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Synecdoche, NY P.S. Hoffman is outstanding. He's so good at suffering on screen and this is him at his best.

Strange that both of these movies use similar techniques of shooting in feaux-"aged" black and white to match with old footage. But I agree--they're both good movies.

Yeah, I cannot believe that Spain had both CL final teams and neither was Barcelona. I didn't watch an yla liga this year. I can only judge Neimar from the few times I've seen him play with the Brazil NT. My impressions up to this point are: speed - CHECK first touch - CHECK finishing instinct - CHECK cocky striker egomaniacal diva attitude - CHECK He also seems like a huge douche-hole, but I don't think that will prevent him from scoring a bunch of goals in the WC.

What? I can see maybe how he's overhyped, but he legitimately has crazy skills. He will be a golden boot contender.

It starts tomorrow! It starts tomorrow! :w00t:

Ghana looked pretty scary yesterday taking apart S.Korea 4-0.

Absolutely! If that happens again, I'm gonna go flip-ass crazy.

Nice one! We're not killing people--we're destroying demons.

What's your favorite little gem of a movie that is unsung, unheard of or underappreciated? I'm gonna go with Box of Moonlight http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0115738/

The Spain vs. Netherlands game this Friday is one to watch. It's a rematch of the 2010 WC final. Also, it's two of the most fun teams to watch.

I promise I will only hate you on June 22. All other days I think you're alright.

I'm really excited. Here's one way I can guarantee that this WC will be better than the last: No !@#$ing vuvuzelas! I like to root for the Netherlands. They usually play an exciting, attacking game which is fun to watch. I find myself rooting for the nations that play the beautiful game and don't resort to diving and faking injuries and packing everyone into their own box to grind out scoreless draws.

Hey, England, welcome to CONCACAF. http://www.espnfc.us/england/story/1868060/steven-gerrard-frustrated-by-refphysical-play They have Costa Rica in their group (in addition to Italy and Uruguay). I like Gerrard, but his whining will get stale when they don't advance.

I saw that. Sucks!

Pretty good showing. Interesting to see the "double destroyer" formation with Jones and Beckerman. I like it. All the starters did well, but I especially loved the game from Altidore, Bradley, Jones & Cameron. I'm so excited for the WC, I can taste it.

I liked it a lot too. Pretty much everything the Coen Bros. have done is great. The one exception being Intolerable Cruelty in my opinion.

I just realized I spelled Coen wrong. Oh jeez.

A McGuffin

I almost included that one on my list. I put a few Cohn Bros. films on there--Barton Fink was the next in line. John Mahoney is genius as the soused old writer.

I have seen The General and M, but it's been a very long time. I enjoyed them both, but I don't remember them very well. I might go back and revisit some of these very old classics.

Sociopaths have always been the most dangerous people.

Yeah, sorry for the cumbersome post. I like movies.

I hope Ronaldo does play. If the U.S. is able to make it out of the group, I don't want there to be any excuses. This witch doctor guy needs some serious psychiatric help...and a shirt.

Ok, this kept popping up in my head, so I had to come up with a partial list of favorites, in no particular order: Third Man Rosemary's Baby Box of Moonlight High Noon Wreck It Ralph Amelie Night of the Living Dead Return of the Living Dead Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf Eyes Without a Face Annie Hall Crimes and Misdemeanors Broadway Danny Rose Manhattan Murder Mystery Hannah and her Sisters Glengarry Glen Ross Ferris Beuller's Day Off La Strada Nosferatu (1979) Hugo Pool Memento Pulp Fiction A Tale of Two Sisters Wild Strawberries It's a Wonderful Life Seven Samurai Sean of the Dead Rear Window Strangers on a Train Notorious Dial M for Murder The 39 Steps The Hangover 12 Angry Men The Godfather Airplane Gaslight Poltergeist Roman Holiday The Shining Broken Flowers Down by Law Short Cuts McCabe and Mrs. Miller Cache Election Sideways Blue Velvet Lost Highway Mullholland Drive Young Frankenstein Harold & Maude Dancer in the Dark Three Amigos The Jerk Murder on the Orient Express Office Space And Then There Were None There's Something About Mary Solaris Fight Club The Celebration The Science of Sleep Life is Beautiful Dumb & Dumber Three Colors: Red Planes Trains & Automobiles National Lampoon's Vacation Tommy Boy To Kill a Mockingbird Groundhog Day Goodfellas Caddyshack Little Miss Sunshine Ghost World Blood Simple Fargo The Big Lebowski Bottle Rocket Rushmore The Royal Tenenbaums Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou The Grand Budapest Hotel Casablanca Bucket of Blood Animal House Tree's Lounge

Yeah, I know he had a very disappointing season at Sunderland. I was just judging based on what I saw in the Turkey game. I really think he will find it. I bet he gets a goal on Saturday against Nigeria.