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...
Roy tries to take Ishmael and ditch Claudia, but has difficulty keeping Ishma...
Even though Claudia and Roy both seem to care for Ishmael, they can't get alo...
Claudia mocks Roy when he tries to talk to a girl who was making a pass at Is...
When Claudia talks about Roy's hand, Ishmael is oblivious to an innuendo.
Roy reads the letter Ishmael left behind when he ran away from him and Claudia.
Roy gets kicked in the groin by Claudia.
To resolve Ishamel getting in a sticky situation involving another man's girl...
When Roy tries to convince Ishmael to pursue a bowling career, Ishmael misint...
Roy Munson thought he milked a cow, and doesn't take it well when he's told w...
Roy accuses Claudia of trying to get to Ishmael.
When Claudia and Roy leave to talk alone, Ishmael senses trouble.
When Roy Munson questions Ernie's scheme, Ernie scares him into going along ...
Ernie warns Roy how that one random incident could ruin his whole bowling ca...
Roy excitedly tells his dad that he's going to make to a professional bowling...
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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