Sometimes we actually forget how fucking good Quentin Tarantino is. Then we remember.
Category Archives: The Big Screen
The Beanery
We got our hands on the exclusive, never-before-seen trailer for The King’s Speech, featuring the original actor earmarked for the role of King George VI. As much as we like Colin Firth, we think they should have stuck with their first choice.
Chills.
[btw, Rowan Atkinson is EXCELLENT in Love Actually]
Filed under Across the pond, The Big Screen, We'll Get It In Post
We Know Someone From ‘Growing Pains’ When We See Someone From ‘Growing Pains’
Lost amid the Downey Jrs. and the Ruffalos and the Johanssons and the Smulderses in The Avengers was the brief but vital appearance of one Ashley Johnson, better known to millions across the globe as Chrissy Seaver. When we first glimpsed her as a [SPOILER ALERT] Noo Yawky waitress in a Noo Yawky diner our Growing Pains Sense immediately went off. But what was she doing in Joss Whedon’s Avengers? Couldn’t be her, right? Wasn’t that shade of blonde just a bit too golden for Chrissy Seaver?
Well, we’re happy to say, Yahoo confirmed it. That was just the right shade of blonde for Chrissy Seaver and that was Ashley Johnson in the supporting role. To celebrate her long-awaited comeback, why not take a look back at her earlier work?
FINALLY, some good press for the Seavers.
Filed under Geekery, Growing Pains, The Big Screen
Monkeying Around
We’re little late making this observation, but it seems like last summer’s Rise of the Planet of the Apes may have been recycling some footage. Who knew that Andy Serkis got his start in commercials?
Filed under The Big Screen, We'll Get It In Post
Presenting: The Ultimate Eugene Levy in ‘American Pie’ Showdown
Earlier this month we saw the release of the eighth installment in the American Pie franchise, American Reunion, and Eugene Levy holds the noble distinction of being the only actor to appear in the four theatrical films and also in the four straight-to-DVD movies. Thirteen years into his lifetime contract as “Jim’s Dad,” we thought it was time to pit all the Jim’s Dads together in a definitive tournament to decide which is the greatest Eugene Levy as Jim’s Dad in an American Pie movie of all time. No surprise, Jim’s Dad in the original Pie is the number one seed, but, just like we’ve seen in the NHL playoffs, anything can happen and nothing can be taken for granted.
Take a look at the opening round and cast your vote now.
Who said there can’t be madness in April?
Filed under MS Paint, The Big Screen, You Decide
Kirk’s Back: The Way of the Master Leads to the Pilgrims
Kirk Cameron just won’t quit. He could have stopped at teen heart-throb. He could have quit at WB star. He could have hung them up after marrying his co-star and adopting four children. He could have called it a day after headlining a Christian film franchise. But Kirk Cameron wouldn’t be Kirk Cameron if he just settled for the status quo. So, in true Kirk Cameron fashion, he’s forged ahead, adding documentarian to his resume, attempting to answer the question “What the fuck happened to America?”
And it looks he finds his answer! Our money is on “too many Jews.”
Our only question is “when will Nic Cage star in the big screen adaptation?”
WATCH YOUR BACK, MICHAEL MOORE!!!
Filed under God Laughs, Growing Pains, The Big Screen
STOP THE PRESSES!
The Muppets is here and the Muppets are finally back. Sigh. We did it.
Filed under Freak Out Control, Lady Holiday, Muppets, The Big Screen
Muppet Monday: Our Long-Awaited Thoughts on the Impending Arrival of ‘The Muppets:’ Or Why We’re Dreading the Thing We Wanted More Than Anything Else
In two days The Muppets will return to theaters after more than a decade away from the big screen. It seems like just yesterday that we were salivating over the whispers of a Muppet resurrection orchestrated by Jason Segel (yes, that Jason Segel). After spending years on the brink of obsolescence – thanks to bad business deals, changing tastes, the boom of CGI, and general Hollywood bureaucracy – it began to seem like the Muppets would never be given the opportunity to recapture the glory they once possessed, that they would forever be relegated to an aging, evermore antiquated attraction at Disneyland, and truly exist only on DVD and in the hearts and memories of people over 25. We yearned for their return, and while we never imagined their savior would be a geek in shining armor like Segel, we were thrilled when the rumors began to circulate that someone who grew up on the Muppets, someone who loved and cherished them as much as we did, was going to resuscitate them. Not some out of touch, graying puppeteers, or even the Henson family, but someone with a fresh, relevant perspective whose primary hope was to honor the spirit and style of Jim Henson. We could not have been more excited.
And now, with The Muppets about to unspool at theaters across the country, what we feel is not excitement, but trepidation. Why? Because of this:
Jumped The Snark 