A Hit or a Miss?: The ‘Napoleon Dynamite’ Cartoon

I flipping love Napoleon Dynamite with every fiber of my being. Even back when everyone thought it was too weird to be funny, and didn’t get it and talked smack – THIS GUY was a fan. It doesn’t matter that Jon Heder hasn’t completed a single worthwhile project since because Napoleon matters, dammit! I could spend hours,…

Extreme Badassery: ‘The Hunger Games’ Trailer

This trailer hit the Web a few days ago and I still can’t tear my eyes away from it: Holy Epic Moviefilm, Batman! Having just finished Suzanne Collins’ Hunger Games trilogy, I’ve been ecstatic to see how it was all going to play out on the big screen. The trailer is beautifully edited and executed.…

My Apartment is Alive with ‘The Sound of Music!’

Previously on The Littlest Winslow: Nick started an Epic Film Quest destroying the coolness and validity of all other movietime film quests. He laughed, he cried, he hurled. It appears I broke another mini-rule. I’m supposed to be watching at least one film per week and then blogging about them almost immediately. Well, there has…

When Renting Legally Just Doesn’t Pay Off

It’s true! The last person on earth who hasn’t seen Bridesmaids finally did so! (Worth the hype, I say!) But dammit – I have a gripe. It’s no secret that studios have been stripping down rental discs so that renters can only view the feature film and change the languages and such. But dammit, can…

Lucky 25: ‘The Sting’

Boom. I don’t know why 25 is lucky. I think I mostly made that up. But 25 seems like such a great landmark in my quest! 25 of 82. With last night’s viewing of The Sting (Best Picture, 1973), I’m chuggin’ right along here! Last night I had two co-pilots on this magic carpet ride…