Quotes taken from Fitzgerald's Esquire essay The Crack-Up and The Great Gatsby. Images taken from Vulture.

Robert Downey Jr., during an American Cinematheque tribute honoring him last week: That's what the reporters heard. But what they didn't catch was what came later, the part that really hammered home the similarity to John 8: 1-11: Ah, that …

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qD7Bca-xJXw aka Honey, I Blew Up The Franchise aka The Gunpowder Plot aka There Are More Explosions Here Than in a Michael Bay Film

"Scarlett Johansson was great. It was a great audition, I’m telling you. But the thing with Scarlett is, you can’t *wait* for her to take her clothes off.” - David Fincher, [explaining][1] why he couldn't cast Johansson as the lead …

A prequel to the 1982 remake of the 1951 original. Pretty lady scientist (is there any other kind these days?) heads down to Antarctica to examine an unusual specimen discovered in the ice. Things go awry. The frozen wasteland is …

Why do the Avengers exist? I mean, why does this team of superheroes exist? I mean, besides reasons of marketing? Samuel Jackson (as Nick Fury, agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.) has an answer: "There was an idea to bring together a group …

I dunno, something seems strangely familiar... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOvH-7lcjb0

It ain't on YouTube yet, so you can go see it here. Then come back and discuss! Um, wow, but that's a lot of exploding cars. Is there some kind of message here about the dangers of combustion engines? Are …

Hey, it's a display for the new Twilight! Wow, those wolves make it sort of scary! Still, it could be scarier. It needs something more, right here in the middle... AAAAAAAAAAH! It's a movie critic, trapped in Twilight forever! The …

But you know what? Hugh Jackman's looked better.

That's the interior of the Ken Cinema just prior to the Friday 9:15 show of The Mill and the Cross. The Wife counted seven souls in the theater besides ourselves. C'mon, people: Elliott four-starred this thing, and with reason. Though …

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What if Erin Brockovich was a dude with a drug problem? And because the dude is buff guy Chris Evans, his chest is just as prominent! Evans's ridiculous physique aside (was Giovanni Ribisi not available?), points awarded for not working …

Uh-oh. Looks like Captain Jack Sparrow has gone and done it again... Fortunately, he knows where he can turn for an understanding ear:

Well, now - to hear David Elliott tell it, I was too hasty in my scorn for Blackthorn. "A terrific, full-hearted Western" - wow, really? So very glad to hear it. But what has me really excited is The Mill …

The crazy part is, Russell Crowe is Australian. He didn't even play football in high school. Related.

Last night, before I heard that Steve Jobs had died, I put Ratatouille on for my two-year-old. My 14-year-old paused in front of the screen. "Man, just seeing the opening of this film makes me hungry," he said. But he …

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPNyNr2Kp4w Hmmmmm.... full trailer for Steven Spielberg's "They Shoot Horse Movies, Don't They?" epic War Horse drops the same day as we get an announcement about an upcoming Mister Ed feature. Coincidence? I THINK NOT. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_PZPpWTRTU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6VCwQXcUDqw El Cajon's excellent Oktoberfest continues this weekend in all its beery, meaty, dancey, lederhosened glory. This video starts with a glimpse of the massive grill donated by Sausage King back in '76, then moves on to the fest's custom …

Having taken on Being a Good Husband (and the importance of Jesus in such an endeavor) with Fireproof, the good people at Sherwood Pictures are quite naturally moving on to Being a Good Father (and the importance of Jesus, etc.). …