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- 02: Spielberg: Artificial Intelligence: A.I. part 4 (32)
- 01: Spielberg: Artificial Intelligence: A.I. part 3 (12)
- October 2008 (17)
- 31: Spielberg: Artificial Intelligence: A.I. part 2 (19)
- 31: Spielberg: Artificial Intelligence: A.I. part 1 (15)
- 29: Rudy Casoni for Sarah Palin (10)
- 25: To the undecided voter: (9)
- 23: Some thoughts on Burn After Reading (50)
- 18: Suppress the Vote (12)
- 16: Why I’m voting for Obama: part 3 (61)
- 15: From tiny ACORNs… (13)
- 14: I heart Rachel Maddow (19)
- 13: Why I’m voting for Obama: part 2 (23)
- 10: Why I’m voting for Obama: part 1 (29)
- 09: Monsters! The Golem (21)
- 08: Some notes on the second presidential debate (53)
- 06: Economic update (10)
- 03: Obligatory Vice-Presidential Debate Thread (24)
- 02: Talking Giraffe Movie (53)
- 01: Fairies and Fantasy: The Wizard of Oz part 3 (64)
- September 2008 (51)
- 30: Now is the winter of our discontent (10)
- 30: Fairies and Fantasy:The Wizard of Oz part 2 (47)
- 30: Money (19)
- 29: What I know so far. (66)
- 29: Hooray for the red, white and blue! (20)
- 28: Pinochet approves of the bailout (35)
- 28: Royal Alcott 1928-2008 (38)
- 28: Paul Newman (36)
- 25: Programming note (6)
- 25: Fairies and Fantasy: The Wizard of Oz part 1 (59)
- 25: Why am I not laughing? (8)
- 24: These are the people running our government, folks. (14)
- 23: Glad to see I’m not alone. (40)
- 23: More like this, please. (17)
- 23: Monsters! Pumpkinhead (42)
- 22: Monsters! Jeepers Creepers (44)
- 22: Contact your representatives today! (30)
- 21: A brief note on Igor (20)
- 21: The Hen-House Crisis (30)
- 20: (9)
- 19: In happier news — (20)
- 19: Bush’s speech, translated (6)
- 19: Monsters! Creature from the Black Lagoon (17)
- 18: Obligatory /b/ post (31)
- 18: The rain on McCain (23)
- 18: Monsters! The Wolf Man (15)
- 17: This just in (8)
- 17: Today’s economic lesson (15)
- 17: Monsters! Wolfen (34)
- 16: Campaign update (26)
- 16: Monsters! The Howling (18)
- 15: Monsters! The Fly (46)
- 15: Another financial note (8)
- 15: A financial note (19)
- 13: Monsters! An American Werewolf in London (52)
- 13: Monsters! (13)
- 12: Query (88)
- 11: On the anniversary of 9/11… (11)
- 11: Two related questions (10)
- 11: Screenwriting 101: adaptations (81)
- 10: Election roundup (16)
- 10: A really bad Disney movie (9)
- 08: An idealist, but also a realist (21)
- 08: Spielberg: Saving Private Ryan part 5 (24)
- 07: Spielberg: Saving Private Ryan part 4 (15)
- 06: Spielberg: Saving Private Ryan part 3 (9)
- 05: Spielberg: Saving Private Ryan part 2 (6)
- 04: Some further thoughts on Sarah Palin (72)
- 03: Spielberg: Saving Private Ryan part 1 (21)
- 02: Fairies and Fantasy: Eragon (46)
- 01: Some thoughts on Sarah Palin (76)
- August 2008 (38)
- 27: Spielberg: Amistad part 2 (17)
- 27: Spielberg: Amistad part 1 (17)
- 26: Wadpaw in Maakies! (17)
- 25: Some thoughts on Clone Wars (59)
- 25: Venture Bros: The Family that Slays Together, Stays Together, Part Two (96)
- 23: Sam Alcott and the Theological Struggle of Doom (18)
- 23: Festival news! Bentfootes (almost) beats Baldwin! (8)
- 23: Spielberg: The Lost World: Jurassic Park part 2 (15)
- 23: Spielberg: The Lost World: Jurassic Park part 1 (27)
- 22: NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!! (40)
- 21: Space Chimps, by guest reviewer John McCain (14)
- 20: Favorite screenplays (63)
- 20: Screenwriting 101: a tale of two beginnings (79)
- 18: Fairies and Fantasy: The Dark Crystal (111)
- 18: The Venture Bros: The Family that Slays Together, Stays Together part 1 (59)
- 17: Movie Night with Urbaniak: Primer (48)
- 15: David Bowie: a subjective overview, part 3 (17)
- 15: Epic fail, part 2 (9)
- 14: (8)
- 14: (11)
- 14: (7)
- 14: (9)
- 13: Found on the internet (22)
- 12: Found on the internet (11)
- 12: Movie Night with Urbaniak: United 93 (18)
- 12: David Bowie: a subjective overview part 2 (8)
