Nice impression of Comic Book Guy you got goin' there, chief

Nice impression of Comic Book Guy you got goin' there, chief

Oh, and the scene they were working on had "Galadriel, Elrond, Gandalf and Saruman talking on a balcony", for what it's worth.

Oh, and the scene they were working on had "Galadriel, Elrond, Gandalf and Saruman talking on a balcony", for what it's worth.

Last week I was chatting to a guy and a girl I know who work in sound for film - as it happens they'd spent the day before recording Cate Blanchette's voiceovers for The Hobbit (she came to the session with an elvish-language expert, BTW) - and they both agreed that their favourite among the hundreds of actors they'd…

Last week I was chatting to a guy and a girl I know who work in sound for film - as it happens they'd spent the day before recording Cate Blanchette's voiceovers for The Hobbit (she came to the session with an elvish-language expert, BTW) - and they both agreed that their favourite among the hundreds of actors they'd…

Why didn't you just bludgeon her to death? Popcorn munchers are the lowest form of life.

Why didn't you just bludgeon her to death? Popcorn munchers are the lowest form of life.

Having said all that, they eventually mellowed, somewhat. I watched 'Withnail and I' with my mother one time and she loved it, c-words and all.

Having said all that, they eventually mellowed, somewhat. I watched 'Withnail and I' with my mother one time and she loved it, c-words and all.

Yeah, he was the Dominic West of his day.

Yeah, he was the Dominic West of his day.

Growing up baptist in the 1970s and 1980s in a
household with exactly one television, my childhood and adolescence was one long
series of 'awkward pop-culture experiences with parents', and it's difficult to
know where to begin. At the
barest hint of boob, bum and/or swearing my mother would begin shaking her head
and…

Growing up baptist in the 1970s and 1980s in a
household with exactly one television, my childhood and adolescence was one long
series of 'awkward pop-culture experiences with parents', and it's difficult to
know where to begin. At the
barest hint of boob, bum and/or swearing my mother would begin shaking her head
and…

I demand an Everett McGill Random Roles. 'Dune', 'Quest for Fire', 'Twin Peaks', 'License to Kill', 'The Straight Story': his filmography is lean but interesting, and I'd love to know why he suddenly retired from film. He had such an interesting presence.

I demand an Everett McGill Random Roles. 'Dune', 'Quest for Fire', 'Twin Peaks', 'License to Kill', 'The Straight Story': his filmography is lean but interesting, and I'd love to know why he suddenly retired from film. He had such an interesting presence.

AVC: The readers will love it. They’ll eat it up.

AVC: The readers will love it. They’ll eat it up.

Coupla stray observations: she's a freakin' goddess (Cate Blanchette-beautiful), and two, she's a fantastic guitarist. Watch that first clip - just effortlessly fluid. And her grasp of the open tuning is up there with the greats, IMHO.

Coupla stray observations: she's a freakin' goddess (Cate Blanchette-beautiful), and two, she's a fantastic guitarist. Watch that first clip - just effortlessly fluid. And her grasp of the open tuning is up there with the greats, IMHO.