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Category Archives: Cinematics
¡Charlie Cubeta y la Fábrica de Chocolate!
My kid loves to watch movies in Spanish. Not Spanish language movies, but movies she’s already committed to memory with the Spanish audio track turned on. And now that she’s learning to read, she likes to see the Spanish subtitles, … Read on! —->
A Life in Felt
This weekend, I went to the Museum of the Moving Image in Astoria for the first time. I’ve lived in the New York area my whole life, in the city itself for 16 years, and in Queens for 5, and … Read on! —->
Pixar and the Price of Excellence
I have a small child, so I was legally obligated to take her to see Cars 2 this weekend. By Friday, I’d already read a bunch of unflattering reviews. (I found the one in The Onion AV Club particularly ominous.) … Read on! —->
A Thousand Clowns, Now Available in Non-Imaginary Form
A tweet from Jesse Thorn alerted me to the fact that A Thousand Clowns is now available as a DVD-on-demand from Amazon. This is one of my favoritest movies ever, despite the fact that it’s been nigh impossible to view … Read on! —->
Posted in "Classic" Scratchbomb, Cinematics
Tagged a thousand clowns, amazon, dvd on demand, jesse thorn
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A Terrifying Glimpse of the Future
Over the weekend, I was somehow forced to sit through the last hour of Spy Kids 3D. I’ve never seen any of the Spy Kids films before, but it’s my understanding they’re about kids who are spies. Spy Kids 3D … Read on! —->
My Brief Career as a Professional Ghoul
Elizabeth Taylor has died, which I don’t have any particular comment on. I mean, I’m certainly not glad she’s dead; I just can’t add anything to the discussion of her lengthy career. But when she died, as many people pointed … Read on! —->
A Thousand Clowns and Shep-Colored Glasses
In a recent edition of The Sound of Young America, Jesse Thorn interviewed Barry Gordon, who starred in A Thousand Clowns in its Broadway and Hollywood incarnations (1962 and 1965, respectively) as a young man. The play ran for years … Read on! —->
Posted in Cinematics, Pointless Nostalgia
Tagged a thousand clowns, herb gardner, jean shepherd, sound of young america
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Internet Trainspotting at its Finest
By this point, nearly every artifact from the 1980s has had its bones picked completely clean by ironic vultures. Bill Simmons single-handedly ruined The Karate Kid for everyone by referencing it constantly. All conceivable angles of Back to the Future … Read on! —->
Posted in Baseball, Cinematics
Tagged baseball prospectus, ferris bueller's day off, wezen-ball
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Suck Knows No Gender
Sex and the City 2 has now been unleashed upon the world. Judging from general public opinion (i.e., people I follow on Twitter and Facebook), the backlash against this movie is so enormous, I wonder if anyone is going to … Read on! —->