Walkabout
That movie is worth watching simple for Jenny Agutter.

I always got the feeling that she almost felt some contempt for how well received Stories from the City was, as if "oh that's just some pop triffle I came up with when I was trying to sound commercial, whatever." Well, PJ, I think that was your best album, so try selling out more often.

Like reading a transcript
It's funny reading this after just hearing his interview on the Ron and Fez show. It must be so odd being on press junkets - you start to deliver answers from a script even when they feel organic in the moment. The "opiate" comment about Get Shorty is a phrase I remember especially. I…

I was reading between the lines here, but I didn't think JMS's runs on either Superman or Wonder Woman were well received, so I figured he was taken off of them. When they said it was so he could concentrate on the Earth-1 sequel, that sounded like the company line. "He wasn't fired, he was promoted to this less…

Southland Tales
I'm willing to admit that it's a disaster of a movie, but somehow it's such a glorious disaster that I love it in spite of it's giant flaws. It was terrible, but I couldn't stop thinking it. I remember that, in its MYOF entry, Rabin was looking forward to Kelly's more convention seeming "the Box" and…

It's got a Criterion edition DVD, and everyone I know loves it, so I'm not sure it's that underrated, but it is fantastic. My friends and I still ask each other "are you wearing Mascara?" "No! …..yes…."

Scarlet's Walk is what I think of as Tori's late-period masterpiece (as silly as that is since it's already almost 10 years old). Choirgirl Hotel is still my favorite of her albums, but Scarlet's Walk is amazing.

A hit is a hit, and Semisonic had several legitmate ones for a reason. Closing Time might have gotten old from constant play, but it's still easy to see why it was so popular. Singing in my Sleep is a fantastic song, F.N.T. and Chemistry are terribly catchy, and if you don't like them, I'm not sure if you really get…