The Restoring America rally is going on as I type – or maybe it’s just now over. Patriotism — hell even mere pride of place — has become passe to many Americans… something of which we are sometimes made to feel ashamed or reticent to talk about. To hell with that. I [...]
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This one is on us America — and quite frankly you can thank us too World. I haven’t talked to Rufus but since I know he is independently upper middle class he won’t mind if we forgo our usual fee. We have solved America’s problems in our Friday Open Thread. Who knew [...] Here’s a five for the comic book collectors among you. Archie was the only one I ever read, so — expand my horizons! Favorites? recommendations? Share on Facebook If the Five seems to be a bit moviesque this August, it’s because this month is “Summer Under The Stars” on Turner Classic Movies. That means for days at a time, Five retires to Our Fainting Couch to spend the night, or at least the wee hours, under with Our Favorite Stars. We thrilled to Rathbone’s [...] The Five has taken to Our fainting couch this week, trying to recover from not one but two invitations lost in the post. First the Clintons; now Michelle? what was the point of those new scarlet Louboutins? if not to put The Five at eye-level with all those divine Secret Service men. Anyway. Who’s your Top [...] This came to me last week when I saw #3 on TCM. A hard shot back to my childish past: of jammies in public and speakers on the car window and rootbeer in mugs. All mine are from The Golden Age of the Drive-In; feel free to theme-up however you prefer. But consider what you’d like [...] Last year — first time — I burned selected i-Tunes onto a CD. Thrilling for me to have progressed from mixed-tapeville. I am Britta on NBC’s Community: I still haven’t accepted iPod into my life. For those of you non-luddites out there, tell me what’s on your music gizmo today. Me, I play certain songs on [...] Scene, sequence, saying — what made you know you’d love it from the very start? 5. Fame (1980): The auditions for the New York High School of the Performing Arts. Lots of hope in the midst of the dreams & ignorance of youth: good, bad, and ugly. And there’s Isaac Mizrahi, before he was famous, wearing [...] This topic just came to me…out of a dream…or, uh, something. Name your favorite local sports guys (or gals). Because the WFive is all about taking you to Homer!Town. 5. Tom Watson: An elegant golfer and man. I love the fact that he’s still out there threatening, in his dotage. 4. Len Dawson: Lenny the Cool stayed on [...] This weekend makes it official. And though I am currently living through the worst one ever, I can remember when summer meant a number of special, specific things in my life. 5. watermelon: Summer’s taste. The way we ate it — sitting on the porch, letting it drip all over, making a mess. 4. inner tubes: Summer’s [...] This came to me when I heard #2 on the car radio last week. I know leaving out Weird Al is a grievous oversight, sure to be rectified by one of you boys. There’s no Dr. Demento either, as “Dead Puppies” and “Fish heads” never cracked the Top 40. I’m also omitting Novelty Songs-as-Clip-Packages, which were big [...] – because Father’s Day is tomorrow, and last year we did Movie Dads. A special shout-out to Dad du Wank, who is many things that make me crazy, and everything that a great father should be. 5. Adam Braverman (Peter Krause, Parenthood): The Eldest Child as Good Father, with all the neurotic, perfectionist, overdoing, overbearing tics that [...] – because, does he need more of a title than that? I was not much of a fan until I was a grown-up, though I grooved on the occasional single. This is probably because as a kid, I was dragged into secondhand fandom via a best friend who was an Elvis freak; by the age of [...] Cracked.com is on the job again with Top 15 Grossly Misleading Movie Posters… POland and Ghana seem to lead the pack. Here’s Polish Romancing the Stone: and Polish Sex and the City: about which they write: If you’ve never seen nor heard of Sex and the City before, then A) tell us where you live, and how [...] Teaching is a tough profession. Largely because you rarely know if your work has any effect….while you’re doing it. It’s the Johnny Appleseed of callings: you scatter your seeds of knowledge, knowing full well you won’t be around to see if, or when, they take root. Today’s Five is in memory, and honor, of John Wooden. [...] We did this last year, and