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Hey Mikey!
You don't need a weird name to be made fun of.

Further proof of my eternal whiteness:

Sweet
Dear independent film directors,

Cloverfield:

I'm also dubious of the rating.

I remember thinking the movie was pretty decent in 1997, but 12 years later, I'm dubious that it will hold up.

Insomnia with Stellan Skarsgard = OWNS
Insomnia with Robin Williams and a stupid new ending = er, whatever the opposite of OWNS is. Borrows?

I'd be so happy to see Asia live again, I'd be Wetton my pants.

Coasting
I went to IMDB to try and figure out the last movie Al Pacino did that was actually good.

The trailer for Independence Day was pretty amazing for its time.

My guess is that David Caruso has the YEEEEEAAAAAAAAHHHH! in a Notepad file on his desktop, and just copies and pastes it each time he needs one, rather than typing it out each time.

I'm not gay
But I want to kiss Ryan Seacrest full on the lips.

Anyone else notice that EVERY scene in Reno 911 now has either Lennon or Ben Garant in it? In fact, it's a rare scene that doesn't have Lennon in it at all.

The "Simple Jack" play near the end of Tropic Thunder had a hint of the old Ben Stiller show.

Worst trailer
When I saw Star Trek, I was trying to decide which trailer looked the most awful:

Perhaps Azaria is doing an imitation of his own performance in The Birdcage.

Gateways to Geekery: Charles Grodin

True Blood: on Blu-ray.

That's a fine idea. Back in the 70s and 80s, you stood a decent chance of seeing boobies in a PG rated movie.

I never thought the Simmons Robot thing was an actual deleted scene, but some bizarre non-sequitur WTF tangent they created for the "clip" show.