I feel like the most important part of the scene didn't get mentioned in the article. At the end, when Hackman drops the bullets on the floor one by one, and English Bob hangs his head in frustration, there are only five bullets in the gun; the last chamber (presumably the active chamber at the time Hackman offered…

If I'm the closer, I want to blanket my enemies with the smothering futility of their position… so I'm going with Radiohead's "Everything In Its Right Place." It would suck all the life out of the crowd, and the other team, too. (Potential nickname: "The Etherizer.")

Basterds gets my vote, although I will admit I saw Pulp Fiction so many times it eventually got stale for me (five times in the theater, still my personal record.) The way every scene in Basterds just builds and builds and builds and builds and BUILDS its tension, to the point of unbearability, and then erupts in…

My favorite part of that picture: the gun down the front of Sly's pants is cocked.

Not as unexpected as the sequel, "Bert and Ernie Do The ABCs."

"Battleships confide in me and tell me where you are,

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Since I was cheeky with Zack about a typo on his review of The Strain, I fee obliged to say that I think we're in excellent hands for the remainder of the TZ reviews. Zack gets my vote for "most improved critic" since the start of his AVC run; in the first season TZ reviews I much preferred Todd's commentary to…

I wrote a short story in high school where that was the twist. I was really disappointed when my teacher told me it was obvious from the start. Ah, the naivete of youth.

I have zero military experience, and will happily defer to those commenters who do on this subject. However, it's probably worth pointing out that Rod Serling served during WWII. The protocols for radio communication may have been different in his time.

Agreed. It's so, so good. There's no filler, and every time you start to get numb to the violence, they throw in something so jaw-dropping you actually flinch watching it. Was great to see it in a theater with other people who reacted the same way.

"superfluous, unnecessary adjectives" …see now I really want to believe that is the author making a little joke, but then I see something like "Some of these tropes fair better than others" and I have to wonder.

I just saw Coherence over the weekend (it's in limited release at the moment so I don't know whether it will be available near you). It's definitely not a traditional horror movie like The Conjuring, but I found it pretty spooky and unsettling. I was expecting sci-fi and got more of an existential nightmare. Worth…

I love Mastodon, but I have to say I have hated Nick Raskulinecz's production on the recent Rush albums, and it makes me nervous about this one. Mastodon's production has been getting louder and slicker over time anyway, so it's probably not fair to lay all the blame on the producer, but I can't stand that…

I'd vote Leviathan myself. It's damn near impeccable.

Howdy everyone. This is my first comment in months - the new commenting interface is too excruciating with my browser set-up to bother anymore - but as someone who's read the X-Files reviews from the get-go, I can't let the finale go by without chiming in on a couple of points.

Pretty sure that was "The Scream," by Edvard Munch.

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That might go a little beyond "unorthodox," and into downright heretical.

Jane Wiedlin says hi.