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Transformers, Critics vs. Audience

General Orders No.9

Kevin Dart's iPhone Travel Vidz Are Cooler Than Your iPhone Travel Vidz

Illustrator Kevin Dart edits some cool travel vidz. [Soundtrack = LCD Soundsystem]

 

New York from Kevin Dart on Vimeo.

Morning Glory DVD Cover

"Okay, so we want this to be really insipid. Like, complete pandering. So I'd like all of you to have really stupid expressions on your faces, like borederline retarded. Harrison, that's perfect! You nailed it. You're a pro! And you, Toots, kick up your leg like you're in a movie from 1960."

Critics vs. Audiences, The Great Divide

The New Brooklyn Cookbook

Christmas gift idea? Most of my fave restaurants in Brooklyn repped.

 

Avohontas — File Under, So True

New Mac "Magic Mouse" Has Potential

I've hated all of Apple's dumb-ass mouse designs. No multi-click? No scroll wheel?  And don't even get me started on that i-mac circular mouse. Worst design ever. I've been using a Logitech multi-click, scroll wheel mouse for over a decade now. But these new "magic mice" look promising (with the exception of the silly name, stupid symmetry, and impractical white color scheme) 

The NY Times Sent Manhola Dargis to Review Land of the Lost

Now THAT'S funny. Sending the most esoteric, humorless woman on the planet to review a crappy remake of a tripped out 70's kids show. The Times Arts Editor clearly has a good sense of humor. Or maybe she's being punished for something? I wonder if she ever asks A.O. Scott to switch assignments with her? I like how she opens the piece by blatantly ranking on the folks who watched and enjoyed the original TV show. (Ahem)

Manhola writes:

The only marginally interesting, if unsurprising, thing about the pricey movie spinoff of the junky children’s television show “Land of the Lost” is that a lot of money has been spent on yet another cultural throwaway. (Never say that Hollywood doesn’t know how to recycle.) Although the original Sid and Marty Krofft series, which ran from 1974 to 1976, doubtless still has its fans, because, well, some people are happy to watch whatever pops up on their televisions, I suspect that a fair share also like to light up before tripping down that particular nostalgic byway. Alas, only popcorn and soda were served at the screening I attended.

In her defense, this flick does look like complete 100% recycled Hollywood crap, but I'll go to my grave extolling the undeniable awesomeness of the oringinal Sid and Marty Kroft show. Dinosaurs and Sleestax?! What's not to like?

10 Killer Movies You May Have Missed

For the Netflix queue ... no particular order

1.) Primer (inspired Indie time machine flick, who would've thunk? )
2.) The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (most gorgeous film ... ever?)
3.) Street Kings (Keanu as a psycho cop. Trust me it's better than you think.)
4.) Harsh Times (Bale as a psycho cop wannabe)
5.) Let the Right One In (Haunting Swedish vampire kids)
6.) Snow Angels (Sam Rockwell, can't go wrong there)
7.) Vampire's Kiss (Young Nic Cage at his edgy best ... what happened?!)
8.) The Machinist (Skeletal Bale)
9.) Baghead (the Duplass brothers are cool. Great little indie killed by rotten marketing)
10.) Joshua (Sam Rockwell again)