We all need a helping hand.

Watch the skies.

Heroes and villains

...won't pay the rent?

Straight Shooting

From Harvard's 02138, a no-nonsense talk with the great Tommy Lee Jones. (Thanks to Jeffrey Wells' always relevant Hollywood Elsewhere for bringing this to my attention.)

Recommended viewing:

Life in the city

He's got the silver..

I admit it; I'm pretty excited about "Shine a Light" one reason being the trailer, which cracks me up every time I watch it:



Turns out Marty's also on the accursed MySpace, if you're interested. Go ahead, be his friend.


(P.S. 5/4/08: I had to disable the Flash version. But, go see the movie. It's amazing...)

Hello sailor!

Popeye with Dorothy Lamour, courtesy of this post at Cartoon Brew.

This day in history...

1973: Dr. Hook actually made the cover.




"Aw man, that's beautiful!"

(I saw Dr. Hook perform shortly before this song broke, in between their 1st and 2nd albums, as part of a show that also included ShaNaNa and Flo and Eddie. This video catches some of the rowdy nature of their performance, which included a completely disrespectful trashing of their earlier hit, the weepy "Sylvia's Mother." It was the biggest single of 1971, only to suffer a huge backlash when the entire world collectively decided that the song got on its nerves.

Same as it ever was?

I've been looking for this clip for years and couldn't even find so much as a still from it until now. One more reason to name YouTube one of the Seven Wonders of the Internet World...
(The inspiration for it can be found here and here and here...)

from the old country...

Sacred chords and beautiful losers

A well-deserved honor for the debonair Mr. Cohen...

His week still beats your year.

Happy birthday to Lou Reed, still cooler than the rest of us...



More here and here and especially here.

and the final count...

15 out of 24.. Anything over 50% is respectable in my book..

My predictions (if "prediction" and "guess" mean the same thing):

Best Picture:
No Country For Old Men
Best Director:
The Coens
Best Actor
Daniel Day Lewis
Best Actress
Julie Christie
Best Supporting Actor
Bardem
Supporting Actress:
Cate Blanchett
Foreign Film
The Counterfeiters
Animated Feature
Ratatouille
Art Direction
There Will Be Blood
Cinematography
There Will Be Blood
Costume Design
Atonement
Documentary Feature
Sicko
Documentary Short
Freeheld
Editing
The Bourne Ultimatum
Makeup
La Vie en Rose
Original Score
Michael Clayton
Song
Falling Slowly
Animated Short
Madame Tutli-Putli
Live Action Short
At Night
Sound Editing
The Bourne Ultimatum
Sound Mixing
The Bourne Ultimatum
Visual Effects
Transformers
Screenplay –Adapted
No Country for Old Men
Screenplay –Original
Juno

Second gussing: The ones I am most doubtful about are the two actresses, original screenplay, original score and costume design...

The last good man

Seeing things in black and white...

A review of Persepolis, courtesy of Playback.