Yeah, I tried to go back and fix it but the system wouldn't let me. Alas.

Apparently it was nixed after "Buffalo Bill" flopped. Dino De Laurentis, who had bought the rights to "Breakfast" and produced "Buffalo Bill" suddenly decided he didn't want to be in the Robert Altman business anymore.

Incidentally
This is the fifth entry Bruce Willis has appeared in. That either makes him the floppiest man in the universe or one seriously lucky bastard whose long string of failures have done little to alter the public perception of him as Mr. Box Office.

Incidentally
I know some of these aren't technically direct-to-DVD movies but my definition of a DTV movie is flexible enough to include anything that wasn't reviewed by the A.V Club during a very limited theatrical run.

The main character in the book and film is a diplomat, not a writer, though it's clearly based on the author of the book. That got a little scrambled in the editing of my review.

Two things
I've long thought of this column as being Film That Time Forgot's more long-winded cousin and I always think of it as a back-handed compliment when readers seem flummoxed as to whether or not the movie I'm writing about actually exists or is some weird hallucination that exists only in my mind. This is the…

Incidentally
McDonald's ran a "Pinocchio" tie-in during the week or so the film was in theaters. The "Pinocchio" figurines they stuck in Happy Meals looked weird and oddly homemade, almost like the sort of thing your crazy nana from the old country would give you as a terrible birthday present. Does anyone else…

It's funny that you mention that
because in the special features of the DVD someone involved (Busey maybe?) says with a straight face that what made "Point Break" so amazing was that nothing in it had ever been done before. Seriously. Also, someone actually describes Swayze as "intellectual" without giggling…

Due to Flopular Demand
My next entry will be "Strange Days". Plan your lives accordingly.

For the record
My cat's names are Sweetie Pie and Maggie May. I'm half A.A Milne, half 11-year-old girl. It's a devastating combination.

(Adopts Ed McMahon voice)
Zach and Nate: You are correct, Sirs!

The Dahlia
Yeah, I've definitely considered revisiting "Black Dahlia" for this feature, mainly cause I didn't catch enough shit last time for liking it. I'm mas-o-chistic that way.

Excellent post
Sounds like a truly intriguing sci-fi novel of ideas. Also you're far too modest about your excellent personal blog, Candy Cigarettes, and I'm not just saying that cause you're my boss.

Point duly noted
I'll try to write up some better films next week. Maybe "Heaven's Gate", maybe not. I did just get in the notorious Sam Jackson/50 Cent/Jessica Beal-with-a-hook barely released Iraq War movie "Home of the Brave". It'll be hard to pass that one up. Also "Once Upon a Time In America" and "Sorceror" are…

That freeze montage
was some funny shit. At the very least you deserve a DVD copy of the all-time holiday classic Jingle All The Way for your efforts.

Batpuppy
I knew about Superman's dog but I wasn't aware of Ace the bat-hound. Sounds like quite the crime-fighting dynamo. Incidentally I kept waiting for Arnold Schwarzenegger to say "Have an ICE day" or "ICE to see you" but don't recall him ever actually uttering those immortal words, much to my chagrin.

I think so
"Batman & Robin" may have eventually turned a profit (which is a big "if" once marketing and distribution costs and the oft-ignored fact that studios only get to keep a little more than half the gross are factored in) but the fact that pretty much every one involved has condemned it and the Batman…

Hey Watoosie
If you go back to my entry for "Scenes From a Mall" I disgusted a lot of readers (and to be honest, myself) by lingering unhealthily on the details of Woody Allen's sex life in the film.

yeah
Henry Bean's usually a really solid screenwriter. I dunno what the hell happened here.

When Jokers Attack
I was a little worried about coming off as sexist in this entry but I like to think I'm hard on male actors like Bruce Willis and Brando as well. I try to be an equal opportunity offender. Old people, young people, men, women, sentient coat racks, pee-drinking man-fish, demons named Pazuzu:…