Poor kid. Worst Make-A-Wish experience ever.

WHERE'S POOCHIE???

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It is horrible. But it's got Laura Linney, Tim Curry, and Bruce Campbell, which makes at least one viewing perversely irresistible.

Although I only knew "Rocky Horror" by reputation as a kid, after "Clue," "Legend," and "It," I thought Tim Curry was about the coolest actor in the world and started seeking out everything he was in. I'd always hoped he'd be cast as LeChuck if ever there was a "Monkey Island" movie (I suppose "Muppet Treasure…

Well, fuck, the original review was written by Scott Tobias, but … yeah.

I was amazed by some of the stylistic flourishes, the choreography of the fight scenes, and the energy of the music sequences, but it all starts to wear pretty thin after a while. There's not a puddle's depth to any of the characters, which is a lack of substance that only makes the abundant style seem wasted. Given…

Through December 7th, you can watch full episodes of the first series here: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/mas…

I wish I could listen to the preview, but I'm at work; it'll have to wait.

Fran's a … man?
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I'm always interested in bidding wars between publishers, so I had taken note of this, three years ago: http://www.nytimes.com/2007…

My mother-in-law refers to this
as "that new Will Smith movie."

Actually, this is the definitive film version of "Battleship":
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It's also one of the rare instances where that description is accurate. Many people still buy into the myth that it was a freebasing accident, when the truth is what's reflected in "Jo Jo Dancer," in which Pryor intentionally drenches himself in alcohol and sets himself on fire.

When I was a little kid, my family took in a stray dog, and I fought with my mom to name him Boner, after having watched "Growing Pains." No matter how much I nagged her, she wouldn't explain to me what was wrong with that name.

Unlike Gallagher, PFT is an incredibly amiable, decent guy, and in every interview I've seen or heard him give (even on lame local radio), he's sincere and straightforward, instead of trying to put on a jokey performance.

Too bad he's not still married to Kathryn Bigelow. He could try to take some kind of credit for "The Hurt Locker."

I DVR'd the whole night of programming, and just finished watching all the Dogville shorts. I'd seen the first one before on YouTube, and some others, but they're all consistently deranged and hilarious.

Maybe the cycles of nostalgia are getting briefer and more frequent as pop culture circles some drain, but there's *already* Pokemon nostalgia. In fact, a couple years ago, my teenage stepchildren started reminiscing about Pokemon, Yu-Gi-Oh, Pogs, etc. It's always great to hear a 14-year-old musing over the days of…

As a kid, I never felt more Jewish than I did watching "Mama's Family" or the intro of the old "Family Feud."