There are a lot of more offbeat gems that I'd like to mention here to seem "unique" or "edgy," but there is no need in a universe where "Reptilia" by The Strokes exists.

Dave Faustino is on the Legend of Korra. I only get my news from AV Club, so isn't he the biggest star out of all them?

I just found out the makeup in that film was mostly practical—I mean, aside from whatever witchcraft Rob Bottin clearly has access too. That blew my mind.

Yeah, the children thing makes a lot of sense.

As a film professor of mine once put it, Godard is straight, very strong whiskey. Truffaut is more of a mixed drink.

Have you seen any Preston Sturges? The Palm Beach Story and Sullivan's Travels are two early 40's screwballs that match Friday for energy and cleverness. Leo McCarey's The Awful Truth is another favorite, though there's some drunk humor that hasn't aged well.

Mother is great. I'm not sure precisely what genre it is. Sometimes it's a very, very dark comedy, and other times it's a horror film, and other times it functions as straight drama along the lines of something like Poetry. It might be his most mature film. That said, Snowpiercer is almost everything I want from an…

When the third one comes out, I'm going to cut all of them together into one two hour movie. I think it's doable. There's a good two hour movie in there.

I'm going to be directing a film in the Minneapolis 48 hour horror film project in October, so I've been catching up on some horror films. There hasn't been much rhyme or reason to the choices so far. They're just all movies I've been meaning to see but hadn't gotten around to for some reason, like The Fly, The…

Am I one of the only people whose favorite season is 4 (sans the finale)?

Yeah I don't think James Joyce could capture my post-work stream of consciousness more perfectly.

What about something like Andrew WK where the cringe-worthy lyrics are a big part of the appeal?

I Santa condone this Claus it's too ridiculous.

You can enjoy everything without seeing Boondock Saints, in fact more than you will after seeing Boondock Saints.

I actually have a weird attraction to closing tracks in general. If I were to analyze it, I'd say it's because I really like big messes (The Life Aquatic is my favorite Wes Anderson film, etc) and a lot of bands like to bring everything full circle in some evasive way that causes them to stretch maybe a little too…

Choosing a favorite Pornos track is a lot like choosing a favorite feeling. Ugh…

Glad to see some Challengers love here. Personally it's up there with Mass Romantic for my second favorite record of theirs.

The Legend of Korra season 3 finale
Wow. Just wow. What a season of television. I knew these folks could do rousing climaxes, blend serious drama with silly comedy, large casts of unique characters who are a pleasure to spend time with. I knew they breathe life into old stories; that they could use all the tools of…

Well I just watched A Clockwork Orange for the first time. I know, I know. I'm trying to complete Kubrick 's filmography this week, except the first two (which I'll get to when I get to them). Watching this and Paths of Glory back to back gave an interesting overview of Kubrick as an artist. A deeply misanthropic…

I gotta say I'm really excited for the last two episodes. These ramp-up chapters have really paid dividends on the earlier parts of the season. They spent so much time on the new air nation stuff, and at first I thought it was feel-goodery for feel-goodery sake (something the show hasn't always been above). But we…