- 11: The Venture Bros: ORB (109)
- 10: David Bowie: a subjective overview, part 1 (22)
- 09: David Bowie: a personal history (59)
- 08: Mantis update: mantis rampage! (4)
- 08: An anatomist on The Dark Knight (26)
- 07: MEMO (49)
- 06: Spielberg: Schindler’s List part 5 (13)
- 05: Fairies and Fantasy: Labyrinth (193)
- 05: Book news! Typhon, Bond, Garfield (8)
- 04: The Venture Bros: The Lepidopterists (81)
- 03: Mantis update (3)
- 02: Dad, Sam, Kit and Space Chimps (2)
- July 2008 (17)
- 29: Earthquake damage — exclusive photos! (13)
- 29: Earthquake! (18)
- 28: Venture Bros: Now Museum, Now You Don’t! (65)
- 27: Dark Knight phenom (55)
- 24: Synopses of movies I haven’t seen, based only on their posters: Swing Vote (20)
- 23: Mantis update: spotlight on Booie (10)
- 22: Mantis update (6)
- 21: Venture Bros: Tears of a Sea-cow (63)
- 20: Further thoughts on The Dark Knight (70)
- 19: Favorite reactions to The Dark Knight (37)
- 18: The Dark Knight (23)
- 14: The Venture Bros: “What Goes Down, Must Come Up” (51)
- 12: Bruce Conner (4)
- 10: Spielberg: Schindler’s List part 4 (11)
- 08: Spielberg: Schindler’s List part 3 (6)
- 06: Venture Bros: Dr. Quymn, Medicine Woman (70)
- 03: Spielberg: Schindler’s List part 2 (17)
- June 2008 (21)
- 30: Mantis update (12)
- 30: Venture Bros: The Buddy System (79)
- 27: Spielberg: Schindler’s List part 1 (5)
- 24: Kit and The Last Crusade (6)
- 23: George Carlin (2)
- 23: Venture Bros: Home is Where the Hate Is (26)
- 19: Mantis update (4)
- 17: Spielberg: Jurassic Park part 3 (12)
- 16: Stan Winston (14)
- 16: Untouchable Obama (6)
- 16: Mantis update (4)
- 16: Venture Bros: The Invisible Hand of Fate (72)
- 15: Spielberg: Jurassic Park part 2 (38)
- 15: Spielberg: Jurassic Park part 1 (15)
- 13: My message to the graduating class (8)
- 09: Venture Bros: The Doctor is Sin (88)
- 08: Sam on Gremlins (34)
- 06: Your attention please (0)
- 04: Tuesday, June 3 was an important, historic day in the history of the United States (12)
- 02: Mantises! II: The Revenge (18)
- 01: The Venture Bros: “Shadowman 9: In the Cradle of Destiny” (37)
- May 2008 (24)
- 26: Spielberg: Hook (29)
- 26: Sydney Pollack (8)
- 25: Little Birdy (16)
- 25: Spielberg: Always (7)
- 24: Movie Night With Urbaniak: War of the Worlds (26)
- 24: Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull part 3 (30)
- 23: Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull part 2 (42)
- 23: Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull part 1 (45)
- 22: Initial response to Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (25)
- 17: Feeder Birds in NYC (8)
- 17: no comment (4)
- 15: He’s a demon and he’s gonna be chasing after someone. (19)
- 15: He’s jamming down the pedal like he’s never coming back. (10)
- 14: Apropos of nothing (6)
- 14: Spielberg: Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade part 2 (38)
- 13: Spielberg: Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade part 1 (27)
- 11: there is no particular point to this entry (14)
- 09: The Wonder Unicorn (17)
- 08: some thoughts on why I’m doing this at all (13)
- 07: Spielberg: Empire of the Sun (12)
- 06: Strange things found on YouTube (8)
- 05: some more thoughts on video games and their relation to other media (34)
- 03: iTunes Catch of the Day: Portishead (16)
- 02: My Iron Man (38)
- April 2008 (20)
- 28: Wonders never cease (23)
- 27: Story structure: it’s not just for movies anymore (44)
- 26: Spielberg: The Color Purple (5)
- 23: Seen on the street (12)
- 23: Disneyland report ’08 (26)
- 19: Record Store Day (9)
- 18: Literary Oddities: Ralph Nader, Will You Marry Me? (16)
- 16: eBay item of the week: the recordings of Leonard Nimoy (23)
- 15: Spielberg: Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom part 2 (25)
- 13: Spielberg: Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom part 1 (26)
- 12: Spielberg: Twilight Zone: The Movie: “Kick the Can” (17)
