Tag: gregg turkington

  • Neil Hamburger at the Bottom of the Hill

    Neil Hamburger was in town for the latest iteration of his comedy act on Saturday, accompanied by opening act Sir Richard Bishop, an experimental guitarist. They performed at the intimate, dive-y, and unfortunately soon-to-be-defunct Bottom of the Hill. I can’t claim to be familiar with Bishop’s work, but his solo act is somewhat akin to…

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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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  • How Many Bags? A guide to On Cinema’s movie ratings

      On Cinema’s live Oscar Special is this Sunday, and it promises to be The Last Oscar Special. So in honor of the series finale of On Cinema (or at least, until they inevitably announce a reunion immediately afterwards), I’ve launched a new website with all the movies rated on the show over the past…

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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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  • Recent movie review round-up (2024)

    Due to time constraints last year I never got to post a “part one” of my movie roundup for 2024. So you’re getting it all in one lump sum. Maybe I’ll do the same thing this year, maybe not — we’ll see how it goes. Regardless I’m posting this a bit late, which for this…

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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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  • Recent movie review round-up (second half of 2023)

    Right as it seemed the movies were back in a big way, the powers that be in Hollywood screwed up with yet even more poor business decisions and a lengthy strike with two major unions. So even though I’m still going to call this one “second half of 2023” for consistency, most of these movies…

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  • Six most outrageous moments in the 2023 On Cinema Oscar Special

    Now in its tenth year, On Cinema at the Cinema finished its previous season 13 with Tim Heidecker completely defeated. But now he’s back for the 10th Annual On Cinema Oscar Special, along with co-host(!) Gregg Turkington! Sometimes people ask me to describe On Cinema, and the best I can do is this: what if…

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  • Six most outrageous moments in the 2022 On Cinema Oscar Special

    Airing live in its second year on HEI Network, the 9th Annual On Cinema Oscar Special was pared down in a number of ways… most notably they had to film it outside, according to Tim, because Joe Estevez had mismanaged Tim’s HEI Ranch development and no sound stage had been built. Things only go downhill…

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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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