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Robert Coover's "Universal Baseball Association, Inc., J. Henry Waugh, Prop." is delightfully weird; basically a mix of the fanaticism of fantasy baseball managers decades before they existed, and the ridiculous mythology baseball erects, if even in one person's mind.

And I believe "the girl" is actually Helen Hunt.

And I believe "the girl" is actually Helen Hunt.

Yup, he was nearly unbearable in it. 

Yup, he was nearly unbearable in it. 

I think it's a pretty good testament to the guy that reading this thread I agreed with each person then changed my vote to what the next person said. 

I think it's a pretty good testament to the guy that reading this thread I agreed with each person then changed my vote to what the next person said. 

HOFFMAN…..SEEEECREEETTTTSSS

HOFFMAN…..SEEEECREEETTTTSSS

Yes to In Bruges!  He's that special kind of smug in that where he's completely right, you kind of feel bad for him, but he's so supremely grating it's just off the charts. 

Yes to In Bruges!  He's that special kind of smug in that where he's completely right, you kind of feel bad for him, but he's so supremely grating it's just off the charts. 

@avclub-6956968b560a7eb499ca03a8b3b43189:disqus Soderbergh, too.

@avclub-6956968b560a7eb499ca03a8b3b43189:disqus Soderbergh, too.

Inglourious for me required a few rewatches.  What I initially thought was crowded and a bit muddled is actually, in my opinion, very tightly plotted and written.  I definitely agree he should get away from the more obvious homages to the cinema which influences him, I'm pretty sure that would be impossible to hide.

Inglourious for me required a few rewatches.  What I initially thought was crowded and a bit muddled is actually, in my opinion, very tightly plotted and written.  I definitely agree he should get away from the more obvious homages to the cinema which influences him, I'm pretty sure that would be impossible to hide.

Is there candy back there?

Is there candy back there?

Wentworth Miller tenuously promoted to A-List.

Wentworth Miller tenuously promoted to A-List.

Patrick Wolf - The Magic Position