- 12: Spielberg: Poltergeist (6)
- 08: Stones kick continues in Alcott household. (18)
- 07: Spielberg: E.T.: The Extraterrestrial (20)
- 05: Charlton Heston (18)
- 05: Some thoughts on Shine a Light (7)
- 04: Spielberg: Raiders of the Lost Ark part 3 (47)
- 02: Spielberg: Raiders of the Lost Ark part 2 (34)
- 02: Spielberg: Raiders of the Lost Ark part 1 (21)
- 01: Jules Dassin (6)
- March 2008 (28)
- 30: eBay item of the week, or, the other Mr. Oswald (14)
- 30: Speaking of Elvis Costello… (0)
- 30: iTunes Catch of the Day: The Raconteurs (19)
- 29: Robert Fagles (3)
- 29: Spielberg: 1941 part 2 (14)
- 26: Richard Widmark (9)
- 25: Spielberg: 1941 part 1 (20)
- 22: Mace Windu for Chancellor (21)
- 20: Paul Scofield (9)
- 18: Anthony Minghella (5)
- 18: Arthur C. Clarke (7)
- 14: Movie Night With Urbaniak: Shadow of a Doubt (14)
- 12: A note on Close Encounters of the Third Kind: The Special Edition (12)
- 11: Spielberg: Close Encounters of the Third Kind part three (28)
- 10: Spielberg: Close Encounters of the Third Kind part two (14)
- 09: Spielberg: Close Encounters of the Third Kind part one (23)
- 08: ! (8)
- 08: Spielberg: Jaws Act IV (27)
- 06: Spielberg: Jaws Act III (18)
- 06: Spielberg: Jaws Act II (13)
- 05: Spielberg: Jaws Act I (21)
- 04: Screenwriting 101: Making the Scene with the Beats (1)
- 04: Screenwriting 101: mixing genres (7)
- 04: Spielberg: Night Gallery: “Eyes” (7)
- 03: Screenwriting 101: Animation vs. Live Action (6)
- 03: Spielberg: Amblin’ (5)
- 02: Movie Night With Urbaniak: Amblin’, Jaws (44)
- 01: Jack endorses Clinton (6)
- February 2008 (38)
- 29: Birched Fig Suits (9)
- 29: Hmmm (17)
- 29: Spielberg: The Name of the Game: L.A. 2017 (18)
- 28: Spielberg: Something Evil (18)
- 27: Sam and the Firefly (19)
- 26: Movie Night With Urbaniak: Ben-Hur (26)
- 25: Garfield update (9)
- 25: Spielberg: The Sugarland Express (3)
- 25: Yay Oscars! (4)
- 23: Spielberg: Duel (21)
- 22: FYI (21)
- 20: Today’s headlines (7)
- 18: Swiftboating Obama (6)
- 18: Sam on Temple of Doom (39)
- 17: Literary Oddities: You Can Survive the Bomb (11)
- 17: R.I.P. Ben Stein (23)
- 16: Watching Raiders with Sam (28)
- 15: The Whale part 6 (11)
- 14: I predict… (15)
- 14: Happy Valentine’s Day from What Does The Protagonist Want (6)
- 14: The Whale part 5 (2)
- 13: The Whale part 4 (1)
- 12: The Whale part 3 (2)
- 11: The Whale part 2 (1)
- 10: R.I.P. Roy Scheider (23)
- 10: The Whale part 1 (10)
- 09: There Will Be Blood part 4 (41)
- 08: There Will Be Blood part 3 (13)
- 07: There Will Be Blood part 2 (10)
- 06: There Will Be Blood part 1 (15)
- 05: iTunes catch of the day: Cassandra’s Dream and “The River in Reverse” (9)
- 05: Today is Super Tuesday (17)
- 03: How good is No Country For Old Men? (1)
- 03: Screenwriting 101: The Gap (21)
- 02: Some more thoughts on Cloverfield (28)
- 02: Attention Variety (7)
- 01: Screenwriting 101: Pop Quiz, 2001: A Space Odyssey (47)
- 01: I predict (4)
- January 2008 (38)
- 31: What Does The Protagonist Want hits the big time (8)
- 31: Seen on the street (1)
- 31: Screenwriting 101 — Some Thoughts on Dialogue (33)
- 29: Screenwriting 101: Le Trou, and The True (27)
- 28: Yay SAG! (0)
- 28: Metablog (4)
- 27: True Hollywood Story: Famous Older Director (19)
- 27: Yay DGA! (9)
- 26: There Will Be Syrup (23)
- 26: Movie Night With Urbaniak: Inland Empire (10)
- 24: Screenwriting 101 — The Treatment (17)
- 24: Yay Oscars! (18)
- 24: Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (7)
- 23: Heath Ledger: the internet responds (9)
- 23: Movie Night With Urbaniak: The King of Comedy (9)
- 22: Screenwriting 101: the Outline (10)
- 21: Movie pitch (12)
- 21: Diary of a Country Priest (6)
- 21: Screenwriting 101: The Protagonist (17)
- 19: Some thoughts on Cloverfield (66)
- 18: Screenwriting 101: all writing is rewriting (16)
- 17: Synopses of movies I haven’t seen yet, based solely on their posters: Rambo (17)
