Whatever he provides to the people that depend on him… like the pot of coffee in that woman's face in "The Big Heat"? (A close second: leers at the woman and sneers at Randolph Scott with his made-up 'story' in that long wagon trip in "Seven Men From Now"?)

i want my money back
I watched that whole 1:17 promo, and not one "Yo VIP, let's flip it"? Does he have any respect for me? Who the fuck does he think he is? Stop *this* train, Mr. Van Winkle, because I want to get off.

seconding the "Third Face" recommendation. It's where I picked up my penchant for referring to all stories as "yarns", and where I learned that the most important thing a yarn can do is grab you by the balls.

The Monster Mash
Why has nobody mentioned the Monster Mash? It was a graveyard smash and it's fucking perfect music.

curb that show
God, Curb your Enthusiasm is still going?

Mentioning Sebastian Cabot, without fail, always reminds ME of THIS:

It's a shame we lost Spalding Gray. I bet he could have made a film version of John Galt's full speech endurable.

There's too many people in this band. There's Indie Guy, the *other* Indie Guy, the guy who looks like he's going to grow up to be a shop teacher, the chick who looks like she'd probably sleep with you but would also probably give you the clap, some other chick, and then that's not even like half of them? It's…

Wow, easily the best link I've seen all week.

Yikes
I think an adaptation of Atlas Shrugged could only work if the story were rewritten to involve industries that are recognizable parts of the modern economy. The nonconverted can only think "wait, is this some sci-fi alternate future where things like railroads and heavy industry are still relevant to America?" …

I don't suppose you have anybody in mind…

Katy Perry's "Milk Milk Lemonade"
It required so much out of me as a listener that I kept groaning, wincing, grasping my forehead, turning it off before it had even gotten going. I was just like somebody at the premiere of Le sacre du printemps: it was too much—- too different, too uncompromising in its defiance of…

easy
(1) have sean young or whitney houston host the oscars

yay
I love this guy. I can't wait for him to make a second movie.

The trouble with routine misuse is that it tends to become completely accepted use—- every dictionary I've checked includes both your preferred definition and the one you don't like.

let's see
It's hard to pick one, but I've narrowed it down to

Pushover is also available on DVD. I second the recommendation, however you watch it.

you must supply a name
Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium is the Sound of Music, the West Side Story and the Annie (the 1982 film) of our times. It is the original Miracle on 34th Street. Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium taught me to love and laugh again. If you don't like it you are a preening hipster and I pity you…

sigh
why wasn't klaus kinski's gripping performance as a murderer/sex criminal/landlord in "crawlspace" considered for this feature?

huh
I thought Johnnie To was attached to this at some point? Or was I dreaming?