The Return of the Son of Movie Mondays with Sgt. Facepuncher, M.D.

For best results, point camera in the direction of the actors.

David O. Russell’s The Fighter won two Golden Globes last night. This morning, Sarge reinvents the boxing movie genre with several swings of his begloved fists.

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A Conversation Between Francois Truffaut and Jean-Luc Godard – Two Nouvelle Vague Directors I Know Very Little About

Francois Truffaut, seen here revolutionizing film by shooting without a camera.

Matt Passet, the only Whim contributor to have shot a piano player, scripts a dialogue between two French New Wave auteurs. Jump cuts and leaps of logic abound.

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Son of Movie Mondays with Sgt. Facepuncher, M.D.

For best results, point camera in the direction of the actors.

True Grit was number one at the box office this weekend, taking in $15 million. Courtesy of Sarge, the treatment for a film guaranteed to rake in several million more bones.

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A Conversation Between Gandhi and Nelson Mandela – Two Proponents of Civil Disobedience I Know Very Little About

Nelson and the Mandellas's biggest hit.

Just one week after defaming America’s civil rights advocates, Matt Passet, the only Whim contributor to resolve all his conflicts with violence, puts words in the mouths of two international icons for equality.

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Rick’s Picks – For the Week of 1/4/2011

Rick's Picks.

Well rested but still a bit tipsy on cheap Ohio wine, Whim contributor Rick Pecoraro returns from the holidays with some picks for the new year. He touches on an excellent board games, trendy physics and personal property law.

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Movie Mondays with Sgt. Facepuncher, M.D.

For best results, point camera in the direction of the actors.

Looking for an antidote to the award season dreck currently clogging up the multiplex? All month long, Whim’s Sgt. Facepuncher, M.D. will be using this space to pitch Hollywood ideas for movies that real Americans actually want to see. First up, a more scientifically accurate update of a classic Spielberg flick.

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