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Yes! Almost Famous, and Fever Pitch in particular, are both proof that Fallon can act. I think he could've had an interesting career if the right roles came along.

Does This is Forty mention them splitting up? I don't remember that, but I haven't seen it since the theaters.

But that Wrangler money…

He cowrote the High Fidelity script, I believe, although that was an adaptation. Also, it's a frigging classic.

Dan Hedaya is hilarious in that movie. When Claire introduces Brittany Murphy's character to him and he just barks "Get out of my chair" I laughed pretty hard.

I mean, there's pretty much no way for that scenario not to be terrifying in some way. Isn't it better that she's surrounded by people who love her? It's an out-there premise for sure, but I don't think it really played as creepy in the film.

Lovesick is amazing and its will they/won't they is definitely one to root for.

She was offended because she completely misunderstood what doggy-style sex was, not because the idea itself bothered her. Which, yeah, a little hard to believe that a grown woman had never heard that term before.

Aww man, I love Fever Pitch. I thought Fallon and Barrymore were super charming together.

Just to offer a differing viewpoint here, I think you could make a case for Ted and Robin not being right for each other at the time, which in theory means that that could change later on in life. I don't think the ending was a slam dunk or anything, but I definitely teared up a lot and think it makes a certain

Although some credit is deserved for implicitly acknowledging that said "son" has no accomplishments of his own.

Yeah, it was. Made me seek out The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander, who was featured in the documentary. It's similarly eye-opening and infuriating.

I liked it overall, but I can't fault anyone for having that reaction. The film is intentionally somewhat aloof, and consequently easier to admire than to love. It did feature a seriously kickass one-take fight scene with Eric Bana, though, and Saoirse Ronan was great.

Oh, I agree. Their whole marketing campaign seems to boil down to "female John Wick." Which I can't argue with, because I want to see it. I hope more action movies start taking a page out of John Wick's book—at least in terms of featuring smooth, legible and creative fight choreography. Hanna did something similar

Toy Story 3 is the weakest of the Toy Stories, IMO. The first Bourne film was also the best.

That's almost entirely the point of John Wick's action, though. It's not going for realism. It's honestly refreshing to watch an action movie with legitimate choreography and that isn't aping the Bourne films.

Surprised to see it described here as containing too many winking film references. I don't recall the previous film being reference-heavy, like, at all, and the trailers for War give the impression that its tone is very much in keeping with what came before it.

When I saw the trailer at the movies I had never heard of it, but I knew instantly that I would pay cold hard cash to see it regardless of how the reviews turn out. We get one of these movies, what, once every three years? It looks fucking sweet.

Agreed. Rise was competent, but not particularly inspired. Dawn felt like a genuine leap forward, artistically speaking. It takes its story deadly seriously but somehow manages not to get bogged down by grimness. It's compelling from beginning to end, and has some great cinematography to boot. Definitely looking

Just discovered the song "1000x" by Jarryd James and Broods. I was a big fan of Broods' first album - hits a lot of the same spots as Chvrches' stuff does - but I like this song more than anything from their new album, which I found mostly underwhelming.