Toby Jones

Finally my TikTok algorithm is serving up exactly what I want (people talking about how to leave Spotify and start using offline mp3 players)

Donkey Kong Bananza also needs this.

Here. I am Larry Cohen head (though I haven’t seen this one)

an incredibly funny and fun movie. relentless joke after joke on top of joke cadence and live action cartoonyness that escalates beyond anything you were expecting by the end. my face hurt from laughing the whole time. watch with all your friends and family!!!

Went to go see @tobytobyjones.bsky.social's AJ Goes to the Dog Park last night at the @musicboxtheatre.bsky.social with a crew Q&A after!

Movie was a lot of fun, kinda reminded me of A Fist Full of Fingers, go check it out if it's ever playing by you (or now if you're in Chicago)

For those looking to chase the zany high they received from HUNDREDS OF BEAVERS (2024), director Toby Jones arrives with a work that's slightly more realistic but still delivers a joyous sense of lunacy and idiosyncrasy. Jones cut his teeth in the world of television animation, working as a writer and storyboard artist on a myriad of Cartoon Network series, where non sequiturs and expert visual humor reign supreme. It’s no surprise then that his live-action feature debut retains a jokes-first mentality that guides all artistic decisions, with its best moments feeling akin to a live-action transliteration of the humor of The Simpsons and the visual palette of Regular Show. Jones starts things off in a place of seeming normalcy; the eponymous AJ (played by AJ Thompson) takes his twin chihuahuas to the local dog park where, upon learning it has been transformed into a “blog park,” the stakes are raised at an exponential rate. Jones’ world operates with gorgeous cartoon logic, characters getting blown offscreen by leaf blowers, knocking person-shaped holes through doors, popping up from thin air, all amidst a sea of goofy fisherman, elbow-centric wrestlers, and a scheming mayor simply known as “Mayor.” As in the realm of animation, the world of AJ GOES TO THE DOG PARK operates on fluid rules of physics, the necessity of the gag being the only motivator for sense and logic in any given scene. Jones’ visual ambition is only matched by the film’s charming lo-fi qualities, proudly marketing itself as a “no-budget” feature, using green-screens, puppetry, and elaborate props work to carry out most of the outlandish effects. This is coupled with the film being populated primarily with the people and places of Fargo, North Dakota, making AJ GOES TO THE DOG PARK sometimes feel more like a loving community-building project than a major motion picture. But it is this home-grown quality that gives Jones’ feature that extra oomph, the feeling that genuine love and excitement propell…

on AJ GOES TO THE DOG PARK, for @cinefilechicago.bsky.social, playing next Thursday @musicboxtheatre.bsky.social. a delight!

hell yeah! I hope you see it and enjoy it

Mid-year movie checkpoint, alphabetical order

AJ Goes to the Dog Park - International Films - Independent Films | Music Box Films

Here is where you can find the ever-growing list of screenings - www.musicboxfilms.com/film/aj-goes...

no Portland yet, but it would be great to play there! Don't hesitate to contact your favorite independent theater and request that they program it.

I also want to say that a lot of their later albums and the Alec Ounsworth/Flashy Python ones rule. Only cowards don't keep up with every band they ever liked and listen to every single album they release.

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Absolutely wild that the first CLAP YOUR HANDS SAY YEAH album is 20 years old. I had the very 2005 experience of seeing them live with Architecture in Helsinki at First Avenue when I was a freshman in college. Great podcast ep!

lifeoftherecord.com#/clap-your-h...

We're going on tour with AJ Goes to the Dog Park! If you're near any of these cities, come see our movie with us and enjoy some weird stuff that'll only happen LIVE at these screenings!

It’s an honor to see AJDP covered by one of my favorite online video artisans!

I recently had the pleasure of interviewing
@tobytobyjones.bsky.social (AJ GOES TO THE DOG PARK) for an upcoming project, and in the middle of it, a terrible thing* happened that won't make the final version... But you can witness the horror of it here.

*A pile of stuff fell off my desk.

I've said it before, but it seems like when a corporation gets to a certain size, it seems like its goal is increasingly to find ways to NOT do what it exists to do (in this case, make video games)

Yes,cast/crew will be present for a few screenings- stay tuned!

JULY 25

This is a funny movie. See it when it releases on JULY 25!

I was the VFX sup for this movie and I also made all the miniatures that you see and even more miniatures that you haven't seen yet but you WILL see on JULY 25!

JULY 25!

AJ Goes to the Dogpark is in theaters on JULY 25!

JULY 25!

YouTube video by Doppelgänger Releasing AJ GOES TO THE DOG PARK | Official Trailer | In Select Theaters July 25

Okay! Here is the full theatrical trailer for our absurd microbudget comedy movie AJ GOES TO THE DOG PARK, coming soon via @musicboxfilms.com's Doppelgänger Releasing label!

youtu.be/ROajsOkiEiA?...

I really really hope you enjoy it, kc!!!

They WHAT???

I don't know! Alphabetical order. Tried to not overthink this. It's been nice seeing everyone's lists, I encourage everyone else to do theirs too.

One feature they really need to add to Mario Kart World: audio sliders. I want those sfx DOWN and that music UP

Ah of course!! I wonder if these bumper stickers will one day stand as that movie's largest cultural footprint

Gonna be honest, I’m most excited to see Mortal Kombat 4 included here. Here’s hoping they also add MK Gold

Woo!!!

It's Saturday night. Time to hit up the You Aint No Picasso music blog on the wayback machine.

It was good.

Like any reasonable person, the first thing I did upon arriving at my weekend Airbnb was throw on Tropical Malady (2004)

I love when I click an ad for a clothing item and then the site immediately inundates me with pop-ups. Like, I ALREADY clicked the ad. You already won. Why are you putting additional barriers between me and the thing I might purchase?