CAN’T WE ALL JUST GET ALONG?
(Forecast calls for mild spoilers.) Watching Jody Hill’s Observe and Report, you may find yourself experiencing a sensation of disappointment. If you do, that’s a good thing.
NYAFF 2009 and Hypnotic Escapism
The New York Asian Film Festival wants to help you escape joblessness, global pandemics and despair. Why don’t you let it? (Info here).
Herbie Popnecker, Reviewed
At Chris’ Invincible Super-Blog, Chris attempts to review the one where Dracula throws Herbie Popnecker into a pizza oven.
SYNECHDOCHE, ARIZONA
In the final episode of St. Elsewhere, something strange happens. Snow begins to fall around St. Eligius Hospital, and we cut to an image of Dr. Donald Westphall’s autistic son Tommy, a minor character in the series up to this point. He sits, staring at a snow globe, […]
“That Yellow-Shirted Such-and-Such”
Frank Miller’s Charlie Brown, Thumbsuckers. (With updated link)
So Awful It Moves Past Parody
Vaniel found some awful description in a fantasy novel: “Really, all I could think was, ‘I have got to scan this tomorrow because no one will believe how awful it is.” It’s so awful it’s gone back around to being good again–but for all the wrong reasons.’ It’s […]
The Cultural Gutter 