I have no idea if y'all like this now weeklyish roundup but I do so I'ma Keep On Keepin On. One fun thing that doesn't lend itself to highlighting elsewhere is reply conversations. So if you're interested in 'Bad Movies We Love' you should check out all the fun suggestions for favorite turkeys when I asked over Thanksgiving. I haven't seen several of the ones cited so I must get on that.
Tweets That Amused/Enlightened This Week, Non-Celebrity Division
Just for fun and with a smidge of Instagram...
Farrah Fawcett straight up murdering pubescent readers of Starlog in 1980: pic.twitter.com/HqYN6oYFlI
— Phillip Hester (@philhester) December 2, 2014
LOL. "Starlog". Who is old enough to remember that magazine? Nathaniel asks while raising his hand sheepishly.
Fun fact: Stephen Sondheim and Andrew Lloyd Webber not only share a birthday but also both won their Oscars for songs sung by Madonna.
— Adam Feldman (@FeldmanAdam) December 1, 2014
Best Broadway Trivia Ever
Every once in a while, I remember Melissa McCarthy got an Oscar nomination for "Bridesmaids" and how batshit wonderful that was.
— Kevin O'Keeffe (@kevinpokeeffe) November 25, 2014
The Annie nominations came out today. This will be the only time this award season that Annie and nominations will be in the same sentence.
— Ben Armishaw (@benarmishaw) December 1, 2014
Way harsh, Tai
Literally shut the fuck up about Star Wars
— Chelsea Nachman (@chelseanachman) November 28, 2014
Oscar Season and flu season occur at the same time. coincidence?
— Mistle-Turner (@TyleKurner) December 1, 2014
Julianne and Reese, on Felicity Jones. pic.twitter.com/bJxnRcN842
— Alex Weisler (@alexweisler) November 26, 2014
Modern movie and TV direction is so boringly close-up driven that when there's negative space in a frame, you anticipate a "surprise."
— Matt Zoller Seitz (@mattzollerseitz) December 1, 2014
I don't care, I'm putting Too Many Cooks on my Top Ten List.
— Yaseen Ali (@yaseenali) December 2, 2014
Celebrity Division
Because they're just like us. Only definitely not.
Sometimes I sleep standing Up! @InterviewMag Thank you @davidblaine! pic.twitter.com/HVCcydTFd5
— Madonna (@Madonna) December 1, 2014
Have you seen her new photosoot. It's really something
#elfie @EvangelineLilly #OrlandoBloom @TheHobbitMovie pic.twitter.com/LTFslvEW1c
— Lee Pace (@leepace) December 1, 2014
It's almost enough to make you glad The Hobbit movies exist. No, I'm kidding. It's not. But I love the term "Elfie"
Being a comic is like having a destination wedding every night and you're the bride, except you're alone and have to go to Phoenix in the AM
— Amy Schumer (@amyschumer) November 23, 2014
I don't cook but I play a woman who can! Richie Jean Jackson❤️ Happy Thanksgiving from the cast of @SELMAFilm @AVAETC pic.twitter.com/BwcmVTSnl7
— Niecy Nash (@NiecyNash) November 27, 2014
This is one of the best scenes in SELMA. I'm just warning you in advance. such a welcome unexpected burst of joyous life in an often appropriately solemn movie.
I've never seen a more terrifying film than THE BABADOOK. It will scare the hell out of you as it did me.
— William Friedkin (@WilliamFriedkin) December 1, 2014
Jennifer Kent could not have asked for a better celebrity endorsement than for the director of THE EXORCIST to say this. Jesus! I mean, .
Anjelica Huston's memoir Watch Me is just as she is: full of impossibly exciting stories,& propelled by the sweetest & most vulnerable heart
— Melanie Lynskey (@melanielynskey) November 29, 2014
Taking my straight husband to see the fabulous Lypsinka tonight. Will this strengthen the marriage or pull it apart
— Jackie Hoffman (@JackieHoffman16) November 23, 2014
I've been at the gym every day for 6 months training for Peter Pan Live and that's just to watch it.
— billy eichner (@billyeichner) November 30, 2014
Fav Team Experience Tweets
Self serving sure, but if we don't toot tweet our own horns, who will?
An "Ill Juli" boxset with SAFE/STILL ALICE/THE END OF THE AFFAIR would even make Ingmar Bergman depressed. Watching her in pain is SO sad.
— Jose Solís (@josekicksass) December 2, 2014
You know what they say. If you don't have anything nice to say, or if you happen to know the NYFCC runners up, come sit next to me!
— Nick Davis (@NicksFlickPicks) December 1, 2014
SELMA is going to do really well at the Oscars but it’s a real bitch that it feels so brutally contemporary.
— Nathaniel Rogers (@nathanielr) November 25, 2014
I remember worrying back in January that Arquette's BOYHOOD work would be an overlooked bit of brilliance. Very happy this is not the case.
— Michael Cusumano (@SeriousFilm) December 1, 2014
Can I get this signed by Colleen and Meryl and then framed? http://t.co/3spBJAXNaL pic.twitter.com/egecTIiuhy
— Manuel (@bmanuel) November 30, 2014
Maybe we should get at least halfway into it before we start calling things "the best of the decade," hmm?
— Margaret de Larios (@says_margaret) November 17, 2014
UNBROKEN is super traditional filmmaking to a fault but it still works. Jack O'Connell is such a good new movie star. (See also '71)
— Nathaniel Rogers (@nathanielr) December 1, 2014
I'm not crying. I've just got Meet Me In St Louis in my eye. *sniffle* pic.twitter.com/spOnqW0FT1
— Anne Marie (@WeRecycleMovies) November 29, 2014
Unbroken is a masters level exam in telling handsome white dudes apart. I failed terribly.
— kateyrich (@kateyrich) December 2, 2014
It's fun to fail at this exam... or succeed. win win
THAT'S ALL FOR NOW!
If you're not following TFE contributors on twitter or instagram, get on that won't you? Nathaniel (Twitter/Instagram), Anne Marie (Twitter), Michael (Twitter), Manuel (Twitter/Instagram), Jason (Twitter), Jose (Twitter), Glenn (Twitter/Instagram), Margaret (Twitter)