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Name: Dr. Cole Abaius
Location: Austin, TX
Reject Since: August 2006
Email: cole.abaius@filmschoolrejects.com

Bio: Despite speculation, I am not actually Walter Mathau's grandson. See? I can't even spell his name right.


Posts by Dr. Cole Abaius:

Discuss: Would You Go On Another ‘Vacation’ With Chevy Chase?

Discuss: Would You Go On Another ‘Vacation’ With Chevy Chase?

Sometimes I feel like I’m just getting back from Wally World. I’m tired, irritable, and there’s an unseasonably high urine count in my sandwiches.  But with the news that Chevy Chase and Beverly D’Angelo are teaming up for a Superbowl commercial, I have to wonder if we should really be saving up for a real [...]

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Exclusive: ‘New Moon’ Screenwriter Talks Adapting Empty Pages and ‘Eclipse’ Additions

Exclusive: ‘New Moon’ Screenwriter Talks Adapting Empty Pages and ‘Eclipse’ Additions

Did you know Eclipse was already in post-production? Well, apparently I didn’t, and the interview still went really well.

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How the Twilight Movie Might Have Been Way, Way Different

How the Twilight Movie Might Have Been Way, Way Different

I you loved Patriot Games, you might have loved Twilight.

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The Stretch: Find True Love in Fight Club [A Look Back]

The Stretch: Find True Love in Fight Club [A Look Back]

If you thought Fight Club was about violence and chaos, you were wrong. If you thought it was a retelling of Romeo and Juliet, you might be on to something.

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Reject Radio: Episode 26: AHOY

Reject Radio: Episode 26: AHOY

This week, on a very special episode of Reject Radio, we avoid getting hit by a volcano. By. That. Much.

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Old Ass Movies: Duck Soup

Old Ass Movies: Duck Soup

War! Politics! Insults! Absurdity! The greatest comedy group of all time makes their funniest movie.

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‘Ink’ Producer Responds to Piracy

‘Ink’ Producer Responds to Piracy

After a new face of the piracy discussion has been launched, Kiowa Winans sets the record straight about how she feels regarding film theft and indie marketing.

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Review: Pirate Radio

Review: Pirate Radio

Pirate Radio is a perfectly balanced comedy with a brilliant cast. Hard to believe it’s only Richard Curtis’s second film as director.

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Emmerich Wants to Celebrate ‘Independence Day’ Again. And Again.

Emmerich Wants to Celebrate ‘Independence Day’ Again. And Again.

Instead of plugging in other disaster movies into the formula, Roland Emmerich is finally being blunt about his desperate need to make more ID4.

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‘Monopoly’ Will Be Like Alice in Capitalism-Land

‘Monopoly’ Will Be Like Alice in Capitalism-Land

I admit that I, too, scoffed at the idea of a Monopoly movie. I still do. It’s not just the cold I’ve been trying to beat for a few days.

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Anyone Want to Buy MGM?

Anyone Want to Buy MGM?

While driving around your neighborhood in two weeks or so, you might be drawn in by the allure of a poster board sign pointing you in the direction of a nearby garage sale where you can get a bag of clothes for $1, a VHS of Zeus and Roxanne for $1, and MGM for a negotiable price.

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Celebrate Veteran’s Day with a War Movie Overload

Celebrate Veteran’s Day with a War Movie Overload

Instead of doing a cheesy list for Veteran’s Day, we here at FSR decided just to give a run down of all the war-type movies that we’ve covered over the years (the good, the bad, and the boots on the ground).

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Reject Radio: Episode 25: Ring-a Ding Ding

Reject Radio: Episode 25: Ring-a Ding Ding

This week, on a very special episode of Reject Radio, Jake Gyllenhaal ends up appearing in almost every segment randomly. Him as a topic. He doesn’t actually appear on the show.

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Ruining Film: The Fourth Kind of Spoilers

Ruining Film: The Fourth Kind of Spoilers

I want you to think of your favorite movie. Play it out on the big screen in your head and fall in love with it all over again. Now I want you to imagine that someone ruins it for you before you get to see it.

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Old Ass Movies: North By Northwest

Old Ass Movies: North By Northwest

One of the best filmmakers of all time makes his best film. Shouldn’t you give it a shot?

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Review: The Box

Review: The Box

Richard Kelly delivers a muddled movie and Cameron Diaz delivers a muddled southern accent.

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Ladies and Gentlemen, A Word from Werner Herzog

Ladies and Gentlemen, A Word from Werner Herzog

Bust out your lucky crack pipe and check out what Werner Herzog has to say about his latest work, The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans.

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Daily Diversion: Titular Lines

Daily Diversion: Titular Lines

You might want to play it over and over. A quick video of some iconic movie titles delivered by the movies themselves.

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‘Taken’ Director ‘Signals’ For ‘More’ ‘Action’

‘Taken’ Director ‘Signals’ For ‘More’ ‘Action’

Two of those words in single quotation marks are movie titles. I’ll let you guess which ones. Suspense!

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Galifianakis Might Fall Off a Wall for ‘Shrek’ Spin-Off

Galifianakis Might Fall Off a Wall for ‘Shrek’ Spin-Off

The beard enthusiast (and sometimes actor) is in talks to voice Humpty Dumpty. Beats getting high and agreeing to G-Force.

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