He's one of the few directors I find absolutely infuriating. His stylistic trademark is in how he takes whatever material he's working with, strips it of all identifying features, and turns it into generic product, disappearing massive budgets in the process. You could change the names of James Bond, J. M. Barrie /…

And how!

Jumping in out of nowhere in this discussion: I love the Dresden Files, and can't recall the series having that vocal of fan base on the otherwise-awesome AV Club, which is a shame. The stories rely a lot on genre (for better or worse), but Jim Butcher can write a helluva an action scene and each installment shakes up…

The whole "network TV gets to air Spielberg's WWII films without censorship" was kind of bullshitty. It was US broadcast standards endorsing a particular middlebrow engagement with art and history, which they've never granted to a) less conventional engagements with the same history (say, Inglroious Basterds) or b)…

I've been watching these final 8 episodes with some friends who hadn't seen anything that came before. The Breaking Bad they know is a show where Walt is on the defensive and pursued aggressively by a very angry brother-in-law. They don't exactly think Walt's Mr. Rodgers Has a Lung Tumor, but they are less positively…

If Obama doesn't care to weaponize the Amish mafia, I think that proves HE's the true racist.

I was hearing it in Owen Wilson's "Old Custer" novel-explanation voice from The Royal Tennenbaums.

There was an interview with Soderbergh I saw on 60 Minutes a few years back in which he blamed piracy for Hollywood's unwillingness to take chances on more experimental fare. After that, I really lost interest in wanting to hear his thoughts on anything.

What's odd to me is that of the videos I've seen of Rand - like the one in which Mike Wallace interviews her and rightfully goes after her for being, well, evil - she's very clear and concise.

3 Atlases and a Shruggy

Wake up and watch AMERICAN MOVIE to regain hope, or possibly the final push to kill yourself and/or change your major.

Toshiro Mifune plays Toranaga, but yeah, the dubbing really works against the acting. Especially the closing shots.

Also legit question: does anyone know how to get a hold of the script for the musical, or a recording of a production, cast recording, or any way to actually experience the show firsthand? I tried finding the script back in college, but I'm not sure there's any theatre company that keeps it in print, and I haven't…

As someone from about 24 hours in the future I can confirm that, yes, this is completely incomprehensible.

Reverse vampires?

The first time I watched this was in college; I and a friend of mine went in knowing absolutely nothing about it other than the director. When the first musical number started up, he - no stranger to odd/B-movies/whathaveyou - just said, "oh, it's one of those movies," as if the phrase was self-explanatory. Since then…

And there were some pretty grandiose stage adaptations before that, as well: http://en.wikipedia.org/wik…

That's pretty awesome. I never thought I'd probably enjoy having a conversation about film with the director of 'Remember the Titans," but after reading this, there you go….Of course, looking at the way "The  Blindside" handled race relations via football, Titans seems in retrospect like it avoided a lot of potential…

It's not the same situation, and it isn't the same power dynamics. 28 people died at Sandy Hook; in the myriad news stories on the topic, it makes sense that a British newspaper would devote a story or two to the British expats that were affected. It's a local interest angle. Also, there is no strong power…

It's not the same situation, and it isn't the same power dynamics. 28 people died at Sandy Hook; in the myriad news stories on the topic, it makes sense that a British newspaper would devote a story or two to the British expats that were affected. It's a local interest angle. Also, there is no strong power…