it was fun. What’s on your list for the season? Maybe this summer we could figure out how to have a book club. The floor is open for suggestions! For my own, I have decided to follow a theme, and that theme is the court & times of Henry VIII. [...] I’ve been going over some of the films talked about in a course I taught this past Spring semester on Mass Media, Crime, and Criminal Justice. Today’s list features films where criminals are the central characters or maybe a specific crime is the focal point. I would exclude prison and WW2 Holocaust films, [...] When Tony Stark delivers his opening speech in Iron Man 2, one wonders if the actor is talking about the character or vice-versa. “Emerging from a cave … like the phoenix …” it’s all tongue-in-cheek, boisterous and as fun as one would expect from Downey’s Stark – a tribute to masculinity, testosterone, heroics – and [...] Last week we did lawyer films and the week before we covered cop films. This one covers the other side of court — corrections. Prison, jail, probation, parole type films — any film focusing on punishment (not fugitive films — different genre). And I’ll open up POW films even though POWs are [...] Diets out the window; childhood remembered. Sweets to the sweet, baby! 5. pumpkin cheescake: Not especially fond of the base dessert, but somehow combining it with pumpkin elevates the whole thing to Are you fraking kidding me? 4. raspberry sherbet: Haven’t had it in years yet still recall it with fondness. 3. week-old birthday cake: Yeah, and I [...] None of them are as great as Mom du Wank, but they do represent. These are dames you want on your side. 5. Dumbo’s Mom (Dumbo): One of the only Disney animated mothers who didn’t get killed before or during the story. 4. Sandra Bullock (The Blind Side): Very Oscar-deserving. Gets right to the verge of tears [...] I just completed a semester where I taught a new (to me) course in Mass Media, Crime and Culture. My courses are often fodder for posts — and vice versa… so here goes. This list is your top 5 films where cops are the central characters or a department I guess — [...] Your five favorite characters from any CURRENT TV show: 5. Travis (Dan Byrd) in Cougartown: He’s the real grown-up in a room of semi-responsible adults…and he manages it without overdoing the teenage snark. Slightly dorky, eminently wise, and a sweet and loving son. 4. Abed (Danny Pudi) in Community: And so the Supporting Actor competition takes off! [...] Somewhere between Rich’s request for most-played song on a movie soundtrack, and TCW’s mentioning RiffRaff (and thereby conjuring Silent Fiction Double Feature, not only a great tribute to that genre but a great song on its own), I remembered that this is a Five I’ve been musing over for a while. Easier to divide according to [...] For those of you who don’t read my Weekend Five (and, p.s., up yours for that), here’s another chance to get your date on the list. And for me to say: Happy Birthday, Firefly! whenever it was, you sneaky bastard. You know I adore you because of, not despite, the subterfuge. In honor of my nephew’s fifth [...] It’s Spring, and a Young ‘donian’s thoughts turn to…getting away from it all. What are the five best vacations you ever took? I’ll be back with mine soon but wanted to put this up so you could post yours. Share on Facebook Edited to add: I just saw that this Fredric March film, One Foot in Heaven, is on TCM tomorrow at 6am EST. Record it if you cannot watch it live — a little gem about the life of an itinerant Methodist minister and his patient wife (Martha Scott) and put-upon family. How is this film not [...] – in the Ian Fleming sense, of course. I’ve been thinking about this list for awhile. Alter it at will…include Best Villain, Best Sidekick, Best Gimmick, etc. 5. Best Bond: Timothy Dalton. Quit hissing. I came of age in the Roger Moore era, which…ehhhhhh…so when I found out Tim had stepped in, I knew it was time [...] Our beloved Wankette has fallen ill and must miss this weekend’s Top 5. Fellow Threedonians, please keep her in your prayers as I ever-so-gingerly don history’s largest shoes tightest-fitting stilettos … 1. Michael Keaton — Only Bill Murray and Eddie Murphy could legitimately challenge Keaton to the title of King of 80s comedies, but neither of [...] Ten toasts to use today: 1. May your giving hand never fail you. 2. May we all be alive at this same time next year. 3. May the Lord keep you in the palm of His hand, and never close his fist too tight! 