Exactly. I was thinking it was looking better than my very low expectations and then they show Poirot with a crooked tie and the rage boiled over. The main problem is that when I get this annoyed by something I get a mental image of Branagh as Henry V screaming threats at Herfluer so now my mind's got Branagh's…

My God—you just made me realize this is forty minutes longer than the animated film. I'm starting to really dread agreeing to go see this with my mom.

The money was also insurance in case Victoria died which could leave him with nothing. I believe they mentioned in the episode that Leopold kept getting his allowance after Charlotte's death.

I started with Going Postal which works pretty well as a stand alone. Then I looped back and read them in published order. I guess I'm in the minority in that I really liked the first two books.

My mom ran out of fried onions and used slivered almonds on top. It was just so wrong.

I had a feeling this was coming since he was ready to go, but I really hoped he'd hold on until next year. At least I'm finally having the good cry I've needed for the past few days.

Every year, the same idiot group puts out their same story that Earhart crashed on an island and died days or weeks later. They've been investigating the site for longer than I can remember and have found nothing to support their claims. I find it quite frustrating that every time I see a headline about new Earhart…

Isaac's Storm was amazing, but each of Larson's books since then has been a step down in quality. In the Garden of Beasts was so dull I almost didn't order this new book (and only did so after Amazon sent me a special deal on it). I really hope it doesn't prove to be another disappointment.

The bit in The More the Merrier where he and Charles Coburn read the funny papers is one of my favorite film scenes ever.

One place I work played variations on A Very Special Christmas every third song and Baby It's Cold Outside about three times an hour. By the time Christmas rolled around, I wanted to kill everyone.

I am shocked to see PBS isn't showing all the final episodes. We're getting The Big Four tonight and Dead Man's Folly next week. That's it. No Curtain. Bastards.

Vice Versa is actually based on the F. Anstey novel written in 1882. Freaky Friday was the female version of Anstey's book.

I don't believe in book burning but would make an exception for Son of Rosemary. On finishing it, I wanted nothing more than to gather up every copy of that book and destroy it to spare anyone else from reading it. It took me eight years to get over it enough to read Ira Levin again.

I read it in high school and hated it. Then I thought about it for 25 years and decided to give it another go. I listened to the audio book version narrated by Frank Muller and completely enjoyed it. There's some great funny bits towards the beginning and some beautifully written prose throughout. I was also…

It's amazing how exciting an action sequence can be when the producers have a complete disregard for the lives and safety of the actors.

I actually prefer the 1925 version. It's a hell of a lot more exciting than the 1959 version and Ramon Navarro was much better looking than Heston.

I figured it had to be something stupid like that since I refuse to believe Blessed wouldn't have been Branagh's go to choice for Odin. And I'm not sure how big a boost having a big name old actor in a small part actually is for a film. Did anyone go see the new Captain America film because Redford was in it?

The first time I saw They Won't Forgot I was struck by how great that girl looked in that sweater (and I'm a straight female). I had to look up who it was and then felt stupid for not realizing it was the original sweater girl.

Looks like it'll be on TCM the morning of May 26.

I'm catching up on some curling I recorder the other day and at the start of the program there was an interview with Tara and Johnny. They have adjoining rooms so they can put all their clothes together and make sure they are matched and properly accessorized.