10 Things I Hate About You – Bianca Stratford

Lately I've been revisiting a bunch of old movies that I obsessively watched as chocolate-loving, tether-ball-playing kid. I watched The Faculty last week and was super-surprised by all of the soon-to-be-famous actors in that movie. Elijah Wood plays a Peter Parker-esque nerd (has a camera and everything). And Jon Stewart plays a science teacher with a very peculiar looking beard. And Robert Rodriguez (indie lord) directed this odd bunch in a sci-fi teen movie about a parasite alien taking over a high school in Ohio. But that's beside the point because this week I re-watch 10 Things I Hate About You, which is, hands down, the best teenage romantic comedy ever. I love it. My favorite part is when Kat and Patrick make-out after a fun and messy game of paintball.

This time around though, I noticed Bianca, who I always thought was super-annoying and childish and selfish and annoying and selfish and not all that pretty. But she is really pretty. I just thought she was so uncool because she thought Joey was cool and that made her ugly to me. But it turns out she's pretty interesting and has a sweet sense of style. It's very Lolita. Her sundresses are fun and flirty and girly. And she's always wearing pearls that make her look sophisticated. Her prom dress is the absolute best and if I could jump into the Back to the Future DeLorean DMC-12, I would go back to my prom with a new dress – her 2-piece pink fluffy dress. She looks like a character in a Katy Perry music video.  

"You should try being nice!"

 

 Super cute moment with Joseph Gordon-Levitt's baby face.

 

This is Bianca Stratford's "Please daddy, let me go to the prom or I'll run away" face. Are you falling for it?

 

And her room is pretty darn cute too. Check out all those bunnies!

 

The best 2-piece prom dress I've ever seen. 

And, BEST SCENE:

Tomorrow my friend and I are shooting a 10 Things I Hate About You-inspired shoot, based on Kat Stratford. I'll be posting those on here soon after.

Girls Is Coming Back To Spice Up Your TV

Girls is coming back to that little box that sits quietly on your stand. My little heart jumped of joy and did some somersaults when I found out. I got the email from my editor earlier today. It said that Lena Dunham's best and Enlightened (which I haven't seen) are both kicking off in January 2013.

Side Note: Isn't it going to be the best start to the new year? By the way, is it already going to be 2013? That's the year the X-men tried to overthrow the Sentinels. The year The Book of Eli is set in! I still can't believe I've been alive for more than two decades. I feel 10... sometimes.

Back to reality – The whole Girls business makes me very happy because the show is really one of the best on TV. Critics, shut up. Just kidding. I love you critics. I'm one of you. But still, shut up. Secretly we're all just jealous of Lena Dunham, I think. She's who we all wanna be when at 26.

Girls can only really compare to one other show on TV – Louis C.K.'s Louie. I once wrote that Louie is Girls for middle-aged, divorced men. My vagina love Louis C.K. because he's funny, Mexican and funny as hell.

I've write two pieces on Girls, one for my Tumblr – boysandvaginas.tumblr.com – basically I just listed a bunch of my favorite moments. You can check that out here if you'd like.

And then I wrote another piece for Unreality Magazine called: Miss Girls? Here Are 15 Movies and Tv Shows You Should Watch In The Meantime

And then I also reviewed Girls' first season for ScreenCrave and you can check out all of reviews at ScreenCrave.com

And in case you haven't seen Girls, it's the girl-version of this:

 

Just kidding, it's a lot funnier. 

Diablo Cody's Jennifer's Body Red Band Trailer

It’s here– the red band trailer for Karyn Kusama’s teen horror film Jennifer’s Body, written by the one and only Diablo Cody. According to Slashfilm, the trailer was suppose to wait until July 10th, where it would debut during the opening previews of Bruno, but 20th Century Fox decided to treat us, and just released the red band trailer, calling it a “filmmaker’s cut” which they think “captures the comedy and scares of the horror films we grew up on.” Personally, I don’t remember growing up watching a hot girl feed off boys, but this is for sure, the trailer is something else.

Take a look at the trailer:

Time for some real chick power! That Diablo Cody is really something. We got some great lines in here already.

Who would have thought that Megan Fox could be so scary? From the trailer, I get that the film is set up to be pretty gory, which is why Fox will most likely be covered in blood like 98 percent of the time. It feels like this teenage, violent-driven film is more than we expected and that’s always good, especially when horror is mixed with comedy, and we know Cody has it in her.

published on screencrave.com on July 7th 2009.

