http://blogs.indiewire.com/jaredmoshe/ Jared Moshé's Blog en Copyright 2009 2009-10-30T18:26:51+00:00 http://blogs.indiewire.com/jaredmoshe/archives/john_stewarts_instant_fox_takedown/ http://blogs.indiewire.com/jaredmoshe/archives/john_stewarts_instant_fox_takedown/ In a matter of minutes John Stewart captures what makes Fox News such a frustrating and effective propaganda machine. The Daily Show With Jon StewartMon - Thurs 11p / 10c Political Dispatches 2009-10-30T19:26:51+00:00 http://blogs.indiewire.com/jaredmoshe/archives/three_points_-_i_blame_the_people_of_connecticut/ http://blogs.indiewire.com/jaredmoshe/archives/three_points_-_i_blame_the_people_of_connecticut/ 1) The Dems slap down Joe - I’m an independent which means I’m going to take positions that feed my ego instead of actually doing what I was elected to do - Lieberschmuck. Man, I really dislike that guy. 2) Does this mean I’ll actually watch the Golden Globes this year?  Only if Sharon Stone buys me a gold watch. 3) You like Obama’s war on Fox News?  There’s a great piece in Slate on FDR’s depression-era rumble with the press. Three Points 2009-10-28T21:20:37+00:00 http://blogs.indiewire.com/jaredmoshe/archives/team_venture_is_back_and_they_brought_along_some_old_friends_for_the_ride/ http://blogs.indiewire.com/jaredmoshe/archives/team_venture_is_back_and_they_brought_along_some_old_friends_for_the_ride/ In honor of the triumphant return of The Venture Bros to Cartoon Network, I was going to post the Season 4 Premiere.  But after watching it, I felt it might be a little too much for any people venturing into the Venture-verse for the first time - especially because it picks up on many hanging plot threads from Season 3.  So instead I decided to share one of my favorite episodes from the first season: Ghosts of the Sargasso.  If you don’t love the David Bowe riff in the opening minutes, I hereby declare you don’t have a sense of… Walking Around Money 2009-10-23T19:39:19+00:00 http://blogs.indiewire.com/jaredmoshe/archives/beautiful_losers_on_itunes/ http://blogs.indiewire.com/jaredmoshe/archives/beautiful_losers_on_itunes/ Hello faithful reader!  The moment you may or may not have been waiting for is here.  BEAUTIFUL LOSERS is now available on iTunes.  After a successful festival run, the film hit theaters through an innovative distribution deal with Nike, and for the past year has been playing museums around the country.  Now is your opportunity (and it is an opportunity) to own the film that celebrates the spirit behind one of the most influential cultural moments of a generation. In the early 1990s a loose-knit group of like-minded outsiders found common ground at a little NYC storefront gallery. Rooted in… Beautiful Losers 2009-10-22T20:21:14+00:00 http://blogs.indiewire.com/jaredmoshe/archives/three_points_-_dont_mention_the_v_word/ http://blogs.indiewire.com/jaredmoshe/archives/three_points_-_dont_mention_the_v_word/ 1) I’m not sure I want to dive into the vaccination/autism debate, but I though this Slate piece by Stephanie Tatel on how unvaccinated children pose a life threatening threat to her immunocompromised son is worth a read.  2) Andrew Sullivan takes on the divides in the American DNA (both literally and figuratively), and brings it around to Obama.  Is he the puritan or the risk taker or is he both?  Personally, despite what the Nobel Committee thinks, I’d say the jury is still out. 3) A Michelle Bachmann comic book?  Oh yes, it is.  Three Points 2009-10-20T20:20:31+00:00 http://blogs.indiewire.com/jaredmoshe/archives/i_cant_believe_i_watched_that_batteries_not_included/ http://blogs.indiewire.com/jaredmoshe/archives/i_cant_believe_i_watched_that_batteries_not_included/ I Can’t Believe I Watched That (A continuing series on films from my childhood that I discovered on Netflix Watch Now) *batteries not included Directed by Matthew Robbins In which:  Embattled tenants (Hume Cronyn, Jessica Tandy, Elizabeth Peña, Frank McRea and Dennis Boutsikari) are aided by flying, mechanical, toy-sized, alien robots in a fight for their home against an evil real estate developer his Eighties stereotype gang-banging henchmen. I Can’t Believe They Made That!  A writer and a director walk into a studio meeting to pitch a movie about flying robot aliens.  “Great,” the studio exec thinks, “We can do… I Can't Believe I Watched That 2009-10-16T19:31:06+00:00 http://blogs.indiewire.com/jaredmoshe/archives/three_points_-_things_i_agree_with/ http://blogs.indiewire.com/jaredmoshe/archives/three_points_-_things_i_agree_with/ 1) I agree with The NY Times on Roman Polanksi. “In Europe, the prevailing mood — at least among those with access to the news media — seemed to be that Mr. Polanski has already “atoned for the sins of his young years,” as Jacek Bromski, the chief of the Polish Filmmakers Association, put it.  We disagree strongly, and we were glad to see other prominent Europeans beginning to point out that this case has nothing to do with Mr. Polanski’s work or his age. It is about an adult preying on a child. Mr. Polanski pleaded guilty to that… Thoughts on the state of the industry, Three Points 2009-10-06T22:15:56+00:00 http://blogs.indiewire.com/jaredmoshe/archives/teenage_mutant_reservoir_dogs/ http://blogs.indiewire.com/jaredmoshe/archives/teenage_mutant_reservoir_dogs/ In 1991 we had Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze featuring a Vanilla Ice cameo where he transforms “Go, White Boy, Go, White Boy, go” into “Go, Ninja, Go, Ninja, Go.”  