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There was a profile on Maurice Sendak (in the New Yorker, maybe?) where he said that he basically viewed Max as a dull, uninspired person who would grow up with no real ambitions, get a crappy job and not contribute much of anything to the world. So, in that light, Max isn't a symbol of some sort of rebellious or

When I'm 44 I won't look like a twenty-something and I won't have any Oscars to my name, but I also won't have starred in Chapter 27. Pros and cons.

OK, got it, "sex with a mimosa," thank you have a good day.

I'm gonna give some money to the Clinton campaign later tonight, myself. I have many, many problems with Clinton - and I very sincerely hope that the progressive movement which was galvanized by the Sanders campaign continues to demand change and help move our national discourse and policy further to the left - but

There's also this:

Every time I see you puking, I get down on my knees and pray.

How does it feel. To drink beer like you do. When you've put this beer inside you. That you ordered from the bar.

It's been a while, but as I recall - the child actors weren't bad or anything, but realistically you can only expect so much out of a performance by a child. Basically, I felt like the movie lacked substance, but Tilda Swinton's performance showed how much substance a great actor can add to a film, and that

I feel like Tilda Swinton's performance really highlighted why the movie didn't work overall: it was great for the few moments when there was a talented, adult actor on-screen, and then sucked when it was all CGI talking animals and child actors (which was most of it).

It's like too much talent/success stuffed into one person; like when you put too much stuff on a sandwich and try to take a bite and it all falls apart.

Our age is a teaser for the golden age of trailers.

Denis Villeneuve, Amy Adams, and a cerebral sci-fi premise. Congrats, movie industry, you've weaseled another 12-or-so bucks out of my pocket; hope you're happy.

It's trailers all the way down.

No no no no no. No.

Wow, a Republica/Gravity Kills show sounds like something that would generate a lot of conflicted memories after the fact; like, "I went to this show, and it was AWESOME! And also, it was FUCKING HORRIBLE!"

BRING IT

Aliens (plural) was one of my favorites when I was 10 or so, but Alien might've been a bit much for me. But, if you think the kid can handle it, trust your judgment, I say. There's also this article:

You should hear some of my cat-piss jokes!

Well, fuck.

You know how they say if you die in a dream, you die in real life? Well, if you get your balls snipped off when your consciousness is transposed into a cat's body, they get snipped off in real life, too.