Nylon's Itunes Giveaway

So this isn't officially news, but for your convenience (in case you didn't know), NYLON magazine is giving away 22 free songs with ITunes. The music giveaway ranges from Santigold's electronica tunes to Of Montreal's psychedelic phenomena. Follow the link to download the songs: nylonmag.com

Below is the complete list of songs:

ANJULIE - Boom
CRYSTAL ANTLERS - Andrew
GAY BLADES - O Shot
HEARTS REVOLUTION - Ultraviolence
LaROUX - In For The Kill
LISSY TRULLIE - Self Taught Learner
LITTLE BOOTS - Meddle (Ebola Remix)
MAPEI - Public Enemy
OF MONTREAL - For Our Elegant Caste
PASSION PIT - I've Got Your Number
PHOENIX - 1901
PLASTISCINES - Barcelona
SANTIGOLD - LES Artistes
SPINNERETTE - Ghetto Love
STARDEATH AND WHITEDWARFS - I Can't Get Away
SUCKERS - It Gets Your Body Movin'
THE HORRORS - Sea Within a Sea
THE PAINS OF BEING PURE AT HEART - The Tenure Itch
THE SOFT PACK - Bright Side
THUNDERHEIST - Jerk It
TINY MASTERS OF TODAY - Skeletons
WHITE LIES - Death (Crystal Castles Remix)

Hurry because the inspiration date is getting closer-- August 31st.

New Trailers: Spread, 500 Days of Summer, The Stepfather

So basically, here are some new trailers. Spread seems to be another love story about a guy who sleeps his way through life (Ashton Kutcher), and then he meets the one girl who changes him, but she's not that into him. 500 Days of Summer is another love story, but this one seems to be more genuine; Joseph Gordon-Levitt plays a lonely guy who falls in love with Summer (Zooey Dechanel), but she doesn't believe in love. And The Stepfather is a thriller starring Penn Badgley from Gossip Girl, who suspects his father is a murderer after he overhears an old lady neighbor tell his mother that she saw a picture of a man who looked like her new husband on America's Most Wanted. The film really reminds me of Disturbia, except I doubt Badgley will do a better job of being the ordinary bad kid turned neighborhood hero, but who knows.

Check them out.

Shutter Island Trailer

Leonardo DiCaprio stars in Martin Scorsese's upcoming thriller Shutter Island. Based on Dennis Lehane's 2003 novel, Shutter Island, the film will revolve around DiCaprio's character as a U.S. marshall who sets out to investigate the disappearance of a patient at a criminally insane hospital on an island in Massachusetts. The film will hit theaters the weekend of October 9th, and let me just tell you, I can't wait. The trailer is intense and, for me, any story focusing on the insane members of the world creeps me out, but it also intrigues me. This film stars DiCaprio and he always seems to go after something worth watching so take a look at the trailer below and see for yourself.

Robotanists at the Echo Curio

The Echo Curio may be the smallest venue to host a show in Los Angeles, but even so, the Robotanists were able to rock the house Wednesday night. As soon as the band started playing people started to dance, and you could feel the musical fusion being created. The stage was surrounded by mock-like christmas lights and colorful lanterns, all of which went off and on to the beat of the music.

Perhaps it was the tiny size that the Echo Curio is that made the guitar, drums, bass, and electronic sounds overpower Sarah Ellquist's hypnotizing vocals because it was hard to listen to the song's words; though, if you're a huge fan, then you probably already know the lyrics and would have been okay, but to the rest of us, it would have been a nice gesture to turn up the mic in order to listen to Ellquist's great vocals. Other than that, the show was golden.

Lead guitarists Daniel de Blanke was quite a surprise. He managed to light up the stage with a few guitar solos that added a sexy feel to the Robotanists performance, not to mention that Ellquist's good looks and sensual dance moves add that much more to the show. The Robotanists were also very friendly; at some point a guy from the audience yelled, "You're awesome!" right when the band was finishing up a song, Ellquist took a sip from her clear bottle and replied, "You're awesome," and went on to what became the shortest conversation, but nonetheless a conversation between the band and audience.

Shortly after the band finished their last song, a bunch of scruffy looking guys (most holding paper bags to cover up their beers and vodka) surrounded Robotanists' band members; I suppose that's the good thing about small venues, you get to do that. The Robotanists were love at first sight; right when the first note was played I knew I would go home and download their CD, I even took home a pink pin with the band's name on it. It will be nice to see the Robotanists play in bigger venues so that more people can appreciate the band.

Published by beatcrave.com on 6/19/09

Minor typos have been corrected on here.

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