The great thing about Miike is that even in his most prolific years, nearly everything he directed was worth watching.  He has no limits to what kind of movie he will make.

If there is any other answer to the question "Favorite Korean Actor?" than "Choi Min Sik," I don't know what it is.

"Few familial units have ever been quite as demented as the one at the center of Takashi Miike’s The Happiness Of The Katakuris"

Did anyone else read Dowd's criticism and think "Yeah duh, that's the damn point!" ?

Oh he's definitely more unlikable and more of an asshole.  But he's the kind that doesn't seem to have any agenda but to make everyone else look like the assholes they really are.  And like Hitchens he sometimes takes that too far.  But if there are going to be assholes like Michael Moore in the world, and people who…

Yeah that's true.  I've found that since I no longer watch the show the out of context humor is a lot funnier because it's laziness is no longer so evident.  And I know MacFarlane is a smart guy capable of great writing because I recently watched the episode of Johnny Bravo he wrote that parodies Schoolhouse Rock and…

Hell yes.  This is one of the few times ever that I saw a movie and then read the book (in that order).  And like the other two times (True Grit and No Country For Old Men, which I just now for the first time realized are both Coen movies) it was like reading a very very detailed screenplay.  Adaptation shouldn't be…

As shitty as I think his shows are, I think the world is a better place with him.  He seems like a pretty decent guy in person and even if that is an act I like having his shows around to hate.  Sure, The Simpsons might not have had to stoop so low to get ratings, but they would have eventually started running out of…

True that.  Maher before the whole "coward" thing was mostly just a smart-ass.  Which is totally cool.  But after that thing blew the fuck up and nearly ruined his career he became a whole lot more like Chris Hitchens.  And a whole lot more like Chris Hitchens is okay in my book.  What I like about both men (and I…

Okay you're right.  I took Lee Child's approval of the movie as a sign that it was fairly faithful to his novel.  And if as you say, it isn't in several key ways including the character traits of Reacher then I retract my comments about Jack Reacher in general.

Ha! True.  But the Beastie part (the rhymes) of that song is still incredible.  I think it's the first B-Boys song I could rap along with in it's entirety.  "I've got more stories than JD's got salinger"  "Who shall inherit the earth? The meek shall"  Classic.

I can't even tell if Raekwon is there.  The way Wu do their songs live (with everyone rapping together most of the time) it sounded like everyone else was rapping Rae's verse but I didn't even hear Rae.   Anybody know what's up?  Typically if there's one member who isn't there it's Rae so I wouldn't be surprised.

That's the hardest I've laughed in a while.

Sometimes listening to a sample source is disappointing because the three seconds or less that were sampled are just that - three or less seconds.  So the tone of the entire song may be drastically different.  This is not one of those instances.  Shadrach is my favorite Beastie Boys song and this is my favorite Sly…

I am always telling people to watch this show and I think this episode is a perfect example of why most of them don't seem to get it, and our new reviewer sums it up perfectly - the comedy of It's Always Sunny isn't lowbrow, but the characters are.  As much as I like Larry David's work, the contempt of the characters…

Chill man.

Here's what I don't get - who the fuck gives a SHIT about Jack Reacher?  The character seems like he was created by 12 year old boys who said "Dude, let's make this character who's just badass at everything.  And everyone else is all like 'This guy is a fucking badass."  I've never seen a movie that took such a…

Not by me.  There's a place in my heart for Bond's or all kinds!
  As long as they're Eon Bonds.  None of that other shit!  
But seriously, as @avclub-3111c60f45680e4001c9e8dcb40bc7c3:disqus says, people often assume that a Bond with few movies is a bad Bond.  But by that reasoning Moore is the best Bond, and while I…

Dammit.  Forgive my error. But yes @avclub-97a0b256b73505382d3bbd1eac096563:disqus  it totally ends that way and it totally fucked with my young mind.

The only episode I remember in detail is the one with the girls from Sister Sister where she gets bitten by a lizard and is cloned or something.  But that shit stuck with me.