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Wouldst thou like to live deliciously?

Even the ball gags?

Some popes will never eat a skunk, but then again some popes'll.

A talking cat?!?! You've got to be kitten me!

I did see Tarnation. I seem to recall it used externally sourced music cues that could not possibly have been cleared by the filmmaker on such a low budget.

Method 2: Subtractive

GEEK TIME!!

Is there a recent no one can spell "Sonya Walger" correctly? It's right there in the review!!

That line confuses me. The Harajuku Girls were introduced in 2004, and Margaret Cho famously called their use racist in 2006. How does that qualify as "recent"?

Streep was in the movie for a few minutes at the beginning and a few at the end. It was clearly a supporting role.

Ethan Hawke had more screentime than Denzel in Training Day. The same year, Jim Broadbent and Judi Dench had about the same amount of screentime in Iris, and Jennifer Connelly and Sissy Spacek were both in 35% of their movie.

"Gary Sinise, phoning it in just to get those CBS checks to donate to charity."

I don't recall her actually calling herself an "astrophysicist"—just applying to astrophysics labs. I assumed that meant she was looking for an RA position, like an entry-level intern thing. In my field (behavioral science), it's quite common for people to do that in between finishing their bachelor's and applying

A Canterbury Tale

Needs more Jessica Harper

I'm a fan of Powell & Pressburger's A Canterbury Tale.

"If you succeed in this, you will be the first person to do so in history." — person who has never seen The Seventh Seal or, I'm guessing, any other black-and-white movie

Was a PhD ever mentioned? I thought it was implied that the show took place 4 years after she arrived at college, suggesting that she had a bachelor's, with perhaps not enough research experience to get into grad school. The writing doesn't suggest that she's a flat-out supergenius, just someone who's intellectually