Features   ><   Full Blog

Category Archives: Film

In Honor of Natalie Portman’s Best Actress Award

I was extremely proud of one of my favorite human beings last night. It’s a good night to reminisce about how much talent she already had at just 13 years old, in the film Beautiful Girls: Your Thoughts?

Share

150 Of Film’s Most Remembered Lines

They don’t get much more famous than these: Which is the most famous you didn’t hear? Your Thoughts?

Share

Kansas vs. Darwin

From today through March 12, you can screen Kansas vs. Darwin. Description of the film: Even before they took place, the 2005 Kansas school board hearings on evolution were recognized as a pivotal battle in America’s ongoing war over teaching evolution in the public schools. Organized by believers in Intelligent Design and convened by creationists, [...]

Share

The Nothing (Neverending Story + Radiohead’s “How To Disappear”)

Your Thoughts?

Share

How Many Days Did Bill Murray’s Character Spend In A Time Loop In The Film Groundhog Day?

12,403 days (which is 33 years, 358 days). At least according to Simon Gallagher’s math. Even I haven’t ever spent that long trying to win over a girl. via Your Thoughts?

Share

Daily Hilarity: Tosh.0 Explains The Whole Plot Of Human Centipede (Uncut)

Daniel Tosh hilarious recounts the full plot of the supremely gross, transgressive horror film, The Human Centipede: Tosh.0 Tags: Tosh.0 Videos,Daniel Tosh,Web Redemption A few days after I successfully defended my dissertation last year, one of my best friends and I went out for a celebratory dinner and afterwards decided to see a movie on [...]

Share

Daily Hilarity: The Amazing Atheist Drubs Revenge Of The Sith

For those of you who find it cathartic to have my beloved Star Wars prequels dragged through the mud cleverly and didn’t think Mr. Plinkett’s two hour evisceration of Revenge of the Sith was thorough enough, here is The Amazing Atheist’s review of it: You can also find his takedowns of the previous prequels via [...]

Share

Daily Hilarity: Red Letter Media Eviscerates Revenge Of The Sith

I am a Star Wars fan and one of the few passionate defenders of the prequels, each of which I wholeheartedly loved the first dozens of times I saw each one. But, if you are going to hate on the prequels, you cannot do a much more thorough, defensible, or hilarious job than Red Letter [...]

Share

Daily Hilarity: Zuckerberg’s Side Of The Story

Your Thoughts?

Share

Daily Hilarity: Inception A Capella Re-Dub

This made me smile start to finish: Thanks to Pete for the find. Your Thoughts?

Share

Daily Hilarity: 100 Cheesiest Movie Quotes

These are so hilarious but I feel obligated and embarrassed to admit a good handful of the more melodramatic lines were ones I rather liked when I first saw them. Your Thoughts?

Share

Inception Explained For Mac Users

From, via. Your Thoughts?

Share

William Shatner As Stanley Milgram In The 1975 Film “The Tenth Level”

Stanley Milgram was the psychologist who performed the famous obedience experiments which involved getting normal people to go through with administering (what they thought were) extraordinarily painful shocks to other people out of deference to calm but firm orders from an authority figure.  Now Mind Hacks points our attention to The Tenth Level a fascinating bit [...]

Share

Key Lime Pie

Trevor Jimenez’s animated slice of noir: Your Thoughts?

Share

Daily Hilarity: Ominous Music Panics Country

Ominous Music Heard Throughout U.S. Sends Nation Into Panic Thanks to Becca for the link. Your Thoughts?

Share

Facebook + David Fincher + Nine Inch Nails = ?

Trent Reznor has written the score for David Fincher’s The Social Network, which is all about Facebook. While Fincher has not made a film worthy of being mentioned in the same breath as Fight Club since he made, um, Fight Club, since he actually made Fight Club, I still get excited whenever he has a [...]

Share

Austin Pendleton

I grew up on The Muppet Movie and loved the character Max.  I was also the kind of kid to pay very close attention to actors and so at 14 geeked out over seeing Austin Pendleton, who played Max, pop up in a hilarious role in My Cousin Vinny. He’s now directing a show called “Disorder” [...]

Share

“Java 4-Ever”: A Critically Acclaimed Foreign Film About Forbidden Programming

H/T: Greg Laden Your Thoughts?

Share

Daily Hilarity: The 100 Greatest Movie Insults Of All Time

Needless to say, this one is gloriously NSFW (and immensely amusing): Your Thoughts?

Share

Daily Hilarity: A New Pope In A Galaxy Far, Far Away

The absurdity of religious ceremonial pretensions are clarified a bit: Thanks to Heather for the link. Your Thoughts?

Share

My Baby Is Black!

Apparently this is a vintage 27 second TV spot for an actual 1960′s exploitation film: via postbourgie (which also has a good post on the cop video from earlier). Your Thoughts?

Share

Slash Guitar Soloing The Godfather Theme

Pretty great stuff, already viewed millions of times on YouTube: Your Thoughts?

Share

"Skipping Sunday School": A Documentary On Parenting Without Religion And Growing Up Godless

(via Atheist Nexus) Learn more about the topic and the film here. Your Thoughts?

Share

El Empleo

A neat animated short: el Empleo from Caritas Hominum on Vimeo. Thanks to Qasim for the link. Your Thoughts?

Share

Daily Hilarity: Academy Award Winning Movie Trailer

I have watched this trailer spoof a few dozen times since it was released three months ago.  It’s simply brilliant.  It’s quite possibly my favorite internet comedy video of all time. Your Thoughts?

Share