Amelia Steinmetz
POP FILTER VS. THE CLASSICS
POP FILTER VS. HAROLD AND MAUDE I have a soft spot for cult classics and this one has been on my must see list for so long it’s embarrassing. So thank you powers that be at Pop Filter HQ for forcing me to finally take it off my shelf! Yes I own [many] DVD’s I’ve…
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THE POP FILTER TOP TEN META MOVIES 10. AIRPLANE Aside from being perhaps the best comedy of all time, Airplane! is a “meta” masterpiece. A nun, reading an actual ‘Boys Life’ magazine is followed by a boy reading a fictional ‘Nuns Life’ magazine. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, a basketball player in real life, plays the co-pilot, who…
Read MoreHEY YOU KNOW WHAT YOU SHOULD DO?
HEY, YOU KNOW WHAT YOU SHOULD DO? In which we tell you about awesome things that you must look into and enjoy WATCH DOLLHOUSE You should watch Joss Whedon’s Dollhouse. Even if you think all he’s good for is making wannabe-goth teens quiver over brooding vampires. You’re wrong…well yes he does that quite well but…
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POP FILTER VS. Double Indemnity I’m a sucker for old Hollywood glamour and all things pulp-y so I was super excited to finally sit my ass down and watch this film noir classic starring the iconic Barbara Stanwyck. While I ultimately enjoyed the film it was more a nostalgic look at film history than an…
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Hey, You Know What You Should Do? In which we tell you about awesome things that you must look into and enjoy. Learn how to play a musical instrument. Have you ever been listening to a band and thought, “Hey, I could do that way better!”? Well, unless you know how to play a…
Read MoreReality Bites – Comedy Central’s Roast of Charlie Sheen
TV for the week of September 18, 2010 Monday’s roast of Charlie Sheen was the highest rated Comedy Central roast in history with 6.4 million viewers, that’s more than Hugh Heffner, David Hasselhoff and William Shatner pulled. Which makes total sense, the masses have been lapping up the Sheen trainwreck for years now especially…
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FUCK THAT CALF! In which we slay the things others hold dear. Scarlett Johansson Aren’t there any hot, mute characters Scarlett Johansson could play, the lead in the Helen Keller story say? Because while she’s fun to look at, the second she opens her mouth the man voice and strained emotions pretty much ruin the…
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THE POP FILTER TOP TEN DYSTOPIAS WE WOULD ACTUALLY LIKE TO LIVE IN 10.TOTAL RECALL I think the primary reason I could handle living in this dystopian future is the presence of an alien young lady with 3 breasts. I actually love ALL of the Martian characteristics, and I understand why the main character…
Read MoreReality Bites: Whisker Wars
What’s more fun than watching grass grow? Watching facial hair grow of course! At least that’s what IFC hopes as its newest reality show aimed at the hipster underground attempts to make people care about drunk hairy guys. Whisker Wars follows bearding Team USA around the country as they battle for hairy glory in preparation…
Read MoreReality Bites: Top Gear vs. Top Gear
Nothing is more maddening than telling a friend about a new TV show you’re into and having them smugly say “oh yea I’ve been watching the British version for years…its way better.†And nothing brings me more pleasure than being that smug douche. So when I heard that the…
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