Lobsters certainly were incredibly plentiful and served to prisoners, as well as being a staple of the poor.

A film doesn't have to show a concentration camp to be a holocaust film. It shows Jews being systematically hunted down and killed, it's not a "generalized" threat at all.

I think part of the low grade may be because the reviewer didn't totally get the plot, i.e. the art wasn't what they were hired to steal.

As soon as I saw the word "mustardayonnaise" I thought of Durkee's

Acura Someone to Watch Award
I like that a show called the "Indie Spirit Awards" isn't ashamed to whore out it's award titles. "Congradulations, you've won the ACURA Someone to Watch Award." "And the IFC Truer than Fiction Award goes too…"

Well, if you're laptop is on, you're probably too busy watching porn to go out and attempt to have sex with someone, so yeah, that probably is true.

Smokey and the Bandit was remade as a series of TV movies in 1994, all written and directed by the original film's writer/director, Hal Needham. It was part of the "Action Pack!" a syndicated series of TV movies that served as a way to deliver backdoor pilots for potential series. The "Action Pack!" also included the…

I am Legend got a pretty extensive write up of its own recently on this cite, comparing the three official adaptations, along with the unofficial remake I am Omega, to the book and each other.
http://www.avclub.com/conte…

TEWLVE MONKEYS
Twelve Monkeys used the phrase "inspired by" to credit the original source instead of the more common "based on" precisely because it was such a radical departure from the original source, while still clearly indebted to it.

I'm guessing that since Nathan's a reviewer, he got a screener copy of the film, likely to promote its limited theatrical release back in September. I'm also guessing that the film had "Direct-to-DVD" written all over it that Nathan got confused and thought it was screener was for a DVD release, not a theatrical one.

The ending lines were:

PIXAR and trailers.
PIXAR has made an all-original teaser for EVERY film they've made except for their first, Toy Story. It's basically a tradition for them. Sadly, their last few DVD releases have omitted these teasers from the film's extras. I have to play my CARS DVD to see the teaser for RATATOUILLE. The…

Probably among the most infamous TV edits was the first TV edit of BRAZIL, which was a completed version of the "Love Conquers All" version the studio had been working on until Terry Gilliam finally shamed them into releasing a cut of the film that he had approved of. Use of completely different takes and different…

There was also an episode of ENTERPRISE that had this plot that sucked, and is the only episode of that show I've seen completely. The shift from hate to love was about 2 minutes in that episode as well.

"One man's QUEST to follow the Bible as literally as POSSIBLE. It doesn't say that he actually followed the Bible 100% literally, and the review above points out that actually doing so is impossible.

"Tom Yum Goong" AKA "The Protector"
Nathan Rabin reviewed the film "Tom Yum Goong" when it was released in the states as "The Protector."
http://www.avclub.com/conte…

If you have to explain a joke….
…then it's not funny.

The Ending of Trading Places
The Ending of Trading Places is a classic example of short selling. Murphy and Aykroyd borrow shares of Frozen Concentrated Orange Juice futures, sell them at the rapidly raising price, and then buy them back when the price just as rapidly drops. Thus at the end of the day, they have all…

Kid van Pervert
The game you're thinking of is probably Jungle Hunt:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wik…

Memoir vs. Autobiographical Novel.
First off, about the settlement: Random House has agreed to pay out a maximum of $2.35 million. If not enough claims come in, people will get their max refund for the purchase, and Random House gets the difference back. If too many claims come in, people will get a reduced refund.