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Too Smart for Stupid: Underestimating the Audience for Inception
By brian longtin • Jul 15th, 2010 • Category: side notes
Our Favorite Shit: 2009
By brian longtin • Jan 26th, 2010 • Category: side notesOur panel of two sat down for an epic virtual discussion of our absolute favorites of 2009 — in every category we could think of — and set about explaining why each one made the list.
To Be, or Not To Be Continued: Paranormal Activity: The Search for Katie
By brian longtin • Dec 15th, 2009 • Category: side notesThe iTunes comic follow-up feels like either a cash grab, or a misread on the part of the makers.
What’s the Point of Motion Comics?; ‘Up in the Air’ Coming Sooner
By brian longtin • Sep 10th, 2009 • Category: side notesEvolutions, for better or worse. Motion comics stray from their artistic roots, while a new trailer suggests Jason Reitman is growing as a filmmaker.
New Coen Bros Trailer, Hertzfeldt DVD, and Mad Men Season; Plus: More Batman
By brian longtin • Aug 7th, 2009 • Category: side notes‘A Serious Man’ trailer, ‘I Am So Proud of You’ comes to DVD, season 3 of one of the best shows on TV approaches, and new games and comics featuring our favorite superhero.
Summertime Notes: ‘Big Fan’, ‘The State’, ‘Thirst’, and More
By brian longtin • Jul 16th, 2009 • Category: side notesBetween breaks for holidays and vacations, a brief return with notes on Patton Oswalt in ‘Big Fan’, ‘The State’ on DVD, Chan-wook Park’s ‘Thirst’, New Flaming Lips, and ‘Modern Warfare 2′ (with goggles?).
Vampires Who Don’t Suck, Detectives Who Don’t Scowl, and Games Without Purpose
By brian longtin • Jul 1st, 2009 • Category: side notes‘Daybreakers’ makes vampires badass again; ‘Bored to Death’ brings a new gumshoe to HBO; and ‘Trine’ brings beauty to puzzle-platforming while leaving story in the dark.
Summer Jamz: 2009 Edition
By spencer • Jun 29th, 2009 • Category: side notesOne of the many consequences stemming from the death of hip hop is the complete fucking absence of a summer jam in 2009. Luckily, tons of other genres, musical and otherwise, happen to be alive, breathing, and flourishing.
‘The Brothers Bloom’ Arrives, ‘Chuck’ Struggles, Celebrity Twitters
By brian longtin • May 9th, 2009 • Category: side notesThe long-awaited follow-up to ‘Brick’ finally comes to theatres, fans rally to save a failing show, and good and bad tweets from famous people.
An ‘Observe and Report’ review, a ‘Sit Down, Shut Up’ Preview, and a Scandal Overview
By brian longtin • Apr 18th, 2009 • Category: side notesJody Hill’s disturbing and dangerous new comedy, the ‘Arrested Development’ creator’s new cartoon, and Taibbi’s harsh look at what we should really be protesting.
