HeyJaredGOOD MOVIE
Every Friday. One essay and one video about one good movie. Written by Shea Serrano, author of five New York Times bestsellers.
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Organizing “Tom Cruise Movie Characters, Based On If We Could Spend Four Hours In A Car With Them” (opens the original)
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It’s Digger week, baby! For the first time in nearly a decade, Tom Cruise has a movie in theaters where he’s not playing Ethan Hunt or Pete “Maverick” Mitchell. And so, in celebration, Jason and I are doing a Tom Cruise-themed episode of ORGANIZING THINGS. We’re organizing: Tom Cruise movie characters, based on if we could spend four hours in a car with them. Some of the characters we organized:Frank T.J. Mackey from Magnolia (I would drive that car off a cliff so fucking fast)Cole Trickle from
12 Angry Men (opens the original)
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Organizing “Single Location Movies” (opens the original)
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For the fourth episode of ORGANIZING THINGS, Jason and I organized single location movies. There’s laughing, there’s singing, there’s arguing, there’s even a special guest producer who many of you will recognize. It’s great fun.Some of the single location movies we organized:The Breakfast Club (what a delightful collection of kids)The Hateful Eight (what a despicable collection of adults)12 Angry Men (my pick for the greatest ever single location movie)Panic Room (Jared Leto has fucking cornrows
Child’s Play (opens the original)
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Organizing “Movie Villains, Based on What Type of Hang They Would Be” (opens the original)
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For the third episode of ORGANIZING THINGS, Jason and I organized movies villains, based on what type of hang they would be. It’s a decidedly silly, decidedly funny episode, and maybe the most I’ve ever laughed while doing a show with Jason. Some of the villains we organized: Hannibal Lecter from The Silence of the Lambs (I’ve always had a soft spot in … Read more
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