It’s been officially 50 years today since an anonymous thug murdered James Ellroy’s mother Geneva, destroying his childhood and giving birth to the demons that have driven the most original mind in crime fiction of the last three decades.
On this edition of the Emmy and Grammy award-winning Mustardayonnaise Podcast, Richard and and Matt discuss the Bourne DVD, Apple’s possible move into subscription content, and other random stuff certain to inspire and delight.
It didn’t take long for folks to start Googling Marion Cotillard’s name for more info about her after the Oscars (well for things other than nude video clips). The LA times is reporting that other internet outlets are reporting on her comments of the past year where she indicated that she believed that the 9/11 attacks were a US government plan to destroy the twin towers because the whole area needed urban renewal, oh and the moon landing in 1969 was faked.
Guess what… many movie stars are nucking futs. Even hot French ones. As long as Cotillard keeps appearing naked in movies, and avoids the creepy makeup she wore in La Vie en Rose, she can believe whatever the hell she wants in my book.
Source Article: LA Times
Image Credit: China Daily
10 Mad Men (TV Series) This amazing AMC series about the Madison Avenue world of advertising is an HBO series that isn’t on HBO (apparently they passed on it). It does so many things right; such as an almost perfect production design. I’d don’t think I recognized a single actor in the series before I watched an episode, they are all ingrained in my head now. They really make an impression.
9 The Slingbox (TV Gizmo) This wonderful contraption has been around for a couple of years, but I just got mine in November. Much like TiVO entirely changed how you watched TV, this crazy little machine upends everything again as well. It allows you to watch your cable TV from anywhere, in remarkably good quality over fairly lousy broadband connections. It even works beautifully on my creaky old Dell Axim Pocket PC. It’s like manna for ADHD multitaskers.
8 Sopranos (TV Series) The Sopranos finally wrapped up its slog through the American pschye with a short, brilliant season. It will be missed.
7 Bioshock (Video Game) Has there ever been a more fully realized video game story and world than the underworld of Bioshock? If there was ever a video game that would cause Roger Ebert to revise his opinion about the inability to consider video games art, Bioshock is that game.
6 Portal (Video Game) This game gives one hope. When even the very best games are just perfect realizations of time-worn gamestyles, Portal was wholly unique. The puzzles, the pacing, the storyline, even the relatively brief length of the game; all perfect.
5 The Portal Song (Song) The finale song, sung by the computer antagonist of Portal, is sublime. It’s funny, beautiful, and moving. And I’ve probably listened to the thing through youtube like 50 times.
4 Zodiac (film) Fincher’s police procedural gets under your skin early and never lets go. Rarely have I sat through a movie with a pit in my stomach for the entirety of a film. Is there a better, more consistently great director working in Hollywood?
3 Sublimely Perfect Endings (All Media) What a wonderful year for sometimes controversial, yet perfect, endings. From the Sopranos’ Journey-fueled cut to black, to the long-promised violence of There Will be Blood, to Tommy Lee Jones’ coda at the end of No Country for Old Men, to the cake and song of Portal, to the optimistic cut scene of the “good” ending of Bioshock… has there ever been such an embarrassment of riches for perfect endings?
2 There Will Be Blood (Movie) I only saw the movie this morning, but I suspect that it will stick with me for a very long time.
1 No Country for Old Men (Movie) I think, after a month’s reflection, that this is the best Coen Brother’s Movie ever. It’s also the best movie of the year.
Honorable Mentions: The Office and 30 Rock on NBC, The Orange Box on Xbox 360, Pinball on Xbox Live, The Lives of Others, The Bourne Ultimatum, Crackdown on Xbox 360, Halo 3 on Xbox 360, the iPhone, and lots of other things I totally forgot about.
Sure sounds like the death knell to HD-DVD to me. I
don’t think Gates was going to announce a new 360 with
a built-in HD DVD drive at CES anyway but if he was I
imagine he’s a little pissed right now.
http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/04/warner-goes-blu-ray-exclusive/
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I’m sure eventually it will be fine but right now it’s
damn funny.
http://www.alleyinsider.com/2008/01/fox-biz-no-ones-watching-nws.html
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