In fairness, IV does have Pauli's robot.

The Tony Scott/Gene Hackman pictures are Crimson Tide and Enemy Of The State. Both are good; Crimson Tide is damn near great.

The Korean restaurant gag got a lot of groans at my theater…and deservedly so. But I loved seeing Joel and Frank laugh at Bill's gags. Even though he's been doing this for—yikes!—twenty years, I still think of Bill as "the new guy".

Other good examples of that would be the Stanley Donen-directed versions of The Pajama Game and Damn Yankees. But yeah, the film versions of Significant Hits The King And I and My Fair Lady are so respectful of their source material that they're cinematically inert.

BJ with no mustache > BJ with mustache

Did…did present day AV Club actually acknowledge the existence of Keith Phipps? I thought his very name had been purged.

The only way that could have been better is if Kevin Conroy had been on the panel, hopefully as Venkman. Who wouldn't want to hear Batman say "This man has no dick"?

I'm betting we'll get "Everyone Says I Love You".  One of those love it or hate it movies that most people hate.  (I love it, though.)

It's as close as anything I know to a perfect movie. 

That sort of jokiness became a regular thing in horror movies for a little while.  Paul Schrader even made a half-ass attempt at that sort of thing in "Cat People". 

And leave us not forget Slim Pickens eating Wolf Brand Chili or the recurring smiley faces or…I could go on.  There's a lot of willful goofiness, but somehow Dee Wallace's fully committed performance gives her character a genuinely tragic edge.  The best damned werewolf movie ever, as far as I'm concerned.

What's great about that scene in Raiders is how Indy's speech feels genuinely off-the-cuff, how even as he speaks he's weighing in his mind how much detail he really needs to provide.  It's also a great reminder that Harrison Ford used to be a loose, likeable performer.

That's actually my favorite scene in Last Crusade.  It's a wonderful setup for a great adventure movie…but unfortunately the movie that follows is mostly mechanical and joyless.

It's actually my favorite Lynch movie. 

I just saw him on an episode of "Petticoat Junction" this morning.  He was indeed awesome.

Just want to join in on the love here, Noel.  There were (and, in fairness, still are) many wonderful writers at this site, but your pieces had such a sense of…intimacy?  Is that the right word?  No matter the subject, it seemed as if we learned a bit more about you, but never in a self-indulgent way.  You trusted…

But that sort of thing does happen all the time in criticism.  How many earnest indie movies have been dismissed as typical Harvey Weinstein Oscar-bait?  It doesn't even matter if the movie was actually produced under Weinstein's auspices—if he picked it up for distribution, it probably has a certain aesthetic, and…

First, let me say I agree wholeheartedly about Oz's work on this film.  It's fantastic all the way through, and I particularly like his work on the genuinely chilling "Suppertime" number.

First, let me say I agree wholeheartedly about Oz's work on this film.  It's fantastic all the way through, and I particularly like his work on the genuinely chilling "Suppertime" number.

Plus Charles Gray.  "I shall not be back…but something will."