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Don’t Fuck With My Play


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Yes, as a matter of fact it is true that I wrote my undergraduate thesis on Rushmore, and it is entirely possible that I got an extension on it. And yes, there probably was some irony in writing a q   More
 
Wednesday, July 6, 2011 AARON MESH

That Was Me


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If you’re part of that generation of moviegoers who believe Jeff Bridges was born a grizzled coot, hightail it to Thunderbolt and Lightfoot to see the earliest incarnation of Jeff: a happy-go-lucky   More
 
Wednesday, June 29, 2011 AARON MESH

The Snozberries Taste Like Death


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Forget Sweeney Todd—the original Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory is the most disturbing film musical ever made. Those dead-eyed Oompa Loompas? Gene Wilder playing Wonka as a psychotic dand   More
 
Wednesday, June 22, 2011 MATTHEW SINGER

The Sausage King Of Chicago


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In a recent article for The Atlantic, writer Alan Siegel told America it needs to “get over” Ferris Bueller’s Day Off. His argument is the film, which turns a quarter-century old this year, is   More
 
Wednesday, June 15, 2011 MATTHEW SINGER

Goodbye, Newman


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Whatever the mystery menace turns out to be in J.J. Abrams’ Super 8, I hope the director took some lessons from producer Steven Spielberg on how to maximize the big reveal. Of all his abilities as   More
 
Wednesday, June 8, 2011 MATTHEW SINGER

Have Poncho, Will Murder


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It’s been a big year for spaghetti Westerns—or at least, tributes to them. Gore Verbinski paid homage in his bizarre kiddie flick Rango, Community spoofed them in its season finale, and Danger    More
 
Tuesday, May 31, 2011 MATTHEW SINGER

Paging Mr. Herman


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An unemployed man-child who wears tight pants and is obsessed with his bicycle? Sounds like a typical Portlander. No surprise, then, to see Pee-wee’s Big Adventure receive the Lebowski Fest treat   More
 
Wednesday, May 25, 2011 MATTHEW SINGER

Just Where I Said It Was


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Despite Quentin Tarantino’s reputation as a kind of career defibrillator, nobody ever mentions the inverse trick he pulled with Robert De Niro in Jackie Brown: recognizing a descending catatonia    More
 
Wednesday, May 18, 2011 AARON MESH

Bang A Gong


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Sixteen Candles doesn’t get the respect it deserves. Of all the films in John Hughes’ lauded ’80s teen-flick canon, the epic saga of Samantha Baker (Molly Ringwald)—who gives her polka-dot    More
 
Wednesday, May 11, 2011 KELLY CLARKE

Best Old Band


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Everybody knows the iconic walking bass line in Nancy Sinatra’s “These Boots Were Made for Walkin’.” But do you know who wrote the part? Though they played on hundreds of standards—from t   More
 
Wednesday, May 4, 2011 MICHAEL MANNHEIMER
 

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