The next year Quentin Tarantino burst onto the scene with Reservoir Dogs.  Now, finally a new mashup answers the age old question: What would have happened if Quentin Tarantino was tapped to turn Reservoir Dogs into a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie? Thanks, blog@newsarama! Walking Around Money 2009-10-05T20:41:15+00:00 http://blogs.indiewire.com/jaredmoshe/archives/three_points_-_film_summits_polanski_and_wtf/ http://blogs.indiewire.com/jaredmoshe/archives/three_points_-_film_summits_polanski_and_wtf/ 1) I don’t know what to think about the big Indie Film Summit that was held last week.  In reading all the round ups, I felt like I was re-reading much of what has been said over and over again over the past year.  Personally, I think you need to kill the word “Independent.”  It’s become such a broad and all encompassing term it really has no useful definition any more while at the same time it carries with it the unhelpful and outdated framework that creates divisions that no longer apply to the film marketplace. 2) Roman Polanski -… Three Points 2009-10-01T22:40:46+00:00 http://blogs.indiewire.com/jaredmoshe/archives/i_cant_believe_i_watched_that_spies_like_us/ http://blogs.indiewire.com/jaredmoshe/archives/i_cant_believe_i_watched_that_spies_like_us/ I Can’t Believe I Watched That (A continuing series on films from my childhood that I discovered on Netflix Watch Now) Spies Like Us Directed by John Landis In which:  Chevy Chase and Dan Aykroyd join an unnamed US intelligence agency only to be sent out into the field as decoys as part of a conspiracy to test a Stars Wars style missile defense shield, and in the process save the whole world.  Also, Chevy Chase hooks up with Dan Aykroyd’s future ex-wife. Won’t you gentlemen have a pepsi?  In re-watching what was a classic movie from my childhood I… I Can't Believe I Watched That 2009-09-25T22:14:40+00:00 http://blogs.indiewire.com/jaredmoshe/archives/archer_from_the_guys_who_brought_you_frisky_dingo1/ http://blogs.indiewire.com/jaredmoshe/archives/archer_from_the_guys_who_brought_you_frisky_dingo1/ The geniuses behind Frisky Dingo are launching a new animated series and Archer is its name! Foregoing the world of “superheroes & villains” (I use quotes because Frisky Dingo‘s Killface was about as much of a villain, as well those workers at Kinko’s who lounge round not doing anything while you wait endless hours to be helped.  I’m not going to even comment on the heroic qualities of Xander Crews and the X-tacles.) for the world of super spies, the creators have come up with a series described by network FX as:  “Archer is an animated, half-hour comedy set at… Walking Around Money 2009-09-24T16:01:36+00:00 http://blogs.indiewire.com/jaredmoshe/archives/three_points_-_fill_your_hands_you_son_of_a_bitch/ http://blogs.indiewire.com/jaredmoshe/archives/three_points_-_fill_your_hands_you_son_of_a_bitch/ 1) Andrew Sullivan announces that Michael Kinsley is joining the Atlantic.  For those who don’t who Kinsley is (and shame on you for not) he’s the cofounder of Slate, and one of the best political journalists and editors in the business.  You can read a great sample of his (non-political) work here. 2)  In honor of the release of Focus Features’ 9 Newsarama gives us the 10 films that changed animation. Sadly, no Miyazaki. 3)  DON’T YOU FUCKING DARE MESS WITH THE DUKE! Three Points 2009-09-11T18:05:17+00:00 http://blogs.indiewire.com/jaredmoshe/archives/i_cant_believe_i_watched_that_executive_decision/ http://blogs.indiewire.com/jaredmoshe/archives/i_cant_believe_i_watched_that_executive_decision/ I Can’t Believe I Watched That (A continuing series on films from my childhood that I discovered on Netflix Watch Now) Executive Decision Directed by Stuart Baird In which:  Steven Seagal dies.  (Also, Dr. David Grant (Kurt Russell) saves the US Government by leading a team of tough talking Marines in a mid flight raid on a 747 hijacked by terrorists hoping to detonate a viral bomb over Washington, DC and scores a date with a gorgeous flight attendant (Halle Berry)). I can’t believe they killed him  When Executive Decision came out, Seagal’s career was on a role.  He d… I Can't Believe I Watched That 2009-09-08T19:57:18+00:00 http://blogs.indiewire.com/jaredmoshe/archives/three_points_must_reads_from_august_to_today/ http://blogs.indiewire.com/jaredmoshe/archives/three_points_must_reads_from_august_to_today/ 1)  France, Germany and the UK have issued a joint letter in support of new international standards for bonus compensation.  I’m interested to hear what the US has to say.  Clearly, the bonus system as it stand is, to say the least, screwed up. However the problem is not with the idea of a bonus, but with what bonuses are rewarded for.  Bankers (as do all professionals) deserve compensation for work well done. Now we just need to change the definition of “work well done.” 2) Great Kennedy piece by Adam Clymer in the NY Times (I know I’m a… Political Dispatches, Three Points 2009-09-03T19:03:59+00:00 http://blogs.indiewire.com/jaredmoshe/archives/worst_reinactment_ever_ever/ http://blogs.indiewire.com/jaredmoshe/archives/worst_reinactment_ever_ever/ Sweet Jesus, I cannot believe this appeared on primetime news in this country! (thanks to Hanna Rosin via Andrew Sullivan) Thoughts on the state of the industry 2009-08-27T07:08:19+00:00