Would you rather?

WOULD YOU RATHER...

• kiss a giraffe with Asa Butterfield?
• cut your own hair with Nathan Fillion?
• do a happy dance at Disney with Mira Sorvino?
• smoke a cigar with Michael B Jordan?
• try a glass of wine with Jennifer Coolidge?
• sing Joni Mitchell with Minnie Driver?
• paint your house with Celine Dion? 
• greet the spring with Tessa Thompson?
• box with Billy Magnussen? 

Pictures are after the jump to help you decide

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Would you rather?

Time for our weekly time-wasting celebrity-watching aspirational fantasy game. So, would you rather...

• do a photoshoot with Armie Hammer?
• road trip with Brittany Snow?
• go boating with Debra Messing?
• cool down post workout with Saïd Taghmaoui?
• soiree it with Isabelle Huppert & Bela Tarr?
• sip on coconuts with Nathan Fillion?
• hang out on set with Kristen Schaal and Dave Bautista? 
• have a cup of coffee with Channing Tatum? 
• or choose outfits for your very important work week with Gabby Sidibe?

pictures are after the jump to help you decide...

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Celebrating "Waitress": 10 Years Later

By Spencer Coile

Jenna (Keri Russell) knows pies. Caught in a dead-end marriage to an emotionally and physically abusive husband, Jenna dreams of the day she can finally save up enough money working in the local pie shop and escape her boring life... that is, until she finds herself pregnant. Giving insight into Jenna's mind through the use of potential pie recipes, Waitress follows Jenna as she (begrudgingly) agrees to have the baby, keeps working, and begins an affair with her new doctor (Nathan Fillion). 

Indeed, Adrienne Shelly's 2007 film--released ten years ago to the day--was lauded for its down-to-earth nature, its humble storytelling, and the central performance from Keri Russell. There are no tricks up Shelly's sleeve here; she managed to tell a simple, heartfelt story that is imbued with messages of strength, female friendships, and the power of a good pie. What makes the film equally as affecting is the fact that, although Shelly wrote, directed, and starred in her own work, she was tragically killed before the release. Considering this complicated history, not to mention the film's eventual legacy, let's help oursevles to another slice and dive into the sweet and savory Waitress. 

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Hit Me With Your Best Shot: "Firefly / Serenity"

For this week's edition of Hit Me With Your Best Shot, the series wherein we invite everyone to get opinionated and choose the single best shot from pre-selected movies, we offered up an atypical two-for-one deal. You could either choose an image from Firefly's first episode (if you'd never seen the Joss Whedon series and wanted to start at the beginning) or an image from its movie spinoff Serenity. Or both if you're crazy about Captain Tightpants. I am but I chose only the latter in order to tie it into 2012's Joss Whedon film frenzy.

Though Whedon had been Oscar nominated for screenwriting (Toy Story, 1995) even before Buffy the Vampire Slayer bowed on TV making him famous, Serenity was his feature film directorial debut. You might even call it his audition piece for The Avengers. Transitioning between medium is rarely simple for creative talent and Whedon wisely made the leap by leaning right into his earned TV auteur status. 

I know. We're going for a ride."

I never read contributor posts until I've finished mine but I'll be surprised if someone doesn't choose the bravura post title scene. It's actually a four and a half minute long continuous shot reintroducing us to the entire Serenity crew from the shortlived but wonderful Firefly series. It begins by following Captain Malcolm Reynolds (Nathan Fillion) around as he barks order to his crew until its finally handed off like a baton to the stowaway siblings Simon (Sean Maher) and River (Summer Glau) at the heart of the plot. Whedon rarely resists self-mythologizing the Whedonverse and it's just perfect that the shot ends with the mysterious psychic River Tam promising you a good time at the movies -- "we're going for a ride" -- just as Joss's name materializes on her body like a branding. 

My two sibling choices for "Best Shots" are after the jump.

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