- 16: Cute kids update — economics division (11)
- 14: Coen Bros: No Country For Old Men part 4 (14)
- 13: Alvin and the Chipmunks, by guest reviewer Rudy Giuliani (10)
- 11: Coen Bros: No Country For Old Men part 3 (10)
- 10: Coen Bros: No Country For Old Men part 2 (14)
- 09: In other Coen news (6)
- 09: Coen Bros: No Country For Old Men part 1 (13)
- 08: Bentfootes at Lincoln Center: photographic proof! (2)
- 07: No Country For Old Men contest! (21)
- 06: Bentfootes update (8)
- 03: Coen Bros: The Ladykillers (10)
- 03: Movie Night With Urbaniak: Army of Shadows (10)
- 02: The Bentfootes in New York City (7)
- 02: Coen Bros: Intolerable Cruelty (25)
- 01: Metablog (78)
- 01: Well whaddaya know — (1)
- December 2007 (25)
- 30: Oscar Dead Pool (6)
- 29: Cute kids update (12)
- 28: (3)
- 25: In a Lonely Place (6)
- 24: (2)
- 24: (3)
- 23: (2)
- 23: A Cricpmist Story (7)
- 23: (4)
- 21: Coen Bros: The Man Who Wasn’t There (10)
- 21: (4)
- 21: Movie Night With Urbaniak: Heaven’s Gate (part 2) (4)
- 18: Kids these days (3)
- 18: I am pleased to announce… (3)
- 18: (3)
- 16: Shocker headline: Garfield made funny! (23)
- 16: Okay, God, let’s have it out. You and me. (4)
- 16: Star Wars Episode VII (5)
- 14: Coen Bros: O Brother, Where Art Thou? (16)
- 12: Another long, awkward elevator ride? (4)
- 10: Crass commercialism (28)
- 08: Star Wars: Episode VII — the treatment, part 1 (18)
- 08: Movie Night With Urbaniak: Heaven’s Gate (part 1) (5)
- 06: Coen Bros: The Big Lebowski (22)
- 04: Hulk To-Do List (8)
- November 2007 (28)
- 29: Coen Bros: Fargo (22)
- 29: Good Riddance (5)
- 27: Coen Bros: The Hudsucker Proxy (27)
- 25: Coen Bros: Barton Fink (29)
- 22: Thanksgiving greetings from What Does The Protagonist Want (11)
- 21: The Shining (15)
- 20: Post of self-interest (22)
- 20: Poltergeist (22)
- 18: Coen Bros: Miller’s Crossing (7)
- 17: Write your own ironic headline (3)
- 16: Greg Saunders on the WGA strike (1)
- 15: Daily Show writers on the WGA strike (6)
- 15: A teeny bit more about The Lady Eve (4)
- 15: Movie Night With Urbaniak: The Lady Eve (6)
- 14: Coen Bros: Raising Arizona (13)
- 13: More on wga strike (8)
- 12: Those poor, poor media corporations (5)
- 12: Coen Bros: Blood Simple (32)
- 11: More of Sam’s heroes (8)
- 11: More dinosaurs (13)
- 08: Some thoughts on the writer’s strike, part 3 (4)
- 08: Some thoughts on the writer’s strike part 2 (9)
- 08: Some thoughts on the writer’s strike part 1 (11)
- 04: Sam, cartoonist (16)
- 04: Why do I get the feeling… (5)
- 02: Live Nude Plastic Dinosaurs (5)
- 02: Screenwriting 101 — The Act Break (10)
- 02: Movie Night With Urbaniak: Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (17)
- October 2007 (15)
- 31: Update: evil robots, dirty cops,anxious Swedes and a neurotic Jew (14)
- 31: (4)
- 25: Movie Night With Urbaniak: The Terminator (36)
- 24: Control (12)
- 21: Further thoughts on Return of the Jedi (45)
- 19: Brute Force (4)
- 18: The Wilhelm Scream (12)
- 18: True Hollywood Story: The Integrity Card (14)
- 16: Movie Night With Urbaniak: Network (24)
- 14: Michael Clayton (21)
- 13: Ride With the Devil (5)
- 11: Movie Night With Urbaniak: Murder, My Sweet (23)
- 08: The Proposition (5)
- 06: Movie Night With Urbaniak: Chinatown (11)
- 05: 3:10 to Yuma v The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (13)
- September 2007 (29)
- 30: Movie Night With Urbaniak: One-Eyed Jacks (14)
- 29: Query (71)
- 26: Movie Night With Urbaniak: Zodiac (24)
- 23: Movie Night With Urbaniak: A Streetcar Named Desire (19)
- 20: iTunes Catch of the Day: John Zorn (8)
- 20: Movie Night With Urbaniak: Death Proof (17)
- 17: Across the Universe (29)
- 14: Movie Night With Urbaniak: Viva Zapata! (8)
- 13: Hit her, baby, one more time (29)
- 12: If you’re looking for trouble… (20)
- 12: Harry Potter and the Big Zipper (28)
- 11: The more you know (1)
- 10: Well, this is certainly worth a look. (2)
