For More On Swayze's Awesomeness
In addition to the Murray's "Way of the Swayze" Scott cited, the A.V. Club last year published a great essay on the "enduring awesomeness" of Patrick Swayze and the film "Point Break."

The Two Greatest Moments In This (Or Any) Interview
(1) When Fraser implies killing invisible Egyptian mummies for the last 10 years somehow qualifies as a "definite education" in computer generated imaging.

This isn't a bad thing, by the way.

"Trying To Get Excited" About Drama
Frasier's most interesting response (to me, at least) was when he frankly states he only "tries to" get as excited about doing "serious" work like "Gods And Monsters" that doesn't involve mummies or 3-D dinosaurs. This may be the first recorded instance of an actor openly admitting…

Literalizing the Strange
Regarding Noel's thoughts on Ben's turning of the giant, Island-moving wheel: "The literalizing of such a strange procedure… may well strike some as…well, goofy."

There's something very alluring about the kind of silly, "doesn't give a shit" protagonist Downey Jr. plays in the move. When films like "Hostel" and "Saw" remind us how pathetic and weak most of us would probably act in the face of death and torture, it's great to see characters who can maintain a sense of humor —…

Russian Roultte & Downey Jr.
I love that scene in the final embedded video (Perry ridiculing Harry for throwing an incriminating gun into a lake). It's one of many great scenes that flip crime-film cliches on their heads. My personal favorite of these is when Harry tries to intimidate a suspect with a game of Russsian…

Clay and Springer
This interview is an awesome and fitting follow-up to Tuesday's (awesome) Jerry Springer interview. Both drew really insightful commentary from notoriously lowbrow entertainers. I'd love to see this approach (highbrow interviews with crass performers) continued. Perhaps as a column?

Cover Artwork
I'd love to get some insight into the covers of these paperbacks Mr. Phipps is reviewing. The artwork of most of them have a cool, '70s style to them, and it'd be great to find out who designed them, as well as exploring sci-fi novel covers in general.

American Psycho
Awesome analysis. Although I'm surprised this film made the New Canon ahead of "American Psycho." It seems to me "Psycho" is to "Rules of Attraction" as "Trainspotting" is to the lesser Irvine Welsh adaptation "The Acid House": the latter films most likely were only made as a result of the former films…

Your assumption that there are still Others willing to kill on Ben's behalf brings up an interesting point, Claude: What the hell have the Others been up to since end of Season 3? Locke's visit to their world seems to have shaken the foundation of whatever community and beliefs Ben's followers previously had, and now…

Cass Song, and Michael's "Invincibity"
Great episode. Thanks for pointing out the Vonnegut reference on Michael's TV.

Un-Boogie Nights
There's something very exciting about a filmmaker with such a distinct style leaving his comfort zone so drastically. A period piece based on an Upton Sinclair novel is the last project I would peg Anderson doing. It's like when Ang Lee making "Hulk," except, you know, not that at all. I cannot wait…