Fictional Fictions
Never again will the real have the chance to produce itself — such is the vital function of the model in a system of death, or rather of anticipated resurrection, that no longer even gives the event of death a … Continued
Posts by Stokes on Overthinking It
Joan Crawford Axe Murderer For The Win
After skipping a couple of months, overthinkingit.com rejoins the Final Girl Film Club with a review of Strait-Jacket. Somewhat unusually, the review below is SPOILER-FREE. I mean, you’ll learn a couple of little things about the movie, but the big … Continued
3 · Read More »
Things Which, The First Amendment Notwithstanding, One Must Not Do In a Crowded Theater
Yell “Fire!” Not yell “Fire!” providing a) that there is, in fact, a fire, and b) that you are the only one to have noticed it. Burn the fucking theater down.
1 · Read More »
Let me take you down to Strawberry Fields
Slate recently ran an article about economists and strawberry pickin’ that you all ought to take a look at. It’s well worth reading a whole thing, but the gist of it is that if you own a strawberry farm, and … Continued
3 · Read More »
Geneolog·E
Screenshots identified and connections explained, after the jump. Spoilers for many movies are found below. I don’t want to give away the titles yet, because the reveal is part of the fun… just proceed with caution, all right?
2 · Read More »
Kitty!
I got to this from the Onion AV Club’s “videocracy” feature, which tracks the most popular videos on the intertubes. This means that the odds of any of you not having already seen this are, to say the least, slim. … Continued
7 · Read More »
“Her ability to shoot a gun was so the film’s advertisers could put her on a poster wearing a skimpy outfit with a big gun between her legs.”
The title here is taken from a recent post by mlawski on the difference between [Strong Female] Characters and [Strong Characters], Female. The image is a painting by the French artist Louis-Leopold Boilly, which (according to the exhibit guide at … Continued
She drank my beer in a large rubber glass / Woo-eee-ooo-ooo!
If you’ve been watching TV at all lately, you’ve probably come across this commercial for the shamelessly sleazy CW show Gossip Girl. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STDUqq1maaI I’ve not watched the show before, and I don’t think I care to. But what is UP … Continued
1 · Read More »
Let me pretend this is Ain’t It Cool News for just a moment here…
… so that I can tell you that there’s a red band trailer circulating the net for the Coen brothers’ upcoming film Burn After Reading. You can watch it here. I find it funny that the trailer says “From the … Continued
4 · Read More »
Stuff *I* didn’t like about Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Not to step on Matt’s toes, but this has been bothering me. The Indiana Jones franchise has always been about searching for an artifact that is tied into a major world religion. 1) Ark of the Covenant : Judaism. 2) … Continued