Yeah, I can't believe how many American reviewers are giving away the Wicker Man aspects of this one right up front. It totally blindsided me when it took that turn, because up to then it was playing more like a British Park Chan Wook movie, and I purposefully avoided mentioning anything to do with the final act when…

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We also found at least two things wrong with "Naked Lunch".

The best take-down of Billy Crystal and his misplaced love of impersonating old black jazz musicians to date remains Brett Gelman's rendition of his one-man show on Comedy Bang Bang (back when it was still Comedy Death-Ray): http://www.youtube.com/watc…

I'm the same with Arthur Russell. It's staggering how good he was at so many different styles of music, and how he did it in a way that doesn't sound dated at all. You could tell people his stuff had been released on DFA at some point in the last decade and no one would blink an eye.

You know, people can say what they like about Peter O'Toole, but judging by that photo he's aging pretty well.

Hey guys, come on, this whole situation is very much A Worrying Thing.

He went there on the orders of the president.

You say yes, I say no, you say stop, and I say KILL KILL KILL.

When they get round to making the biopic, Patton Oswalt's name had better be mentioned.

Jesus, how many of us ARE there?

Well this is awkward.

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I knew it wouldn't be, but part of me still hoped clicking on this that it was an Achewood spin-off about Roast Beef's childhood. Dude comes from circumstances.

'Reader, I fucked him. A quiet fucking we had: he and I, the parson and the clerk, were alone present.'

A Backson? What is thaaaat?!

Not *just* in terms of New Order songs.

'Every second counts when I am with you/I think you are a pig, you should be in a zoo' was the first one that came to mind for me, and not in terms of New Order songs. When even the guy who wrote it can't finish singing the line without cracking up, you know you're in trouble.

"The Sniper" by Edward Dmytryk. Caught it on TV late one night and was blown away by it. It's fascinating to see how its influence has dripped down through the likes of "Taxi Driver" and "Zodiac". Stars Adolphe Menjou as a cop called Kafka hunting down a serial killer who targets women with (surprise!) a sniper rifle.…

Tompkins' "Beyond Belief" bits with Paget Brewster on the Thrilling Adventure Hour pretty much function as unofficial Thin Man stories. Damn entertaining they are, too. 'Speaking of which, this bottle is exorcised of spirits!'