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Jason Reitman v Brick Wall
You Won't Make SNL Funny, Jason!
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An Italian Word For "The Feeling of Missing Something You'd Barely Notice Had Gone"
"Jesus, Tom." A dozen characters in the Coen brothers' Miller's Crossing are pissed at Tom Reagan, and half of them sigh or mutter or yell "Jesus, Tom" as the character, played by Gabriel Byrne, crosses them. Like many noir protagonists, Tom's
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This May Be The Last Time.
This May Be The Last Time. The Iron Claw and Doubling Down I heard people whisper "Jesus" at different points, from different places in the theater, as I watched The Iron Claw two or three weeks ago. If you've taken in much about wrestling history, this
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Perfect Moments
* In my high school writing class, in 2006 or 2007, Robbie said “I’ve got a pretty good joke. What do Saddam Hussein and a potato named Richard have in common?” There was some silence as people thought, and then C_____ answered, “They’re both brown?” * In Palm Springs, in
Dave Chappelle, Standing In Front of His Living Room Window, 3pm, Sunday
He was looking at a bird when it happened, but it didn’t have anything to do with birds and who knows why your brain makes these connections, if there are even connections to make, if getting an idea isn’t just a spasm that pitches something deep in the
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Pumpkin Pie Forever
My dog died. Last Thursday, Johanna took Pumpkin Pie to the vet for a check-up on Pump's chronic kidney disease, and was told our sweet dog probably had less than a year of living left. On Friday, some test results from the previous day's visit came
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A Catalog of Villain Deaths in Disney's Theatrical Animated Feature Films
The worst Disney movie death is clear in my mind. In 1994, the company remade its 1967 Jungle Book adaptation as Rudyard Kipling's Jungle Book, a naming scheme lifted directly from Bram Stoker's Dracula and Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. This was Disney's first