The Useless Critic 2.0

truth be, I rather have her just play me (the younger me) in the movie that will obviously made about my life. You may know her as the stoic April on the best sitcom currently on TV Parks and Recreation  or you may know her as who-dat-bitch from Scott Pilgrim . Nevertheless, you know her! I think! for me, it's her voice. she'd make a fantastic Daria, if they ever turn that into a film. AND THEY SHOULD. also, Parks and Recreation  is just phenomenal. seriously, 30 Rock has been great lately, but for me Parks and Rec  has kind of trumped it. something about Ron Swanson's uber-John Wayne-like persona and Amy Poehler's loveable, somewhat irksome, but mostly good-intentioned Leslie Knope, Rashida Jones' DAMNNNNN Anne Perkins and Rob Lowe's very Rob Lowe character has made me fallen madly in love with this show. WATCH LAST WEEK'S EPISODE http://www.nbc.com/parks-and-recreation/ BIRTHDAYS ARE A SCAM

Epic is a good word to describe last night's special midnight screening of Scott Pilgrim vs The World. You want to know why? Here's who came to the screening. Half of these people stayed for the Q&A after: Anna Kendrick Aubrey Plaza Bill Pope (director of photography) Brandon Routh Brie Larson Bryan Lee O'Malley (author of the Scott Pilgrim series) Edgar Wright (director) Johnny Simmons Mae Whitman Mark Webber Mary Elizabeth Winstead Satya Bhaba So yeah, it was pretty awesome right? It was held at the New Beverly Cinema, probably my new favorite theatre in Los Angeles now. This may or may not have to do with the fact that before each movie (or at least each screening I've been to here), they show trailers of old films. Edgar Wright chose 4 of the most awesome movie trailers in the history of film to show before the screening: Mortal Kombat, Super Mario Bros, Street Fighter, and The Wizard. Yes, the latter starring Jenny Lewis, but I was freaking out more at ...