I have been dutifully watching every Popcorn Champ movie that I had never seen before, sometimes suffering through them (Independence Day, Top Gun), telling myself that I was doing my cultural duty, other times grateful to be introduced to a gem. I hadn’t seen the first Pirates movie, so there were sure to be in-jokes…

Being bereft of my usual sci-fi series(es) since the seasons ended I gave this one a try. Glad you explained about George Jones because I totally did not get what was going on with him. I enjoyed Riann Steele but the British connection appeared to be there solely so that she could star in the show. Will they ever get…

19th-century root cellar?

Now I have to know - which one was deleted from the line-up?

I’ve been watching “Turn: Washington’s Spies” (i.e. George Washington), which is very well done and makes a point of bringing out the human cost of deception, but I’m having a heck of a time distinguishing among Benedict Arnold, John Andre, and a revolutionary officer named Talmadge (or Talbot?). They all have…

I’m sure I’m the only person I know who read the book before eve seeing the movie.

I’m not crazy about people losing their jobs merely because they hold abhorrent, ludicrous views (the rioters will lose their jobs soon enough when they go to jail), but there is no arguing that for people in the public eye the rules are different. If she worked at a Pizza Hut in Greenville nobody, including Pizza Hut…

Fans know that he has several siblings and I mentioned which one was being discussed. My comment contained nothing negative.

I was making a distinction between Lux and the older sister Javiera.

Lux was formerly Lucas and was just as beautiful as a man. Hope all goes well.

There are many ways to wear natural hair, and she hasn’t said anything indicating that she didn’t choose to wear her hair this way.

Well, it was for me. “Ha ha, look at the stupid thoughtless things guys used to do” doesn’t make it actually amusing. The creators of Mad Men knew better than that.

Or else that aspirin and Coke would get you high. My friends and I tried that in junior high but we just got giddy like any other 14-year-olds.

“[Starring] Rob Dyrdek and friends Sterling Brim and Chanel West Coast...”

In other words, a young Matt Damon.

Who? (I need to get out more.)

Yes, but it’s nice to be in the kitchen and feel some heat. I just have to remember not to open the door until after taking the food out of the pot, or I might drip it into the oven.

It’s like any other bad-for-you treat, like alcohol, butter, mescaline: just keep it down to the occasional shot, don’t drink an entire glass unless you are totally out of milk. For that matter you can substitute half and half for light cream in alcoholic drinks. That way you can get your naughty fat and your naughty…

Confession time: I had the original Mr Potato Head in the early Fifties when you used an actual potato. When they switched to plastic (fake) potatoes I disdained them, but decades later as a parent I appreciated it when they gave the body a compartment large enough to fit all the little pieces inside so you wouldn’t…

I never knew anything about the movie except that the immortal Marvin Gaye composed the music. The haunting theme song is on his greatest-hits album. I’ll try to check out the film and relive my youth.