Azathoth Shrugged?

You'll probably like the sequel, Devi Does Dallas, where the hi-jinks take place in Texas.

I made it through the Eyre Affair and the first couple of chapters of the sequel, but had to give up. I tend to think the books are such big hits because English Lit nerds aren't used to being pandered to so brazenly.

I made it through the Eyre Affair and the first couple of chapters of the sequel, but had to give up. I tend to think the books are such big hits because English Lit nerds aren't used to being pandered to so brazenly.

Considering that the protagonist loses part of his face in a fire, this is clearly a Two-Face origin story, which suggests a total reversal where Batman turns out to be the evil nemesis.

I agree, which is why I think Bum should get several BAFTAs, including for Best Screenplay.

Wow, I thought I had a strong tolerance for bizarrely inappropriate covers (I've actually defended Tori Amos' Strange Little Girls), but that's just awful.

Smithers, release the robotic Amy Adams!

With, of course. Who better to finally take down Chris Cooper's evil oilman? Oh, this is a PG movie intended for kids? Never mind.

Perhaps I'm a sick, sick man, but when I read about "a group of low-life Muppet rip-offs," there was a moment where I was really hoping for a Heidi the Hippo cameo.

I got the same feeling off of Haunted. When I heard HBO was going to try to make a miniseries out of it, I just imagined it being like Norbit, with Edward Norton or Sam Rockwell playing all of the parts in different costumes.

It's going to seem particularly awkward around the time of Paranormal Activity 7: In Space, when you have to start wondering how some average Joe in 1926 could film with sound. The space station will also seem kind of anachronistic.

Maybe it's just me, but I got a weird incesty vibe from the sequence, since most of the Deb scenes seemed to play off them having a special bond. Particularly odd considering the actors' history.

Yeah, my first thought upon seeing that picture was, "What a strange name for a cinematic version of Beauty and the Beast ."

The first two Hyperion books were pretty good, but the last two were a definite drop in quality. The third was sort of plodding and shapeless and the fourth's martyrdom plotline was sort of tedious. I think Endymion started to suck for me from the moment Raul says his name is pronounced like Paul. Not only is it a…

Feist
I have to admit, I never read past the first two Magician books, but there was one question that I always wondered. Does Pug ever get to meet his Eastern counterpart, the sorcerer Shih-Tsu?

No, it sinks in the Atlantic.

Missed oportunity
You can't blame MGM for not wanting to piss off a huge market, but they totally took the wrong approach. Instead of using CGI to replace the Chinese with Koreans, the should've used CGI to replace the uniforms with business suits and firearms with cell phones and have it that the Chinese bought up…

Duh, smurfing!

Monkey News
Does anyone else find it an odd coincidence that this review appears at the same time as that of the new Karl Pilkington book?