Kingpin is a 1996 slapstick comedy film directed by the Farrelly brothers and starring Woody Harrelson, Randy Quaid, Vanessa Angel, and Bill Murray. It was filmed in and around Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania as a stand-in for Scranton, Amish country and even Reno, Nevada. Roy Munson (Woody Harrelson) is a bowling prodigy who wins the 1979 Iowa state amateur championship and plans to leave his tiny (fictional) hometown of Ocelot, Iowa to go on the...
The Owner of Stiffy's reveals to Roy that he made Ishmael perform as a cross-...
Roy tells Claudia that the shame he felt from losing his bowling hand was so ...
Roy, Ishmael and Claudia resolve to cooperate with each other regardless of t...
Ishmael is shocked to find a small tattoo on his chest. When Roy tries to cal...
Ernie quickly brushes aside an allegation that he is the father of an unnamed...
Ernie goes incredibly in over his head gloating about his million-dollar prize.
Roy shows Claudia that he's been able to profit heavily out of being a condom...
Claudia explains that her calling Ernie was intended to trick Stanley.
Claudia arrives at Roy's apartment, surprising him after he was convinced she...
Roy summarizes to Stanley his history with Ernie McCracken.
Roy is infuriated when his perception of Ishmael's talent is destroyed by an ...
After having convinced Ishmael to smoke, Roy gets him to drink coffee by expl...
Ernie dismisses the perfume of a waitress serving him.
Roy Munson attempts to propose merchandise ideas to the Lancaster Bowl Manager.
Ernie uses an unusual metaphor to describe Roy's good fortune.
Roy attempts to be careful with his words when lying about his identity to Mr...
Ernie prays to his bowling ball to perform his victory play.
Ishmael blows Roy's cover with his lack of knowledge of the world.
When Ishmael insists he will not gamble, Roy says he'll be his proxy to get h...
Ishmael demonstrates his weird sense of humor by laughing at what he thinks i...
Roy has a rather grim view of the world due to his life experiences.
A criminally under-worshipped film from the 1980s, Lost in America exists both as a comedic cautionary tale for all those who seek to embrace their inner Thoreau and the notion that well-fed boredom can be toppled by a mindless divorce from the swaddle cloth of society. Co-written, directed and starring Albert Brooks, Lost in America [...]
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Over the last few weeks, we’ve seen some large sea changes on Mad Men, so many changes that we seemed due for a break. Last night’s episode, “The Crash” was a break in more ways than one and an unanticipated jaunt through the back alleys of show creator Matthew Weiner’s mind. The Stalker We’ve never [...]
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As I said back when we looked at Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, JJ Abrams’ Star Trek is not my Star Trek, but like Khan, it is a franchise saving spectacle from the mind of an interloper. It’s another film that twists the nethers of purists while serving as a gateway drug to the uninitiated. Sure, [...]
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We knew that changes would come when Don and Ted merged SCDP and CGC, but while this week’s episode did show off some of those anticipated growing pains and redundancies, we also got a chance to pivot back to Don’s consuming love affair with his neighbor Sylvia. The Treehouse. Like a shoebox filled with valuable [...]
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Every week, we’ll take a look at the biggest stories in entertainment news, sports, politics, news news, and pop culture, and we’re going to present them to you here on THE WEEKLY WIND-UP PODCAST in about 15 minutes. Good deal right? Yes, your choice for sound clips is filling you in on all the news [...]
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