For a while, I did try to make "fancies both Mulder and Scully" into a popular euphemism for bisexuality. Never caught on, tragically, but there was a pop-cultural moment when everyone fancied one or the other or both.

I would definitely recommend watching the whole show, because, well, it's brilliant (except when it was awful. And when it's awful it's still fun to dig into). But if you don't have time you could do worse than just watching Hush: out of the three relationships presented in it, one starts here (Willow and Tara),…

Two UK-centric observations: these episodes aired on Sky before they came to the BBC, which meant I would get a big dose of spoilers from my Sky-owning friends. I'd heard pretty much every beat of this story before seeing it and it still shocked me - because I'd assumed my friends were bullshitting me. I mean, even…

You don't have to do it.  You could always, I don't know, fuck off.

"I'm thinking about taking a fresh new approach to Romeo and Juliet.  We're going to set it in Renaissance Italy!  Obviously this will mean heavily rewriting the script…"

I couldn't believe this was actually true, so I went searching.  It is, and here's some timeless Fellowes dialogue to prove it: "So varied are the qualities we find/In herbs and plants and stones that we may grind."

@avclub-e129a878f7b0e5aa9ac09e0282f64ea6:disqus It has prostitutes and proto-Marxism!  Kids will eat it up like it's rocks and water!

A Talking Dog?!?

Mind bomb!  That movie seems to have been completely expunged from his CV in favour of the current "after his Oscar nomination, Franco set about ruining the American literary canon and LGBTQ history" narrative.

Holy shit, they're really just playing the album versions of songs for the 'live' performances?  Good job punk rock was famous for its polished, professional musicianship, or that would stand out a mile.

I'm hoping for Timon of Athens, myself.

She was a skank in Mud, but nobody really noticed.  I'm looking forward to her as a heroin addict in Inherent Vice.

Rusty-Tromboned by a Troodon

Huh, major film studios are pulling their Comic-Con teasers now?  Steven Moffat is more influential than he thought.

So that's what happened to Timothy Treadwell.

Holy fuck, I never thought I'd hear Romo mentioned in 2013.  This is going to make me giggle for the rest of the day.

Did you read that big Adam Curtis blog post on the BBC website about the history of the British security services?  The revelation that one GCHQ member in the 70s was a pedophile who used his monitoring powers to tell when his victims would be at home alone will stay with me for a very long time.

'Help The Aged (To Retain Power By Sacrificing Your Children To Our Ancient Illuminati Lizard Gods)'

As a child, he was menaced by a huge A grade, and has a terror of them to this day.

If there's one thing I love, it's a good F.I.S.T.!
- Rex Reed