Today may bring the strangest article in the history of TDYLF. For three years, the site has pumped out one article or another about movies and (occasionally) TV 4.617 times a week. Ish. Today, I’m going to go a little meta (if that word is even still a thing, and if it’s not then substitute “self-referential”). Today I’d like to discuss the current state of things and the future of the site. Continue reading
Filed under Blogging, Creativity, Movies, Writing
Over the weekend, I went to the theater to see Mud. Normally, I would’ve been perfectly content to wait for DVD. But I found out that it had been directed by Jeff Nichols, the same director who had made 2011′s Take Shelter. Purely on that basis alone, I wanted to see Mud. Afterwards, I was so impressed with it and with Take Shelter that I knew I had to make it a point to track down his other film- Shotgun Stories (2007). And in less than 24 hours, I had become a huge Jeff Nichols fan. The feeling is reminiscent of, say, the first time you see Hard Eight or Boogie Nights; Rushmore and The Royal Tenenbaums; or Shaun of the Dead and Spaced. This is a young director who is going places, and his work makes audiences stand up and take notice. But who is he and what is he all about? Continue reading
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Summer movie season is officially here. There have already been a few good releases, with many more still to come. Still, I’ll be shocked if I enjoy any of the popcorn movies this summer as much as I enjoyed The Avengers last summer. And that’s why I’ve chosen to memorialize it using stick figures. There are a lot of options for scenes, but there’s one that stands out in particular. Its magic was created with the use of two simple words. Continue reading
Filed under Great Moments in Movie History, Humor, Movies
It’s time yet again for the article that’s easy for me and fun for you- Fun with Netflix Viewer Reviews! Here’s volume twenty of people writing really funny Netflix viewer reviews. These are presented completely unedited. Even when you think I might have edited something in or out of the copy, I assure you that I have not. Continue reading
If there are two things I love, it’s Goodfellas (1990) and making fun of shitty romantic comedy clichés. Chief among the rom-com clichés is the poster art, which has five or six different templates to choose from. Just add two actors who have given up on awards and you’ve got yourself a rom-com poster. Here’s one version of how a Goodfellas poster could play out if it were a rom-com. Continue reading
If you watch Game of Thrones, then you know that there was recently an epic scene involving a pit with a bear in it, a blonde, and a heroic idiot who risked his life to save her. In other words, it was just like that scene in Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy. For all of their similarities, there were a few differences. Which bear pit scene was better? Only through the magic of the tale of the tape can we find out. Continue reading
Filed under Humor, Movies, Television, TV Shows
Part of the movie weekend was lost- in the best way possible- to Mother’s Day, when I took my mother to a baseball game. She got a floppy red St. Louis Cardinals sun hat out of the deal. But the rest of the weekend featured at least a few films, including a few strangely (and inadvertently) Mother’s Day-themed titles, a Woody Allen film, more Satyajit Ray, and a trippy little counterculture relic starring Ringo Starr. This is the movie weekend that was. Continue reading
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