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• Karina has a thing for strike beards.
• Chris ponders his diminishing interest in Adam Sandler.
• Breaking the awful truth that Juno is a studio film.
• More hand-wringing re: the death of the great film auteurs.
• David Cross defends his work in Alvin and the Chipmunks against an alleged attack from Patton Oswalt. Patton Oswalt is all, “Dude, it was a joke.”
• Karina’s picks for the best films of 2007.
• Butterknife gets a release date. If you haven’t already, check out the trailer above.
• Which character from the Todd Solondz canon grew up to look like Pee Wee Herman?
• 5 Great Actors. 5 Crap James Bond Films.
• On the podcast: the best of 2007, and the inaugural Boxing Helena Award.
• Why is Be Kind Rewind opening a month late? It could have something to do with this.
• The Prom Night trailer causes Chris to wonder, “Has the PG-13 rating become something of a teaser for R-rated content?”
• “What great filmmaker of today seems the least likely to make a sci-fi film?”
• Could Lionsgate be the next production company to negotiate directly with the WGA?
• Chris looks at the populist picks on a number of critic’s Ten Best lists. Also: is a given year’s Best Comedy necessarily the same year’s funniest film?
• Karina wants some of whatever Cary Grant used to take to “feel good all the time.”