Hook was a terrible movie, but after 18 years, something good has finally come out of it.... CONTINUE READING OH, CAPTAIN HOOK/JUDGE WON'T YOU THROW THE BOOK/AT THE PIRATE»
Posted on August 31, 2009 in WebJunk
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Tags: Hook | Pogo | Remixes | Robin Williams
It's being reported this morning that Robin Williams has been approached to play Susan Boyle in a movie. Smart. From the New York Post: ROBIN Williams might dig up his "Mrs. Doubtfire" drag and play Susan Boyle in a movie... CONTINUE READING FIRST LOOK AT ROBIN WILLIAMS IN HIS SUSAN BOYLE COSTUME»
Posted on August 25, 2009 in Bad Idea Jeans, Casting Calls
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Tags: Robin Williams | Susan Boyle
The only movies worse than movies about orphaned children who just want to find their parents are movies about children of divorced parents who scheme to get them back together again. What's that all about? Divorce is almost always for... CONTINUE READING THE HUNT FOR THE WORST MOVIE OF ALL TIME: AUGUST RUSH»
Posted on July 6, 2009 in The Hunt For The Worst Movie Of All Time
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Tags: August Rush | Jonathan Rhys Meyers | Keri Russell | Robin Williams | Terrence Howard
Old Dogs trailer, you guys. During the 2008 election, I supported Barack Obama for president. And I was very happy when he won. A lot of people were. But the thing that struck me more than anything last November was... CONTINUE READING OLD DOGS IS THE JOHN MCCAIN OF MOVIES»
Posted on June 11, 2009 in Trailer, What America Wants
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Tags: Aging | John McCain | John Travolta | Old Dogs | Perfection | Robin Williams | Seth Green
The trailer for Kevin Spacey's Sundance hit, Shrink, came out on the internet just now: Kevin Spacey is back! Or, it seems, Lester Burnham from American Beauty has come back to (spoiler) life and become a celebrity shrink, but who... CONTINUE READING I'M A SUCKER FOR WHATEVER KIND OF MOVIE SHRINK IS»
Posted on June 2, 2009 in Trailer
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Tags: Dallas Roberts | Kevin Spacey | Robin Williams | Shrink
On June 9th, it will be 20 years since the cult classic Dead Poets Society opened in theaters, but apparently the film's distributor, Disney, has no plans to package a special 20th Anniversary DVD with cast commentary and a publicity... CONTINUE READING WHERE IS THE DEAD POETS SOCIETY 20TH ANNIVERSARY DVD?»
Posted on May 21, 2009 in Nostalgia
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Tags: Dead Poets Society | Ethan Hawke | Gale Hansen | Josh Charles | Julian Casablancas | Robert Sean Leonard | Robin Williams | The Strokes
There seem to be two basic kinds of robot movies: the dystopian nightmare of technology out of control (Terminator, The Matrix, Blade Runner*), and the robot as metaphor for the human need to make meaning out of existence (A.I., Wall-E,... CONTINUE READING THE HUNT FOR THE WORST MOVIE OF ALL TIME: BICENTENNIAL MAN»
Posted on March 16, 2009 in The Hunt For The Worst Movie Of All Time
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Tags: Bicentennial Man | Chris Columbus | Oliver Platt | Robin Williams | Sam Neil
I don't know what happens when we die. As much as one might like to imagine that there's something else out there because of what unique snowflakes we all are, it seems more likely to me that we just wink... CONTINUE READING THE HUNT FOR THE WORST MOVIE OF ALL TIME: WHAT DREAMS MAY COME»
Posted on March 2, 2009 in The Hunt For The Worst Movie Of All Time
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Tags: Cuba Gooding Jr. | Robin Williams | What Dreams May Come
I realized this weekend that the entire genre of a guileless everyman who stumbles into Washington by accident only to discover that it's up to him to fix American politics was rendered almost instantaneously (and painfully) out of date last... CONTINUE READING THE HUNT FOR THE WORST MOVIE OF ALL TIME: MAN OF THE YEAR»
Posted on November 10, 2008 in The Hunt For The Worst Movie Of All Time
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Tags: Christopher Walken | Laura Linney | Man Of The Year | Robin Williams
This was the video I was going to post first thing this morning if Barack Obama lost the election last night. I encoded it and everything, just in case, but since the mood today seems to be both of elation... CONTINUE READING O CAPTAIN, MY CAPTAIN»
Posted on November 5, 2008 in Politics
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Tags: Dead Poets Society | Robin Williams
Last night, Variety had some news about Robin Williams' new movie: Robin Williams has signed on to star in the dark comedy "World's Greatest Dad" for Darko Entertainment. Bobcat Goldthwait wrote the screenplay and will direct. Story centers on a... CONTINUE READING THE UNFORTUNATE TIMING OF ROBIN WILLIAMS' WORLD'S GREATEST DAD MOVIE NEWS»
Posted on July 16, 2008 in Casting Calls, Viral Marketing
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Tags: Robin Williams
I might be the only one who doesn't think that Sarah Silverman's "I'm Fucking Matt Damon" video love letter to Jimmy Kimmel is the funniest thing. It's nice when celebrities are able to make fun of themselves, but it's mostly... CONTINUE READING JIMMY KIMMEL HATES FAGS»
Posted on February 25, 2008 in Backlashes
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Tags: Ben Affleck | Brad Pitt | Harrison Ford | Jimmy Kimmel | Josh Groban | Lance Bass | Macy Gray | Matt Damon | Robin Williams | Sarah Silverman
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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