A friend had a free rental from Redbox, so we watched The Raid: Redemption. I don't really get what all the fuss was about. None of the scenes built on each other in any way—it was just a bunch of same-y fight scenes intercut with some dialogue scenes to provide some sort of shape to the film. The editing was pretty…

A friend had a free rental from Redbox, so we watched The Raid: Redemption. I don't really get what all the fuss was about. None of the scenes built on each other in any way—it was just a bunch of same-y fight scenes intercut with some dialogue scenes to provide some sort of shape to the film. The editing was pretty…

I finally finished Infinite Jest on Sunday, after spending most of the summer on it. I'm still trying to figure out what I think of it. The ending disappointed me—it felt like the last 100 pages had been setting up all the pieces for some spectacular finale, but then it just ended abruptly. I'm still thinking about…

I finally finished Infinite Jest on Sunday, after spending most of the summer on it. I'm still trying to figure out what I think of it. The ending disappointed me—it felt like the last 100 pages had been setting up all the pieces for some spectacular finale, but then it just ended abruptly. I'm still thinking about…

Feel comfortable, @avclub-bde03a31feb6259716046ea17db6e426:disqus! The Sirens of Titan is incredible, but it seems as if it always gets lost in the shuffle when it comes to talking about Vonnegut's best. It's my second-favorite of his, behind Slaughterhouse Five, and I think it's the most genuinely affecting thing he…

Feel comfortable, @avclub-bde03a31feb6259716046ea17db6e426:disqus! The Sirens of Titan is incredible, but it seems as if it always gets lost in the shuffle when it comes to talking about Vonnegut's best. It's my second-favorite of his, behind Slaughterhouse Five, and I think it's the most genuinely affecting thing he…

Don't forget Gene Hackman's perfunctory affair with a married woman who's clearly half his age, yet we're somehow expected NOT to find it laughable.

Don't forget Gene Hackman's perfunctory affair with a married woman who's clearly half his age, yet we're somehow expected NOT to find it laughable.

I really disliked Mississippi Burning. Not because it was outright terrible, but just because there was this air of laziness about it that got on my nerves. As if the filmmakers thought, "Hey, we don't actually have to put any effort into telling a good story or creating three-dimensional characters—the Serious…

I really disliked Mississippi Burning. Not because it was outright terrible, but just because there was this air of laziness about it that got on my nerves. As if the filmmakers thought, "Hey, we don't actually have to put any effort into telling a good story or creating three-dimensional characters—the Serious…

@avclub-11997aab46c754fb90f36b9d8e4eaf99:disqus Her?

@avclub-11997aab46c754fb90f36b9d8e4eaf99:disqus Her?

I don't follow him anymore, mostly because I got a bit exhausted by his brand of scatological humor. That said, I still quote the following tweet to this day:

I don't follow him anymore, mostly because I got a bit exhausted by his brand of scatological humor. That said, I still quote the following tweet to this day:

I think the logic goes something like this:

I think the logic goes something like this:

"One hates those people … and hopes that the afflictions of Egypt will fall upon them."

"One hates those people … and hopes that the afflictions of Egypt will fall upon them."

Chris Brown's past of domestic violence may hurt his UK record sales!

Chris Brown's past of domestic violence may hurt his UK record sales!