He shot his creative wad coming up with "snoochie boochies"

Probably, but I just remembered--what was the name of the film that he just directed?

Mewes or Smith?
I don't think Mewes has ever directed anything. Unless you count directing a needle into his own arm

Isn't there a trailer for it on the disc?

I remember now--it was Halloran, not Jay.

Randall is the guy who directed a movie, which was filmed in 2002, but came out on dvd the same day as clerks 2.

O'Halloran--he wasn't one of the ones that got robbed of the big "O" at Ellis Island.

Yeah, good call. I looked it up on Wikipedia and Smith said in a recent interview that the company has no interest in releasing the deluxe DVD set now, but may do so in a few years. So I'm probably okay to pick it up the next time I'm at Best Buy or Target or wherever. It's only $10.

Just got Simpsons season nine as a gift, going to go watch it now!

Fuck yeah.

A Clockwork Orange on History Network.

Just finally finished the Office UK tonight.

This is a fucking film.

"I'm sick of the high hat!"



With your avatar, it's a surprise it took so long. I always assumed people were turned onto the radio program by the show, not the other way around.

It was just one of those things I never got around to. Around the time the Office US started (maybe a couple months before), I took season 1 home, watched an episode, and thought it was ok, moved on. loved the office US, watched extras, started listening to the podcasts, and finally bothered to bring the OFFICE UK home again. Probably the only reason we even finished it now is that there's no TV on right now. It's still my least favorite (between the two office's and extras).

I was thinking today that because in 2006 I experienced:

A Season of OFFICE US
One AMAZING Season of EXTRAS
2+ Seasons of OFFICE UK
3 Seasons of Podcasts (+ the holiday podcasts)
1 season of XFM Podcasts (2002, I believe)
An Episode of The Simpsons
5 Minutes in For Your Consideration

that Gervais has he has had involvement in has led to more entertainment for me than anyone else this year. Probably by a factor of 10.

edit: I think I saw Politics and Animals in 2006 also (maybe late 2005).

Ricky Gervais is a little fat man with a pug-nosed face.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7EfYsGYKN8

(I wish I knew how to post youtube vids directly to the the thread)

Upon further review, it becomes more apparent how this became #1 around here.

Alessandro Nivola. I like this name, I'm gonna change mine for this, my life in general will be improved with this name, for sure.

And the movie was a good surprise.

I need to see Millers Crossing again and A History of Violence for the first time. I'm finally seeing Bottlerocket for the first time.

Not nearly as good as I remembered. Some good moments, but the whole thing seems dated.

Didn't expect to see Joanie Stubbs (Kim Dickens) as Zero's love interest - kinda weird to see actors turn up in older movies like that.

Biloxi Blues! So good!

Christopher Walken? YES!!!

I know, it's like Nick from the Deer Hunter gave up Russian Roulette, went back in time, and got really really funny.

"I've got to make you men strong. Because tonight, we're going to march the platoon off a 3000 foot cliff. Dying makes a man out of you. I died in the war; they cremated me. And they buried the ashes, right here in my skull."

BTW, if you need an alternative to It's a Wonderful... watch the "BIshop's Wife"--very good Cary Grant flick.

Yep, still pretty damn great

Trash it. Not even worth renting.

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Christopher Walken? YES!!!
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I know, it's like Nick from the Deer Hunter gave up Russian Roulette, went back in time, and got really really funny.

"I've got to make you men strong. Because tonight, we're going to march the platoon off a 3000 foot cliff. Dying makes a man out of you. I died in the war; they cremated me. And they buried the ashes, right here in my skull."
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"Then, I hid it in my ass."

I caught it at the show with my buddy and his kid. Yeah, it's just another dumb kids movie, but I think a lot of kids would like it. As for grading it on an adult's scale, u've gotta admit that Mickey Rooney was hilarious, and Dick Van D was pretty awesome as well.

Mickey had me rolling.

Only in the "oh, cool, the octagenarians can still get work" sense. Mickey overacted his part, and Dick did a poor re-creation of Mark Sloan. Diagnosis suckage.

However, I did go see it with my nephew, and he laughed a lot.











*It's the 1950s era of outing communists and other anti-American degenerates. A new actor is seeking work. A potential agent asks his name. "Penis van Lesbian," the actor says. "What?!" asks the agent. "Penis van Lesbian," the actor repeats. "You've got to change your name if you're going to work in this town," says the agent.

A few days later, the same actor comes back. "Have you got a new name?" the agent asks. "Yes!" the actor proudly proclaims. "Dick van Dyke."

Thanks! I'm here all week!

I do love my octogenarians...

Who's Mark Sloan?

Oh. Some CBS TV show that I never watched.

Thanks.

