I put the B down to Ignatiy Vishnevetsky being a total crab apple.

I have to wait until December for Wadjda to come to my town, but I'll definitely check it out when it does.

Have you even seen Sofia Coppola's Marie Antoinette? Seems like it would be in your wheelhouse (even if it is the wrong country).

Get back!

I've actually been listening to a lot of '70s Hall and Oates lately. Not sure what brought it on, but it's as catchy as it ever was.

I'll check out the pilot, but if Dylan McDermott doesn't bring enough crazy, I doubt I'll stay with it.

Out of spite or out of a desire to provide some eye candy for your fellow commenters?

The nice cinematography is about the only thing Mission to Mars has going for it. Two English Girls, on the other hand, it's pretty amazing across the board, but heartwrenchingly sad. You might want to have some tissues handy.

Last week I read Night of 1,000 Wolves, Marshal Law: The Deluxe Edition, and Alan Moore's A Small Killing. This week I plan on reading books with fewer pictures in them.

I've been waiting for it to show up there ever since I heard about it.

I saw Depeche Mode on the Exciter tour, which produced the One Night in Paris DVD. They didn't even play "Barrel of a Gun" then, but they did go all the way back to "Black Celebration," which was a pleasant surprise.

It's head and shoulders (okay, mostly shoulders) above the competition.

It really knows how to get a head.

What I watched instead of doing battle on an annual basis:

Coincidentally enough, it came up just last week over at a certain other site.

There's actually a series of them. The first one is for Catherine the Great. You can probably guess what the subject is.

"Flucker's" was another bit on the Saturday Night Live record that caused some confusion because the punchline only really works if you can see that they're deliberately not showing the last jar's label to the camera.

Remember earlier in this review, when Phil argued that being dumb always sucks?

I enjoyed the first season. Haven't seen any of the ads for the second season, so I couldn't tell you whether they're representative.

In case you were wondering