGE LUCAS WOULD LIKE TO SELL YOU AN OVERPRICED BASKET OF BUFFALO WINGS»
Posted on May 2, 2008 in Behind The Scenes
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Tags: George Lucas | Indiana Jones | Nerds | Skywalker Ranch | Star Wars
The LA Times today has a report from the famed George Lucas enclave, Skywalker Ranch, complete with uninteresting photos, and a lot of sycophantic mutterings. It is true, that the ranch appeals to even the tiniest of nerds, and for... CONTINUE READING GEORGE LUCAS'S SKYWALKER RANCH IS EVERYTHING YOU'VE NEVER DREAMED OF, AND LESS»
Posted on February 29, 2008 in Behind The Scenes
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Tags: Andrew W.K. | Fanboys | George Lucas | Nerds | Skywalker Ranch | Star Wars
Carrie Prejean turned the video camera off, put on some clothes, and stepped out of her house. It was a beautiful day outside. The air smelled like apples, and the late morning light hit the world in just such a...
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If you are a sassy and sarcastic young man in an American sitcom who represents the sitcom writer's desire that a nerdy Jewish teenager can somehow be the desirable romantic hero in this world, then eventually you will get a...
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I shouldn't even be here right now. I SHOULD BE GETTING INTO MY COSTUME! If I don't hurry, my facepaint won't be dry before I get to the MOONVIE theater, and everyone will be like "hahah, you look like you're...
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The Challenge: I had to go on a 3.5 hour bus tour of totally random TV and film locations in New York City. Alone, and wearing a specific ridiculous tshirt. And I had to find someone to take my picture...
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Uh. OK. Well, first let's address what this movie did well, like the disappointed parents we are (or at least that I am), recognizing that the negative feedback won't be useful or constructive if it isn't preceded by something positive....
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