Slog - Comments on This Weekend at the Movies http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/this_weekend_at_the_movies_22 Briefly, the news: As noted by Adam Sekuler at Northwest Film Forum's Hot Splice, two filmmakers with local ties made it into Filmmaker Magazine's annual roundup of fresh talent. Congrats to Adam Blubaugh and Calvin Reeder (who's mostly in LA now, but still counts). You can see Calvin act in his buddy Brady Hall's June & July, which appears in the web version of On Screen. (If you're clutching a print edition, flip back to Film Shorts.) Also in the On Screen lineup: the pointless film-adaptation-of-the-musical-adaptation-of-the-superior-film Hairspray (condemned by veritable bad-movie connoisseur David Schmader), the SIFF biopic Goya's Ghosts (Jen... Copyright 2008 Fri, 20 Jul 2007 14:01:40 -0800 Sat, 21 Jul 2007 13:15:18 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by keshmeshi Wow. It's rare when a movie is so bad Lindy has no choice but to be straightforward. Whither art thou sarcasm?

]]> keshmeshi http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/this_weekend_at_the_movies_22#c766880 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/this_weekend_at_the_movies_22#c766880 Arts Fri, 20 Jul 2007 14:47:12 -0800 Comment by David Schmader It sounds like it was designed by God to torture me, but I'm still glad I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry was made, just so Lindy West could write her review of it.

]]> David Schmader http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/this_weekend_at_the_movies_22#c766881 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/this_weekend_at_the_movies_22#c766881 Arts Fri, 20 Jul 2007 14:47:54 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle All good movies, with two exceptions, and one is Cadavra.

Yes, I know it's supposed to be camp, but it's not even that good.

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/this_weekend_at_the_movies_22#c766897 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/this_weekend_at_the_movies_22#c766897 Arts Fri, 20 Jul 2007 15:02:00 -0800 Comment by lostboy Matching Film Shorts to show time listings is a great thing, undeniably, for people looking at show times. Me, I like browsing the Film Shorts start to enjoy seeing how writers try to convey a film's essence in so few words, and the occasional brilliance achieved.

With that in mind, can the full-length Film Shorts be brought back to the website? I'm still in Japan, and don't have easy access to the print version.

]]> lostboy http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/this_weekend_at_the_movies_22#c767054 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/this_weekend_at_the_movies_22#c767054 Arts Fri, 20 Jul 2007 19:46:48 -0800 Comment by adam Just so for the record, its Andrew Blubaugh.

]]> adam http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/this_weekend_at_the_movies_22#c767172 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/this_weekend_at_the_movies_22#c767172 Arts Sat, 21 Jul 2007 13:15:18 -0800