I liked it, though I know nothing about hockey and couldn't care less. (Didn't even know fights were an accepted part of the sport.) I recently had to sit through American Reunion, so it was nice to see a Seann William Scott I did not detest. Also, great use of Liev Schreiber.

I think that's a subterranean trend in current YA — District 12 in The Hunger Games might as well be a third world country, and it forces kids to imagine themselves stuck in a life of providing raw materials to an imperial power. (Not that the Capitol is an accurate representation of the U.S. … except as viewed…

I think that's a subterranean trend in current YA — District 12 in The Hunger Games might as well be a third world country, and it forces kids to imagine themselves stuck in a life of providing raw materials to an imperial power. (Not that the Capitol is an accurate representation of the U.S. … except as viewed…

I read Ship Breaker a few weeks ago, and agree on the ending. The whole setup was so gritty, I was really excited, but then the book collapsed into this standard YA (or even middle-grade) wish-fulfilling sea adventure. I wasn't going to read the sequel, but this review has changed my mind.

I read Ship Breaker a few weeks ago, and agree on the ending. The whole setup was so gritty, I was really excited, but then the book collapsed into this standard YA (or even middle-grade) wish-fulfilling sea adventure. I wasn't going to read the sequel, but this review has changed my mind.

I got my first exposure to most of the great 1970s movies via Mad, since I was too young to see them but old enough to buy the magazine. (It's also where I learned about Nixon, Watergate, the Manson family, Marilyn Monroe and other cultural stuff my parents didn't pay attention to.)

I got my first exposure to most of the great 1970s movies via Mad, since I was too young to see them but old enough to buy the magazine. (It's also where I learned about Nixon, Watergate, the Manson family, Marilyn Monroe and other cultural stuff my parents didn't pay attention to.)

Yeah, I don't even remember this scene, but I know I didn't find it a deal breaker (and I liked the film, if "like" is a word that applies to an experience so depressing it makes you want to abandon all aspirations for your life).

Yeah, I don't even remember this scene, but I know I didn't find it a deal breaker (and I liked the film, if "like" is a word that applies to an experience so depressing it makes you want to abandon all aspirations for your life).

I just think of Bechdel as an obsessive, like Abed from "Community." Where he has pop culture, she has therapy culture, and her book is a compelling depiction of how you apply an obsession to everything in your life, desperately trying to use it to solve your problems, which are never as tidy as your obsession is.

I just think of Bechdel as an obsessive, like Abed from "Community." Where he has pop culture, she has therapy culture, and her book is a compelling depiction of how you apply an obsession to everything in your life, desperately trying to use it to solve your problems, which are never as tidy as your obsession is.

While the allusions have always been my least favorite part, too, I don't entirely agree about the psychobabble. Yes, psychoanalysis is pretty discredited (and I could have done without the New Agey interpretation of the dream sequences). But Winnicott emerges from the book as a fascinating figure, one who was working…

While the allusions have always been my least favorite part, too, I don't entirely agree about the psychobabble. Yes, psychoanalysis is pretty discredited (and I could have done without the New Agey interpretation of the dream sequences). But Winnicott emerges from the book as a fascinating figure, one who was working…

Hmm, interesting. While not spoken in a life-threatening situation, that's certainly in the spirit of the trope: "We shall embrace our mortality, only to defy it for now."

Hmm, interesting. While not spoken in a life-threatening situation, that's certainly in the spirit of the trope: "We shall embrace our mortality, only to defy it for now."

I've only seen Kitsch in that Wolverine movie, Battleship and John Carter, and I still think he's a charismatic rising star. (Well, John Carter was OK.) So should I finally watch Friday Night Lights, despite not knowing how football is played, much less caring?

I've only seen Kitsch in that Wolverine movie, Battleship and John Carter, and I still think he's a charismatic rising star. (Well, John Carter was OK.) So should I finally watch Friday Night Lights, despite not knowing how football is played, much less caring?

I was surprised to find Wings far more entertaining than The Artist, as well as being amazed by the shots they got. I really don't know my silent films…

I was surprised to find Wings far more entertaining than The Artist, as well as being amazed by the shots they got. I really don't know my silent films…

I saw Battleship. It sucked, yadda yadda, but I had a choice between that and the pregnancy movie. I still think I chose correctly.