4. May you live as long as you want and never want as long as [...] (click to enlarge) Floyd left the latest edition of Inside Higher Ed in the Executive Washroom at Threedonia World Headquarters and as I was leafing through it while otherwise occupied I stumbled onto this article. It’s the results of this year’s NCAA tournament if the teams performed on the court as they do in the classroom. [...] I love the movie My Man Godfrey. I love William Powell’s urbane butler, Carole Lombard’s quirky blond screwball energy, but it’s the cool sophisticated older sister — the icy bitch that Godfrey thaws that completes the picture. This is that woman: Gail Patrick was never the biggest star in Hollywood, but when they needed [...] This Weekend’s Five brought to you by a panic attack. I was killing time, waiting for that gangsta-wannabe-misogynistic-piece-of-crap that is the soap opera I occasionally watch, to come on…sitting through another soap opera. A long-time fan favorite was lecturing the latest seventeen-year-old soap hunk he didn’t realize was his own son (Soap Action 101!) on how [...] The best ever wasn’t even shown at the Academy Awards — it was TCM’s 100 Years At The Movies (by Chuck Workman, who edited this one and most of the best of the Academy ones) — but they do have their share of wonderfully trippy spliced-together trips down memory lane. Make your own! theme-up, or just [...] You might be asking yourself — who is this guy? He looks familiar. That’s because he has like a million credit on IMDb.com. I was watching an episode of From the Earth to the Moon on DVD the other day and he had quite a substantial role — and he was great. [...] After last weekend’s debacle, Five is at a “Learn to explain it” clinic in Lausanne. I’m here as Oscar week fill-in. Choose your favorites from the winners’ lists and make your all-time Academy Awards. Here are the links: Best Picture winners. Best Actors & Best Supporting Actors. Best Actresses & Best Supporting Actressess. Fun Fact: My all-time favorites are not [...] Continuing with Oscar-bait Watch 2010… The Academy is known for handing their Little Man to the right performer a year (or twenty) after the right performance. This is called the “Whoops! Our bad” Award. Edited for further explanation: This is not a list of people who should have won but didn’t. (that was a previous 3D5) Or [...] I’ve (we’ve) been tagged for a “Creative Writer” Blogger Award! Which means I get to lie shamelessly to you all and test your truth-detecting skills. The rules are … • Thank the person who gave this to you. (Thanks [or something] to Lars Walker of Brandywine Books.) Edited for your linking pleasure…Happy Valentine’s Day from Wanks & YouTube…all but two are here; one’s a trailer and one’s a clipfest and a few are excerpts (Valentino’s Son of… is the first kiss shown); all worth watching! It’s Valentine’s Day, so you knew what to expect. I b’lieve some of this is repeat business, but [...] In honor of Superbowl 2010’s Cheetos/Fritos/Doritos/Tostitos Halftime Show (and a Threedonian’s request that we compile a list for the halftime act), I bring you the return of the Battle of the Bands. Every song is one point for that group, and every number one is five points. I’ll post the winner on Monday, along with that [...] This is the first in a series of Academy Award-prep Weekend Fives, all leading up to my liveblog of the event itself. Yes: I have finally healed from that sword I fell on last year for you people. Eric Cantor isn’t the only one tanned, rested, & ready. Today’s Five is a riff on a photo [...] We at Threedonia were remiss this past week in failing to honor Global Belly Laugh Day on January 24. I’m sure it’s a UNICEF thing. In any case… no one loves a good belly laugh more than me. So what makes you laugh Threedonians? I’m not talking Cheshire Cat grin or [...] In honor of the Lost in Austen series (which runs twice today on OvationTV)… Which fictional character(s) would you like to meet, if given the chance? 5. Adam Dalgliesh: PD James’s detective. And poet. How do you live that life? 4. Sinbad: Or any of those Thousand & One Nights guys. Eh, I must be culturally bound. 3. Sid Halley/Kit Fielding: Or [...] In my Classic Pick O’ the Day: January 21 justjack makes the observation that John Boorman’s Point Blank could’ve been an all-time great save for the crappy editing. I think he’s right. I haven’t had time to think about it beyond Point Blank which may or may not make my top 5. [...] |
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