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Watch Tim Heidecker in Dinosaur Jr.’s New Music Video

By Judy Berman on

Dads, don’t let your teenage daughters date long-haired guys with pixellated faces. That stuff could be contagious! Such is the apparent moral of a great new Dinosaur Jr. video, for their sneakily addictive single “Watch the Corners.” Starring Tim Heidecker (of Tim and Eric fame) as the overprotective father of a young woman who works at grocery and falls for a bad boy with a very peculiar digital affliction, it’s an oddball take on a familiar theme, with a satisfyingly cathartic conclusion. Dinosaur Jr. has released the clip via Funny or Die, appropriately enough, further cementing a connection the comedy world we recently detected in J. Mascis’ interview with Candace, the feminist bookstore lady from Portlandia. Watch the video after the jump. … Read More

Film

Cinema's Best Intentionally Bad Movies

By Victoria McNally on

Some movies, like The Room and Birdemic: Shock and Terror, are so awful that they’re simply amazing to sit down and watch. You can tell that the people who made these films did so with the best of intentions and seriously had no idea how bad they were, and that’s what makes them so compelling. Naturally, it stands to reason that other filmmakers would want to latch on to that kind of cult status, but it’s hard to make a so-bad-it’s-good movie when you’re actually trying — usually it just ends up being bad. Still, there are some amazing films that were actually intended to be pretty ridiculous, and we’d like to share them with you — if you can stomach the terrible special effects and contrived plots, of course. Let us know your favorites in the comments! … Read More

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LeVar Burton in Pop Culture: A Retrospective

By Jennifer Lewis on

Happy birthday, Levardis Robert Martyn Burton, Jr.! Whether you know him as Geordi La Forge from Star Trek, as Kunta Kinte from Roots, or as the Reading Rainbow host who kick-started your childhood book binge, you’re probably as thrilled as we are whenever LeVar Burton pops up in your pop culture sphere. Really, who couldn’t relate to Donald Glover’s Community panic attack upon his starstruck introduction to Mr. Burton? Needless to say, he is a master at the art of TV cameos, and to honor his 55th birthday, we’ve gathered a collection of excellent LeVar Burton pop culture appearances after the jump. Oh, and feel free to leave your birthday wishes in the comments. He might not read them, but we will. … Read More

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First Glimpse: James Murphy in ‘The Comedy’

By Judy Berman on

Back in December, we learned that James Murphy, released from his LCD Soundsystem voice-of-a-generation duties, has taken up acting. In some total no-brainer casting, he stars alongside Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim in The Comedy, a film about bored, aging Brooklyn hipster dudes. Although the movie doesn’t have a release date yet, director Rick Alverson has posted an early clip, giving us a chance to check out Murphy’s chops. Well, sort of. While Murphy is sitting between Tim and Eric in a cab as they mercilessly mock the driver, he doesn’t exactly say anything. He does do a pretty nice job chuckling along, though! … Read More

Film

Trailer Park: A Holiday Feast

By Jason Bailey on

Welcome to “Trailer Park,” our regular Friday feature where we collect the week’s new trailers all in one place and do a little “judging a book by its cover,” ranking them from worst to best and taking our best guess at what they may be hiding. We’ve got a whopping eleven trailers for you this week, offering everything from animation to big-budget studio comedy to Sundance hopefuls; check ‘em out after the jump. … Read More

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Trailer Park: Off the Grid

By Jason Bailey on

Welcome to “Trailer Park,” our regular Friday feature where we collect the week’s new trailers all in one place and do a little “judging a book by its cover,” ranking them from worst to best and taking our best guess at what they may be hiding. We’ve got six new clips for your perusal, ranging from a teaser for a flick that puts Tim Riggins on Mars to an extended, eight-minute version of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo trailer; check ‘em out after the jump. … Read More

Music

Video of the Day: Frank Black Goes Christian Rock

By Judy Berman on

That’s right, folks: Even rock stars need their daily affirmation. We assume that’s why the Pixies’ Frank Black agreed to be a guest on Morning Prayer with Skott and Behr, which you may recognize from the venerable Tim and Eric universe. The hosts, who have not (of course) heard Black’s music, pose existential questions such as, “What is music?” and “What is sound?” And then Black performs — er, tries to perform. … Read More