i would disagree somewhat on first blood (though i think you're referring to first blood part 2 in your comment).  while rambo: first blood part 2 (and, to all accounts, rambo III and john rambo) was a bloodletting reactionary wet dream, the original first blood was surprisingly subversive in its approach to the…

my awkward syntax betrayed me.  what i meant was: i'm a fan of many ethan hawke movies (before sunrise being at the top of the list), but this is the internet, and it is my god-given right/responsibility to use the internet to dump all over human achievement.  i won't say i'm a hero, but in many ways, i am a hero. 

my awkward syntax betrayed me.  what i meant was: i'm a fan of many ethan hawke movies (before sunrise being at the top of the list), but this is the internet, and it is my god-given right/responsibility to use the internet to dump all over human achievement.  i won't say i'm a hero, but in many ways, i am a hero. 

Welcome to college, Eric Freeman.

Welcome to college, Eric Freeman.

congo cons: ernie hudson's terrible accent, tim curry's entire performance, terrible-looking gorilla models/costumes, introducing a machine that translates gorilla sign-language in order to avoid subtitling said gorilla sign-language, introducing bruce campbell and then killing him off before he can do anything…

congo cons: ernie hudson's terrible accent, tim curry's entire performance, terrible-looking gorilla models/costumes, introducing a machine that translates gorilla sign-language in order to avoid subtitling said gorilla sign-language, introducing bruce campbell and then killing him off before he can do anything…

congo is the only michael crichton book that i feel the need to reread every few years.  it suffers from the usual issues - crichton has a tremendously inflated sense of his own stature as a writer and intellectual, and he makes sure that every single piece of research he's done into animal communication, african…

congo is the only michael crichton book that i feel the need to reread every few years.  it suffers from the usual issues - crichton has a tremendously inflated sense of his own stature as a writer and intellectual, and he makes sure that every single piece of research he's done into animal communication, african…

That's true.  If a movie sells the horror of its situation well enough (the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre springs to mind), the audience will relate to the characters and be less judgmental of their mistakes (I'd probably run blind through the woods, too, if a guy with a chainsaw was trying to feed me to his…

That's true.  If a movie sells the horror of its situation well enough (the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre springs to mind), the audience will relate to the characters and be less judgmental of their mistakes (I'd probably run blind through the woods, too, if a guy with a chainsaw was trying to feed me to his…

Polo shirt and chinos, dude. If the writers couldn't convey what a dork he was, at least the wardrobe department had it down.

Polo shirt and chinos, dude. If the writers couldn't convey what a dork he was, at least the wardrobe department had it down.

It helps if you only move one side of your face.

It helps if you only move one side of your face.

I disagree with that headline. Case in point: Ethan hawke.

I disagree with that headline. Case in point: Ethan hawke.

I never tire of Canadian posters' good natured responses to the near constant ribbing they receive on this site. It's downright inspiring.

I never tire of Canadian posters' good natured responses to the near constant ribbing they receive on this site. It's downright inspiring.

I think you mean "aboat," which is how I hear it said, eh?