2008

Jul

The Cast of Michael Mann's Public...

Christian Bale … Melvin PurvisJohnny Depp … John DillingerChanning Tatum … Pretty...

skeetonmischa: One episode down, five more left (I picked...

So You Think You Can Dance 2008 has no Lauren.

Clearly The Album Blake Lewis Should...

Jun

So, I assume you’re all eagerly awaiting Katy Perry’s inevitable 2017 Playboy spread,...

Say what you will about this thing, but at least it made me...

via goldenfiddle

George Carlin dies in Los Angeles at 71

“…it’s kind of win-win, except for that 13-year-old...”
— -Alex Balk

The Rap Paul Dergarabedian

Despite Leaks Online and File Sharing, Lil Wayne’s ‘Carter III’ Is a Hit - NYTimes.com I feel...

As if I weren’t in the bag already, the Coens are on...

Cerebral Coach Becomes Mets’ New Manager

via The ‘Fiddle

“We’re going to disable him. Give him a breather,” manager...”
— Glavine headed to DL with...

Paul Newman is reportedly very ill with...

“What’s a goon to a goblin?” may be the most effective SAT...”
— Cocaine Blunts

via Ryan Dombal

I have no proof of this, but if you could see the look of discontent and detachment on the face of...

May

Apple - Trailers - Burn After Reading Movie

Pitchfork Writer's Debut Receives 7.5 From...

Sydney Pollack dies at 73

Things Change

“Newsday was so successful in the 1980s that it literally would turn away advertising because there...

“Sagat - My Poem Is…The World According To Sagat”
— Bust The Facts

The Best Part...

of Point Break is when Keanu realizes Patrick Swayze’s crew are the Ex-President bank robbers...

If Jesus himself descended from the Heavens, looked me in the eye and asked, “Sean, what can I...

I rented Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem tonight because it will make me forget about the world for 102...

Vicky Cristina Barcelona: Oh, Bardem.

“The gray Beamer in ‘92 was MEAN! I seen Premier...”
— -Funkmaster Flex, 12:05 AM on...

Epherma From a Long Island Weekend, Pt. 1

“The word dailies here refers to select material shot that...”
— an aside from Manohla...

Sources: Knicks could be in competition with...

Amalgamation

So I have the new Scarlett Jo album. I love Scarlett, bad actress but seems like a good egg (Ghost...

My favorite song of the year.

“Yo, anybody that’s not a fan; don’t come to my...”
— kanYe West : Blog

“All we’re saying is that—and this is no...”
— The FADER - Live: Feist Is...

Apr

Burnt Up

Not sure I could be more excited about this movie.

In Defense of Saul Williams' Nike...

This is a great commercial.

This is what happens when you work late and start Google...

“Did you feel conflicted about having Brett Myers on your...”
— Stephen Malkmus’ Fantasy...

I don’t work at this magazine, but this is undeniable.

There’s no crying in willowy retro Brit soul.

Confessions of a Dangerous Mind: Pt. 1

“Hell yeah. Shit is gonna be printed on Ditto Paper. First ish is going to be a 86 page...

Cover-Up

There’s no bigger sucker for this Scarlett Jo sings Tom Waits while Dave Sitek twiddles knobs...

Hot Chip Live On The Radio Doing Sad...

via jezebel.com Eva Amurri stays going out.

via jezebel.com Susan Sarandon’s daughter, Eva...

Andrew Bogut High Fiving Himself (via Simmons) There’s a sadness here.

Illustrator Jordan Crane Reinvents the Dust...

Ricky Jay on Arsenio in 1988. I post this because I watched The Spanish Prisoner last night. And...

Two NBC Sitcoms Test Boundaries of Taste in...

Kristen Wiig is really on another level right now. We’re watching a rising tide.

YOU CAN'T MAKE ME STOP POSTING YAGHTS!!!

50 Cent near 'Spectacular' - Rapper in talks...

Return Of the Buffalo - Revival of Mamet's...

Toni Collette Joins Sam Mendes Film

© MURAKAMI (via brooklyn_museum)

John Mayer: Definitely better at this announcing thing than Vin Scully. (Spotted@Awful Announcing)

I did not see The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford until tonight and now...

I won't lie

I definitely teared up during Ric Flair’s farewell tonight on Monday Night Raw. He never let...

