Quick, Tell Me: Springtime Edition

Folks here in Minnesota have had a long winter season this year. In the last week or two, temperatures were still below 10 degrees Fahrenheit on some days, and one day dipped to -12 including windchill. Yesterday was the first day where the weather crept up above 40 degrees, and everyone in the office seems a …

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Thursday Night: PowerPoint Karaoke!

That’s right! This month’s show is almost upon us! Our victims contestants this month are Levi Weinhagen, Tim Wick, Joe Bozic, and Josh Carson. Come see them bravely attempt to give a PowerPoint presentation for a deck of slides that they have never seen before. Why? Because it’s hilarious, darlings. Join us …

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One Last Word on Blurry Wieners

This morning’s Twitter discussion about the censorship in Holy Motors was capped by this exchange. I love my friends.

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Censorship and Holy Motors

My friend Cole ecstatically tweeted this morning that Holy Motors has just hit Netflix Streaming. About 10 seconds later, he posted far less ecstatically that the Netflix Streaming version of the film has been censored. There are few times when Twitter has brought me from higher highs to lower lows …

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Cinematic Oddities: Stingray Sam

Every year, I attend B-Fest in Chicago, a 24-hour film festival dedicated to the appreciation of B-movies. While there, I hang around with a crowd who hold a micro-budget film director named Cory McAbee in very high regard. I’ve been told to watch The American Astronaut dozens of times. Because I’m …

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Thursday the 28th: PowerPoint Karaoke!

Yeah, I know. Winter has gone on long enough. Fight the pre-spring doldrums by laughing yourself silly at PowerPoint Karaoke next week! Come see four improv comedians bravely attempt to give a PowerPoint presentation for a deck of slides that they have never seen before. You can see this happen before your …

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Quick, Tell Me: The Introductory Edition

Back in the days of LiveJournal, I would occasionally create a post where the audience would actively participate. I’d post something like, “Quick, tell me about your first pet hamster,” and then everyone would post responses in the comments. It was always so much fun to watch what everyone would come …

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The Intouchables and Racial Tropes

It was inevitable. Even though the story looked like a retread of a dozen tried-and-true tropes, the film took Europe by storm. It was the most successful film in Germany for the year of 2012. It became the second most successful film ever in France. And France submitted it to …

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On the Air on Tuesday Nights

A few weeks ago, The Geek Life started doing podcast recordings on Tuesday nights. We made this move because Skype was giving us trouble as a recording platform, and Google Hangouts seem to be more stable. The odd bonus of moving to Google Hangouts is that a) we can now …

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Cinematic Oddities: The Perfect Host

A few weeks ago, Fes and I were about to watch a completely different movie when a trailer played for The Perfect Host. Neither of us had heard of the film before, but the trailer caught our attention. The plot seemed to involve a bank thief who cons his way …

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