The pizza boy's Mort Burke, who's in Drunk History and was Mort in Enlisted. He's fantastic.

The "ignore them/try to confront them so they don't win" toss-up is always hard. Really, emotions or logic?

To play devil's advocate, Forrest Gump and Million Dollar Baby are fucking awful.

Apparently so.

Apparently so.

Gets up and leaves…

Gets up and leaves…

Yes, but it's actually the phoenetic rendering of the British English pronunciation of "spelt;" a hardy and delightful grain if e'er there be one.

Yes, but it's actually the phoenetic rendering of the British English pronunciation of "spelt;" a hardy and delightful grain if e'er there be one.

No, it's his hit poetry collection, "Blinking With Fists." It's right next to " A Night Without Armor" and a whole lotta Bukowski at your neighborhood gutted Borders.

No, it's his hit poetry collection, "Blinking With Fists." It's right next to " A Night Without Armor" and a whole lotta Bukowski at your neighborhood gutted Borders.

My name is Chet.

My name is Chet.

I'm going to hold my breath before getting punched in the gut, but I always thought that the Mermaid Ave. sessions were o.k. at best. Sure, on the continuum of unbearable retroactive revisitings that have popped up (often by the original artist), they're "relatively" amazing. Guthrie's just so idiosyncratic. His…

I'll probably check this out over the summer because, and it seems I'm not in the majority here, I actually like Moore at his historical obsessive. While the "fast and loose" disclaimer may be a red flag, I loved "Fool" for its loving treatment of King Lear's underbelly. The Fool is one of Shakespeare's most…

It might be a touch hyperbolic to say he was one of the big indie directors of the '90s, but (as with a lot of bands) I think the influence on other artists is important. He was hugely influential on Noah Baumbach (like N.B. used his amazing cast —Eigeman, Stoltz, et al— for Kicking and Screaming) and his theatrical…

I like both Manguso and Lerner, but am not sure I see the connection. He's so theory-based and admittedly anti-humanist. I do agree, though, that we need more poetry criticism on this beast. All one is likely to stumble across is Billy Collins, some fifty-five year-old man talking about his childhood as a fifty-five…