What we've done: 28-30 September 2011

Anybody got a pithy leadoff sentence for this post? Because I’m finding myself regrettably short on pith at present. But since I’m a good sport, I’ll alphabetize the posts by the voters’ first names. Wheeeee!

Alison Wilmore got a glimpse of the movie it’s taken half a dozen years to release, and reviewed a couple of indies for the AV Club for good measure.

Andrew Bemis recapped his summer vacation for us.

Chuck Bowen chilled with Hesher.

Craig Kennedy forecasted the upcoming weekend's cinematic offerings.

Craig Lindsey reviewed 50/50, finding it odd that Seth Rogen just keeps making movies in which his friends get cancer.

Danny Baldwin got doubly happy and spent an afternoon with Marguerite.

Dennis Cozzalio took a gander at Tucker and Dale vs. Evil.

Glenn Heath went to bat for Moneyball.

In dreams, Jim Emerson walks with Chinatown / In dreeeeeams, Jim Emerson taaaaalks… to Chinatown…

Kenji Fujishima went under the NYFF with Dreileben and The Loneliest Planet.

Lucas McNelly offered some advice for future Kickstarter campaigns and posed the question, “what does is The Stagg Do”?

Phil Nugent found precious little Hope and met The Man Behind the Mosque.

Sean Burns also ventured into the backwoods with Tucker and Dale and gave good odds to 50/50. He also interviewed Seth Rogen and Will Reiser for the latter. Although wouldn't it be fun if more movie stars would be interviewed for movies with which they had nothing to do?

Simon Abrams wallowed in Carnage.

Steve Carlson shared his preliminary list for Adam Lemke’s horror challenge. And if you want to play along at home, there’s still time!

Finally… is it possible for a trailer to win an Oscar? Because that is how frickin’ bad the Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close trailer wants to push the Academy’s buttons. Let’s see… it stars Tom Hanks and Sandra Bullock and it’s directed by Stephen Daldry (who’s never not been nominated for a movie he directed- chew on that a while) and it’s about a child reconnecting with his dad AND it’s set in the aftermath of 9/11. And even with all those Academy ringers they still feel the need to slather the trailer in magical U2 lotion, just in case anyone wasn’t already sure of their intentions. What are the odds that Daldry and Oscar-winning screenwriter Eric Roth threw a Holocaust survivor into the story for good measure? Anyway, see this but preferably not if you’ve just now eaten: