And no, it’s not in The Jerk. It’s not in Borat, or What Stays in Vegas, or Sophie’s Choice, or one of those silent film from the 10’s that people laugh at so they look academic. The funniest scene in film history is actually in Robocop, and I’m being absolutely serious about this. I am … Continue reading
When someone talks about videogame-to-film adaptations they typically start by lamenting the fact that the films are utterly terrible, and that the ones that aren’t terrible are only good in relation to the ones all the way down at the bottom of the bucket. To me this is the equivalent to winning a world’s … Continue reading
There’s an old story about Charlie Chaplin coming in third (or was it fourth?) in a Charlie Chaplin look-alike contest in San Francisco. It’s a story I love telling people. I love bringing it up for no reason to friends in bars and then watching them chuckle as they try to figure out how, … Continue reading