oh, I don't know. At what point does "liking" something make you and expert in it?

regarding T4, for lack of desire to spell it out or make a better abbreviation: I'm irrationally annoyed that it is pg-13. The first three were R and I just kind of wish they'd stay that way. I have mucho fond memories of sneaking into the first one at age 14 and think kids today ought to have the same pleasure,…

Yes, that's what people do. They repeat the same story, repeatedly. I suppose it would be nice if there was more original material, but if you see nearly any performer on the circuit promoting something, they truck out the same shit to tell different people, and if that performer performs live, bits of that will…

I read Boom issues of their Warhammer and Warhammer 40k stuff. In comic terms, it might not be that groundbreaking, but I've a weakness for the warhammer stuff. I'm glad to see their other issues get decent reviews, and might branch out.

and from what I've heard, the Japanese wife stereotype is that once the kids are born, their sex drive dies, hence all the porn and sex clubs. But hey, if the wifes are moving away from that stereotype, good for them.

and it's so much more enlightened to start a new thread complaining about how so many threads are all about the interviewee's looks and how men and some women would like to enjoy biblical knowledge of the lass.

indeed, the Caine/Martin one is the only one I've seen, and it is fortunately quite faint in my foggy brain.

and you know avclub thinks so since she got two pictures, one sexier and mid way through the interview, which I don't recall seeing, or maybe that one just stood out.

as previously mentioned, Bob, Brett is a good earner, so terrible movie or no, he's soothing to corporate souls (such as they are).

as a general rule, I don't go for many entertainment biopics, as they are typically similar…talented kid from a brokenish home…finds some fame and then crashes via drugs/alcohol/mental disorder…redemption period ensues usually through the love of a good woman said entertainer had loved once and then hurt so badly…

I should add that Huston's books aren't really crime novels in that you've got some scheme or plot hatched by criminals to rip someone off. The Thompson trilogy is a wrong guy in the wrong place now totally fucked as mobsters and crooked cops and killers try to catch him, oh my. That's how it starts anyhow. How it…

I am not a noir junky, nor do I claim to be knowledgable in the genre, but I just finished the Henry Thompson trilogy by Charlie Huston a few weeks ago and found it marvelous. Caught Stealing; Six Bad Things; A Dangerous Man.

sounds like a new version of dirty rotten scoundrels
two con men try to scam a rich lady, falling for her and finding her already in the biz and wanting in on further scams. I don't recall that one being too funny either, though it had its moments.

Sheen or Mos? I remember Mos on Bill Mahar, but he mumbled so badly I couldn't recall a single thing he said. I judge entertainers on their entertainment value, usually, and rarely on their personal values or beliefs. If Mos Def wants to think there was some 9/11 conspiracy amongst people other than the hijackers…

I got to Robbins a bit later in life, a good decade plus post college, and it was based on a girl who'd loved it when younger and who I most dearly wanted to know in the biblical sense (as in sex, not wrath and genocide old testimate style). So, I still like him, and would say that Still Life, my first Robbins book,…

I like Dawn, and sort of remember Day. I think, though, that the acting gets pretty bad in both. I like both, but not for the acting.

Sheen get a pass from me for Platoon, Wallstreet, and my guilty favorite of Young Guns. He might be paying the bills with 2.5 men, but I don't have to watch it.

flipping radio stations the other day, I caught the end of BBT on a show, and the host regularly referenced his movies. When I just heard the voice, I thought it was a replay of the Canadian interview, but it was with Alice Cooper, and BBT was all humble and thanks for the admiration of my work in and out of music and…

even if you hate Sandler, you should see "Punch Drunk Love"

and given the distortion on the cover, I thought it was William Hurt til someone mentioned John Hurt's other roles. Confusion…then enlightenment ensued