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The Big Lebowski

The cast of The Big Lebowski (the American equivalent of Withnail & I or something) got together to celebrate (promote) the reissue of the film on Blu-Ray, which sounds dull as shit, but turned out to be quite funny.

See, most cast members mew fluff about What An Honour it was to star in the film and all that junk… but these guys decided to become their characters again, which is just great.

Jeff Bridges became The Dude again (much like he became in Tron 2) lead the crowd in some hippyish hymnal chant, prompting Steve Buscemi to quote a famous line from the movie. Basically, he said “You shut the fuck up.” Brilliant. But what’s this about Big Lebowski 2?

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There are certain places that you’re allowed to swear: in the bedroom of a loved one during some sort of steamy romp, a rum-fuelled pool party round Samuel L. Jackson’s house, a Derek & Clive record.

But there are other places where it’s not so cool to swear: in the bedroom of a dying relative during some sort of last rites, a fundraiser for a Pentecostal Church-sponsored under-eight’s netball team, ON AMERICAN TELEVISION AT ANY TIME AT ALL.

What happens when sweary movies are shown on some of the more sensitive US networks? I mean, the best films feature those dastardly curse-words, don’t they? Whether it’s Joe Pesci telling some ‘C-word’ to go ‘eff his Mother’, Jason Statham telling you to ‘suck his so and so’ or Clark Gable telling Olivia de Havilland in Gone With The Wind that, “Quite frankly, you fucking slag, I couldn’t give a fisherman’s piss!”

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