You're wondering what Roger Ebert thinks about a movie? + Do you remember after Dogtown & Z-Boys came out they said there was going to be Hollywood-ized version? Watch the trailer. + Photos by Keith Sirchio. + Eating pizza at one of my NYC favorites 2 weeks ago reminded me of the pizza weblog, Slice. + A while back, WBEZ in Chicago was giving away a Chris Ware DVD that I wanted semi-desperately. After reading this making-of thing my desperation is rekindled. + Billy Bob Thorton stars in the remake of The Bad News Bears. Instead of the silent Mexican kid who was in NOFX, there's a kid in a wheelchair. + Photographs by Trish Morrissey. + Japanese commercial for the new Biz Markie doll. + Pocket Calculator's Vintage Boombox Museum. + Photographs by Elinor Carucci. + Go see the Tragic Beauty show in Chicago & tell me how good it is. + I can't go because I have to go to a class I can't skip but someone should also go to see the Stephen Shore/Thomas Struth lecture on "Contemporary Photography and the Definition of Place" at the Architectual League in NYC & tell me how great it is. Or maybe I'll skip class & see you there. (We can check out the Thomas Demand show at the MOMA beforehand.) Also coming up at the Architectual League, Joel Sternfeld & Sally Mann. + My friend Arthur Jones is on tour with some of his animated shorts. He'll be in Boston next Wednesday. + Not exactly on the cutting edge of this news but the NY Times had an article about home recording studio today. + Can't remember if I mentioned Miranda July's web project Learning To Love More. Reminded by the tinyluckygenius. + Paintings/Illustrations by Jeana Sohn. + The MOMA Store has lots of cool stuff for people who have money in the bank. + Photographs by Robert Maxwell. Check out the rest of the photographers that they represent while you're there. + Photographs by Olaf Blecker.