THE PROMISE bootleg circa 1982
I used to have a bootleg called THE PROMISE — plain white album jacket with a photocopied cover on mustard colored paper. The mastering speed varied from song to song and rendered "The Promise" pretty much unlistenable. The only mileage I really got from that album was "Santa Claus is…

This movie was really, really bad
I've read some good reviews and listened to the AV Club podcast, and I understand all the words everyone is saying, but I can't figure out how almost any of these people's observations applies to the movie I saw yesterday. McAdams was pretty decent in what could have been a terribly…

O'Hara in AFTER HOURS gets my vote.

Like I said, I thought the first one was passable, which doesn't mean I didn't like it; it means I thought it was okay.

I'm also in the "it's okay" camp. The tech aspects almost make the whole thing worth watching, but then I go give it another shot, and …it's okay.

D+
I thought the first one was passable, but didn't care much for this one at all. I didn't feel the tension winding, and too much of the improv showed, especially when emphasizing a plot point or pointing out weirdness. One particular character turn happens waaaaaaaayyy too fast, and one wonders how the person…

SEMI-SPOILER

Dennis Franz slit a carton of milk in a grocery so he could fake a fall and subsequent injury and get an insurance payoff for his trouble. I remember him soaking in a hot tub and getting paid from a pretty disgusted insurance rep.

Bay City Blues?

ALLISON JANNEY
ALLISON JANNEY for Nora. Heck, yeah.

The Michelle Rodriguez remake of CITIZEN KANE comes out next year.

Wasn't Clooney apologizing even while Batman and Robin was in theaters?

What does "fall out" mean in this context?

I actually think CASINO is his worst. It has a couple of moments, but overall, I think it's just a poor movie, and the only one of his besides WHO'S THAT KNOCKING and BOXCAR BERTHA that I've never watched a second time. CASINO very much seems to be Scorsese imitating himself, and if that's supposed to be the joke on…

"Is he expecting you?'

Scorsese is listed as one of the producers. One of six. My understanding from articles at the time was that he helped Lee get it made.

Stone wrote the script (deviating quite a but from the book), but Alan Parker directed it.

Ryder in THE AGE OF INNOCENCE
The first time I watched this, I didn't think she was all he good until her penultimate scene. It makes re-watching her performance much more interesting. The writers here say that "whenever Winona Ryder wanders into a scene, playing Day-Lewis' childlike fiancee, the energy of that…

I've told this story so foten I should have a text file somewhere…

Scorsese produced CLOCKERS, if I remember right.