The best movie to watch during the new year. This is a funny, nostalgic memoir of the New York of Woody Allen's childhood. A world without adopted daughters and possible comebacks (is Match Point really going to be good?), but Mia's still there – and Dianne Wiest. The music is amazing – my song of the week comes from this soundtrack.
If you haven't seen this movie you should.
Extremely charming, pleasurable, and clever mystery comedy
starring Myrna Loy and William Powell as witty, carefree, martini-soaked aristocratic sleuths. The entire collection (six movies in all) was just released on DVD. All are good, and they are movies “you can watch with the whole family” this holiday and actually enjoy it.
To say this is a comedy about two actors who leave the city to go to the country where hilarity ensues would be misleading. Even though this statement is true – this movie is much more than you might expect. Richard E. Grant and Paul McGann are flawless and I laughed out loud during this movie more than any other; but it is also an extremely bittersweet story about an end of an era (the sixties) and the inevitable end of the friendship between two men growing up. Please watch this movie. See a trailer here.
Joe Don Baker (I don't know if you've ever seen “Mitchell”–if you haven't, rent the MST3K skewering right away) wants to close down a video arcade run by a guy who can't have sex or play video games because of what he saw reflected in the darkened screen of a broken Miss Pac console one terrible night. The theme song “Totally Awesome Video Games” brings a smile to my face every time I hear it, as does another awesome song from the soundtrack, “Vidiots”.
Characters called Dorfus and King Vidiot are involved in a video game contest with the future of the arcade on the line. There's a scene where a hot dog gets stuck between a girl's' tits and no one really does anything for like 2 minutes. “Joysticks” is a little hard to find, it will probably never make it to DVD, but we usually watch it at least once a year.
Chris Morris makes one of the most controversial shows in BBC history.
The pedophilia “special” was taken off the air mid-show.
Funny, smart, poignant short stories set in the new future.
Everyone that I have recommended this to loves it.
You can also hear him read some selections at This American Life.
I hate Fox, they cancel every good show they have.
(See last week's pick Firefly)
I will miss George Michael most of all.
I am really sad.
Man, Joss got screwed.
Fox originally aired the show out of order.
And apparently advertised in a well.
Did anyone else hear about this show when it aired?
It's a shame, because it rules!
I lack the talent to truly convey how much I love this show. You are going to have to imagine how much in your heart. You also have to watch it, because your life is not complete until you have.