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Six most outrageous moments in 2026’s 13th Annual On Cinema Oscar Special (“The Last Oscar Special”)
The 13th Annual On Cinema Oscar Special last Sunday promised to be “The Last Oscar Special.” Unsurprisingly, things didn’t go as planned — one might even say it was a true tragedy. (Note for those still catching up with On Cinema: Host Tim Heidecker is now going as New Amato because *takes deep breath* “New”…
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Five most outrageous moments in 2025’s 12th Annual On Cinema Oscar Special
On Cinema’s 12th Oscar Special begins in the front yard of Movie House, which is now locked and the entire group has been evicted. But let’s back up a step: how did we get here? Spoilers follow! Season 15 of On Cinema opens with the revelation that Gregg used his settlement funds — which he…
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Six most outrageous moments in the 2024 On Cinema Oscar Special, aka “AmatoCon”
Once again I’m here to provide my takes on the latest On Cinema Oscar Special. Except this year it’s called AmatoCon and it’s a business conference with a special presentation about The Power of Mercy from G. Amato. He believes in the power of mercy… or so he says. Spoilers follow! Describing the events that…
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Lawyer reacts to the (On Cinema) Trial of Tim Heidecker
The cult comedy series On Cinema has had many crowning achievements, but arguably the largest is The Trial of Tim Heidecker. In the trial the host of the series is accused of a felony regarding an unpermitted concert in San Bernardino where 20 people died after using a toxic vape system Heidecker was promoting. In…
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Eight most outrageous moments during the 2021 On Cinema Oscar Special
“It’s been” a little over a year after the last On Cinema Oscar Special, and many changes have happened. Aside from the pandemic, On Cinema was dropped along with the entire streaming portion of Adult Swim’s lineup. Thankfully this wasn’t the end of On Cinema; fans (self included) chipped in financially for the next season…
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Six most outrageous moments during the 2020 On Cinema Oscar Special
This year’s On Cinema Oscar Special was a little bit of a surprise. Online speculation led many to believe it wouldn’t happen as Tim Heidecker was on the East Coast leg of the Tim and Eric Mandatory Attendance Tour. Tim actually flew back to LA for one night just to do the Oscar Special this…
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What was “The Latitude”? Part Three: In Bright Axiom
I’ve been meaning to conclude my first two blog posts about Nonchalance’s The Latitude (part one, part two) with a final wrap up since 2016, and yet somehow I never quite knew what I wanted to say. Tonight, I finally have an excuse to get all my thoughts written down once and for all —…
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Six most outrageous moments during the 2019 On Cinema Oscar Special
Last Sunday I stayed home to watch an exciting live event: the 2019 On Cinema Oscar Special (video available here). What, did you think I’d waste time on the “real” Academy Awards? I mentioned On Cinema here before — to sum it up it’s a tragic comedy about a pair of would-be movie critics,…
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John Waters’ holiday card
Legendary director John Waters sent a holiday card to the Roxie Theater recently, pictured above with a fantastic illustration of Waters himself. You can check it out on display in the ticket window at the Roxie. As you might recall, Waters’ connection to the theater is that he helped out with the Roxie’s fundraiser last…
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Cement warning
Soon as I saw the “warning” in the cement, I immediately thought of Fight Club: Tyler Durden: Did you know that if you mix equal parts of gasoline and frozen orange juice concentrate you can make napalm?Narrator: No, I did not know that. Is that true?Tyler Durden: That’s right. One could make all kinds of…
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