Ah, the Internet Age, when instead of merely saying to yourself, "I wonder what that Olivier speech was like," you can just look it up:  http://www.youtube.com/watc…

I think the tractor guy referred to them as two separate farms.

Wait - you mean James Dean as Jesus?  That's hard to picture (although of course if Dean had lived and made dozens more movies, our attitude toward him would be completely different).

It's Jael with a J in most English translations; Y would be more accurate, but that's true of all the J names in the Bible.

I understand that a free site like the AV Club needs to find a way to make money, but I'm baffled as to how this is effective advertising from Stoker's point of view.  If the giant ads on each side of the page already are not effective to sell the movie, how would a poorly-done imitation of Inventory that never even…

Never mind - this guy wasn't even in the Hollywood Ten - I misread the number in the write-up.  Apparently the unfriendly 19 were a different group.  I suspect their talented/untalented ratio was similar, though.

Wasn't it Billy Wilder who said that only two of the Hollywood Ten (who were officially dubbed "unfriendly witnesses" - this explains the joke) were talented, the other eight were just unfriendly?  Based on this description, I have a feeling Collins was one of the eight.

Do we know why exactly Scientology has an anti-gay-marriage position?  I doubt Miscavige and the other leaders have allegiance to any principles (good or bad) besides their own power, so I would think that, with their deliberate focus on celebrities, they would just take whatever stance is more popular in Hollywood,…

I think that was the only time I laughed.

I think that was the only time I laughed.

The long and short is - it is impossible to keep up the documentary conceit for nine seasons and have it be plausible.  As noted in previous weeks, The Office, unlike Parks and Recreation, had several moments in early seasons where the documentary crew members was explicitly treated as real people and not as a…

The long and short is - it is impossible to keep up the documentary conceit for nine seasons and have it be plausible.  As noted in previous weeks, The Office, unlike Parks and Recreation, had several moments in early seasons where the documentary crew members was explicitly treated as real people and not as a…

These are particularly common in country music, e.g., "40 Hour Week (for a Living)" by Alabama and "I Don't Know a Thing about Love (The Moon Song)" by Conway Twitty.  The strangest has to be "Honey (Open That Door)" by Ricky Skaggs, where the parentheses are unnecessary and, if you insist on having them anyway,…

The moment's intended dramatic power (or for the sane, its power to induce an immediate groan) came entirely from the fact that it was obviously Brian immediately.

The moment's intended dramatic power (or for the sane, its power to induce an immediate groan) came entirely from the fact that it was obviously Brian immediately.

"Some of them have had jobs writing for excellent sitcoms.  Seasons 2-4 of The Office, for example."

"Some of them have had jobs writing for excellent sitcoms.  Seasons 2-4 of The Office, for example."

I feel that way about the third season finale, or at the latest Jim's proposal at the beginning of season five.  Or maybe jump from the proposal to Michael's departure as a brief intersection between our universe and the alternate (that way Erin still exists in our universe), then they diverge again.

I feel that way about the third season finale, or at the latest Jim's proposal at the beginning of season five.  Or maybe jump from the proposal to Michael's departure as a brief intersection between our universe and the alternate (that way Erin still exists in our universe), then they diverge again.

Facebook harassment is deeply creepy - Twitter at least comes with some expectation that you will be followed by and sent tweets by complete strangers, but Facebook for most people is still for their friends only.  Facebook harassment is really no different from old-fashioned "poison-pen" letters or crank telephone…