"I think it was Abby...something."

In honor of the Halloween holiday, I give you some of my favorites scenes from one of my favorite movies, "Young Frankenstein":

Today's Tweets

Via @simonpegg - Awesome monster-slayer Velma fan art

Via @thefutoncritic - Live at the Paley Center True Blood Panel

Via @geektyrant - Theatrical trailer for James Cameron's Avatar (much better than the teaser trailer!)

Cliff Lee is one cool customer.

Phillies' pitcher Cliff Lee shut down the Yankees last night, pitching all 9 innings and barely breaking a sweat. And it wasn't only his pitching arm that was on fire - check out these catches he made:

Like I said, cool customer.

Drive Thru Reviews

I watched a bunch of 2-year-old movies when I was home sick yesterday.

Waitress - Sweet, quirky romantic comedy that I really enjoyed, starring Kerri Russell and my boy Nathan Fillion. Sad footnote: Adrienne Shelley, who wrote, directed and co-starred in the film, was murdered before it was released.

Death At A Funeral - I haven't been so disappointed in a movie in a very long time. If you're a regular reader of this blog, you know I have a healthy appreciation for British humor, but this movie? Not funny. I actually almost turned it off halfway through, and I NEVER do that.

Dan In Real Life - Another family/romantic comedy, no new ground covered here, but very enjoyable. I think Juliette Binoche as the love interest helped to elevate things, and of course I love Steve Carrell.

Today's Tweets

Via @GeekTyrant - Trailer for Shutter Island GAH!

Via @glark - Well, when ya put it that way...

Via @fuggirls - If this is true, I will be personally ashamed for all involved.

"It's nothing til you don't got one."

For those of you who have been following along, Nathan Fillion has finally revealed (Twittered) what the 'Firefly' easter egg was on Monday's episode of 'Castle':

1. How did the catalyzer come to my possesion? I got it the same way Mal would. I stole it.about 15 hours ago from Tweetie
2. Look closely, when Mal comes out the door- under the gun, under the boat, just to the right. It's a nothin' part, till ya need one.about 15 hours ago from Tweetie
3. It looks like @andreajean915 found the Easter Egg. Haven't checked everyone's guess but she's the first. It was... the CATALYZER. BSTL.

You can read more about the catalyzer here and here. Man, you can find just about anything on this here internet, cantcha?

Oh, and there is NO WAY I would have ever found it!

Awareness Fail

Captain Tightpants is back!

Hot! Last night's episode was awesome.

Random Photo Fun with Lily

Lily, originally uploaded by gina64.

Ricky Gervais "in" Kenya.

From Comic Relief 2007 Red Nose Day.

Today's Tweets

Via @ebertchicago - 'Crash' director Haggis Denounces Scientology after 35 years (must read!)

Via @popcandy - Arrested Development movie is 'still on'

Via @cracked - 'The Last Supper' made out of Rubik's Cubes

Today's Tweets

@vanityfairmag - First official portrait of the First Family, by Annie Liebovitz

Via @ebertchicago - The dog that had kittens for lunch

Via @moryan - Trailer for AMC's The Prisoner

A war is coming.

As if Fringe wasn't already one of the coolest shows on TV, now Trent Reznor and NIN are doing their ep promos for them:



I was NOT a happy girl when it was pre-empted last night. I had to watch FlashForward, for God's sake! (more on that later)

Modern Family

Modern Family is the first new comedy I have watched in, oh God, years. No, wait, I started watching the Kelsey Grammer/Patricia Heaton show "Back To You", which, well, that didn't end so well, did it?

Anyway, Modern Family...Great show! It's like if Arrested Development and The Office had a baby. A baby that is more politically correct, granted, and definitely less batshit crazy than the Bluths (something I miss), but MF owes a great debt to both of those shows.

My favorite character: Little 11-yr-old Manny, the wise-beyond-his-years, coffee-drinking, ultra-sensitive, most mature character on the show, is the step-son of the Pritchett patriarch Jay. The actor who plays him is perfect.

Honorable mention for favorite: Cam. Watch him here, in the football getup:



My least favorite right now: Phil. While he seemed to have a moment or two of normalcy last night, overall he's a bit too buffoonish for me. And pretty annoying.

That's the only complaint I have, though. You should check it out!

Today's Tweets

Via @soleilani - Brilliant Balloon Boy costume

Via @sepinwall - AV Club interview with Bronson Pinchot - Seriously, amazing interview. Read it.

Via @EWPopWatch - A hedgehog dressed as a vampire.

Hey, Adam Jasinski: You just won Big Brother! What are you going to do with all that money?

"I'm going to buy $500,000 worth of Oxy so I can become a major drug dealer!"

Pretty soon they're going to have to build a special jail just for all the busted reality TV stars.

It's Huluween time!

Time for Hulu to gather all of their scary stuff into one place, stuff like "Night of the Living Dead", and the "Psycho" shower scene, and B-movies like "The Brain That Wouldn't Die" and, of course, clips like this:



Enjoy!

The best show you're not watching.

Sons of Anarchy. Tuesday nights at 10:00 on fX. I'm just sayin'.

Today's Tweets

Via @bbcentertain - U2's concert at the Pasadena Rose Bowl in California on Sunday will be streamed live YouTube

Via @The_AV_Club - Drum Master with Anvil

Via @ebertchicago - The Ten Most Egregious Fox News Distortions

Keep your eyes on the skies.

"Beginning Friday, ABC will launch an expensive skywriting campaign to promote the November 3 premiere of V. To draw people’s gaze upwards, just as the series’ spacecraft does in the sci-fi opener, the network is enlisting skywriters to draw gigantic V’s over 26 U.S. landmarks. "

I think it is safe to say that we won't be seeing anything here in CT, but I bet my NY or Boston area friends stand a good chance of spotting one!

(thanks, movieline!)