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Hey, Don't People Also Read
Joshua Ferris and Christopher Hitchens? Or do they just purchase those books to decorate their shelves?

This adds weight to the question
"Who you calling 'scruffy-looking'?"

Though, I mean really, it was Vida vs. April in that regard.

Probably, yeah. Like any market, there's some nuance. I'm just saying that for a limited release film, 12 screens in an opening weekend is reasonable, and "Spit On Your Grave" failed, because it couldn't boast impressive numbers in (probably) major film markets.

Also, according to Box Office Mojo, it was only released on 12 screens. The fact that it's unrated probably had little or nothing to do with that. It's the first week of a niche film with hardly any buzz, it probably just showed in a few LA/NY houses and might expand to other markets this week.

That's why, when discussing limited release films, they post per-screen averages. Those are just as strong of an indicator as final box office. For instance, if "The Social Network," in 2,771 theaters, had made "Inside Job"'s $21,000 per screen, it would have made $58.2 million this weekend.

Gilly belongs in the same category as
Carlos Mencia and Nickelback. Someone has to be paying attention, but no one will own up to it.

Struggling Writer
I was just planning on the "Confederacy of Dunces" route: leave my work in a box in the basement, let my mom tell everyone how great my work is, and then accept the Pulitzer as a ghost.

I once had a professor insist that Prospero was not only fucking Ariel (no matter the gender), he was also fucking Miranda, because that's a long time on an island and these are the options.

I figured any parent who lets their child zone out to YouTube would be the kind to justify their bullshit with vegetables.

Agreed. I waste a lot of time on the internet, but I've only heard of "Fred" in irritated whispers, and was never inspired to investigate him.

So it's a Sitcom About
Awkward families and how, deep down, they're really not that awful?

It was game 6 of the World Series.
I was sittin' in a bar, waitin' for the game to start, and in walks this girl. Oh, it was an amazing game, though. You know, bottom of the eighth, Carbo ties it up at 6-6. It went to twelve. Bottom of the twelfth, in stepped Carlton Fisk. Old Pudge. Steps up to the plate, you know,

A male Ariel
So Helen Mirren fucks him. Yes?

May I just state, on the record, that RZA is an exceptionally digi-looking man?

I love how Kenny tucks in his blow-up doll and leaves it in his bed.

"Playing With Fire" - Rolling Stones
"Beds Are Burning" - Midnight Oil
"We Didn't Start The Fire" - Billy Joel

She's a hard sell, I think. Yeah, she's beautiful and talented and a stunning screen presence, but she doesn't frequently appear in movies that grab a wide audience. "Never Let Me Go" and "An Education," both wonderful movies featuring wonderful Carey Mulligan performances, are deliberate, thoughtful art house draws.

I don't know, something about the line, "You I thought I knew you/You I cannot judge/You I thought you knew me" gets me.

I seriously just posted this up a few. Fucking "Nightswimming" is awesome. I mean, that whole album is a killer, but that one track is golden.