Not one of you fuckers has mentioned Guarding Tess, so you can all go fuck yourselves.

I thought the same thing. This will probably be a little less dark and a lot more zany, but still.

The thing with Hardwick's overwhelming positivity is that it so clearly seems like he's masking a dark guy that it bothers me. I get a Stuart Smalley vibe, like he OD'd on some self-help cassettes. I'm always waiting for him to lose his shit, kinda like the Simpsons where Flanders finally flips out. I'm not saying he…

The reference was to blowing up a Chik Fil A. I can't imagine they'd be lobbying to be the restaurant mentioned in that scene, regardless of whether or not Aziz calls it "delicious." I'm just surprised your mind went to "that's product placement" is all. (Note: I respect your thoughts on film and think you're a very…

I've always thought the scene was necessary because it shows you how far gone Ronnie is in believing this love story he's created with Brandi. In his mind, they're making love. He's upset and disappointed when he sees she has passed out, but when she tells him to keep going, he continues. The character is so unhinged…

Bad Santa isn't that far off from the type of fucked up, dark humor O&R employs, but the general storyline and direction the film takes is way, way darker.

He was supposed to direct some movie called "LAPI" with McBride starring, but I'm guessing because of McBride's schedule and HBO insisting on seasons 2 and 3 of Eastbound, he got sidetracked. I recall reading (hearing? it may have been on Jeff Goldsmith's old podcast) an interview with him where he said he wanted to…

She's married to Jody Hill.

Agree with @avclub-63706c2231765ca840e9a60a76fae00a:disqus A lot of people have said they wished there had been fewer jokey parts, like McBride's silly drug dealer or Pena's over the top partner. Fair enough, but I don't think that was Hill losing hold on tone. I think Hill wanted to sprinkle in bits of broad comedy,…

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Wouldn't that mean the Pulp Fiction McDonald's conversation product placement too?

I only wish that Hill had filmed Ronnie's fantasy so he could have cut to it, even if only for a couple of seconds. Maybe it's better to picture it in our heads, but it would have made for a pretty insane sequence.

@avclub-82cf46948ca0f531a256e38473c9282f:disqus Last Wave is definitely trippy. If you like stuff about dreams, the imminent apocalypse and native peoples, it's the film for you!

I'll bet he wasn't happy with the original and would like to do it justice since it's his own book. It's not like he's remaking Marathon Man or Butch Cassidy. I can't recall if he talked shit about Heat in one of his books or not, but it wouldn't surprise me.

Ever read any Lawrence Block? I think he's probably the best living crime fiction writer. His Matt Scudder series is phenomenal.

Swag and La Brava definitely hold up. But yeah, he hasn't written much worthy of note over the past decade. Tishomingo Blues was the last book of his that I really enjoyed, that was 2002. And he wrote Fire in the Hole in 2001.

People say "McCartney made just as much bad stuff". True, except that he produced twice as much material in the same amount of time, so a lot of it was bound to be mediocre.

Yeah, that comment reeked of snobbery. I don't think he's been to the middle of the country lately.

I guess I'm not all that surprised. I think some of it is probably expectations. Leonard's books aren't always tightly plotted and Justified is a very tightly plotted show. When he stumbles onto a plot that works, it really cooks, but I've rarely read his books for the plot—I read it for the situations and characters…

This is kind of the south in general. I say this as a southern guy. I see so many beautiful women with bald fat dudes it's mildly depressing. Except the fat guy who owns the pawnshop in these cases usually drives a Range Rover.