Prayer for Owen Meany…live it, love it…or get the fuck out…

C'mon people…the guy's had one horrible flop, and diminishing returns on a lightweight comedy franchise…vs…six years working on the leading American sketch comedy program, a string of critical and box office successes, and stepped up to turn in a decent dramatic performance…

The next two weeks of New Cult Canon…
are going to rock…

I love this one…but…stay away from the sequels…they are deadly boring.

Perfect Blue…
I'm really happy to see it's inclusion on this list. I would only add Rintaro's Metropolis…if only for the stunning visuals…repeated viewings will eventually peel away the seemingly complicated thematic layers. Also, I enjoyed Blood: The Last Vampire…despite it's racist tendencies…for a different…

I will admit it…I haven't seen The Driver…I will dutifully add it to my queue…

er…*books*

Oh paper…what will we do when book become luxury items?

70's car movies…a short primer…

You might want to go down to your local comic book shop…they carry the trade paperback…

My crackpot HIMYM theory…
Robin and/or Barney are the kids real parent(s)…they somehow end up with Ted because of…death…prison…complete lack of parenting skills…and Ted is telling the kids all these stories about his friends…because (at least) one them is(are) their real parent(s)…

no wait…

Tammy Twizzler

I look forward to this…yet…
It would be a shame to talk about Hank & son without taking at least a casual mention of the awesomeness that is Hank III…

What? No love for 100 Bullets?
Five pages of comments and only two or three people take note of it's notable absence?

On first glance I thought I was looking at Chris Cooper…and then I imagined what Breach and Adaptation would have been like with Harrison Ford…and then I remembered Lone Star.

if this is anywhere near as good as Shotgun Stories…
I'm in.

Thanks to all for making this Tuesday a very special episode of the AVClub…see you after the Top Chef finale…

a valiant fail…

ooohh…
never before…