Ahhh, Duke. Glad to see you’re still around. Used to enjoy talking music with you back when AVC used to put out actual in-depth album reviews. Those were the days, right? Also, glad to see you kept your username. Mine was lost during the Kinja genocide.

lol dave eggers

All 6 million of the missing emails were reportedly in the car with her at the time of the accident. Of course, each and every one of them was conveniently destroyed in the crash. Coincidence?

this is dark.

Throughout my high school years, my parents pretty much perfected the “willful blindness” philosophy, intervening only when my actions resulted in actual consequences.

Absolutely right on this. Establishing romantic tension between Kylo and Rey was honestly a masterstroke by Johnson. It was set up so fluidly throughout the movie. I’m sorta surprised most of these think-pieces haven’t been talking about it more. Here’s hoping JJ doesn’t fuck it all up.

This is a huge, huge bummer. She was a tremendously gifted, visionary writer. The Left Hand of Darkness changed the way I looked at the world, what more could you ask for from a novel?

Choosing not to nominate Blade Runner 2049 for any of the major categories is criminal. I will echo that it was the best movie released last year, followed by Dunkirk and Phantom Thread. The further fact that the good, but tremendously overrated, Lady Bird will likely take home Best Picture is an additional kick in…

Ahh, yes. I sure do love Big Star. I remember, after going through a particularly rough break-up long ago during my college years, listening to the song “Holocaust” (which was my first entry to Big Star’s catalog), and thinking that there is absolutely no better song ever written to capture how I felt at that moment.…

You couldn’t be any more right.

There were a lot of good movies this year! However, will be slightly bummed if Lady Bird wins BP. Listen, it was a good movie, but it does not compare to Dunkirk, Phantom Thread, and The Shape of Water. I am honestly sort of baffled by the crazy amount of praise Lady Bird has received. Again, I thought it was good,…

Same. It was a good movie. Beyond that, I am not able to extend any more hyperbole it’s way, though.

you should have written this article.

Yup. Writer clearly has no understanding of politics, or nuance. But hey, clicks!!!

I could just not get into the flow of Meet Me In The Bathroom. It’s a book that, based on its premise alone, I should love, but I cannot stand the way in which it is presented.

The only thing that I would add to this is that Tom Brady and Robert Kraft are both, respectively, really fucking weird.

Friend, I respect your opinion. I appreciate you giving a thoughtful explanation as to why you don’t like the movie. That being said, I disagree with you pretty much across the board.. but I won’t lambast you for being wrong.

I love Star Wars, but my sincere belief is that Lucas did borrow heavily from other folks, Herbert and Kurosawa especially, in making a movie universe for younger folks to enjoy. That’s okay, though.

What in the actual fuck is he talking about?

Of fucking course James Fucking Frey would experience a revival in 2018.