It’s not a movie, but…

1 comment June 25th, 2008

… I feel obligated to alert you to the fact that this Saturday, in honor of the late George Carlin, NBC will be re-running the very first episode of SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE, which was hosted by Carlin himself. It’ll air in the normal SNL time slot of 10:30 CST, but it’s a very different animal from the current version of the show. If you want a sneak preview, here’s a link to clips of his monologue.

Carlin, of course, starred in lots of movies, everything from CAR WASH to BILL AND TED’S EXCELLENT ADVENTURE to JAY AND SILENT BOB STRIKE BACK. And my daughter, who’s not quite 3, only knows him as the voice of the hippie VW bus Fillmore in CARS.

Wait ’til she grows up and hears the “Seven Words You Can’t Say on Television” routine. It’s going to blow her mind.

A better look at BENJAMIN BUTTON

2 comments June 25th, 2008

Not long ago, I posted a trailer for THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON, the movie due out this Christmas that reunites director David Fincher with actor Brad Pitt (and, since they teamed up on both SEVEN and FIGHT CLUB, there’s reason to believe this could be something special). Now the official trailer has been released, and it’s pretty amazing. You get to see a lot more of Pitt in his old man/young man makeup, and the epic scope of the film becomes more obvious. Take a look:

Yikes!

5 comments June 25th, 2008

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