The Shining as wacky heartwarming comedy is brilliant: [link]
Riley: Maybe I should just let you rest. Buffy: You sure? I bet if you just lay down with me- Riley: Nothing you are about to say will lead to rest.
'Lessons'
Buffista Movies 7: Brides for 7 Samurai
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megan walker - Jul 21, 2010 6:55:29 am PDT #10049 of 30000
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
DavidS - Jul 21, 2010 4:56:33 pm PDT #10050 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Coilhouse alerts us to important news:
We don’t often run sale notices on Coilhouse, least of all for the big franchises, but I’ll feel supremely guilty if I don’t share this bit of news with our readers: right now through August 1st, go to any Barnes & Noble (or shop online) and save 50% on every single Criterion film they have in stock. DVDs and Blu-rays. Grey Gardens, Throne of Blood, Picnic at Hanging Rock, Branded to Kill. A massive 25-disc Kurosawa boxed set for 200 bucks. Fellini, Bergman, Cassavetes, Gilliam, Herzog, Hitchcock, Welles, Brakhage, Tarkovsky, Wenders, Tati, and that’s just the very tiniest sampling of names and titles. Everything Criterion still has in print is selling for half off. Holy shitballs
megan walker - Jul 21, 2010 5:10:27 pm PDT #10051 of 30000
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
I looked through the site and it really is an incredible sale. If I was still teaching, I would have been all over it, but I can't really justify the purchase anymore.
Kathy A - Jul 22, 2010 8:13:33 am PDT #10052 of 30000
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
x-posted with Natter:
The Democratic Governors Association has a hilarious get-ramped-up-for-November video that they're debuting at Netroots this weekend. It includes lots of inspirational speeches from movies, from Animal House to LotR. Very funny!
Jon B. - Jul 22, 2010 8:32:07 am PDT #10053 of 30000
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
If I never hear that Arcade Fire song again, it'll be too soon!
(it is funny, though!)
Atropa - Jul 22, 2010 11:01:37 am PDT #10054 of 30000
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
In the category of WAIT, WHAT? Guillermo del Toro is directing a reboot of Haunted Mansion for Disney. (Just announced at SDCC.)
Amy - Jul 22, 2010 11:04:29 am PDT #10055 of 30000
Because books.
Maybe this one won't suck!
Connie Neil - Jul 22, 2010 11:05:05 am PDT #10056 of 30000
brillig
A reboot of the movie that was just made, with Eddie Murphy? Reboots are coming faster and faster these days. Must be Windows-based.
Atropa - Jul 22, 2010 11:10:34 am PDT #10057 of 30000
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
The Eddie Murphy movie was in 2003, and was AWFUL. I am all for a reboot. Especially since the BIG quote from del Toro is "Haunted Mansion will be live-action, 3D, and "the most haunted mansion on Earth." Will not be a comedy."
(Thank you, Twitter, for breaking news.)
JZ - Jul 22, 2010 11:27:54 am PDT #10058 of 30000
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
The Eddie Murphy movie was in 2003, and was AWFUL.
Though IIRC a lot of the set and prop design was gorgeous. I don't suppose there's a design book available like the one on Alice in Wonderland, to spare design whores the misery of having to endure all the bad acting and writing just to get to the pretty stuff?