January 2010
33 posts
“When you’re slapped, you’ll take it and like it!”
– Sam Spade
December 2009
40 posts
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!
Anybody remember Baby New Year from Rudolph’s Shiny New Year? I do because I suffered from being called that as a kid. You be the judge:
BABY NEW YEAR
Lil’ Ol’ Me.
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Wordsbycodi: Has a movie been made where there's an chase through a parade, (i.e. possibly the Rose Parade.) Maybe a few fights break out on the floats until someone, probably the hero, hijacks a float and drives it through Pasadena, like a crazy person. (with great re-action shots of old people being scared, and parents pulling their children outta the way)
Does this exist?
PH: Codi, Codi, Codi... Are we really living in a world where National Lampoon's Animal House is no longer part of the required viewing list? This makes me sad. If you haven't seen it, rent it now. It's not only one of the 20 greatest films ever made, but the finale is set at a homecoming parade filled with chaos and mass hysteria. Easily one of the greatest endings of all time.
You might also check out Freebie and the Bean. There is an extended car chase where a parade is only one of the stops along the way. Nevertheless, the marching band is plowed over and ends up on the hood and windshields of a few cars.
MULLITT →
Mullitt is my writing/directing debut which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2001. It stars myself, Michael Shannon, Eric Hoffman and the late, great Henry Gibson who sadly passed earlier this year.
Follow the link and enjoy!
PH
“Say “auf Wiedersehen” to your Nazi balls.”
– - Hugo Stiglitz
Ahem, #5! →
Okay You Lazy Bitch...
Hunter S. Thompson. What a man. This missive from Lettersofnote.com is both hilarious and all too real for me, a Hollywood screenwriter on-the-make
On January 22, 2001, Hunter S. Thompson sent the following expletive-filled fax to Holly Sorensen, then Production Executive at indie movie studio The Shooting Gallery. The furious written rant concerned the movie adaptation of Thompson’s...
“You and me, mister, we can really out-ugly them sumbitches, can’t we?”
– Mr. Eddy a.k.a. Dick Laurent
The SNDN Marathon: Afterthoughts.
1. Silent Night Deadly Night(1984) is a minor classic. And a commentary on the absurdity of a ‘punishing god’ as religion, distilled into myth i.e. Santa Claus. Also, during a sex scene, the camera prominently lingers on a man’s hairy ass.
NAUGHTY!!!!
2. Silent Night Deadly Night Part 2(1987) is literally 40 minutes from the first film, recalled in flashback by a character...
The Great Debate: Best Telekinesis Exploding...
bigfuckingexplosions:
From time to time, we at BFE like to examine and compare the great moments and scenes to truly discover which is the truly the best. Much like Highlander, there can only be one, ladies and gentlemen. Without much further ado, let’s begin the latest installment of the GREAT DEBATE:
BEST EXPLODING HEAD/BODY CAUSED BY TELEKINESIS: David Cronenberg’s Scanners V. Brian De...
My favorite Christmas song involves Clarence...
R.I.P. Trinity
In a career full of both eerie creeps and delightful simps, John Lithgow never had a better role than that of the terrifying Arthur Mitchell, The Trinity Killer, on Season four of DEXTER. In an age when it’s hard to shock anyone at all anymore, he was absolutely chilling. The stuff of nightmares. Even after his death, his reign of horror continued in the most shocking season finale...
Hot Chicks Smiling at Ground Zero →
Do yourself a favor and follow this page. Fantastic.
“You ever had your balls cut off you fuckin’ ape?”
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Bill McKinney as the mountain man in DELIVERANCE. For some delightful reason, this question has been floating around in my deranged brain all day.
“I’ve never flown before in my life. It just shows exactly what you can do...”
– - Leonard Zelig
“It was just farts.”
– - Jerry(Jim O’Heir), Parks and Recreation’s secret weapon. P and R is leaving 30 Rock in its’ wake this season
365 Stats
Because I’m bored.
1. 116 - Movies watched on/Recorded from Turner Classic Movies. It’s really worth your time/money, especially since they show a lot of great movies not available on DVD.
Man SAHARA(1943) is awesome. One of the many gems I caught on Turner Classic Movies.
2. 50 - Number of ‘New Releases’ I actually went to see in a theatre. Low. Sign of a pretty weak...
WatchThis is the greatest trailer ever. In fact, don’t even see the movie. It’ll just be a letdown. But if it’s ever on cable, watch the last ten minutes so you can see bluescreened Sam Elliott hanging onto the wheel of that plane as it flies past the Statue of Liberty and he sticks a grenade in it before plunging into New York Harbor.
365 Movies
2008 was the first year I physically kept track of how many new movies I saw. By ‘new,’ I mean movies I had never seen before. I like the adage which states that there are no such things as ‘old movies.’ If I haven’t seen it, it’s new to me. I came up with about 200. That’s pretty good, but my cinephiliac brother shamed me with 500 plus. And he had a kid!...
An Interview with Rod Amateau, director of The... →
” We got dwarves— there’s plenty of them— we got dwarves and, you know, put heads on ‘em, and found out how long they could survive in there without breathing, and it turned out to be about five, seven minutes…. Well, I think they couldn’t see, ‘cause those things kept ...
“I can’t hear you bitch because you’re invisible!”
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Kari Ann Peniche, Former Miss USA Teen on ‘Sex Rehab with Dr. Drew.’
“Whoever sold you those suits had a wonderful sense of humor!”
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Tuddy Cicero
Five Dudes You Shouldn't F With
1. Col. John Matrix (Arnold Schwarzenegger in COMMANDO - 1985)
He chops down trees with a chainsaw, then carries the entire tree on his shoulder. He takes a breather to hang out with his daughter, get some ice cream, feed a deer and go swimming. Then it’s time to blow some heads off, glide an engine-less SUV down a mountain, destroy a shopping mall, blow up things in the middle of the...
The Canon
Hey Y’all,
I thought for my inaugural post, since I like movies so much that I would give you a list of my favorites. The first 100 or so are in order. The rest, not so much. Note that these are my favorites, not ‘the best.’ So don’t come crying to me that Citizen Kane isn’t on here. I love that movie, but it didn’t make my list. You may say Caddyshack is...