Love that soundtrack and "Reality Bites." both hold up.

Let's say that Kubrick did 8 very good films: "The Killing" "Lolita" "Spartacus" "Dr. Strangelove" "2001" "A Clockwork Orange" "The Shining" and "Full Metal Jacket" (and the last two have some serious flaws). "Barry Lyndon" and "Eyes Wide Shut" are too seriously flawed to include among his "best" works, and "A.I." is…

Actually, African-Americans are around 15% of the population, as are Latinos, and Asians are around 5-10%. Then there's the "other" non-white categories; taken together, its logical that statisticians are prediction Caucasians to fall below 50% and become the minority race in the next 20 years or so, based on how the…

Fundamentalism of the Southern Baptist kind is not a catch-all for all Christians and their beliefs. Many Christian churches affirm and honor gay people, including the Episcopalians, the Unitarians, the Quakers, etc.

LOL, the subconscious at work—I meant to type "infallibly RIGHT," but I think my Freudian slip was showing. :) Good catch.

I think Gene Siskel was right when he said at point about Roger Ebert, "You're an asshole, but you're MY asshole." Even though I often disagreed with both Siskel and Ebert—especially when they put on that certain condescending tone, as in "Of course we're infallibly wrong about this, so why would you even bother to…

Finish reading it, if only for the chapters about his high school reunion, his love for Chaz, and his final thoughts about death. Some truly lovely writing in there that should be savored.

This hasn't gotten enough attention, so I figure I'd throw in a ramble.

Beet loaf!

Good God, a Dolly Parton musical. That would really be something special. (But, as with Springsteen, the problem is an overabundance of fantastic material; she's gotten some of the best reviews of her career just for the three bluegrass albums she's put out since 2000—and that completely ignores her stuff from the…

That was the rare modern example of the score to a show being absolutely terrific, but the script/story/characters being so wispy as to be gossamer. (Most recent shows, especially those taken from movies, have strong stories/characters, but just serviceable scores.) I'd definitely advise people to skip seeing the…

Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band. The hard part would be winnowing it down to a 20-song show.

I don't usually go on lowest-common-denominator rants, but—of all the characters and sketches from "SNL" they could've done, and they do one for GILLY? One of the most one-note, repetitious, unfunny sketches/characters ever created? Way to scrape the bottom of the ice cream container, guys.

Sorry, you are correct, I'm normal and well-adjusted and was in a bit of a hurry. Adjustment made.

Since no one has mentioned it, Woodley's monologue in the near-empty church (doing her preliminary eulogy) is the closest thing this year has had to an Oscar-bait scene—and I freely admit, I don't cry very often at the movies (it's been literally years), but she had me go through a fistful of paper napkins during it. …

I've seen this easily 100+ times, and that moment when O'Connor kisses the mannequin and gets smacked off the couch never fails to make me bust up laughing—and I don't laugh out loud very often at movies. It's just crack comic timing, along with all the other physicality and musicality going on in this number.

I've always loved "Into the Woods," but danged if the Baker's Wife's song "Moments in the Woods" isn't a tough, tough song to "sell" right before she gets stepped on—maybe just because the orchestrations always seem so inordinately perky. The only way I can see it working well is for her to really slow down the last…

A few things I absolutely hate, even though they were made by talented people I admire: "As Good As It Gets" "Atonement" "Silver Linings Playbook"

Anyone who knows-obviously-that "Brokeback Mountain" is a heartbreaking masterpiece and "Crash" is overrated, pompous twaddle-no matter what the Oscars say. Bonus points and a tongue kiss if you feel the same way about "E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial" vs. "Gandhi."

First "Trophy Wife" now this. Is one of the producers on "The Goldbergs" schtupping some executive at ABC, that that show survives and keeps getting so much hype, but other, funnier, more clever shows get junked? (I'm also thinking of "Happy Endings" "Better Off Ted" and "Don't Trust the B—— In Apartment 23." aBC's…