- 10: Movie Night with Urbaniak: Black Narcissus (10)
- 09: Attention World (28)
- 08: The Killers vs The Killers (22)
- 08: Fred Thompson (5)
- 07: Waiting for Godot, the Classic Comic edition (10)
- 06: Bartholomew and the Oobleck (19)
- 05: Just to be clear — (9)
- 05: Please please please let this be so. (15)
- 05: She left her heart in London (1)
- 03: What I did on my summer vacation (12)
- 03: Movie Night With Urbaniak: Pickup on South Street (7)
- 02: to make you cry (25)
- 01: Wow! (11)
- 01: Elegy for Senator Craig (3)
- 01: Senator Craig resigns (12)
- 01: Everything you need to know about Karl Rove (3)
- August 2007 (28)
- 31: Blog blog (6)
- 30: (10)
- 30: cartoonist of the day: Mark Gleim (5)
- 30: Don’t throw out that spare change! (2)
- 29: Some thoughts on the anniversary of Katrina (13)
- 29: The fault lies not in our stars (5)
- 28: Senator Craig (10)
- 28: Movie Night With Urbaniak: L’Eclisse (11)
- 25: Casino Royale (2006) (27)
- 24: The Cat in the Hat part 2 (6)
- 23: The Cat in the Hat part 1 (9)
- 22: Movie Night With Urbaniak: L’Avventura (10)
- 22: New drawings up at DeviantArt (8)
- 18: Teh Metapost (40)
- 18: Karl Rove one-liner (3)
- 16: Happy Death Day (10)
- 16: sketchbook (3)
- 16: (16)
- 15: sketchbook (12)
- 14: (16)
- 12: a screenwriter’s notebook part 2 (9)
- 05: New York one-liner (8)
- 04: Two New York stories (17)
- 03: Notes from a visit to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC, part 2 (22)
- 02: My list of over-seen masterpieces (17)
- 02: Query (50)
- 02: Notes from a visit to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC, part 1 (3)
- 01: Another long, awkward elevator ride (24)
- July 2007 (30)
- 29: Close Encounters pop quiz (12)
- 28: Movie Night With Urbaniak: Close Encounters of the Third Kind (21)
- 27: True Hollywood Story: my worst pitch meeting (10)
- 26: True Hollywood Story: my first pitch meeting (25)
- 25: That’s my boy (12)
- 24: DVD note (8)
- 24: George W. Bush: worse than a William Morris agent. (19)
- 24: Synopses of movies I haven’t seen yet, based solely on their posters: Stardust (27)
- 23: The dangers of Googling oneself (14)
- 22: Harry Potter and the Bone-Head Screenwriter (41)
- 21: Movie Night With Urbaniak: Yukoku, Z (6)
- 20: Girl in the Ashes conclusion (17)
- 20: Girl in the Ashes part 3 (0)
- 19: Girl in the Ashes part 2 (4)
- 19: Girl in the Ashes, part 1 (8)
- 18: iTunes catch of the day: Dean Elliott’s Zounds! What Sounds! (7)
- 17: Movie night with Urbaniak: Performance (9)
- 17: Sam has a question (14)
- 16: TIE fighter! (18)
- 15: Mantis update update (7)
- 15: Mantis update (9)
- 12: The mysteries of iTunes (47)
- 11: Millipede! (21)
- 10: Movie Night With Urbaniak: The Lady From Shanghai (11)
- 09: Wildlife imitates art (9)
- 09: Bucky: 2007-2007 (11)
- 07: McCartney: one more thing (29)
- 04: McCartney part 8: the insecure, paranoid loser (51)
- 04: Happy Independence Day! (7)
- 01: The Empire Strikes Back, and I have a question (61)
- June 2007 (18)
- 30: McCartney part 7: John v Paul (35)
- 30: McCartney part 6: know your Pauls (30)
- 29: Give My Regards to Broad Street (23)
- 27: McCartney, part 5 (22)
- 27: McCartney, part 4, where it starts getting ugly (30)
- 23: McCartney, part 3, in which I try to quantify greatness, so that I may dissect it (14)
- 19: McCartney, part 2, in which I relate a brief personal history (39)
- 18: Paul McCartney I (14)
- 17: (8)
- 15: Sam art update (12)
- 13: More mantises! (11)
- 12: Mantises! (21)
- 10: Sugar Water (9)
- 08: Query (34)
- 06: Finally, I make the cover of the New Yorker (7)
- 05: Star Wars Episode VII scene 1 (16)
- 03: House calls, I listen (22)
- 01: House rules (19)
- May 2007 (17)
- 30: Die Another Day (40)
- 28: Who is Bond? (17)
- 28: What is Bond? (20)
- 25: The World is Not Enough (21)
- 20: Attention NYC residents (14)
- 19: Tomorrow Never Dies (24)
- 17: Query (74)
- 14: Attention people (23)
- 13: (7)
