I remember going to see Mafia in the movie theater. I don't remember it being particularly good or funny, but considering that Friedberg and Seltzer have pretty much murdered the parody film genre, Mafia might be more enjoyable by comparison.

Watching Prince of Thieves might make you appreciate Men in Tights more, since Brooks is heavily parodying the Costner Robin Hood. And while it's a bad movie, it's an entertaining film. It also does have a few moments here and there that are actually pretty good. But as a whole it pretty much falls apart.

I remember my parents worrying about whether or not they should let me watch this movie because of that line (as well as some of the more gruesome moments in the film). My guess is that parents in the early nineties were very different from parents today.

The Kevin Costner Robing Hood is not a good film by any stretch of the imagination. However, I do think the film does a wonderful job of building tension for the final set piece. The build up to when Costner fires the lit bow and arrow and the following explosion that releases all of that tension is really…

The NSA tries to gather information from Disqus but they are repeatedly and inexplicably logged out automatically.

I've never understood The King of Limb's poor reputation. Not every album Radiohead puts out is going to be game changing. They should be allowed to evolve slowly, which TKoL did nicely. It's a really good album from a great band, and I don't think they should have been damned for that.

It has been interesting to see his feelings about the internet shift over the past five years. He went from decrying the internet as a fad to playfully releasing individual songs online as teasers for his latest album. And now he's allowing Spotify to stream his albums. He must have figured out that there are a lot…

I'm listening to Art Official Age right now, and it's pretty damn good. In many ways it feels like an intentional throwback to Prince's "classic" era. Good stuff.

I'm curious about this film. I loved the original, but Yuen Woo Ping is such a different director than Ang Lee. Lee can be really artsy where Woo-Ping's films have a lot of cheesy (but enjoyable) humor. I wonder if Woo-Ping is going to steer closer to the more stately style of the original film or if he's just going…

The structure of this film is also unique for a Hollywood film. It doesn't feel like it has the typical three acts. It feels a lot more episodic, like they strung along a series of short stories that happened to star the same guy with these supernatural powers. It makes sense why some TV exec saw the movie on cable…

My Bondage and My Firmware

That's not how numbers work.

Don't they realize that misguided fan service is what killed the last movie? I don't think audiences want heavy handed references to the original series. Even fans of the original series don't want heavy handed references to their favorites. I think just about everyone would like to see an original story that…

Don't worry. We still have Tony Cox!

I would go with the first Futureheads album. It came out when everyone was aping early 80s new wave and punk, but it was much punchier than the work of their peers. Each song had a quick, to the point hook and they never overstayed their welcome. And of course their cover of Kate Bush was fantastic. I bought two…

They're all really good, but I think that Bears for Lunch might be the best album by GBV since Under the Bushes. If that album were by a younger, less prolific band, I think it would have garnered even more notice. But in today's music environment, when everyone is oversaturated with new music, I don't think a lot…

This is really close to my own ranking, but I would switch Jumpsuit and Factory.

I caught them in Boston over the summer. It was the first (and I guess probably last) time I've seen them live. I currently have that feeling of both tension and relief when something terrible just barely avoids happening to you—like if you missed your morning train and then found out later that the train derailed…

I did read an interview where Lee said the single shot fight scene was cut in half by the studio. I thought it was well put together, especially considering that so many filmmakers resort to shaky cams and quick cuts when filming action. But of course Lee was also following a template.

Lee's Oldboy was mostly pointless. It wasn't aggressively bad or anything, but there just didn't seem to be much of a reason for it to exist. The film had some interesting visual elements, and it showed that Lee can shoot action better than most supposed action directors. But I would have much preferred it if he…