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Tim Mathiesen
Job Title: Editor, Music Specialist
DOB: 04/13/1979
Interests: Music, art, basketball, and my family.
Things that bother you: Irrationality
Favorite graphic designer: Joshua Davis - www.joshuadavis.com
If you could take credit for creating one movie: City of God
Favorite actor: Philip Seymour Hoffman, John Tuturro
Worst screenplay: Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
Favorite director: Fernando Mierelles
Favorite music label: Merge
Top 5 favorite albums by Merge Records:
- In The Aeroplane Over The Sea by Neutral Milk Hotel
- Kill the Moonlight by Spoon
- Funeral by The Arcade Fire
- Source Tags & Codes by And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead
- Gimme Fiction by Spoon
Favorite musician: Damon Albarn (Blur, Gorillaz, The Good, The Bad & The Queen)
Favorite band: Spoon
Top 5 favorite albums of 2006:
- Serena-Maneesh by Serena-Maneesh
- Yellow House by Grizzly Bear
- Food & Liquor by Lupe Fiasco
- Return to Cookie Mountain by TV on the Radio
- Destroyer's Rubies by Destroyer
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Joel Mathiesen
Job Title: Film / Hip-Hop Specialist
DOB: 11/11/1987
Interests: Sports, friends, music, the female gender, and of course movies
Things that bother you:
- MTV
Favorite sports team: Chicago Bulls
If you could take credit for creating one movie: Magnolia
Favorite actor: Edward Norton, Kevin Spacey
Worst actor: Hayden Christianson, Kevin Costner
Favorite director: Quentin Tarrantino
Favorite film distribution company: Focus Features
Top 5 favorite movies by Focus Features:
- 21 Grams
- The Constant Gardener
- The Door in the Floor
- Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
- The Motorcycle Diaries
Favorite musician: RZA
Favorite band: Pink Floyd, Radiohead
top 5 hip hop albums of 2006
5. The 5% Album by Lord Jamar
4. Pick A Bigger Weapon by The Coup
3. Game Theory by The Roots
2. Fishscale by Ghostface Killah
1. Audition by P.O.S.
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Kaare Kvenild
Job Title: Classic Film / Literature Specialist
DOB: 2/23/1980
Interests: Movies, music, painting, reading, collecting comic books
Things that bother you: Stupid people, double standards, liberal and conservative extremists
Favorite sports team: Minnesota Twins
If you could take credit for creating one movie: Batman Begins
Favorite actor: Christian Bale
Worst adaptation of a book: Steven Spielberg's adaptation of H.G. Welles' "War of the Worlds"
Favorite director: Alfred Hitchcock
Top 5 movies by Alfred Hitchcock:
- Psycho
- Marnie
- Rear Window
- I Confess
- The Trouble With Harry
Favorite musician: Tom Waits
Favorite band: Starflyer 59
5 favorite albums of 2006:
- Orphans by Tom Waits
- Best Worst-Case Scenario by Fair
- Amercian V by Johnny Cash
- Pearl Jam by Pearl Jam
- Audition by P.O.S.
5 favorite movies of 2006:
- Pan's Labyrinth
- The Prestige
- Flags of Our Fathers/Letters from Iwo Jima
- V for Vendetta
- Superman Returns
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Chad W. Larsen
Job Title: Assistant Editor, Social Commentary Specialist
DOB: 4/20/1984
Interests:
Watching sports, playing golf, movies, television, trivia
Things you could change about society:
1. Stop being so interested in celebrities' lives
2. No more reality shows
3. No political bumper stickers
Things that bother you:
Bad drivers, dumb comments, unnecessarily-gigantic strollers, sun tan lotion
Favorite sports team:
Green Bay Packers
Actor you never want to see in a movie again:
Brittany Murphy
Favorite actor:
Tom Hanks
Favorite Comedian(s):
Mitch Hedberg, Steven Wright, Josh Blue, Lewis Black, Ron White
Favorite Sports Athlete:
Muhammad Ali
Favorite Sports Writer(s):
Rick Reilly, Bill Simmons, George Plimpton, Mike Lupica
Favorite musician:
Dave Matthews
Top 5 Favorite TV Shows of all-time:
- Friends
- Saved By The Bell
- The Office
- Everybody Loves Raymond
- Boy Meets World
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