Did you know that Ben Gibbard makes his acting debut in the John Krasinski adaptation of David Foster Wallace's book? And did you know that you can watch it here? Answer Key: true, true.... CONTINUE READING BRIEF INTERVIEWS WITH THE GUY FROM DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE»
Posted on October 19, 2009 in
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Tags: Ben Gibbard | Brief Interviews With Hideous Men | David Foster Wallace | Death Cab For Cutie | John Krasinski
Brief Interviews with Hideous Men trailer, you guys: Well, there you go. One thing that is so interesting in David Foster Wallace's original book are the completely decontextualized fragments of "interviews" with "hideous men." They're snapshot character portraits that are... CONTINUE READING BRIEF INTERVIEWS WITH HIDEOUS MEN TRAILER EXPLAINS SOME THINGS»
Posted on September 8, 2009 in
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Tags: Ben Shenkman | Brief Interviews With Hideous Men | David Foster Wallace | John Krasinski | The Flaming Lips | Will Arnett | Will Forte
It's Complicated trailer, you guys: Wait a second, you're telling me that this is from the same person who did Something's Gotta Give? HOW IS THAT EVEN POSSIBLE?! (I'm a jerk. But also come on, guys, let's paint, exercise, and... CONTINUE READING BEING WHITE IS HARD: IT'S COMPLICATED»
Posted on August 7, 2009 in
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Tags: Alec Baldwin | It's Complicated | John Krasinski | Meryl Streep | Nancy Meyers | Steve Martin
The Los Angeles Times has some of the first footage from John Krasinksi's adaptation of David Foster Wallace's Brief Interviews with Hideous Men. It's a montage of a guy giving the same speech to various girlfriends explaining why the relationship... CONTINUE READING IS ANY WRITER MORE INAPPROPRIATE TO ADAPT FOR FILM THAN DAVID FOSTER WALLACE?»
Posted on January 20, 2009 in
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Tags: Brief Interviews With Hideous Men | David Foster Wallace | John Krasinski
After the success of her Will Ferrell-starring Christmas video last year, Aimee Mann has gone all out this year to prove she's friends with a lot of comedians (JK, I'm obviously just jealous) with her own version of A Christmas... CONTINUE READING AIMEE MANN GETS SCROOGED »
Posted on December 22, 2008 in
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Tags: Aimee Mann | John C. Reilly | John Krasinski | Michael Cera | Michael Penn | Tim Heidecker
The Office dreamboat and new Blackberry spokesperson John Krasinski joined Aimee Mann on stage the other night for duet of "Winter Wonderland," for some reason, and someone in the audience caught it on tape. It's pretty cute: If you're involved... CONTINUE READING JOHN KRASINSKI CAN'T SING, BUT THAT'S OKAY»
Posted on December 8, 2008 in
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Tags: Aimee Mann | Depeche Mode | John Krasinski | The Office
Last night's episode of The Office was too charming to even talk about the charming parts (Michael and Holly Forevs!), but once again, the show has willed an internet thing into existence merely by mentioning it! First, it was "Cookie... CONTINUE READING THE OFFICE TELLS THE INTERNET TO MAKE AN OFFICE ROBBERY WIKIPEDIA PAGE»
Posted on October 24, 2008 in ,
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Tags: David Byrne | John Krasinski | Steve Carell | The Office | Wikipedia
A couple of weeks ago, I wrote an open letter to The Office, explaining that while the show was great and funny, someone, or possibly a group of people, had taken one too many Whoops pills before the casting session,... CONTINUE READING KEVIN ON THE OFFICE IS RETARDED»
Posted on May 16, 2008
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Tags: Brian Baumgartner | Ed Helms | Greg Daniels | Jenna Fischer | John Krasinski | Michael Scott | Ricky Gervais | Stephen Merchant | Steve Carell | The Office
My friend Andrew asks a pertinent question about The Office, you guys: "Is the conceit of the program still that they're being filmed for a documentary? Does that even make sense anymore?" That is a good question, and I think... CONTINUE READING THE OFFICE IS NOT REALISTIC!»
Posted on May 2, 2008 in
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Tags: Jenna Fischer | John Krasinski | Michael Scott | Ricky Gervais | Stephen Merchant | Steve Carell | The Office
John Krasinski's Muppet-like face (yes, second time today I've compared a face to a Muppet) makes him perfect for the close-up reaction shots we need to navigate the absurdity of The Office. As the media often points out, Krasinski's Halpert... CONTINUE READING THE MANY FACES OF JIM HALPERT»
Posted on April 21, 2008 in ,
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Tags: Jim Halpert | John Krasinski | Martin Freeman | The Office
