There Will Be Milkshakes: The Mash-Up
Daniel Plainview’s “I drink your milkshake…I drink it up! [slurp]” is chugging along to become pop culture’s new “…with fava beans and a nice chianti [slurp],” and nothing says “crossover art house hit” like a precocious YouTube mash-up. Kevin Kunze, presumably of the University of San Francisco, has set up DDL on a blind date with underrated pop-rap chanteuse Kelis, lacing imagery from There Will Be Blood with her space-age booty anthem “Milkshake.” The resulting video is called, ahem, “There Will Be [Milkshakes].” If anyone wants to make a quick Internet buck, get to making some TWBMS t-shirts pronto. Here’s hoping that Hollertronix or Weird Al puts out a bigger white label remix, thereby blowing the probable Best Picture nominee’s public awareness into outer space.
In related news, Entertainment Weekly’s silly Shaw Report has declared “mustache fatigue” the new black. Sorry, Shaw Report, you’re, like, five years too late. The ’stache has returned full-force, and this time it has milk and ice cream dripping from its handlebars. Now, go be a failed trendspotter and stick an L on your forehead as you sit it out inside Owen Gleiberman’s verbosity, thanks.
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The Buzz: The Namesake is an Engaging and Moving Cross-Cultural Family Saga
The Namesake
Director: Mira Nair
Running Time: 122 minutes
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for sexuality/nudity, a scene of drug use, some disturbing images and brief language
Buzz Rating:
8 out of 10
The Good:
Moving and marvelous new cross-cultural family saga.
Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly
A thoroughly engaging, terrifically moving family story that’s rich in beautifully observed and lovingly conveyed human detail.
Glenn Kenny, Premiere
An engaging and moving film with a universal story about the bonds of family as told through two generations of a Bengali family.
Claudia Puig, USA Today
Nair and her uniformly superb cast take the same tack: The characters are individuals before they are emblems.
Dennis Lim, Los Angeles Times
It is hard to imagine a better cast or production values so the film should find audiences among sophisticated urban adults.
Kirk Honeycutt, The Hollywood Reporter
The Bad:
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