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Every generation has their own dumbass ideas. [more inside]
posted by Pong74LS on Apr 21, 2024 - 11 comments

Kristen joins the 5 Timers Club [more inside]
posted by rhizome on Apr 8, 2024 - 7 comments

RIP title card for Erin Maroney Fraser, who was also Chris Farley's girlfriend before he died. [more inside]
posted by rhizome on Mar 12, 2023 - 12 comments

Hotshot television anchorman Ron Burgundy (Will Ferrell) welcomes upstart reporter Veronica Corningstone (Christina Applegate) into the male-dominated world of 1970s broadcast news -- that is, until the talented female journalist begins to outshine Burgundy on air. Soon he grows jealous, begins a bitter feud with Veronica and eventually makes a vulgar slip on live TV that ruins his career. However, when an outrageous story breaks at the San Diego Zoo, Ron may get a chance to redeem himself. [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown on Jan 6, 2023 - 8 comments

Andrés and Úrsula plan a fake dream to help a doctor's insomnia patient fall asleep; Renaldo's skills as a makeup artist are put to the test on Bianca's film set; Tati stumbles into a solution to her debt problem.
posted by the primroses were over on Jul 20, 2019 - 11 comments

A high-maintenance researcher tasks Los Espookys with creating alien lab subjects for her government presentation; Tico tries to reassure Bianca while Renaldo, Úrsula and Andrés have differing opinions on her latest screenplay.
posted by the primroses were over on Jul 14, 2019 - 6 comments

After a longtime tourist attraction is compromised, the mayor of a seaside town is approached by Renaldo to create another; Tico eyes a fortuitous partnership after running into Renaldo's favorite director in Los Angeles. [more inside]
posted by the primroses were over on Jun 30, 2019 - 13 comments

Documentary Now! continues to highlight the best in contemporary documentary. This season includes Batsh*t Valley (Wild Wild Country and The Source Family), Original Cast Album: Co-Op (Original Cast Album: Company), Waiting for the Artist (Marina Abramović: The Artist is Present), Searching for Mr. Larson: A Love Letter from the Far Side, (Dear Mr. Watterson), Long Gone, (Let's Get Lost) and Any Given Saturday Afternoon (A League of Ordinary Gentlemen.)
posted by eotvos on Jun 29, 2019 - 5 comments

The Little Hours, the only movie currently in theaters based on the Decameron and starring Audrey Plaza and Alison Brie, depicts a young servant in 14th century Italy who flees his master and winds up at a convent full of emotionally unstable nuns. [more inside]
posted by chesty_a_arthur on Jul 17, 2017 - 11 comments

Dame Helen Mirren returns to host the best documentaries of the past 51 years. [more inside]
posted by lmfsilva on Sep 15, 2016 - 10 comments

Adam Driver brings the Star Wars nerdery, Fred Armisen returns to pay tribute to David Bowie, and apparently Liev Schriber is a bit of a freak.
posted by Etrigan on Jan 17, 2016 - 7 comments

The story of a festival dedicated to legendary Chicago mobster Al Capone in a small city in Iceland. [more inside]
posted by lmfsilva on Sep 18, 2015 - 0 comments

The Christmas episode hits Serial a few times and welcomes back Kristen Wiig and Fred Armisen, with all the good and ill that entails.
posted by Etrigan on Dec 21, 2014 - 21 comments