When a poor Gypsy teen goes on a quest for money and women, he and his gang of street kids find more worldly power than they ever imagined. Time travel, singing crack whores, dogfights and nuclear annihilation are just around the corner in this gorgeous musical animation gem from Hungary.

That is the film I saw this afternoon at the Philly Film Festival. The animation was awesome, and the story was hilarious.

Also, I posted my second Frankenmix, for whom it may concern.

It's prospies this week! We're putting up two girls, Liz and Shelly, which is rather awkward, as Ko calls me "Cellie", so there's all kinds of confusion.

Flans are squeeing about Firefly: The Official Companion, due September 30th. Sounds very cool, but I'd be hard pressed to imagine what "new" Firefly material hasn't been discovered by the fans already.