Good God I love this movie
I think I watched it like three times in a row, a b&w tv, the first time I got it on VHS. There are just hypnotic moments to this, little gestures by Walken and Fishburn and the rest of a cast full of "hey, look who it is!" is just awesome. This came out around the same era as New Jack City.…

Indeed about a year of my "registered name" comments were apparently lost in the redesign.

Actually Way better than I expected
I've been watching it on Netflix and I'm impressed by the quality. I agree with Donna: if it was on Skinamax it would probably be a lot less interesting, but the need to keep it clean for the CSI set is much more in keeping the times, the hedonistic nativity of that era. The acting…

Snob's on Armageddon
It's interesting that this comes up in light of the main cross-talk. As someone who actually purchased the Criterion version of Armageddon, I'd argue that from a purely cinematic perspective it's a movie worth studying. It is spectacle pure and simple, and extremely effective. A dumb, loud piece…

Book < Movie
Perhaps I was too old when I read it, but despite liking the premise I found the book hugely disappointing. ("The pan slid into the oven like a piece of bread into a toaster" was an actual line.) I was impressed when I saw the movie because it improved upon the strengths of the book and has some fantastic…

Nice
Back when I had a college radio show where I would play a lot of Minutemen, Pixies, Sonic Youth, et al. I dug this one out of the stacks. Clockwork Chartreuse immediately became a staple. A dark, perverse song that is insanely catchy. Also a great on a mix tape. And an album title I reference even more now that…

Noooo!
4 episodes. Really? After recommending Drive to my friend, I joked that since I actually liked it it would be canned. Alas. It was no Buffy or Firefly, but it was actually entertaining and pretty clever. And the car-wrecks were frightening and inventively filmed. I had high hopes for this one. Christ I hate TV.

The bees
The bees, Chuck. Can you talk about what's happening with the goddamn bees?

Secret, shameful (?) Success
I was hoping you'd get 'round to Mystery Men, N. And, yeah, slightly surprised by the hate for this. I actually saw it on opening weekend with friends. We all had sizable expectations and I don't think any of us were terribly disappointed; we laughed a lot. When I saw it on video it was…

Well, as long as we're talking about it
I didn't see, nor care anything about, Man of the Year. I'm glad you're doing this project so I can confirm my predjudice and move on.

Idiocracy indeed.
Babason, somewhere there is a television producer hurriedly scribbling notes.

Also good.
For really enduring "good" movies I'll put up Beautiful Girls. It's uneven to be sure, and handing Michael Rappaport the key monologue of a film is a dicey proposition. But it's effortlessly charming, has a handful of great performances, and is both romantic and comedic.

Groan.
I hate doing this but…

I myself was surprised.
Back in the early 90s a coworker who was one of the smartest, funniest guys I've met sincerely and ironically championed Ishtar as one of the best comedies ever made. Thus, I may have been biased when I watched, but it wasn't the Rabbit Test (remember that turd?) horror-fest I'd been led to…