The movie that New York magazine just dubbed “The Stoner Movie of the Year”* is exactly one month away!  Quit your jobs and get in line now people!  If you thought The Dark Knight In Imax was a hard ticket to get, you haven’t seen anything yet!
*Seriously

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Folks, success in Hollywood is not as much a matter of blind luck and cult membership as some people would like to think. Regarding the seemingly mercurial nature of the box office, screenwriting legend William Goldman famously postulated, “Nobody knows anything.”
Mr. Goldman needs a primer in Rogenomics.
Simply stated, Rogenomics serves to express the [...]

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I’ve gone ahead and purchased stinkythehutt.com.  Sorry for not consulting with everyone ahead of time, but I felt it was necessary to take quick action.  Any ideas about how to best put it to use would be appreciated.

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Jabba the Hutt’s kidnapped son “Stinky” is now officially my favorite character in the entire Star Wars universe.  Here is a round up of some various info about him:
From Harry Knowles Aint it Cool review:
Then they introduced Baby Jabba aka Rotta the Huttlet aka Stinky. At the point of this character’s introduction – it officially [...]

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While combing the infotainment ultraspeedway for it’s flattened musical turds, invariably a gem or two shows up. We’ll try to keep a good supply on hand, and invite you to send your faves as well.
LENINGRAD COWBOYS: Gimme All Your Lovin’ (With the Red Army Chorus)

Something this sublime needs no comment. I first encountered [...]

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My weekend involved far more Star Wars discussion than should be allowed by law, and during the course of it, some of my friends revealed that they were not aware of the impending disaster that is “Clone Wars“.  Nor were they aware that the plot of this movie evidently depends on the kidnapping of Jabba [...]

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It’s Comic-Con time, and the folks at Legend Films are busily prepping our own Mike Nelson for his appearance at the Rifftrax/Legend Films Booth, and of course for Rifftrax Live Saturday at the gorgeous Balboa Theater. It’s no easy task – Mike has been broken down into his component parts, shrink-wrapped and packed into seventeen [...]

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I’m heading out the door to start camping out for tickets, but just wanted to call attention to this for anyone who might still be on the fence:
 

See you in line!

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From the mega-corporation who brought you “It’s a Small World After All”, it’s “Beverly Hills Chihuahua”!
 

This should only be allowed to be viewed on DVD players that are in the backseat of vans, that children are able to observe trancelike while wearing headphones that no noise can possibly escape from.
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UPDATE by Bill: If I [...]

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Available on ebay, the bidding starts at $20.  Personally, even though it’s a bit of a stretch, I was enjoying life more before I came across this.

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It’s Presidents Day. I’m off work. The sun, which has shone brightly for the previous two days hides behind clouds. I’ve just started a big crock pot full of chili that won’t be ready for several hours. I need something to do…
For the past month or so, my neighbor, a WGA [...]

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Thanks for making Rifftrax Live at the SF Sketchfest such a blast. We were treated like old friends by a sell-out crowd at the gorgeous Castro Theater. Many thanks to Sketchfest founders David Owen, Cole Stratton and Janet Varney and their team who work their keesters off to put on the best festival [...]

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Juno! Despite the fact that my friend Derek says “the last movie i hated more was called sideways,” it’s certified a whopping 93% on the Tomato Meter. Yes, this tale of a plucky pregnant teenager has wowed the legions of middle aged critics across the country, despite the fact that many of them [...]

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The year is young, but experts have already established strong odds that Diane Lane’s quote at 2:15 of the trailer for the Firewall-esque “Untraceable” will take home the prize for “Movie Line of the Year”.
 

“He hacked into my car’s computer.” Let it spring forth upon the internet, like so many Snakes on Planes or [...]

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A severe monkey wrench has been thrown into the inaugural American Day Camp/Confidential Postman Award (one for actors, one for writers/directors). To be accurate, three tiny, chipmunk sized monkey wrenches. Yes, the people at 20th Century Fox, in a transparent case of Razzie baiting, have rushed Alvin & The Chipmunks out just in [...]

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