I think it is his upbringing. His father was a fishmonger. You work and do your best and not complain and keep working. I think for some people who grow up with little, they keep plugging because they think it can all disappear.

Strangely, Out of Sight works.

Jeez, Harrison Ford got shot in the head and bought his family a puppy in Regarding Henry. Natalie Portman gets hit by a taxi and has a novel written about her. Dustin Hoffman gets the daughter of his lover.

Don't forget that to make a comedy is also to risk someone going off on a jag because they are offended, despite the fact that Hollywood is little more than product placement and agitprop.

That is because The Exorcist was a Christmas release, which was a cash cow time for movies. Summer was relegated to B-fare and kids movies as we used to go outside and do things in the summer.

Ça va sans dire.

Nerdwriter has an interesting channel and it is well-worth your time.

Don't you mean «à la française me fait vouloir vomir»?

You can match it with your Remains of the Day lunch pail.

I want to see it. It's in my queue, but I can't watch a movie where I cannot figure out how to pronounce the first name of the character. I've never heard it aloud. /loo-ən/ ?

"All proceeds go to Planned Parenthood, so you’ve got nothing to lose."

Good Lord, the Double Down was magnificent.

What drove me nuts in the video was that they pronounced it 'bīndər and not 'bĭndər.

I was on Google Books looking to see if Omni was archived on there. Alas, it isn't.

Well-said, recent college grad.

My friends and I fired up the bong back in the day to watch the debut. I was the hoodely-hoo one of the group and declared, "He is a lousy performer but his jokes are great."

I was hoping it was Gareth Gates, runner-up of the first season of Pop Idol.

You mean roughly the size of DeBAAAAARRRRRGEEEEE.

Well, I grew up rather poor and if a pork chop had a hint of moisture, it was sent back while cries of "trichinosis" filled the air. A pork chop was done if when dropped into a filled bathtub, it absorbed all the water. Mom and Dad ordered steak more on the medium to medium-well side. Poultry had to fall off the bone…

There is no Joaquin Phoenix.