UPDATE – No update, really, just wanted to make sure the people who weren’t here yesterday would still see this.

The latest Rolling Stone has a fantastic article on the 10th anniversary of The Big Lebowski, detailing how it evolved into a cult phenomenon. As a thanks to RS, you should check out their interview with Steve Buscemi, who assures us that hearing “Shut the f-ck up, Donny” never gets old, and you’re totally original for saying that. Anyway, some fun tidbits from the article include: The story of how Jeff Bridges wasn’t the Coens’ first choice for The Dude.

When they wrote the script, the Coens didn’t have any particular actor in mind for the Dude. But one name came up early: Mel Gibson, then one of the biggest stars in Hollywood. …But Gibson didn’t take the pitch too seriously, and the Coens moved on with their Dude search, inviting Jeff Bridges to a meeting at the Broadway Deli in Santa Monica.
There, Ethan laid out the story of Lebowski and described the character of the Dude as someone who just lounges around all day, hangs out with his buddies and smokes weed.
A light went on above Bridges’ head. “I’m one of those guys,” he said.

It’s hard to imagine the Dude hating The Eagles and the Jews, but there you go. The only other actor I can picture as the Dude is Nic Cage, but I can picture him anywhere (sometimes he visits me in dreams). …But back to the article – any discussion of a Hollywood classic wouldn’t be complete without sacrilegious sequel talk.

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Watch the trailer here

Anthony Hopkins wrote, directed, scored and stars in Slipstream, "about a man, who’s caught in a slipstream of time falling back on itself and he remembers his own future."

From the trailer, it looks like it’s David Lynch meets Slaughterhouse 5.  It’s also got John Turturro and Christian Slater, who’s finally off the couch.  

I don’t think Hopkins will be winning any best actor awards for this one.  Pretty sure acting like a confused old man isn’t much of a stretch.  I was in a movie about a handsome movie blogger with a heart of gold, and I didn’t win any acting awards, but the film won the jury prize at the My Stuffed Animals film festival.  Best picture?  Ladybugs.