Wow indeed. Now I have to track down that Pliny the Elder business. Anything with a name that awesome has to be good.

OY!, it is just inside the realm of possibility that you and Pinkie differing opinions on Avatar and that neither of you is "wrong." That being said, James Cameron used to be awesome. Terminator 1&2, Aliens…classic stuff, and pretty much universally acknowledged as such. My opinion of Cameron went way, way down after…

Elie Wiesel has said similar things, but obviously he was focusing on films rather than books. And they have a point. It's sort of grotesque to spend millions of dollars on recreating the Holocaust.

Yeah, a friend of mine has a sister who is married to a Holocaust denier. Since my friend is married to a guy from Poland who had family members die in the camps, it makes for some awkward family gatherings.

I agree with teadoust on this one. The fifty or so seconds of that trailer were gruesome, but not terribly interesting.

I watched about 5 minutes of this show and had to change the channel because that stupid goth-schoolgirl chick annoyed me so much. I also thought that it was more than the incredibly obnoxious character; she seems to be a genuinely awful actress. This could just be that it was an especially stupid scene and on the…

Christina Hendricks: Fat or Incredibly Hot?

Totz Jr,

God DAMN this feature is good. Steven, I hope they are giving you some huge bonuses. This is the best thing I've seen on the AVClub for some time (or perhaps the best ever).

Sugartits is spot on about Texas. I'm originally from Houston, and sure, it might be rather uncomfortable climate-wise for many months of the year, but it's positively lush with all those old trees (in my part of town, anyway) and flowers. Also, the lack of a state income tax ruined me for other states—in Illinois I…

Yes, Padma's "That'll be all, please," in that dismissive tone was awesome. I know they edit the shit out of this stuff, so they must have been going on and on…. if I were witchy-nose-losey-chef whatever her name was, THAT would have made me cry.

Whoa, Fritosli, I think it's safe to call the deaths from famine in Mao's regime murder since he, you know, intended to kill a lot of them. He made insane, impossible demands of the land and then took most of the food that did grow away from the people. This is because he thought rural Chinese were lower than dogs and…

Yes, I often disagree with her taste in movies, but I admire her level-headed approach to reviewing, and she is extremely good-natured about the differences in opinion. But she earned my undying love with that interview with Dave Sim:

Dude, death squads aren't the only way to violate human rights. They're merely the extreme. And yes, shutting down TV stations for political reasons and jailing individuals who speak out against the government count as human rights violations.

I also didn't find the story too challenging. There were a couple of things that weren't entirely explained, but that devastating ending tied things up nicely. I think it's a story where a totally logical story line isn't really the point; it's Su-Mi's experience that we're following. I think. It's been a few years.

Agreed about Anticipation of the Night. I saw it on a big screen in college and was, by turns, annoyed, bemused, transfixed, and blown away (in that order). I'd say it's the best introduction to his work.

Katherine Heigl is painfully obnoxious, but at least she is still hot. Cameron Diaz, on the other hand, has turned into an absolute hag and it's hard to look at her. What the fuck did that woman do to her face? Does sun damage account for all of it?

The movie is awesome. Not exactly the same, but it shouldn't piss you off. The visuals are incredible.

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Which lesson states that American actors can't manage a credible British accent to save their ditzy asses?