Saw this a few days ago and loved it. It's a difficult movie to talk about spoiler-wise, but I think I can say without fear of ruining anything that this review is missing some context that addresses at least some of the concern about the movie being willfully obscure just to score cult-film cred. For want of a…

One of my favorite (If hazily remembered) memories of late era X-Files was an episode which had Doggett monster hunting in some spooky tunnels while Scully advised him over a radio link. Eventually he finds this gross gunky science clue which Scully implores him to investigate further, giving Robert Patrick the…

One of my favorite (If hazily remembered) memories of late era X-Files was an episode which had Doggett monster hunting in some spooky tunnels while Scully advised him over a radio link. Eventually he finds this gross gunky science clue which Scully implores him to investigate further, giving Robert Patrick the…

Not my bad date, but my Mom's: She once took a guy to see a screening of Harold and Maude, one of her favorite movies from college. She thought it was as hilarious as ever, and he was mildly traumatized. You see my Dad's always been sensitive to depictions of suicide, so watching his otherwise lovely date laughing it…

The Orphan
By all means, keep working on that theory about the Swedish orphan girl being a metaphor for the spirit of America or whatever. I was really struck in re-watching the show by how her story arc sets itself apart from the rest of the series. She draws this outsized reaction from all the characters who…

Same here with the migraines. And I'd agree with Ebert about the color problem. Coraline was a movie I felt was pretty well served by 3D, but every time I took the glasses off to rest my eyes I found myself annoyed by what I was missing having them on. The Other House for instance; much of what makes it so…

Can we not go around using people's admissions of past drug use to insult them? I like having people here who are comfortable talking about their drug experiences, their insight adds to my appreciation of the show.

Quotes for everyday life
I've been using "Those dimensions are there; they're just unexplored." for so long that I'd almost completely forgotten where it was from until I re-watched Bitch Session last night and cracked up uncontrollably right before Hartman said it.