"It's not a mixture that I'd predict without knowing how incredibly toyetic GI Joe became in the 80s."

The premise sounds like a log line written by a failing screenwriting student who forgot to do his homework until the last minute

I actually met Scott Frank several years after he wrote this script (interviewing him for The Lookout) - nice dude. And it certainly helped that I liked that movie.

He's done a pretty good…

He also has the same winking detachment as Grant, and it's impossible not to think of him as a Movie Star no matter what role he's playing.

The use of music in the two Avengers II trailers is so spot on. Especially the juxtaposition between the dischordant sounds for the bulk of the song (wonder which instrument they used) and the stable so-so-la-ti-do ("are no strings on me") at the very end. Chills.

He thinks it, as he closes your door every night and silently weeps.

It's such a wonderfull weird choice of music. Gives the trailers a lot of identity.

Weak

I really like the discordant tone it adds to things.

George is the American Cary Grant. Even his dopey movies are always going to be pretty fun.

The registration requirement in order to bring a suit is statutory in the US — 17 U.S. Code § 411-12.

Let me start by saying I had no idea that Suns swingman Gerald Green only has nine fingers

Just about nobody will drink that amount of water.

I made a bet/running gag with one of my co-workers as we both realized we should drink more water and less soda/coffee: we take our water to meetings and take a sip when certain things happen or certain words come up.

Literally, the next sentence is about her exploring her psychology and making her more nuanced. Take the feign outrage elsewhere. Viola Davis is an amazing actress and we should be thrilled she's on board.

If you really cared about timekeeping accuracy, you'd only buy a quartz movement driven watch. And yet...

You sound like a joy to be around.

You sure about that?

Yeah, because I know my treated-as-a-utility electrical power only sometimes works when I flip the switch, and my treated-as-a-utility water sometimes pours sludge out of the faucet. Oh, and my treated-as-a-utility gas lines blow the fuck up all the time, like every day. Or maybe they don't do any of those things,…