According to imdb, the Rumsfeld doc is complete!

BAM!

Happy birthday, Craig! I assume Giorgio Moroder already offered his wishes?

I will be traveling tomorrow and unable to offer birthday wishes then, so if you'll please allow me . . .

Three words: THE RIGHT STUFF. Best film of the year!

I must disagree with you here, Lurky - I wouldn't want to live in a world without Albie Duncan, "Crime, boy, I don't know," and "Hartsfield's Landing"!

Excellent! I find it totally captivating, and it's especially fun for anyone with a strong interest in politics and history.

I'd need to add a third Shannon category, as exemplified in Boardwalk Empire: stoically unhinged.

Have you read The Plot Against America? It's my favorite Roth, and actually is among my top five favorite books in general.

Oooooo, that's a really neat project, and you've assembled a great list! I'm particularly glad to see the inclusion of The Fog of War, which is one of my all-time favorite documentaries, and one that had quite a big impact on me. I can't wait to see Errol Morris's upcoming "sequel" about Donald Rumsfeld.

Ken Burns's Prohibition isn't my favorite work of his - I think it's all but impossible for anything to top The Civil War and Baseball - but it's definitely up there. I give him tons of credit for not just focusing on the criminal aspect of the topic (though that is a lot of fun, especially the epic odyssey of Mr.…

Yowza yowza! This past week I watched They Shoot Horses, Don't They?, which I thought was quite magnificent. It's a film that's only grown more relevant as the years have gone by, and Sydney Pollack directed it with a lot of flair and energy. The beginning of the film reminded me how stunning Jane Fonda was in the…

"This is what a cornfield looks like, honey!"

"But it's a few seconds before 12 o'clock!"

"Aw, taking advantage of my alcohol-soaked clothes! Ho ho it's funny and it makes you think!"

This is a black day for baseball.

At least we got Lincoln!

The only episode of Tales from the Darkside I've ever seen was about a wealthy businessman who purchases a Lifebomb, an odd deployable cocoon that protects the owner from death. But only after he cannot die does he realize he has nothing to live for. TWIST!!!!

I remember when The Fog of War DVD was released on my birthday. That was an amazing birthday.

Happy birthday, Morgendorffer! If you are, in fact, a bear, I hope you find lots of picnic baskets and tourists to eat. If you are not, well, you can still do that, if you'd like, cause it's your birthday!