There IS a "kung fu grip" comment in the movie. It ranks between the "real American Hero" and the "knowing is half the battle" comments in terms of sheer awesomeness.

Crime Comics
I've always been a big superhero fan and I love all the knotty continuity and crazy storytelling that that implies, but another genre I love (and one I didn't see getting a lot of mention here) is the Crime/Noir type genre. Guys like Ed Brubaker (Criminal, Sleeper) and Brian Bendis (Torso, Sam & Twitch)…

Okay, so I'm not alone in thinking that none of these movies came out this week?

Somewhere in Britain, there has to be a 20-years-younger Hugh Laurie.

Our combined might is unstoppable!

Johnathan Strange and Mr Norrell
Man, talk about a book that creates a world to get lost in. And this one's a classic example of a book that will have so much excised to make a film version (which I hear is in the works) that it's guaranteed to make almost no one happy. The novel has the potential to make a GREAT…

Chicks dig the Jackman!
You know, I'm not sure where to find the statistical breakdown of this stuff (is it over at boxofficemojo?) but I'm not sure it was really the McConaughey flick holding down the female demographic. There were a LOT of women at the opening night WOLVERINE screening I attended. And it was the…

You know, Danny Gans' show was kind of cheesy and old school, but it was also a great reminder of the bygone entertainers that used to headline the shows in town.

So is the director's cut DVD (which I've never watched) closer to the cut that played at
Sundance? I mean, I know that some of the "deleted scenes" on my DVD were actually in
the movie when I saw it at the festival (the Watership Down discussion in class is one)
and I know some of the song cues are different. Were there…

So here's the thing: I saw DONNIE DARKO at Sundance and I swear that the original song during the scene in question was INXS' "Never Tear Us Apart." Am I imagining this? Can anyone back me up? I remember watching the film when it finally came out on DVD over a year after I saw it at the festival and noticing that the…

Song question?
Hey, this episode (which was great by the way) featured the Kinks song "This Man He Weeps Tonight" about 3 or 4 times. But I wasn't familiar with the version. Can anybody help me out? Was that even Dave Davies singing?

Rod Stewart
Noel, I don't think your Rod Stewart fandom is narrow at all. When you say you like him primarily in Faces/Picture mode, let's remember that you're talking about nearly a dozen albums worth of material there: 4 Faces albums plus the killer box set, 5 albums with Mercury Records, 2 with Jeff Beck Group and…

Wow, someone is seriously saying that Redbox is greater than Netflix? I think we need to clarify what we're talking about. Redbox > Netflix if you have absolutely no interest in seeing a movie that came out more than 6 months ago. Redbox is the DVD equivalent of your local multiplex in the middle of summer when 12…

Exactly the review I was hoping for!
Keith, this is pretty much exactly what I was hoping to hear. I think Neil Marshall is a genuine talent and I'm glad to hear that this movie is as much fun (if as derivative) as it looks.

Okay, Pearl Jam was on Storytellers on VH1 or something, and Vedder was a quip machine. I couldn't believe it was him. He tied a scarf to his microphone before deciding it was "too Steven Tyler." Did the guy deveolop a sense of humor at 40 or something.

Laugh out loud count…
A solid two for this entry. Once for the Limewire comment and once for the Incredible Hulk reference. I actually did a spit take on that one. Nice work Mr. Rabin!

Yet another reason why Phil Hartman is my pick for "funniest person ever."

Oh and one more thing…
David Cross is a huge douchebag. Man, that guy is hugely funny, but I can't think of many people who come across as more unlikeable.

I love Kathy Griffin
My brain almost exploded when I realized that I loved Kathy Griffin. It was when I randomly caught one of her specials on cable. Great stuff from a person that I had vocally hated for years. I love her comic voice, which is that of a person who is endlessly obsessed by celebrity culture while…

Very good point. It's the difference between someone letting their religion inform their work, as Orson Scott Card does, or as Martin Scorsese definitely does, and using your literature as a preaching tool, which inevitable makes it less interesting.