- 12: Goldeneye (47)
- 10: Licence to Kill (22)
- 09: The Living Daylights (42)
- 08: Spider-Man 3 (52)
- 06: A View to a Kill (30)
- 05: Octopussy (51)
- 02: Bond midterm (54)
- 01: For Your Eyes Only (36)
- April 2007 (32)
- 30: Moonraker (39)
- 29: The Spy Who Loved Me (23)
- 28: The Man With The Golden Gun (23)
- 27: Live and Let Die (24)
- 26: Diamonds Are Forever (35)
- 26: You Only Live, twice (4)
- 25: On Her Majesty’s Secret Service (46)
- 24: You Only Live Twice (62)
- 23: Thunderball (16)
- 22: Goldfinger (21)
- 22: Further thoughts on Attack of the Clones (20)
- 21: From Russia With Love (22)
- 20: Dr. No (9)
- 20: Venture Bros: Assassinanny 911 (33)
- 19: The Ipcress File (11)
- 14: The Phantom Menace (69)
- 13: It is a silly place (5)
- 12: Esoteric 3 1/2-hour Art Film Disappoints at Box Office: Experts Baffled (52)
- 11: Literary Oddities: Tumbleweed Trouble (26)
- 09: Johnny Hart 1931-2007 (50)
- 06: First! (21)
- 06: Good TV (12)
- 05: Holy week expands to embrace alternative religions (7)
- 05: one more 300 clip (8)
- 05: A screenwriter’s notebook (31)
- 05: Holy week celebrations continue (10)
- 04: I just think students should have access to all points of view (4)
- 04: As long as we’re on the subject of creative science… (3)
- 03: Oh, dear. (6)
- 03: The Eiger Sanction (15)
- 02: cartoonist of the day (6)
- 01: Weekend news (26)
- March 2007 (42)
- 31: Birdfight! (16)
- 31: What a bear does in the woods (18)
- 31: Dale Goodson (1)
- 29: The Lurita Kiss Good Night (8)
- 29: Amnesiac Assassin: The Long Kiss Good Night v. The Bourne Identity (28)
- 28: The left and right hand of comedy (19)
- 28: The Naked Kiss (3)
- 27: See how it all began (7)
- 27: Fundamental human truth discovered by Washington pundit! (8)
- 27: And some people are vicious, irresponsible hypocrites posing as journalists (24)
- 27: Proof of God’s appearance (13)
- 26: tonight’s dream (10)
- 26: Sudden Impact (23)
- 25: tonight’s dream (6)
- 24: Guido Nielsen (4)
- 24: PG 300 (16)
- 24: tonight’s dream (8)
- 24: Sam’s first love letter (7)
- 24: A tale of two magazine covers (28)
- 24: Tony Snow in surgery for colon cancer (0)
- 23: very subtle (4)
- 22: My dream (22)
- 22: Sam hits the nub (11)
- 21: Rest in peace, Larry “Bud” Melman (15)
- 20: This is why I don’t watch TV news (33)
- 20: The (other) Man Who Knew Too Much (29)
- 19: The Man Who Knew Too Much (32)
- 17: ! (5)
- 16: Friend (7)
- 15: Get Carter, Snatch (10)
- 13: Screenwriting 101 — Finishing The Damn Thing (29)
- 12: My computer’s been sluggish. (22)
- 12: They Might Be Giants at Walter Reed (7)
- 11: Elvis vs. Elvis (11)
- 11: Screenwriting 101 — The Life of a Screenwriter (24)
- 10: Kit corner (17)
- 10: And now, some drawings of a bird flying through winter trees (14)
- 06: Teen Princess (25)
- 05: Sam on Star Wars (4)
- 05: The Empire Strikes Back (37)
- 03: Kids these days (a true story) (7)
- 01: Fearful symmetries (15)
- February 2007 (18)
- 27: The Kid-pitching sketch (14)
- 25: Some Oscar thoughts (25)
- 24: The Spider-Man sketch (25)
- 21: The Matrix trilogy (69)
- 19: DC vs DCU (35)
- 18: My Supergirl (20)
- 17: Oh, those paranoid delusions: Harvey, They Might Be Giants, Man of La Mancha (57)
- 14: The Jaws of Love (13)
- 13: Happy Almost Valentine’s Day (19)
- 11: The Gods Must Be Crazy (23)
- 09: The Evil Tub of Goo (34)
- 08: Road Warriors: It Happened One Night vs. The Sure Thing (18)
- 07: Green Eggs and Ham (13)
- 06: The Princess Bride (15)
- 04: Justice League of America (40)
- 04: Star Trek: The Motion Picture (28)
- 02: Artist of the day: Carlo Barberi (28)
- 01: Q: How do you get a 5-year-old boy interested in chess? (13)
- January 2007 (16)
- 29: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (11)
- 28: Low-lifes and little girls: Paper Moon and Little Miss Marker (15)
- 27: Todd’s Oscar picks (18)
- 26: Kit’s corner (7)
- 25: Avengers Defeat Galactus! (33)
- 24: Sam’s cosmology (58)
