My father, God knows why, gave me Pet Cemetery as my first novel once I reacted really strongly to Moby Dick, he was like, “Read this.”

Is that a prequel album to The Six Wives of Henry VIII? (You'd think if Henry VII had really had six wives, Shakespeare could have gotten around to writing a play about him.)

I never knew what to make of that scene. Hans is described by the police as being East German, and Karl's brother talks to himself in German at the beginning of the movie, so it seems like they're both supposed to be legitimately German. But the "schieß dem Fenster" moment implies that it's just an affectation. …

I occasionally find myself saying "unleaded" when I buy gas, too. I'm really not even old enough to be making that mistake, but I grew up listening to my parents specify "unleaded" and somehow it's become part of the ritual for me.

Shit, even the guy in the manhole from the power company gets a little story, where nobody in authority listens to the guy with the actual technical know-how who's telling them the right way to proceed. And then his little "yeah, no shit it's my ass" when he calls in to have them shut down the whole block… it's just…

Holy shit, that's totally plausible as a deliberate joke. I've watched this movie more times than I could count and I never picked up on that.

Ditto, though I got to see it because my friend's mother took us all to the theater for his birthday. Thank god for Mrs. Gandhi, convincing my mother that it was ok for an 11-year-old to see. As I recall we spent the first five minutes of the movie making little electronic machine-gun and falling-bomb noises with…

Yeah, that's always been my take on it too. Both are performing for the camera and neither knows what he's talking about. The withering look his co-host shoots him after he says "Helsinki, Sweden" suggests she's the only one with a clue, which I love.

I'm guessing you mean "the [man who is a] director, Renny Harlin" and not "the director [of the movie, Die Hard,] Renny Harlin" but to be clear, Harlin directed Die Hard 2, and the "Helsinki, Sweden" line is in the original. So I don't think Renny Harlin had anything to do with its inclusion.

The opening scene of the heist, when he and Karl walk into the lobby as he's describing a moment in the Lakers game, that ends with the guy behind the desk being shot, is a little masterpiece of timing and characterization. Theo being playful and Karl utterly grim, and in just that short pan across the floor, the…

I frequently use "I'll take it under advisement" when someone makes a suggestion I have no intention of heeding.

The author mentions it at the end, but it's worth repeating: Coherence is so fucking good. Probably my favorite film of 2014.

Fully agreed, but I wouldn't call it a sci-fi film, despite the duplicator.

It's not just you. I was very disappointed by Looper, particularly since Ebert praised it for having airtight logic, which it certainly did not.

Their first album is a little rough around the edges. I don't think they'd quite figured out how to integrate the flute yet. But "Living With the Ancients" and "The Eldritch Dark" are both incredible. (Their most recent album was, for me, a mixed bag. I liked them in 70's throwback mode more than 60's throwback…

God, there are so many MST3K jokes that come out of nowhere and just destroy me. I think I had particularly memorable laughing fits at:

I think you mean The Bank Job? I don't remember him being in The Italian Job. Seems like Marky-Mark wouldn't have wanted any competition in the man's-man department.

If you were really showing your age, you would know that wasn't a serious answer.

"…spend some time with classics like Roman Holiday and Full Metal Jacket."

I always preferred "Cirkus of Rapists."