She was decent in Magic Mike, but I'm pretty sure Soderbergh could get a great performance out of a houseplant so that's not saying much.

This is a Shane Black movie so…the kid will probably stick around.

Yeah, and the way he reacted when she (and to a lesser extent, Anthony Michael Hall) wanted to take a break from working with him so as not to be typecast (too late) was really pretty bizarre behavior from a grown man.

Molly Ringwald had an interesting discussion on Bret Easton Ellis's podcast about the makeover scene. I don't remember enough to paraphrase it here, but there was a lot of pushback from the actors on that, and Ringwald and Sheedy ended up changing a lot of it to try to make it more that Ringwald was taking makeup/hair…

These guys think Ferris is at best a smug little shit and at worst a sociopath http://www.chud.com/14372/y…

I think just saying "this is an album of good songs from a consistent artist" just isn't an interesting enough take for them. Gotta put it into some sort of narrative.

Cardinology for me is just plain bad. I think that band had run its course by then. Ashes & Fire, the ones mentioned above are okay, "Do I Wait" is probably my favorite, but the album feels very "Ryan Adams trying to do his best impersonation of Ryan Adams." It's okay, it just feels a little too professional…

Agreed. Tunnel of Love is probably my favorite Springsteen album. Glad to see everyone catching up.

He may also be a bit embarrassed for breaking up the E Street Band for what were regarded as his worst albums. May be too much humble pie for the man to have to eat.

Dear Chicago
Let It Ride
The Hardest Part
If I Am a Stranger
La Cienga Just Smiled/Halloween (a b-side, not to be confused with Halloweenhead)

I think his ex-wife is hot. Does that help?

yeah, i'd put 48 Hours and Suicide Handbooks both before Gold, and Destroyer, too. Suicide Handbook would maybe even be tied with Heartbreaker. Wish he'd finally release that box set, or at least do a Dylan thing and release official bootlegs. I used to have a bunch of random recordings that I lost when I fried an…

I like it too, I just think of it as more of an experiment than a true album because I think his songwriting is probably the number one component of what makes Ryan Adams Ryan Adams. That said, I'm sure there's a good argument to be made that it should be counted and if I were to rank it, it would likely go just…

Some of those seem far-fetched and not particularly '90s, but point taken. The decade resurgences usually do start with fashion.

Totally agree on Cardinology.

I remember reading an interview with him around the time Gold came out and he said his two dream producers were Beck and Johnny Marr.

Rarely would I describe a Ryan Adams album as a "grower" — it's usually hit or miss — but this one has definitely grown on me. I think part of that is the production has a lot more going on than his typical albums, and the memorable parts take time to reveal themselves.

That's probably part of it. But also it seems like the '80s appeals to younger people who weren't even alive in the '80s. I'm wondering if the '80s are just more aesthetically interesting than the '90s.

From my 5 minutes of googling I found:
White Heat remake;
this script, 77;
a White Jazz adaptation;
LA Confidential 2 (that had nothing to do with White Jazz)
remake of Otto Preminger's Laura
The Night Watchman (which David Ayer re-wrote as Street Kings)
The Plague Season (which David Ayer re-wrote as Dark Blue and…

It is very weird that it only took a little over 5 years from the end of the '80s for the nostalgia to begin (Wedding Singer was what, 1997?), but the '90s have yet to catch on in popular culture.