I think Betty's mentioned before that she was a chubby girl, and that her mother was a fastidious uber-bitch (in so many words).

Wordplay!

Nice, inle.

Not trying to be a book-movie adaptation stickler; I've just thought since the project was announced that it would be neat to do it in a Ken Burns, talking-head kind of style. My favorite aspect of the book was its format, and I wouldn't want to see the idea of it excised completely.

The interviewer is the only character I can think of as "the lead," assuming that they're doing it right…

11 A.M.
Friday morning is the soonest I'll be able to get to an IMAX. Wanted to go midnight tomorrow but work prevents it. My astronomically high expectations best not be let down! (otherwise, NERDRAGE)

Young Sherlock Holmes
Sentient hallucinated sweets! It's been at least a decade since I've seen that movie; seriously doubt it would hold up if I ever decided to watch it again.

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New Hampshire: no sales tax, gay marriage.

I've never seen anything Predator-related…
… and I liked this well enough despite it being a little half-baked and predictable. I preferred the first half's traps and confused speculation to the second's 'spolsion-tastic resolution. After watching it and reading the BLTN entry from earlier this week, I plan to…

Piter de Vries = Doc Cochran is the one that blew my mind.

I haven't seen anything else Predator-related, and thought this was entertaining, if a little predictable. Better than most of the summer offerings this year, and exactly what I wanted to watch on a hot, lazy afternoon. I'd rate it a 7.

Army of Darkness and Blade Runner both kick all kinds of ass, Blade Runner more so.

Winesburg had some choice lines that knocked me on my ass when I read it a couple of years ago (yes, I recorded them; yes, I intend to share them here):

Last May, a toxic relationship I had been in for five-and-change years was ending, and I had been in a bad state of mind for a while. The Mountain Goats' "No Children" and Bob Dylan's "Idiot Wind" were perfect encapsulations of how I felt at the time, and kept me sane while I listened to them, over and over, wanting…

I invented it in Camberwell, and it looks like a carrot.

The significant difference between the two being that both Funny Games and its shot-for-shot remake were helmed by Haneke - a fact which does not make the remake any less superfluous.

Without the color, yes.

Hadn't thought of that, but it's definitely a possibility.

Also: Ed Ruscha print in the background for a few seconds. Score.