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The opening of this article is giving me (perhaps false) hope that people are finally over 80s nostalgia. I was already tired of this trend when The Wedding Singer came out, and that was forever ago.

The opening of this article is giving me (perhaps false) hope that people are finally over 80s nostalgia. I was already tired of this trend when The Wedding Singer came out, and that was forever ago.

I love his introductory line to Anne Bancroft:

I love his introductory line to Anne Bancroft:

To the top of my queue it goes!

To the top of my queue it goes!

Wu Lyf were on this show? It could really use that kind of strangeness.

Wu Lyf were on this show? It could really use that kind of strangeness.

He sure as hell ain't Gallant!

He sure as hell ain't Gallant!

Yeah, agreed on the ending of Lincoln. The movie isn't really about him so much as it is about the battle over the 13th Amendment and should have ended with that. We don't need his death scene—it feels extraneous, as odd as that is to say. You're likely right that audiences may have been upset if not shown it, but I

Yeah, agreed on the ending of Lincoln. The movie isn't really about him so much as it is about the battle over the 13th Amendment and should have ended with that. We don't need his death scene—it feels extraneous, as odd as that is to say. You're likely right that audiences may have been upset if not shown it, but I

Panic Room plays like the empty, calculating movie that Fincer's detractors expect of him. It never feels like more than a technical exercise.

Panic Room plays like the empty, calculating movie that Fincer's detractors expect of him. It never feels like more than a technical exercise.

Much to my utter surprise, I saw and completely hated Life of Pi. My totally negative opinion is the only one I'm aware of, as even people who wouldn't normally like this kind of movie seem to love it, but I couldn't stand a frame of it. I feel like there's something wrong with me that what bothered me the most about

Much to my utter surprise, I saw and completely hated Life of Pi. My totally negative opinion is the only one I'm aware of, as even people who wouldn't normally like this kind of movie seem to love it, but I couldn't stand a frame of it. I feel like there's something wrong with me that what bothered me the most about

I support you now including foreign titles!

I support you now including foreign titles!

That's a seriously awesome group of films to see in one long weekend, and I am in full agreement with your ranking of them.

That's a seriously awesome group of films to see in one long weekend, and I am in full agreement with your ranking of them.