- 22: Justice League vs. God (32)
- 18: Batman: The Movie (45)
- 14: Superfriends vs. Justice League (18)
- 12: Clayface vs. Grey Ghost (23)
- 12: Sam’s corner (8)
- 11: The Joy of Lex (25)
- 09: Superfriends vs. Challenge of the Superfriends (15)
- 09: Justice League part 3 — the Martian Manhunter (26)
- 08: Long Live the King (29)
- 01: Empire Burlesque (14)
- December 2006 (10)
- 30: Well. (17)
- 23: Xmas piece (28)
- 20: Quintet (12)
- 18: Justice League part 2 — Green Lantern is a job (34)
- 16: How I got that job (19)
- 13: The Birds (28)
- 12: The Long Goodbye (10)
- 10: Monsters (63)
- 08: Statement (6)
- 01: Advertisement (15)
- November 2006 (18)
- 28: My iPod is drunk again (20)
- 27: Code 46, Dark City, Metropolis (9)
- 25: Jules et Jim (14)
- 23: Rolling Stones, Dodger Stadium 11/22/06 (18)
- 22: The Island (15)
- 21: Robert Altman (10)
- 21: Truly Madly Deeply (14)
- 20: Pet Sematary Two (40)
- 20: Pet Sematary (43)
- 19: Bond, James Bond (70)
- 18: The Happy Ending Shakespeare Company, Volume 3 (22)
- 16: The Happy Ending Shakespeare Company, Volume 2 (27)
- 16: The casting process, according to Mulholland Drive (9)
- 15: The Happy Ending Shakespeare Company, Volume 1 (11)
- 14: The Man Who Fell to Earth (16)
- 13: Brice Marden update (0)
- 13: Zelig (13)
- 02: Ad Men (12)
- October 2006 (28)
- 31: Soylent Green (9)
- 30: Brice Marden (29)
- 30: Gattaca (2)
- 28: Futuristic Dystopias, Part II (40)
- 26: The Prestige (12)
- 26: Fahrenheit 451 (18)
- 25: Brazil (31)
- 25: THX-1138 (5)
- 24: The Futuristic Dystopia (35)
- 21: The Omega Man (17)
- 20: Les Revenants (They Came Back) (5)
- 19: The Crazies (5)
- 19: The Big Reveal (103)
- 18: 28 Days Later (29)
- 18: Day of the Dead (5)
- 17: This is the way the world ends (59)
- 17: The Departed casting notes (6)
- 16: Venture Bros: Showdown at Cremation Creek, Part II (37)
- 15: The Departed, explained to a 5-year-old (20)
- 13: Justice League (part I) (37)
- 11: Living In Flames (10)
- 09: Venture Bros: Showdown at Cremation Creek, Part I (43)
- 08: Tower Records, RIP (64)
- 07: Inscrutable nutjobs (31)
- 05: The Great Debates (9)
- 04: Sweet and Lowdown (9)
- 03: Take the Marvel challenge! (13)
- 01: Venture Bros: Viva los Muertos! (29)
- September 2006 (21)
- 30: “She Loves You:” a closer look (12)
- 28: 8 1/2 off! (23)
- 27: Sven Nykvist update (5)
- 26: Munich (9)
- 25: Venture Bros: I Know Why the Caged Bird Kills (28)
- 24: Contempt (2)
- 23: Renaissance (11)
- 21: The Jonny Quest title sequence: an appreciation (10)
- 20: Sven Nykvist (4)
- 18: Seven Samurai (27)
- 18: Day For Night (3)
- 17: CQ (3)
- 17: RKO 281 (12)
- 15: Contest!* (46)
- 15: Hulk (13)
- 12: Here’s Looking at You (13)
- 11: Venture Bros: Guess Who’s Coming to State Dinner? (10)
- 09: Idiocracy (12)
- 06: Question of the day (27)
- 04: Venture Bros: Fallen Arches (23)
- 02: Lucky 1994-2006 (16)
- August 2006 (28)
- 28: Pop Quiz (33)
- 27: The Squid and the Whale (19)
- 26: Indeed (7)
- 25: J.S. Bach: The Early Years of Struggle (1)
- 24: La Bete Humaine (3)
- 22: Screenwriting 101 — The Bad Guy Plot (62)
- 21: Venture Bros: a closer look (14)
- 21: Venture Bros: Love Bheits (27)
- 20: Devil’s Advocate (12)
- 19: Late Spring (26)
- 17: Arrest made in Jon Benet Ramsey murder (5)
- 18: If Sir Isaac Newton Had Been Born A Cat (2)
- 16: Cat History (2)
- 16: Deadgirl (8)
- 15: (4)
- 15: This entry brought to you by the Wacom Tablet ™ (9)
- 13: Venture Bros: Victor. Echo. November. (36)
- 13: Cat Algebra (8)
- 12: (8)
- 11: (7)
- 11: Protesters in Santa Monica (12)
- 10: The “Cow Over Moon” Experiment (18)
- 10: World Trade Center (6)
- 09: Writer Products (15)
- 09: What the hell happened to The Onion? (17)
- 09: The Seven Ages of Cat (10)
- 07: Projector bulb update (16)
- 02: Two magazines, two covers, one confused reader (25)
- July 2006 (16)
- 29: Feeder Birds (10)
- 29: Fred and Louie live! (2)
- 28: The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (14)
