Didn't he make some mediocre film about a girl who wanted to play football?  I think Ice Cube played her dad.

Doesn't the article name Michael B. Jordon though?

Yes, but in the actual movie.

Could be, I can't recall my exact phrasing, and I'm kind of afraid to venture back into that soul-sucking site.

More like, "as a minority, I want someone who is not going to tell me I should just stop complaining about mistreatment or racism," but thanks for playing, asshole.

@avclub-b953b57f0444e8773d7ba6ff82097d3a:disqus I know a lot of people whose taste I trust really like Almost Famous, so perhaps I can get over my distaste for Kate Hudson and Billy Crudup long enough to give it another shot.

If it helps, I have no recollection of if Rebecca Pidgeon's character died in the first film or not.  I saw it on my birthday over three years ago.

That's an interesting way to look at it- that Dunst's depression had left her more capable of accepting the world's demise, than someone as well-adjusted as Kiefer Sutherland.

I just ordered Alif the Unseen, and I'm really excited to read it.  Glad to hear it's good.

Wintergirls was one of those books I read when I was right in the middle of ED issues, and though I'm not sure if it helped me break the cycle necessarily, it was nice to read something that seemed to "get" what I was dealing with so well.

I read Inherent Vice about a month ago and really dug it.  Made me incredibly excited for Anderson's adaptation, and I definitely fangirled over all the Dark Shadows references.

I had a hard time getting through Kavalier and Clay myself, and much prefer Yiddish Policemen's Union (which I recently scored in mass market, my preferred format), but I have to admire the insane world-building Chabon does in the former.

That sounds really fascinating.  I'll have to check it out.  I'm getting into biographies of filmmakers more lately.  A friend loaned me the definitive Nicholas Ray biography, and I'm really curious about the James Whale tome as well.

It does sort of grow on you.  I found the 70s conspiracy plot to be my favorite.

He was probably my favorite part of that film, which I loathed so much.  It remains one of the most hipsterish movies I have ever watched, and my SO at the time and I used to quote it endlessly.

Didn't Tim Burton have a cameo in that movie?

I'm guessing since it's one of several Allen films that hardly anyone IRL mentions, it's far cheaper for cable channels to air than his more well-known movies.

I think, having suffered from mental illness much like Dunst's in the film, I related to it on a level that I really hadn't to his other films.  It was the first time I believed he understood some essential aspects of femaleness.

Yes!  Rififi might be my favorite heist film.  I wish Criterion would put out a nice bluray upgrade.

I've heard Vanilla Sky is a fascinating trainwreck.  Never liked Almost Famous, but maybe if I gave it another shot (I was eighteen when I saw it), I would appreciate it more.