Wes Phillips

Now that I don't review DVDs professionally, I almost never watch the commentary tracks. Like most folks, I feel I could use that time watching a movie I've never seen before—yet, a few (a very small few) of 'em are interesting or amusing. I think my favorite was Randy Newman's commentary for Pleasantville, which came off as an insider's view of the Hollywood scoring community (his uncles Lionel and Alfred were both film composers).

This gives "life drawing" a whole new meaning.

Posted to FlickR, reported at a nanotech firm. Gosh I hope they take it seriously.

Yeah, Brokeback Mountain mashups are a dime a dozen, but this one is delightful. Go to the external link and scroll down to "Brokeback Mouse."

Wow, obviously somebody other than me found Mary Poppins creepy.

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Les Edelberg writes: "First, wanted to thank you for the Jacques Brel link yesterday. He's always been one of my favorites and I still listen to my original vinyl copy regularly. I think this clip is even more powerful than the one you posted Monday."