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Guyz Nite in the Timez
June 25, 2007 – 8:32 AM | 8 Comments

Mr. S, Gen, Skyrockets, and I have been trying to get together for dinner for like a month and a half, and it fell through again on Friday…because Mr. S had to go to the …

Brothers & Sisters: “An Act Of Will”
June 21, 2007 – 9:56 AM | No Comment

“Will Power Trip”:

Joe passive-aggressives that he thought “the whole point of giving up the big corporate job for the family business was” — he nods after the kids — “you know.” Well, yeah. Couldn’t have …

Con Man
June 19, 2007 – 8:39 AM | 18 Comments
<I>Con Man</I>

Weird little movie. James Hogue is a weird little guy, so that fits. Hogue is the dude who got taken out of a Princeton classroom in handcuffs back in ’91 for, basically, impersonating a sophomore (he was …

Don’t know what to get Dad for Father’s Day?
June 13, 2007 – 8:10 PM | 6 Comments

How about the “Father’s Day” music video from Guyz Nite?
Yes, that’s Mr. Stupidhead in the bear outfit. Obvi.
(Looking for the Die Hard vid?   It’s here, with a new fourth verse, but is yippee ki …

“It’s Time To Play…Pass The Buck”
June 12, 2007 – 9:37 PM | 12 Comments

Prospective Replacements For Bob Barker On The Price Is Right:

Bob Vila
PROS: Hiring another dude named Bob could ease the transition for announcer Burton Richardson; Vila’s home-renovation expertise is handy for contestants unsure of how …

Brothers & Sisters: “Patriarchy”
June 6, 2007 – 4:56 PM | 4 Comments

“Family Values”:

You know that scene in Zoolander when they introduce David Bowie to judge the walk-off, and they freeze-frame on him with a subtitle reading “David Bowie” and a chord from “Let’s Dance”? This is …

Snake in the Eagle’s Shadow
June 3, 2007 – 8:59 AM | 15 Comments

It’s slow to get rolling, and I came thisclose to turning it off, because a couple of the initial fight sequences looked fake on the level of high-school-play slap choreography. But the payoff is very …

“An Imprisoned Fish,” by HK
June 2, 2007 – 2:46 PM | 7 Comments

[Updated 6/2/07 with honorable mention entries.]
Below, the winner of the “An Imprisoned Fish” mini-contest. The entry contains all the hallmarks of the SA style: randomly capitalized and quaintly hyphenated words and phrases (“Champagne Punch,” “boy-friend”); …

Mondo Extras — MTV Movie Awards Special: “Movie Awards On Other Networks”
June 1, 2007 – 11:44 AM | No Comment

“If PBS Had A Movie-Awards Gala…”

A star-studded, faintly mothball-scented evening of battles and ball gowns, the Hissies — hosted by Doris Kearns Goodwin, who will allegedly write her own material — celebrate the epic stories …

And Sisto was his name-o
June 1, 2007 – 8:08 AM | 16 Comments

Just read in my Cynopsis.com daily bulletin that Jeremy Sisto is joining the cast of Law & Order next season. Rock! I’m mostly happy that the attempt on L&O life via dumping it into a …