Again, that's not unusual for their characters. The criticism levelled against Batman's recent movie is based on character history, not some faux-pacifistic belief that REAL heroes only give bad guys debilitating brain damage.

Well, Batman not killing has been a big part of his character since the 80s or so (yes, he killed people before that), and DC has capitalized on it by making a bunch of stories that revolve around whether this is the time he finally kills someone. To make that a huge part of the character (and your marketing for the…

FROM THE CAVE'S MOUTH, A LONE, RECOGNIZABLE FIGURE EMERGES: INDIANA JONES SURVEYS THE HOSTILE JUNGLE BEFORE HIM, BUT WITH 50% LESS CGI MONKEYS. HE CHECKS HIS MAP, WITH 50% LESS CGI MONKEYS.

I think it was a delivery thing—she just rushed the joke out on the tail of audience laughter, and didn't seem to know what words to emphasize. It's possible that they changed the joke at the last minute and she was reading it off the cue cards for the first time.

Lots of politicians who feature prominently on the national stage have levels of charisma that are only a few steps away from being a Purple-Man-like super power. I had a friend who got to meet George W. Bush in 2005 after placing in the Intel Science Fair, and this friend, one of the most liberal people I know, said…

And here I've spent the last nine years trying to sing Spanish Techno to Neko Case, in strict compliance with her instructions!

The bursts of violence in Drive are used as a shocking counterpoint to the slower portions. You get soothing 80s music, people driving in cool-looking cars, Gosling and Mulligan creating a relationship entirely out of longing stares, and then someone's head is being blown apart with a shotgun. The violence brings you…

I like how the main character says "This is a rebellion, right? I rebel" and the other character makes a face like "Wellllllllll…."

They've got rocks and sticks! RUN!

Yeah, the third act of The Last King of Scotland was really unexpected. But if aliens DID invade earth, I could see the real Idi Amin being pretty good at beating them up.

This adaptation of a beloved childhood book is really making me aware of all the people whose parents tried to turn into trash human beings.

"less wickedly playful" in that we only hear about hundreds of children being pulled screaming from their beds in the middle of the night and eaten alive, followed by a catalogue of what children from different countries taste like.

Her eyes always seemed like they should belong to someone who is 3/4 covered in fresh blood. And yes, that IS a compliment.

Oh, great! So she's a anti-first-amendment witch-hunter who is working to make us less of a democracy, AND she isn't even doing her job!

E.T.'s last words would be "I'll… be… right… here… where… those… police… officers… would… have… shot… you… if…they…had…guns…instead…of…walkie…talkies. Not…that… I'm…anti…police… I…think…it…would… have…been…a… tragic…mistake."

Now, I know Netflix releases a lot of titles each month, and it's difficult to keep track of, but how the FUCK did no one notice that Spielberg's best movie is on Netflix right now!?!?

I'm never going to get any of the McSweeney's Quarterly issues remaining on my subscription, am I?

Absolutely. Good advice all around.

Well, perhaps I mistook her mild disapprobation for my own strong feelings on parents who describe their relationship with their offspring using words I have reserved for my sexytimes. "Love" is a phrase you use to emotionally blackmail someone into giving you anal, it shouldn't also be used to describe the…

All you are, madam, is someone trying to shore up the barest remaining scraps of civilization in the face of these people who insist on describing their children in ways I personally consider distasteful. I commend your efforts.