I think I've finally come to believe that Bevery Hills Cop II is better than its predecessor, but maybe I've just seen it so many times my judgement is impaired.

It's cool how McTiernan had Kamen integrate Beethoven's Ninth and Singin' in the Rain into Die Hard out of love for A Clockwork Orange. And the Kubrick tribute continued in the third film (When Johnny Comes Marching Home via Dr Strangelove).

I'd love to hear Rickman talk about auditioning for "Red Dwarf." I might be wrong, but didn't that show almost take off with Alan Rickman and Alfred Molina as Rimmer and Lister?

It's kinda cool that Jackson was only in WAV - preserves the integrity of the character. Unlike the Lethal Weapon movies, which kept bringing back the same supporting characters in every installment, even when they had no practical purpose.

I’ve got mixed feelings about Die Hard 2 – I think it’s pretty good, but in a Temple of Doom/Ghostbusters II kind of way (enjoyable enough on its own merits, but falls way short of its predecessor). It does recreate the feel of the first movie, with the Christmas setting and the presence of Holly, Al Powell, and Dick…

Marvin also turned up drunk on the set of "Exorcist II: The Heretic," going on to John Boorman about all the money that Warner Brothers owed him.

Boorman also made a documentary in 1998 called "Lee Marvin: A Personal Portrait by John Boorman," but I don't think it has been released on DVD.

I remember back in 1995, there was a soap on Channel 10 called "Echo Point." Got well-hyped, but didn't last beyond its first year and never got repeated, and is probably only notable now for having featured a teenage Rose Byrne in its regular cast.

I've always wondered if the bit in the "Mr Plow" episode of The Simpsons, the flashback showing Homer getting a straight-laced, Harvard-bound Barney hooked on booze, was inspired by the "Taxi" flashback showing Tom Hanks getting a straight-laced Harvard student Jim Ignatowski hooked on drugs.

Alexei Sayle did a recent piece in "The Guardian" in which he claimed that "Bambi" pointed the way for the decline of Alternative Comedy in the UK:
 
http://www.guardian.co.uk/s…

Peter Manso's book about Brando is an awesome read.

"Here comes Lee Marvin. Thank God! He's always drunk and violent."

A camera has not been built that could contain that much ego.

Anthony Edwards' misgivings about  "Top Gun" reminds me - didn't Matthew Modine turn down the movie because of its fascist content, or something?

Jeremy Irons: ""Dungeons and Dragons" wasn't very good, or at least I certainly wasn't very good in it… But at least I got paid. I'd just bought a castle, I had to pay for it somehow!"

Diane Franklin was a brotherfucker in "Amityville II."

…Iggy never claimed to have written that riff anyway. He wrote the lyrics to "Lust for Life" and David Bowie wrote the music. In fact, Iggy claimed that Bowie came up with the riff on a ukelele.

What a lovely singing voice you must have.

A variation on the line that actually worked:

I tear up just READING about Jim Henson's memorial. Could never actually bring myself to watch any footage of it. Well, I just watched that Big Bird clip, and now I'm a tear-sodden wuss. Goddamn.