"I could feel him smiling," said Felicity Dahl, widow of the great Roald, of her experience of viewing Wes Anderson's Fantastic Mr. Fox. "I was thinking, he'd love this." Well, she would know, I suppose. But what am I to do then with my conviction that her late husband would have loathed this? That Wes Anderson, with his glockenspiels and drolleries and minutely faceted interiors,...
Artist Julian Wolkenstein has a thing for horses, or more specifically, styling them. Her glamour shots of steeds, their manes done up to resemble human hairstyles, are startling and infinitely more memorable than the talking horse movie with Bobcat Goldthwait (bet ya can't remember the title of tha...
Google's firing back at Bing with a brand new visual image search feature. Google Image Swirl, announced on Tuesday , brings layers of similar images into your searches. Think of it like six degrees of separation, only customized to your image search interests. Inside Google Image Swirl Google Image Swirl -- not to be confused with Bing's recently launched Visual Search for images -- works by building...
It was only a matter of time before a Twitter page inspired a TV show. Mega meme Textsfromlastnight was optioned by Fox back in September, and now Twitter’s Shit my Dad Says is getting the same treatment from CBS. The brainchild of 29-year-old Justin Halpern (who recently moved back in with his parents), the feed is [...] Related posts: World’s Greatest Dad '> Exclusive: Bobcat Goldthwait...
Recently, you might have been sucked into another viral campaign fanfaring “Cat Heaven.” It seemed to have some mysterious connection to Patrick Stump of Fall Out Boy, the Matches and Justin Pierre of Motion City Soundtrack. Well the mystery is over. The Keys to Cat Heaven is the name of the new album from pop [...]
Bad Lit:Journal of Underground Film (Free subscription) | 28/10/2009
The 2009 AFI Film Festival is screening a bunch of great underground films, including Mike Plante's Lunchfilms, films by Don Hertzfeldt, Jim Finn and more.
Filed under: Comedy , Sundance You may have heard about Bobcat Goldthwait's current film, World's Greatest Dad , possibly from all the raving various people at Cinematical have done about it. It's an outrageously dark comedy -- but that should be no surprise if you've seen any of Bobcat's previous films, including Sleeping Dogs Li e , which I've chosen as AOL/SlashControl 's free flick of the day....
Some say that clowns get a bad rap. Theory being that a few bad apples have used the guise of the otherwise trustworthy buffoon for their own maniacal missions, trading in red noses and balloon...
check is syno\n\n With fingers crossed, we turned to the latest Kojima Productions podcast, hoping beyond hope that the studio had taken our recommendation to refresh the voice of Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker’s bearded protagonist. Our nominee for Solid Snake’s new pipes Bobcat Goldthwait. Sure, Mr. Goldthwait would likely take the series in an unexpected direction [...]
With fingers crossed, we turned to the latest Kojima Productions podcast, hoping beyond hope that the studio had taken our recommendation to refresh the voice of Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker's bearded protagonist. Our nominee for Solid Snake's new pipes? Bobcat Goldthwait . Sure, Mr. Goldthwait would likely take the series in an unexpected direction -- but what unsuspecting player wouldn't be swept...
Bobcat Goldthwait's black comedy is coming to high-definition in December. In an early announcement to retailers, Magnolia Home Entertainment says 'World's Greatest Dad' starring Robin Williams is slated...
I’d been hearing lots of good things about Bobcat’s recent work as a filmmaker but my mind flashbacked to the ‘80’s immediately upon hearing his name. An image of a stand up comedian with a weird hat and an even weirder voice came to mind. I thou... Read and post comments | Send to a friend
Robin Williams' character is so damaged and maddeningly passive you want to shout Man up! The title character in World's Greatest Dad is anything but. Lance (Robin Williams) is a beleaguered high school English teacher and a frustrated novelist. And the indignities he suffers at work pale in comparison with the way his teen son (one-time Spy Kid Daryl Sabara) treats him.
Filed under: The Chum Bucket Try not to piss off John Mayer during an interview. [ Dlisted ] It's official: 'PYRAMID' is the new 'Starf---er.' [ Brooklyn Vegan ] So Soulja Boy can afford a black diamond, remote control Lamborghini necklace but he can't pay his rent? [ Angry Ape ] Earfarm wants to know, where have all the underage lust songs gone? [ Ear Farm ] Comedian Bobcat Goldthwait makes a pretty...
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