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Just saw HER and yup...that movie completely knee capped me.  Absolutely cracks my top 5, realistically right at number 2.  Still processing parts of it, but I think it's time for me to start recognizing Spike Jonze as one of my favorite directors.

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I've been a member there for a bit.  I really like the atmosphere, but my contributions have been pretty much nothing.  It's a great idea he and his brother had.

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Damn...Goodbye Mr. Hooper is like yesterday for me.

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Fighting in Plain Sight lacks a banner.  Fighting in Plain Sight is sad.

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I remember a couple years where they aired on Tuesday, actually.  I think if it overlapped with President's Day then they pushed it to Tuesday.

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Yeah The Interrupters not getting nominated was some bullshit.

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I wasn't at all surprised Blackfish didn't get a nom, but Stories We Tell not getting nominated is shocking.  I have this sinking feeling in the pit of my stomach that 20 Feet From Stardom will get the upset, but Acto fo Killing is still as much of a lock as anything else.

BTW, Sarah Polley on twitter just heaped huge amounts of love on Joshua Oppenheimer and AoK, and vice versa.  Pure class, that lady.

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I mention on our unreleased episode where we talk about the best of 2013...

Act of Killing is my choice for best film of 2013, and it has cracked my top 20 of all time.  Simply because....I cannot think of a film even remotely like this one, nor do I think making a film like this can ever be possible again.  It is wholly unique in both it's subject and it's craftsmanship.  It's not pleasant at ALL, but it is unrivaled in what it is able to capture on screen.

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They kind of hinted at this at the Cinefamily screening Paulou and I attended.

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Oh.

*blink*

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I don't really want to throw any more attention his way.  All I'll say is that while IP theft is always wrong, IP theft from an indie comic artist is ESPECIALLY low.  Even the most successful comic writers/artists don't get rich doing what they do.  SO to twist yourself in knots to steal from one is just....scummy.

I love Pi.  I was super inspired as a film student when that came out.  I stand by it as one of his better ones.

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Easy.  Close Encounters of the Third Kind.

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THANK YOU!  I issue you thanks, and double thanks.

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He was a great speaker, and he wasn't...AWFUL, but no one looks back fondly at the Arnold administration.  Honestly Jerry Brown has exceeded my expectations by a thousand fold.  We're a tough state to manage.  If California seceded from the union, we would be the 7th largest economy in the world.  People forget the hundreds of miles of farms between LA and San Francisco that just happen to provide food around the world.  We are also beset by budget issues, and though we always vote blue nationally, there's a ton of rich republicans in Orange County that make political gridlock pretty regular.