This week, the Frotcast goes A-List on your ass, with an interview with Black Dynamite director Scott Sanders.  He has a rare mix of movie-business insider info and candidness that you rarely find, and he even claims to find you FilmDrunk commenters pretty funny. He explains the process of making Black Dynamite, talks about some of the worst scripts he’s ever read (like Ingle Woods, the story of Tiger Woods’ ghetto cousin), and all sorts of other fun stuff. The interview starts at 37 minutes and goes for about a half hour.

Other topics include the wild world of Tonya Harding fan fiction, an excoriating letter from a most discromulent Armond White, and finally (after the interview), we review Casey Affleck and Joaquin Phoenix’s half-assed Borat fan film, I’m Still Here, aka Joaq Hard.  The show is pretty much like drinking unicorn milk fresh from the teat, so listen to it and share it with everyone you know. I DEMAND IT!  (It’s broken into two parts for ease of downloading).

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The Plug: The commenting was fiercely competitive this week, as it should be when the prize is Black Dynamite on DVD. Black Dynamite hits stores February 16th, a date we FilmDrunkards have been eagerly anticipating for a long time.  I’m just sad I didn’t get quoted on the box.  Who’s this ‘Spike Lee’ guy, anyway?

The Winner: It was a tough choice as always, but this comment from Chareth Cutestory on Nick Nolte Went Dumpster Diving just made me smile.

Chareth Cutestory says:
[lid flies open]
Rip: “Yes?”
Nolte: “Have you seen my satchel?”
Rip: “Nope. *draws gun* But I’ll be taking that hat.”
Nolte: “Dag gum it, you ol’ huckleberry.”

Well done, Chareth.  Send me your address.  And now, the runners up:

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Morning, y’all.  The good news is, I’ve got a couple copies of the Black Dynamite soundtrack to give away to today’s comments of the week winners (other good news: Jesus is risen).  It’s a pretty cool soundtrack, and the movie is still in theaters (a handy list of which you’ll find here).  So go see it, otherwise you’ll make me look bad, and I totally don’t need that right now.

And now, the winners.  Choosing this was brutal because you guys were on fire like my genital sores this week.  But here are the top three, the prize winners:

(from Avatar crew congratulates themselves) Chareth Cutestory says: “Good news, we can fly you to an alien planet and graft your DNA with that of an alien, follow that up with a mind-meld thingy, thereby allowing you to infiltrate their species and take them out.”

“And what about my paralysis? How’s that coming?”

“We’re not miracle workers, dude.”

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As you can see, there’s a really important movie coming out opening this weekend.  (Click for full version, thanks to Luke for sending this in)

DCJ LINKS:

• Flowchart to determine how you should spend your last $20. |HolyTaco|
• 25 awesome fast food toys. |ScreenJunkies|
• A preview of Bayonetta, or How to Melt Your Brain in an Hour. |G4|
• Wow, someone was bored. And now so am I. |CollegeHumor|
• Milk + Mad Men = Milk Men. |Atom|
• Fedor gets his own heavy metal song. |theCageDoctors|
• A review of Guillermo Del Toro’s vampire book. |Pajiba|
• Honey, I’m allergic to your sperm.  That’s what Rick Moranis used to hear all the time, gave him the idea for those movies. |Fark|

And finally, after the jump, two important things for the weekend:

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(Get a job.)

The only major release this week is This is It, the Michael Jackson movie.  I have no interest in seeing it (not because of a knee-jerk about him being a pedophile or anything like that, I’m just really, really sick of hearing about him) and I can’t imagine why anyone would, but it already made $2.2 million.  And it’ll probably make a lot more because, hey, no competition.  The only good thing I can imagine about it is seeing the dedication “For Blanket.”

The big limited releases are Gentleman Broncos, which is looking like a stinker, and Boondock Saints II, which, as I’ve already noted, is like watching a gorilla finger paint.  Black Dynamite is still playing in New York, L.A., Atlanta, Chicago, Philadelphia, and Seattle.  Now if you’ll excuse me, it’s Friday and I’m going to go get drunk.  Oh, and here’s a picture a dog dressed like Jackie O.  Happy Halloween.

[via NYMag]