A big one for me is "High Fidelity."

"Hi, Mr. Pitt! Is Elaine there?"

I looked up the books you mentioned in your last paragraph sound and they both sound terrific. Thanks for the recommendations.

The Salinger thing never occurred to me. That's an interesting way to put it. Care to elaborate?

Your post did well to remind me that is has been awhile since I read BLJ - now I remember those less-than-smooth moments when Miller throws in the "I'm-with-it" anecdotes, and I'm pretty sure that I rolled my eyes a couple of times whenever he brings that stuff up.

I'm curiously surprised to see this getting decent reviews, here and elsewhere. Like perhaps a lot of folks here, I had preemptively written this one off as another poorly made, preaching-to-the-choir religious movie in the key of Kirk Cameron. It's nice to hear that the filmmakers are going for what sounds like a…

This morning's bowel movement was better than the first Halloween II.

Oh, thank you. She is what (sigh) was invented for.

Zombie's Halloween and its sequel have their share of ardent defenders. I'm not saying I'm one of them, but I genuinely enjoy getting into discussions about those flicks.

Sure. 

I'm happy that y'all made that happen right there.

I can imagine getting myself all psyched up for the tenth or fifteenth reunion, hoping for what another poster phrased earlier as a "nostalgic fuckfest" and then being sorely disappointed.

You know, lots of people praise (or criticize) HOTD's deliberate, slow pace, but I put it to you that Gerwig's first-act pizza-eating scene was action-packed and compelling.

That’s swell, @avclub-10e60fa84b4c7c8d1f0c166bd731058a:disqus. But your little brother is standing in the middle of Afghanistan!

You can't handle the news!

That was the frustrating thing about watching Studio 60. It tried to be about five different shows at once, and only two of those shows were any good.

In this newsroom, when the head anchor stands, nobody sits. 

It doesn't matter how many times I watch this episode; whenever that kid screams, "My insulin!" as Lisa tosses him his mail from home, I'm on the floor.

Is everything alright at home, Nathan?

Kirby Dick?