Stuart Saves Our Freedom

Ahhhh! Lord Volchaire!

It's the same problem with depicting gangster life in the movies. No matter how much you try to show the degradation and violence of it, you end up glamorizing the action.

There is an old academic problem in medieval manuscripts best summarized by a former professor of mine as "Do knights shit?"

DAMMIT, Chloe. I need the blueprints to get OUT of this franchise.

Caprica was on Netflix?

"B-R-A-I-N-S, gotta get that living flesh, B-R-A-I-N-S, take out the I-N-S, sock it to me sock it to me sock it to me sock it to me sock it to me, right in the head, mm-mmm, in the head . . ."

"Attention, passengers. We are temporarily discontinuing beverage service while attempt to subdue the undead in Row 29. Please remain in your seats and we will take your orders as soon as possible."

It is true that the co-pilot is dead. SLIGHTLY dead. The other two pilots are just fine, and ready to live a life of religious fulfillment.

In its own odd way, the book is a great lesson on how wars start with lessons learned from the last one, and how tactics and societies have to evolve.

Could be an Imitation of Life.

Ed Wood's complete sincerity in what he was doing makes him so intriguing. He had no budget, very limited schedules and not very much skill with a camera or a script. He was making films expected to generate a quick profit. And yet there's no cynicism in his films, and you can tell he was, in his own odd way,…

I think The Simpsons will start generating think pieces again when it announces its departure. As it stands, it's post-Bill Berry R.E.M. — usually competent, not all that original and no longer driving the conversation.

Yeah — Glen or Glenda? is a tough slog. No one warns you about the 20 minutes of stock wrestling footage dropped in the middle of the narrative.

You are all mad. The truck, yes. The child, no.

Sorry, but the "So Bad It's Good" moniker only applies to movies done in a non-ironic manner. Also: Wood, Ed.

No! No! You have enough Blu-Rays! This one is mine!

Well done.

That tropical fish is the pass-rusher Pittsburgh needs!

I got the Rhiannon Giddens album after they did a segment on her. Great pickup.