Monty Python’s 1979 film parody Life of Brian will be back in theatres beginning Good Friday “as an antidote to all the hysteria about Mel’s movie” and to “provide some counter-programming to The Passion.” This is sure to cause censorship ripples and at least a few outcries from communities wishing to ban the movie […]

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Late night, post-inundated-with-Iraq-war-coverage reading: Being Jon Cusack - an AlterNet interview discussing his latest role in the WWII film, Max:
Can we believe John Cusack when he says, clapping his hand on the back of a man who will unleash unspeakable horror in the world, “C’mon, Hitler, I’ll buy you a lemonade”?
“That line is kind […]

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Steve Martin will host the Academy Awards tonight, and to be frank, I’m looking forward to the distraction (although I know that I will be not be able to resist flipping channels every 10 minutes). Those with a PDA may want to download the free 2003 Academy Awards® Pocket Directory™ Database to help predict the […]

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Director Christopher Guest has a new movie due out in April. After reading about it in Jenny’s post, I was able to track down the movie trailer. Check out A Mighty Wind. [The Shifted Librarian]

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Watched the cult classic, Withnail and I with some friends this weekend. We watched sans red wine, which I now realize to have been a terrible mistake.
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