Hey guys. It’s the day before Christmas and my schedule’s about to get crazy. Today we’re on the road with limited to no Internet access, which means that updates are going to be spotty. Rather than leave you hanging, I’m republishing an article about one of my favorite Christmas movies. Hope you enjoy and have…
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Learn From This: Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog
Does anyone represent the trials and tribulations of the modern day nerd quite as much as Dr. Horrible? He wants what we all want: to build a fairer, more just and equitable society. To be recognized and valued for his gifts and contributions to the world at large. To get through the day without being…
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Learn From This: Pretty In Pink
You can’t really talk about taking the wrong lessons from romantic comedies without talking about the ouvre of John Hughes. No one person – with the possible exceptions of Cameron Crowe and Nora Ephron – have done more psychic damage to impressionable nerds with the messages about love, requited and otherwise. Naturally I was going…
Learn From This: Scott Pilgrim vs. The World
Scott Pilgrim makes for an interesting switch for Learn From This: not only is it another critically-acclaimed-if-underperforming movie, but it’s also a series of graphic novels from Bryan Lee O’Malley1 about a typical 20-something slacker from Toronto with typical relationship issues. The ones about how the baggage from one’s past tends to affect your dating…
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Learn From This: Swingers
Swingers was a pivotal film in many ways. A critical darling and a cult hit, it launched the careers of Doug Liman, John Favreau and Vince Vaughn. It helped usher in a new trend in screenwriting and was directly responsible for the Swing revival of the late 90s. It introduced the phrases “Vegas, baby, Vegas”…