Missssssster Pilgrim!

Today is the day! Scott Pilgrim vs. The World opens in theaters today, though I heard South Americans may have to wait until October (bummer!). The Minneapolis-bound members of the Little Junkies Pop Culture Club will be at the Roseville AMC for the 8:10 showing this evening and then hitting up a local spot after for lively convo and, you know, sugar.

I’ll post a little summary of our discussion along with my own Pilgrim-y thoughts tomorrow. Until then, here is a plethora of Scott-related fun and merchandise for those that can’t make it out to the theater tonight…living under that rock must be rough Consider it a list of things to do, from me to you (that rhyme’s on the house):

New Crush Alert: Flavio Parenti

Hey, Junkies. This is ^ Flavio Parenti, he is very hot. Where did I find such a molto bello fella? In Tilda Swinton’s high-drama Italiano indie, I Am Love. What do I know about him, not much other than he was born in Maggio of 1979 and he’s 6′ tall. I guess I could learn Italian like Tilda did for the role and read the rest of his Wikipedia page–which only exists in Wikipedia-Italy…but I think I’d rather stare at this picture a little longer.

I don’t know how I feel about the movie. It was stylized, Italian drama. I think I liked it, even if it was a little strange, but I can appreciate a lot about it–beyond the art direction and costuming, too. Parenti played the sensitive, passionate, and somewhat forlorn Edoardo, son of Russian (and Italian by marriage) matriarch, Emma (Swinton). All of the acting was layered and decisive and well done. I’ll say, for what it is, I liked it. It’s not my all-time favorite, but there are some really interesting emotions presented, and Edo was the best thing in it for me. That is to say, I think his character was the most complete.

Back to gazing… *sigh*

Zachary Quinto Evil-Doer-Extraordinaire

At little junkies, we want to set you up with the best of the best so you’ll never be lonely. This week stop (!) in the name of love, and check out this sauciest of the saucy evil-doer:

We here at Little Junkies have been fans of good ole’ Zachary Quinto for some time now, and are more than thrilled to see that he has  no less than three upcoming movies set for 2010 and a few more for 2011 & 2012. While I am excited for his new work, I have to say that his role on Heroes as Sylar is still my favorite to date. He really rocks at playing the bad guy. So I got to wondering if he had any other movies in his repertoire that had perhaps snuck under my radar, and that’s when I came across this little gem.  Being the dutiful Junkie that I am I had to share it… Enjoy.

Yessssssss: BRODYQUEST

Have you ever noticed how, at random times, everything you do is connected or one person/thing is “just everywhere?”

For example: I randomly caught a repeat of Bored to Death last week, the hi-larious HBO comedy starring Jason Schwartzman and Ted Danson (don’t get me started on my messed up obsession with Ted Danson’s GLORIOUSLY white hair). Then ZRose and I watched Steve Guttenberg’s hilarious guest role as Steve Guttenberg on Party Down–So. Good. The next day we watched one of my fave 80s movies, Tom Selleck’s Her Alibi. On Tuesday, I was rolling about work-related incident where someone performing a test on one of my websites submitted some dummy text confessing their love for Tom Selleck and his short shorts. They apparently didn’t realize that verifying the forms are functioning properly meant that we have to read the test submissions. And yes, I know exactly who hearts Magnum-era Tom, his baseball bat, and his organic avocado farm (mwahahaha). On Wednesday, Mr. Baseball himself confirmed there’s a Three Men and a Bride in the works–a continuation of the nostalgia-inducing franchise starring, get ready for it, Ted Danson, Steve Guttenberg, and Tom Selleck!

Weird, right?!

All that to say, it happened again, but this time it was all Adrien Brody! I watched The Village a few nights ago–haters, beware, I think this is a great movie that didn’t get a fair shake because unoriginal whiners considered Shyamalan their little plot twist puppet that would endlessly churn out one Sixth Sense after another. When you sit back and give his movies a fighting chance, they are all quite interesting stories (and well told ones at that).

Rant over.

Anyway, watching that movie reminded me how much I like Adrien Brody and how excited I am for Splice, because I have a mad hankering for sci-fi at the moment…which naturally leads me to discussing Peter Jackson’s King Kong with anyone I can force to hear my in-defense-of-it argument for the millionth time (why do people hate that movie?). That was really the first time I thought: Brody. Yes.–a thought that was shot straight through my heart (and Brody’s to blame) when I saw The Brothers Bloom.

I cannot tell a lie: I think Adrien Brody is unconventionally ultra foxy. Not necessarily in The Village, but by the end of a good number of his films I am completely smitten. He catches a lot of flack for his looks–like all the silly people who were up in arms when he nabbed the lead in the Predator reboot (which looks awesome!). He’s certainly not your Adonis cast in marble kind of guy but, he’s got a unique way about him that is supported by expressive eyes and major acting chops. When he needs to be the leading man, he leads (…and I swoon). Think I’m crazy? Well, more Adrien for me, then…

All that Brody-worship exploded today when, while pouring through my extensive blogroll, I came upon the most amazing thing ever: BRODYQUEST! It might change your life:

So those are my two, rambling stories of odd coincidences in popular culture this week. What random connections have you made lately?

I Love Wesley Snipes!

People of the interwebs, hear my cry: Wesley Snipes is my future husband (not the one from Blade, either)! OK, I’m not completely insane. I get that I’m talking about the fictional characters of 30 Rock, but I am totally upset with the way Liz Lemon has cast aside this delightful English muffin like he was yesterday’s rubbish! ZRose disagrees. In fact, this disagreement prompted a new post feature on Little Junkies (like I need more ways to categorize my posts). Welcome to Debate Thursdays!

Here’s the skinny: I am obviously Pro-Wesley and ZRose is Anti-Wesley.

Pro: His name is WESLEY SNIPES!
Con: He’s no Astronaut Mike Dexter

Pro: What’s so wrong with a settling soulmate? He’ll kill bugs for you, Liz! Bugs!
Con: But it’s settling, I don’t think he really cares who for

Pro: He’s British!
Con: …and looking for a green card

Pro: He’s got a cute, sweet smile!
Con: His teeth are enormous–chicklets, even!

Pro: He’s makes cute Brit pop culture references. Chums!
Con: Yeah, but they’re snarky

Pro: He’s green! Riding his bicycle, all done up in his little blue helmet.
Con: But he’s into train wrecks and insurance

Pro: The ONLY thing wrong with him is that Liz hates him
Con: Um he’s a pasty Brit, and his haircut is weird! And he’s a creepy winker
Pro: Yeah, but he will wink at you from across the room…so muffiny
Con: It was creepy!

Pro: His episode arc brought us the funniest 30 Rock ever (Cool Runnings, mon, bobsled!!)! He’ll program you as “Future Wife.” He’ll willingly attend social engagements and hold your purse. He sings tv show theme songs in public. Slightly twisted, but he believes in fate nonetheless. He returned Kenneth’s wallet. Above all, he was persistent–he never gave up on Liz. And he came up with his own tag line: “And then there was Wesley!”
Con: …that is pretty cute.

Besides ZRose’s blatant application of Michael Sheen’s other roles onto poor Wesley (see above), the pros have it. And phew, because I was afraid I was going to have to institute sky law! Listen, fictional Liz Lemon, an engagement break up text really is as weak as American tea. You don’t know what silliness you are letting slip from your fingers or that you are clearly Carol’s settling soulmate. Hopefully, there is a real Wesley out there, looking for a “luscious plum” like myself. I won’t hold my breath, because there is only one Wesley Snipes.
Con: You know that’s not true.