• 10 Things We Learned From 'Breaking Bad' S5E12 "Rabid Dog"

    As we promised in "The Ones Who Knock" Kickstarter, I will be doing weekly recaps here for each episode of Breaking Bad. For those of you unfamiliar with my recapping style, it's less of a straightforward plot summary and more a distillation of the most interesting elements of each week's episode.  The recaps will spoil everything up…

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  • Catherine Hardwicke's 'Haml3t' With Emile Hirsch Won't Happen

    Did we really need another film rendition of Hamlet? Probably not, but I'd be lying if I said Emile Hirch and Catherine Hardwicke's "suspense thriller" take on the material didn't intrigue me at least a little, if only to see how it'd turn out. Alas, looks like we'll never know. For reasons that haven't yet…

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  • LOL: Brian Cox Teaches Hamlet Masterclass To A Two-Year Old

    Brian Cox is one of my favorite actors of all time. The volume of his work is incredible, but his range is also impressive. Today a video has surfaced online (via Gawker.TV) of Brian teaching a two-year old the "To Be Or Not To Be" soliloquy from Hamlet. Apparently, Cox is a great acting teacher…

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  • Twilight's Catherine Hardwicke And Speed Racer's Emile Hirsch Teaming Up For Modern Day American Hamlet

    Overture Films has announced a new, modernized version of Hamlet. This one is to star Emile Hirsch in the title role and be directed by his Lords of Dogtown collaborator, Catherine Hardwicke. The screenplay is being written by Ron Nyswaner who was previously a writer on Philadelphia, Smithereens and apparently, though without a credit, Jonathan…

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