Yeah, but there's a natural progression to each film that builds on the former. Altman asked what would happen if Chandler's Marlowe was someone with a 40s moral code suddenly waking up in the 70s. The Coens asked what would happened if Altman's Marlowe decided to live it up in 70s, and then came down long enough to…

It is a truly chilling moment in a movie that's more often than not very funny (undoubtedly the Coens reference point for Lebowski).

One of his ideas for the time-leaps was to have Noodles cross the Manhattan Bridge, with the models of the cars, and then the cityscape itself, slowly reverting back to their former glory. Of course, the special effects for that really wasn't possible, although it may have led to that bizarre Frisbee-transition.

Not to be confused with actual Metalheads, who are nearsighted, fuck-less and Tolkienistic, and simply smell offensive.

I like Bill Burr's bit about how being "manly" is soul-destroying. More self-awareness like that in future sets, and you might be on to something.

So you hate communally-felt emotions?

Donald Glover has a similar bit.

Where do you go when you want to watch live stand-up? A peep-show booth?

Yes. But in the past, the networks used to program shows catering to that demographic.

China, as a country, could probably give two shits about the cultural heritage of Shaw Bros.. Those movies never played there, and in the scheme of things, they probably look at even the major HK studios the same way we look at the Canadian film industry: small potatoes.

She got fucked over and was contractually in her rights to walk.

I don't know if it count as a proper medley, but the Samoa Park italo-disco "mash-up" of Oldfield's "Foreign Affair" and "Tubular Bells" (aka the Exorcist theme) is something I'm fond of:

There's actually quite a few new directors putting out great crime films: Derek Yee, Dante Lam and Cheang Poi-Soi being the three most worthwhile. Oh, and Johnnie To.

Tag Gallagher. Accept no substitutes.

You're a good egg, @avclub-cfe912f5cb3aa572bd1c9ae2a9b82207:disqus … Pick up that Kleenex!

The further I get from seeing Place Beyond the Pines, the less I like it. Admirably ambitious? Sure. But I can't help but feel that whole thing could have used several more drafts, and maybe a more suitable director (Kenneth Lonergan, Jeff Nichols). And a fucking camera tripod.

Which is nice.

What do you know? I also watched Caddyshack. And after all these years, I still have no clue whether it's a good movie or not. The movie is just so fucking "casual". No structure, no stakes, just people shooting the shit at random intervals. It doesn't even congeal into a "hangout film", even though that essentially…

I call shenanigans. I've been rewatching a lot of the "HK Second Wave" action films from the 1980s, and I'm still impressed by how fresh and inventive the action feels. Hollywood may have ripped those films off, but they often ripped them off in the dumbest way possible.

That's only because people don't pay any attention to anyone else anymore, period.