It's always been tough for me to reconcile the fact that "Subdivisions" is such a great, great song with the fact that the lyrics are completely irrelevant to a person like myself who grew up distinctly lower-lower-middle-class (and therefore living in a nice suburb sounds, well, nice). I've recently been trying to…

Thank you, good sir! If you're going to include The Running Man, you most definitely have to include Commando as well. In fact, I don't think I could make a list of 22 movies of any type without including Commando. It's a damn masterpiece!

And "Prince of Darkness" is also given short shrift here. C'mon guys, "silly?" More like one of the smartest horror films ever made. Carpenter has the audacity to tackle a freakin' quantum physics vs. religion debate in an 80's horror picture. And succeeds! It might very well be the most ambitious and deep horror film…

"The Fog" is absolutely terrific! It's like an American version of classic Spanish/Italian zombie films. Atmospheric, a bit Fulci-like. And Carpenter turns in one of his best scores, very synth-baroque. Barbeau and Holbrook are  outstanding. And don't forget Tom Atkins and his uber-manly mustache! Always a delight in…

And am I the only one here who thinks that "Hart of Dixie" sounds exactly like "Doc Hollywood," and that "Once Upon a Time" is a knock-off of "The Charmings?" Jeez, it's like the industry isn't even trying. Oh wait, they aren't.

If I may geek out for a moment, I'd like to nominate "Losing It" from Rush's 1982 album Signals. Not about a specific disease per se, but rather about the physical/mental decline that comes with age, and hot damn is it an affecting tune. Back then they would put one song on each album that could only be done in studio…

C'mon, it's not that bad. As far as Illinois-area arena rockers go, anyway. I'd prefer Starcastle, but REO boasts tons of eminently sing-along-able tunes, and there's a lot of craftsmanship there (and some sweetly melodic solos). However, I'm not sure about calling Cronin's "twang" midwestern, as I'm pretty sure he's…

Really really wanted to like "Inside," but it just piles on waaay too many implausible elements. Tobias touches on it but doesn't quite make clear just how far out of bounds it goes. I normally can suspend disbelief very far for the sake of a good horror picture, but by the time the policeman, too, was attacking the…

Halloween 3 is indeed awesome. Who's not up for a movie featuring a staunchly Irish company town in California, Tom Atkins, Stonehenge microchips that shoot lasers out of masks, and freaking androids that pull people's heads off? If I only had the DVD, I'd be watchin' it right now!!

I get your point, but what I'm saying is that I just don't think concepts like "trust" (or even "viewpoints") really even apply to somebody like Klosterman. I mean, when he's making some argument about why Kiss or ABBA or something meant some great thing or other, I never think that's what he actually believes; it's…

I don't think I could ever really find somebody like Klosterman insufferable. Even though he's essentially a nonfiction essayist who has "theories" and tries to make "points" about things, I never actually take them 100% seriously, and I kind of believe that's the point. I've never thought, "Klosterman has deep…

Indeed, I could subsist on "They Live" and "Prince of Darkness" alone for weeks, and those probably aren't' even his best! Carpenter absolutely gets the lifetime pass. And let's not forget the "The Crate" segment of "Creepshow." Technically it's directed by Romero, but it's got Carpenter's fingerprints all over it.

What? How could they ask about all those roles and not bring up "Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare?" C'mon people!

It's true that this book is amazingly boring. I'm one of those people who abhors drugs of any sort yet remain ridiculously entertained by stories of drug debauchery, so I was super-excited to read this. I even checked it out through inter-library loan because my local branch didn't have it (which also tells you how…

Have to say I pretty much agree with ol' Jon Bon on this one, and for the most part VileVessel as well, although I can certainly see Archmage's and Oates' points as well. We could debate the moral/ethical relativism of (unpaid) downloading all day, but my big thing is just that I do miss the physical stuff, in any…

As a guy who worked at a single big-box record store that changed hands three times (Blockbuster Music [remember that failure?] became Wherehouse Music then became Turtle's Music then Spin Street Music [and then became an FYE after I was gone]) I certainly know firsthand what it's like to see the model fail over and…

I will not tolerate Sheen or anyone else badmouthing "Back to the Minors!" It was damn fine film! Anything with Scott Bakula AND Ted McGinley gets an automatic free pass in my book. That part at the end, when Bakula tells Anderson he wants him to "go downtown," GOOSEBUMPS!

Excellent series indeed. I couldn't agree more about the era "mattering." Even though I personally am not a big grunge fan, growing up during that time showed me that it was possible for authentic, credible, sincere music to become recognized in the mainstream; I don't think this has happened on such a large scale…

Hey, I didn't say I was proud of not catching on before. It's likely that the difference between then and now is that I was like 23 then, and 33 now. Big difference. So yeah, when he said the "I broke up with HER" line, I laughed then, because it was funny. It's still funny, but in a totally different way now.

I re-watched High Fidelity the other day for the first time in a long while and was struck by how completely self-centered Rob is…I was literally taken aback by it since I'd always remembered the character as being sympathetic, like a mouthpiece for all good guys who've been wronged by heartless women. Man was I…