I've heard the final scene is (SPOILER?) the family flying back home after/while talking with their insurance agent, on a private plane. Flying above the heads of a quarter-million dead and dying, not to mention all the survivors for whom a rubble pile is now their home. Thank goodness that was the end of that!

I've heard the final scene is (SPOILER?) the family flying back home after/while talking with their insurance agent, on a private plane. Flying above the heads of a quarter-million dead and dying, not to mention all the survivors for whom a rubble pile is now their home. Thank goodness that was the end of that!

Ah, you speak!

Ah, you speak!

I've tried to find the New Kids of the Block / Backstreet Boys article, but I think its disappeared. It's a shame - that comment section was a fascinating social document unlike anything I'd ever seen. Like 8 pages of comments, from folks venturing to these parts for the first time, all angrily saying the same thing,…

I've tried to find the New Kids of the Block / Backstreet Boys article, but I think its disappeared. It's a shame - that comment section was a fascinating social document unlike anything I'd ever seen. Like 8 pages of comments, from folks venturing to these parts for the first time, all angrily saying the same thing,…

My only experience with Bolaño is 2666 (listening as an audiobook) and I had mixed reactions - while I could appreciate some of his technique and drive, I also thought the book's single most recurrent theme was that there are much more 'real' problems in the world than interpreting books. I more or less agree with…

My only experience with Bolaño is 2666 (listening as an audiobook) and I had mixed reactions - while I could appreciate some of his technique and drive, I also thought the book's single most recurrent theme was that there are much more 'real' problems in the world than interpreting books. I more or less agree with…

The story is ludicrous! You can imagine where it goes from here…

The story is ludicrous! You can imagine where it goes from here…

You can tell a lot of Barry's talent is forged from writing and editing to a newspaper column word count. The theoretically limitless space of the blogosphere is not a good place to learn how to craft short and snappy, as I think your collection of columns (also) helps to demonstrate.

You can tell a lot of Barry's talent is forged from writing and editing to a newspaper column word count. The theoretically limitless space of the blogosphere is not a good place to learn how to craft short and snappy, as I think your collection of columns (also) helps to demonstrate.

"After Hours"

"After Hours"

I expect they'll have maintained a relationship and are on the verge of breaking it off - perhaps, being in the midst of a (relatively) amicable divorce with each other. Both of the other movies explore possibility, though (among the things I love about them) is that they have suggestions that though these people can…

I expect they'll have maintained a relationship and are on the verge of breaking it off - perhaps, being in the midst of a (relatively) amicable divorce with each other. Both of the other movies explore possibility, though (among the things I love about them) is that they have suggestions that though these people can…

As a film, its well-structured, but as a statement about a generation I don't think it really has much connection to reality, in part for the reductive 'Roesbud' reasoning that Tobias mentions. In the film, Facebook is a pathological product, in its creation, execution and (implicitly) its use. The Social Network…

As a film, its well-structured, but as a statement about a generation I don't think it really has much connection to reality, in part for the reductive 'Roesbud' reasoning that Tobias mentions. In the film, Facebook is a pathological product, in its creation, execution and (implicitly) its use. The Social Network…

Pleasance may have the iconic look, but Savalas is much physically imposing in the role and he performs the heck out of it

Pleasance may have the iconic look, but Savalas is much physically imposing in the role and he performs the heck out of it