Woody Allen sues American Apparel over ads

Mar

RIP the terrific Jules Dassin

Mos Def To Play Chuck Berry In Chess Film

Lame Duck On the Pond

This is maybe an obvious thought, but I couldn’t help but be concerned, panicked sorta, that...

Al Jaffee is a god.

Leave Britney Alone

I felt good for her and about her during Monday’s episode of How I Met Your Mother, a show I...

Odenkirk, Cross returning to HBO

“The show that looked, in all of its Antonioni-esque...”
— The Hills - TV - Review - New...

RIP Paul Scofield

Benicio del Toro as The Wolfman. Yes.

Something I Can't Co-Sign

The alarming number of men wearing cardigans in New York City right now. Slow down, Vampire Weekend,...

Newsday Axes All Full-Time Film Critics

My hometown paper, and minions of the Sam Zell-controlled Tribune Co. is the lastest victim of...

I love this country.

David Gordon Green to Remake Dario Argento’s...

“I blame Tina Fey and the rest of the returning writers for...”
— Skeet On Mischa

“But no one is a better politician, remembering first names,...”
— Thompson On Hollywood:...

More on My New Hero Saul Bass

Saul Bass doing the opening title sequence for Star Wars Wells hates it; we love it!

Faces I Am Currently Admiring: Tang Wei

“On Orchard Street, where outdoor vendors were selling...”
— Richard Price on the Lower...

Feb

Remaking The Breakfast Club in an Airport?

Faces I Am Currently Admiring: Michelle...

I saw Gone Baby, Gone last night. Monaghan was not as good as she was in Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, but...

Warner Bros. to Absorb New Line

Wait, does she have braces now?

Huey Lewis’ Pineapple Express Theme Song

JEZEBEL SEZ Ashlee & Pete: How Could Two...

The first DVD Ilene ever bought for me was Tarsem’s The Cell, which, I think, to her, looked...

Faces I Am Currently Admiring: The...

Faces I Am Currently Admiring: The First...

Hayley Williams of Paramore

Daniel Day-Lewis: Oh the magnanimity! Marion Cotillard: What...

A Small Response

To The Playlist’s Question “Is The ‘X-Men Wolverine’ Movie Turning Into The...

The Top 10 Shots of 2007: Part One

“I also thought about Sweding a French New Wave movie in...”
— -Michel Gondry on discarded...

Bertolucci ought to direct all rap videos.

Where the hell is Who is Harry Nilsson? (And Why Is...

She Not Gonna Choose You For Standing So...

Tom Waits: “Falling Down” Stereogum says Scarlett Johansson covers Big Time’s...

“Swing, that quality that separates us from the animals, is...”
— -Zach Baron, No Context

This kid got fucking robbed.

I just made this mix. It’s sort of terrible!

I would be blogging right now if my head didn’t feel like a cantaloupe with cream cheese in...

Coens speak 'Yiddish' for Columbia

Barack Obama wins Grammy

Paramount Vantage Sends Free Milkshakes to Press

Scorsese to Helm Bob Marley Doc — Guh

I love this. Though Emile Hirsch is no Farley Granger (who...

GOP sources: Romney to suspend campaign

Hahahahahahahahhahaha

“Please, Mitchell Hurwitz, Pack the ‘Arrested...

“I’ll piss on you like Calvin.”
— Honest To Blog: Diablo...

Joe Johnston to Direct The Wolf Man

It’s been too damn long since John Woo made a film of consequence. Red Cliff, his first...

"'American Idol' Alum Katharine McPhee...

Free The Friends of Eddie Croyle! (Don’t read the last...

Paddy Boy

My favorite writer, in any medium or format, is Paddy Chayefsky. Two days ago would have been his...

Jan

Holy fucking shit.

Carla Gugino: alabaster, pristine, unfadeable.

Saluting Erv

The newsprint will read RIP Prop Joe and it won’t be wrong. But I doff to Ervin H. Burrell...

Young Mitt-o, voice of the young people. My pitch: For comedy purposes, let’s just put this...

“I also recently finally ‘got’ Battles. It’s basically...

THAT BITCH DIABLO CODY GAVE AWAY THE ENDING OF THERE WILL BE BLOOD ON LETTERMAN

And the cheese stands alone.

Why so serious?

Be Your Own Pet’s “Search and Destroy” “Black Hole.” No problem....