I just saw this and was completely unimpressed. I keep reading all of these good reviews and I love Woody Allen but this was just terrible. What am I missing?

Pretty good film.

Mary-Lynn Rajskub is the only woman in my life.

Her eyes are open; shit was obviously staged or an accident.

Strong and conflicting feelings, but generally impressed.
What turned me off the most- it was the same plot of Crimes and Misdemeanors (my favorite Woody Allen) minus the funny. imo, his greatest attribute as an artist is his ability to combine comedy and drama in a truly poignant and striking fashion. So there was that, but I think as far as his dramas go it was a big step up from the Ingmar Bergman wannabes such as Interiors (which I actually liked, but for purely self-indulgent non critical reasons). I think me being impressed by this film is twofold. 1. I appreciate artists' obsessive themes and 2. I appreciate growth and, to an extent, originality. I guess I liked this film more as a step in Mr Allen's growth as an artist and maybe less were it by anyone else

I might understand someone appreciating it as a step up for Woody's more dramatic work. I have, until now, stayed away from Woody's more serious films, but I heard this was really good. It might be that the boring (Rhys-Meyers) and unnatural (Johannsson) acting pulled me out early and kept me from enjoying the film. But the more I think about the dialogue and the plot, the worse the movie seems on its own, and not just because of the two leads. The worst aspect of the film for me is that Allen spent the first hour and a half developing a situation that (1) everybody is familiar with and (2)(which is more important) could have been done effectively in twenty minutes.

I'm sorry, I don't like to harp on films that other people like just because i didn't enjoy them. I can usually figure out why people might like it even if I don't. But I'm lost on this one. And EVERYBODY else seems to like it.

Agreed. I really enjoyed it when I first saw it, and I still can't say I dislike it, but it certainly hasn't aged well for me. I'm trying to see it as a necessary step toward the great dramatic work I'm expecting to see before Allen dies.

Hmmm... I don't understand the hate this show gets. I received this for xmas, and yeah sure, it ain't as fast + furious as Family Guy - but it's still pretty funny stuff.

American Dad rules. That one musical number in Saudi Arabia > this whole last Simpsons' season.

Funny to hear eveyone still talking about Matchpoint, cuz I've been trying to decide on whether or not to pop it in to the DVD player for months, and was actually thinking about it yesterday.

The Lost Room (Sci-Fi mini-series)

I'm usually not hot to trot for much sci-fi channel stuff but this was killer.
Outside of really great casting and a rather smart script idea made for this psuedo X-Files meets Twilight Zone type deal.

It's about a cop gets mixed up with a sort of underground battle for the control for some ordinary looking objects that came out of a hotel room which allow people to have various sorts of powers. Overall he's trying to rescue his daughter who gets 'lost' when she goes into the 'room'.. rather cool deal all around.

Currently sitting in my tivoesque cue:

Long Good Friday
Ashes & Diamonds
The Loved One
Rules of the Game (I've seen this several times-just thought to revisit again)
Summer of Sam (one of the few Spike Lee flicks I haven't seen yet)
8 1/2 Women (I hold know real hope for Greenaway anymore but I should check it)
I'll Sleep When I'm Dead
The Machinist

plus another dozen I can't remember. go fig.

I wouldn't wish viewing the Machinist on my worst enemy.

And Long Good Friday is pretty good British crime fare, but it leaves you wanting more. It's like Hoskins alone wasn't enough to drive the film.

You'll dig these, definitely.

I loved the Machinist. I recommend watching it while sleep deprived--definitely enhances the experience.

The little lady picked this Cameron Crowe gem.
Prepare for blatant soundtrack promotion and oversentimental storytelling.

Not a good movie to watch when you're depressed. Interesting animation, though. After the first 10 minutes I wasn't sure if I was going to be able to get into a movie that has about 5 minutes of actual videos in it (as opposed to animated paintings and Ken Burns-style panning on still photos) but it develops a nice rhythm to it as it goes along. If it was any longer than 80 minutes, though, it would probably start to get pretty boring. I'd heard of this guy before and read about him online. I wonder what anyone else with no prior knowledge of Henry Darger would think of it.


Good film. Had to watch it with captions just to catch all the dialog. I still don't really know what the deal with the actress girl was. What a break for Joseph Gordon-Levitt. I don't think anyone expected to see much more of him after TV.

I liked it too. I should rewatch it to catch all of the details though.

Glad to hear I'm not the only one to have done this.

Steve Holt!

Jump cut, Feisty with the entire campus to herself for Spring Break 2006, laughing hysterically alone in her room.

I had never heard of Henry Darger before (actually, I went to the MCA shortly after my roommate had seen the film and he pointed out one of his pictures to me and I was completely unimpressed. Ha!) I thought his story was amazing and completely heartbreaking. One of my fave films of that year.