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Juno Makes Angela Chase Look Like Sartre: BlogNosh 04/17/08

By Karina Longworth posted 1 year ago

This is ollllld, but what can I say? I was out of the office. “I don’t even hate Juno,” writes Rich Juzwiak at FourFour,“But I finally figured out exactly why I couldn’t connect with its snotty-assed namesake: Juno MacGuff is the antithesis of My So-Called Life’s Angela Chase, who’s quite possibly my favorite teenage girl of all time (real or fiction). Juno is a know-it-all; Angela is a think-it-all.” He backs up his assertion with a video montage devoted to the wisdom of Angela Chase, embedded above.
Chris Cagle introduces a new collaborative effort: The Film of the Month Blog, “an internet forum for watching and discussing movies. Each month a member will select a film, after which other members can watch and post their reflections and reactions.” The first selection, chosen by Girish Shambu, is The Emperor’s Naked Army Marches On.
Rotten Tomatoes has posted part one of a two-part interview with famously fired Village Voice film critic Nathan Lee. His answer to the boiler-plate question “What has been your most bizarre movie-going experience?”: “Watching a 3-D IMAX underwater documentary while on LSD.” Via The House Next Door.
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