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Entries from Phillyist tagged with 'johncusack'

November 2, 2007

What's new and/or interesting in Philly theaters this weekend My Kid Could Paint That - A documentary about child painter Marla Olmstead, and the questions about aesthetics that her story brings to the forefront. She and her family went on a rollercoaster ride of fame and infamy. Her paintings were hailed as great works of abstract expressionism by some, and started selling for hundreds of thousands of dollars. She appeared on many national news programs.......

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June 22, 2007

What's new and/or interesting at Philly theaters this weekend. Eagle vs. Shark - This film, about the quirky romance between two misfits, was screened at the Philadelphia Film Festival this year; you can read our review right here. Trailer Showing at: Ritz at the Bourse A Mighty Heart - This is the dramatization of Mariane Pearl's memoir about her husband Daniel Pearl, the journalist who was murdered in 2002. Angelina Jolie stars as Mariane, and......

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January 29, 2007

The best of the internet, chopped into tiny bits and grilled for your enjoyment. Got an awful, terrible idea for a movie that no person in their right mind would ever purchase? Here are the secrets to selling it anyway! Wait...what have we done?! (Via) What doesn't the iPhone do? Turns out, there's nothing it can't not not do! Uh...wait... (Via) Did you recently add season 2 of the new "Doctor Who" show to......

Continue Reading "Whiz of the Web: Monday Meat Slices"

July 29, 2005

Phillyist thought romantic comedies were supposed to make us feel all warm and squishy about love; and so we went to Must Love Dogs expecting to weep happily into our popcorn, grinning dopily at leading man John Cusack (on whom Phillyist has crushed since The Journey of Natty Gann) as we wished we were in leading lady Diane Lane's place. Instead we were left squirming in our seats, our deep-seated fear of Internet dating validated......

Continue Reading "Must Love Dogs or Internet Dating? We Don't Know"

June 30, 2005

Philadelphia does a lot of things differently than other cities. Among the lesser known of these idiosyncrasies is the art of the grift, also known as the short con. Not restricted to John Cusack sharing a bizarre incestuous relationship with Angelica Huston and then getting beat down with a sack of oranges, the short con involves a rich variety of methods for separating money from the gullible. Most of you have probably seen many of......

Continue Reading "A Greene Country Towne Scene: The Shortbread Con"

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