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Remember two weeks ago when I said I loved Owen Wilson but was tired of seeing him play the same role over and over (especially in mediocre comedies like You, Me and Dupree). Well it turns out, Steely Dan has got my back. Check out the open letter the band wrote to the Wilson Brothers on their official site. I’m not sure how serious Steely Dan is, but I’m hoping very. Apparently Steely Dan has a Grammy-winning song called “Cousin Dupree” (who knew?) that the filmmakers ripped off for the movie. And they didn’t even change the name of the character! The letter is hilarious and a little harsh, but it’s right on target on several points. I love the part where they demand that Owen appear at their next concert and apologize to the crowd, before throwing in that if Owen brings bongos he can sit in with the band on a few numbers. Thanks Steely Dan. You guys are all right in my book.

Many of you are probably reading The Movie Filter at your office. Well, if you’ve never seen the corporate comedy Office Space, do yourself a favor and rent it this week. You’ll never look at your workplace the same. If you’ve seen it already, check out the hilarious 30-Second Bunnies version of the movie here. I don’t think I’ll ever tire of those brilliant bunnies. How do they do it?

Opening this weekend are Miami Vice, The Ant Bully and John Tucker Must Die. My pick would be Miami Vice. Michael Mann brings the neon glitz of the ‘80s TV show he created to the big screen with Colin Farrell and Jamie Foxx as Crockett and Tubbs. It should be a fun ride. The Ant Bully looks like a ridiculous retread of Antz and A Bug’s Life with a dash of Honey I Shrunk The Kids thrown in for kicks. John Tucker could be a decent teen comedy in the vein of Mean Girls, but the trailer makes it look average at best.

Last weekend I rented Ciao Manhattan! and the evergreen Annie Hall …Why can’t there be more comedies like Woody’s finest?

Ciao Manhattan! is the fictionalized account of Edie Sedgwick’s spin as Andy Warhol’s It-Girl in the mid-60s. But the black-and-white documentary-style footage is interspersed with a terse, dirge of a narrative shot in color in the early 70s that shows the wreckage Sedgwick had become after years of drug abuse and depression, throwing herself around an empty swimming pool and befriending a vacant hitchhiker. And that was my lasting impression of the movie. It was sad to see such a bright, rising star throw it all away. Sedgwick died at 28 just after filming was completed.

The movie Factory Girl debuts this fall. It stars Jude Law flame Sienna Miller as Sedgwick, memento star Guy Pierce as Warhol, and Darth Vader Hayden Christensen as Bob Dylan. Click on the actor’s names for set pics of them in character. Factory Girl was shot predominately in Shreveport.

And finally, if you want to see what Venom will look like in Spider-Man 3, click here.