Little Wing
Possibly my favorite song ever. As Noel says, considering the Hendrix original it's crazy that they came up with this version. The song starts with a guitar and organ fanfare and a Gordon drum riff leads in one of three Allmann guitar solos. The solos get progressively more emotional and involved until the…

Schindler's List
"… deeply flawed and disappointing"? I don't remember Schindler's List that way at all, even the last hour of the movie. I've heard complaints about the last scene where the concentration camp survivors visit Oscar Schindler's grave but I thought it the ending was appropriate and moving, so for me the…

This is by no means the worse canned food to make a Taste Test appearance. I think it started with canned hamburger, then IES Chang and his canned chicken, bread, cake, cheese, sausage, pork brains, etc. I've already thought of my response. "Good thing this sandwich comes in a can because now I need something to throw…

It might be one of those ACME "just add water" contraptions. *Squirt* -> saucy meat in a bread tube.

I'm not sure if "The Royale" is my least favorite episode but it's very close to the bottom of the barrel. It plays out like a Bradbury short story; a weak premise, to the point of absurdity, and the resolution is based more on chance than guile (3 foreign investors? Lucky there wasn't a red shirt on the away team or…

Exactly right. All that plastic surgery and long hair made him look more ghoulish than whatever look he was shooting for. By the time "Bad" was released, he had started down a path of self-delusion and destruction that ultimately destroyed his public image and hurt him physically and emotionally. I don't have any good…

At least until Ron Silver went to work on Alan Alda's campaign. I never was quite convinced of why he switched sides. I'm talking about both the character and the actor here.

Sam is a great character! He's a great foil to Toby with his eternal optimism and idealism. He often has the best comedic lines in the series, and at times Lowe is able to imbibe his character with intensity and warmth. Plus he likes the whores.

The Woman In Red
I'm so jealous of your celebrity hob-knobbing, Joe, and of your pre-weekend whiskey ritual. Seeing how they go as far back together as acting school, I'm surprised they haven't collaborated more often. The only movie I could find that both were in was The Woman In Red with Kelly LeBrock.

I couldn't really invest myself in the Rolling Stones thread so I guess I'll post here. "Comfortably Numb" is my favorite Floyd though I've been rediscovering Dark Side Of The Moon lately after watching the Classic Albums documentary. Beatles are tough but "Hello Goodbye" and "Nowhere Man" always seem to rise to the…

I wanted to work at Four Star the whole time I was in Madison, but I ended up taking the dishwasher job instead. I remember there was a really good bagel store close by.

"Ikiru" is amazing. I think everybody should see it but it's a little long for high-schoolers and the subtitles don't help. Beautiful film. Watched "High & Low" last month on TCM last month. Fascinating procedural police drama with modern social commentary about envy, betrayal, the nobility of work.

Who me? Japanese.

Beat Takeshi is virtually a constant presence on Japanese television, hosting his own shows and appearing as guests on other programs. Although he often plays gangsters and criminals on film, seeing him in this movie was still pretty jarring considering how cultivated his image is.

The way you describe my supposed reaction makes me think you know something about me. Are all Japanese people eye-rollers? Do we as a nation uniformly distain the efforts of non-Japanese to understand us through our snack foods?