In the space of a few years Charles Fairbanks has gone from conventional prep and collegiate wrestler to one of the few gringo performers of Lucha Libre, Mexico’s equivalent of WWE (World Wrestling Entertainment). Amid a world of masked figures with exotic alter egos, Fairbanks performs as the One-Eyed Cat. It’s not what you’d expect […]
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Taking OFF
Film festivals are the brothels of cinema. High-end ones offer uniform quality. Low-rent ones are enter-at-your-own-risk propositions. In its sixth year, the Omaha Film Festival, showing now through March 6 at the Great Escape Theatre, is a mid-level cine-fest with a-heart-of-gold that keeps putting out. Top-tier is the Saturday-Sunday film/screenwriting conference, whose panels feature major […]
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Cutting Room for March 2
Of all the ways to stuff a piggy bank, a discussion with director Steven Soderbergh is the most enjoyable way to plug the pork. Film Streams’ Ruth Sokolof Theater (filmstreams.org) turned Feature III, their annual can’t-miss fundraising gala, into a wickedly profitable venture. The event raised more than $217,000 and some interesting questions regarding Soderbergh’s […]
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Middle Aged Kids
It’s a time-tested formula: take some stars, sex, a bit of compassion and an absurd plot device, filter it through the mind of a 12-year-old boy, and you’ve got a Farrelly brothers picture. Bobby and Peter, creators of There’s Something About Mary , are back with Hall Pass . Depending on how you like your […]
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Glass Case of Emotion
If Miley Cyrus were around 12 times as edgy as her calculatedly smutty videos suggest, Mia Williams (Katie Jarvis) would still eat that priss for breakfast and put a cigarette out on her eye. With a tongue that links staggering expletives into a nonstop chain of filth, Mia is 15-year-old trailer-trash living in an Essex […]
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I love nude yellow dudes not named John Boehner
Best Picture Black Swan The Fighter Inception The Kids Are All Right The King’s Speech 127 Hours The Social Network Toy Story 3 True Grit Winter’s Bone Should win: Inception Will win: The King’s Speech Best Director Darren Aronofsky – Black Swan David O. Russell – The Fighter Tom Hooper – The King’s Speech David […]
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I love nude yellow dudes not named John Boehner
Our new publishing system was hand crafted by the dark lord Satan. I had this brilliant rant wherein I broke down why I love the Oscars and why it’s okay to watch the Oscars even though hipster bloggers hate the Oscars and try to show you how cool they are by creating the perfect “I […]
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I love nude yellow dudes not named John Boehner
Best Picture Black Swan The Fighter Inception The Kids Are All Right The King’s Speech 127 Hours The Social Network Toy Story 3 True Grit Winter’s Bone Should win: Inception Will win: The King’s Speech Best Director Darren Aronofsky – Black Swan David O. Russell – The Fighter Tom Hooper – The King’s Speech David […]
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Sending a Message
In an interview in office number 1403 in the State Capitol, Sen. Charlie Janssen doesn’t offer much insight about why a first-term senator would make immigration — inherently contentious and complicated — his pet issue. There’s no Minuteman poster on his wall. No United States map with a red target. Instead, there are drawings from […]
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Daily Dump for Wednesday (February 23)
In a mere 4 days, I’m live-tweeting the Oscars. I like saying that because it sounds like I’m going to be there. I won’t be. I’ll probably be pantsless on my couch, sipping inexpensive whiskey. This also means that 2 days from now I give you all the winners, along with my rants about who […]