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Bio: Cinematic daredevil C. Robert Cargill will take any risk, endure any torment, walk into any theatre. He will truly watch anything once. Hillary Duff teen romances. Pauley Shore/Martin Lawrence buddy cop comedies. French Avante Garde Film festivals. No movie is too big, too small or too stupid to be viewed a first time. The unfortunate side effect of this is that he's watched more films than any human has a right to, which causes the occasion leak of 1000 words diatribes on the genius of The Cutting Edge. It is not advised to spend too much time anywhere near him unless you really want to hear about film for several hours at a time.

Favorite Movie Quote: "You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means." -The Princess Bride

Favorite Bands: Squirrel Nut Zippers, Nine Inch Nails, Soul Coughing, The Refreshments

Favorite Websites: Aintitcoolnews.com, Spill.com, Astronomy Picture of the Day

Current Obsessions: Heroes, Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip

My three desert island movies would be (and why):
Casablanca - I can never, ever in a million years get tired of Casablanca. Still funny, exciting and romantic, even over 60 years later. The single most quotable movie of all time.
Can't Hardly Wait - The culmination of everything that was right about the John Hughes teen movies of the '80s. I have watched this film upteen million times. And it never, ever gets old.
Man on Fire - In recent years this has become one of my favorites. A cold, cruel, savage revenge film about what happens when a remorseful but truly evil man who shouldn't associate with people falls in love with a little girl and when she is hurt, sets out to get revenge on anyone and everyone involved. This is how action movies, and oddly enough remakes, should be made.

My three desert island TV series would be (and why):
Ed (seaons 1-3.) It's like a 3 season RomCom, complete with kooky characters, big twists and that kid from the Apple Commericals (Justin Long) as a nerd. It was like Northern Exposure without ever acting like it was smarter than its audience. Unfortunately it is also a perfect example of what happens when you remove the prime romantic tension from a show, as its fourth season is an abysmal series of will they or won't they break up this week that just never works. However, the final episode of season three was actually meant to be the series finale (the show was to be prematurly cancelled) so it is VERY easy to pretend that it really does end there.
The West Wing. The MASH of our generation - equal parts funny and socially relevant. Writer Aaron Sorkin always seemed to be exactly two years ahead of real world politics, creating a beautiful alternate reality where everything we dealt with as a nation over the last decade had been handled by people who knew what they were doing. Making the show even more unique was just how even handed it treated the issues, always (at least up through the fourth season) giving equal time to both points of view. The one TV show I own every single episode of and have watched at least three times each. Some episodes upwards of a dozen. I'm a bit of a fan.
The Greatest American Hero. Stephen J. Cannell's early 80's TV show is a hallmark of sharp writing and a clever play on the superhero genre. It's about what happens when an ultra liberal inner city high school teacher is given an alien supersuit and is teamed up with an ultra conservative, flag waving, ass kicking FBI agent. As socially relavent as it is adorable and funny - this film also sports one of the single best theme songs of all time.