- 24: Moby-Dick, the movie, sort of (68)
- 22: Bentfootes wrap-up (15)
- 19: Ankle-deep in Bentfoote-land (8)
- 16: The Venture Bros: Escape to the House of Mummies, Part II (28)
- 15: The Bentfootes, day two (4)
- 14: Attention, Venture Bros. fans (6)
- 12: The Bentfootes, day 1 (6)
- 11: The Bentfootes (28)
- 09: Anything Else revisted, incredibly (6)
- 06: Character Design, part II: The Comics (59)
- 03: Venture Bros: Hate Floats (25)
- 02: Contest!* (47)
- 01: My Superman (19)
- June 2006 (32)
- 29: Glengarry Dogs (31)
- 28: Alcott Held Hostage, day 8 — infantainment (33)
- 25: Venture Bros: Season 2, Episode 1 (45)
- 24: Alcott Held Hostage, Day 5 : The Look of Lorne (3)
- 24: (3)
- 22: (16)
- 22: (6)
- 21: Alcott Held Hostage — Day 2 (11)
- 20: Tragedy strikes (7)
- 19: Born Yesterday (16)
- 18: The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (0)
- 17: The Secret of My Success (5)
- 16: Curb Your Enthusiasm (28)
- 12: Some thoughts on supervillains (19)
- 11: The Edge (6)
- 09: Venture Bros. miscellaneous (13)
- 09: Gimme Shelter (9)
- 08: Venture Bros: Ghosts of the Sargasso (8)
- 08: Query (20)
- 08: Venture Bros: Tag Sale — You’re It! (15)
- 08: Venture Bros: The Incredible Mr. Brisby (11)
- 07: Venture Bros: Eenie, Meeney, Miney…Magic! (8)
- 06: (14)
- 06: Venture Bros: Mid-life Chrysalis (8)
- 06: Venture Bros: Careers in Science (22)
- 05: Working Girl (8)
- 04: Absence of Malice (3)
- 03: Contest! (21)
- 03: 3 Days of the Condor (3)
- 02: Scarface (7)
- 01: Venture Bros: Are You There God? It’s Me, Dean (12)
- 01: Venture Bros: Ice Station Impossible! (31)
- May 2006 (16)
- 31: Xmen: The Last Stand (44)
- 30: Contest! (29)
- 29: True Romance (10)
- 27: Catch-22 (3)
- 27: Blow Out (3)
- 24: David Koepp (8)
- 17: Three Kings (10)
- 10: Don’t Stop Now! (14)
- 07: The Big Lebowski (42)
- 06: Mission: Impossible (1)
- 04: Keep this sketch going! (53)
- 03: Carlito’s Way (4)
- 02: United 93 (17)
- 02: Femme Fatale (9)
- 01: Body Double (8)
- 01: Sisters (2)
- April 2006 (45)
- 30: Raising Cain (8)
- 30: Snake Eyes (3)
- 28: Anything Else (9)
- 26: New contest (61)
- 25: Bandits (0)
- 25: The Italian Job (4)
- 24: Wag the Dog (11)
- 24: Topkapi (3)
- 24: THESE HEIST PICTURES (19)
- 22: pestilence update (9)
- 23: Ordinary Decent Criminal (4)
- 23: Sneakers (5)
- 22: Raising Arizona (3)
- 21: The Italian Job (0)
- 22: Welcome to Collinwood (2)
- 22: Big Deal on Madonna Street (1)
- 21: Criminal (9)
- 21: The Hard Word (0)
- 20: CONTEST!! (43)
- 20: How to Beat the High Cost of Living (1)
- 20: The Hot Rock (4)
- 20: Stander (1)
- 19: The Taking of Pelham 123 (7)
- 19: Bank Shot (9)
- 18: Mean Streets (12)
- 18: Ronin (16)
- 17: Heat (15)
- 16: The Aviator (3)
- 16: 3121 (7)
- 15: Hard Candy (11)
- 15: Beckett update (5)
- 15: Flightplan (8)
- 14: Kit update (35)
- 14: pestilence update (8)
- 14: Cape Fear (7)
- 13: The Color of Money (23)
- 12: The Game, Panic Room (32)
- 09: The Last Temptation of Christ (16)
- 08: Celebrity (21)
- 06: Kids say the darndest things (8)
- 06: Faites Sauter La Banque!, Rrrrrrr! (7)
- 05: The Gambler (4)
- 04: California Split (4)
- 03: Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room (21)
- 02: Maverick (5)
- March 2006 (21)
- 31: Spartan (12)
- 29: Heist (13)
- 29: Hollywood Ending (15)
- 26: Beckett Smackdown (21)
- 26: Tomie (4)
- 23: Madagascar, Small Time Crooks, Schindler’s List (5)
- 22: Jurassic Park (8)
- 21: Punch Drunk Love (15)
- 19: The Mask, Liar Liar, Bruce Almighty (4)
- 17: Beetlejuice, Batman, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (5)
- 13: The Man Who Wasn’t There (16)
- 12: The Hudsucker Proxy (21)
- 10: Seven (24)
- 08: Return of the Jedi (22)
- 08: Who Framed Roger Rabbit? (7)
- 07: The Money Pit (3)
- 06: Attack of the Clones (49)
- 05: Oscar Special (5)
- 05: Matchstick Men (9)
- 04: Empire of the Sun update (2)
- 04: TONIGHT’S FILM REPORT (2)