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This is a beautiful example of analytic thinking arriving at nonobvious solutions from general assumptions. You can be on my project team anytime.

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I was, and still am, amazed at the Kids filmmakers’ assertion that most of the dialogue was indeed written by (then-unknown) Harmony Korine — and wasn’t, say, polished by a pro or improvised on-set. Read more

Yes, I’m also sad that Michelle Monaghan never answers my letters.
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No sneers about Funny People from me. It’s the Persona of movies about comedians. Read more

I don’t know who chose the name Pillar of Autumn for the HALO cruiser, but I’ve always thought that was brilliant. Like what an Olympic god would name his chariot.

Okay, then I’m going to start calling out all the porn stars who constantly DM my Twitter! See how they like that!

I’m mostly innocent of the intricacies of public relations, but I can never understand why a company like this would respond to public inquiries about their clients with anything more extensive than: Read more

If the Star Wars Holiday Special couldn’t ruin sci-fi, then nothing can.

“Most people who write memoirs wait until it is too late, when old age has dulled their feelings and blurred their memories. I was lucky to write my memoirs halfway through my life, when memories were fresh and feelings still raw.” Read more

On OSX, Task Manager is an item under the “Window” Menu. There’s no preset keyboard shortcut for it that I know of.

Easy as a nice piece of pie.

That’s fine. I draw the “classic/modern” line between The Green Berets and Catch-22/M*A*S*H, myself.
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Jarhead is seriously underrated. Impeccable editing (Walter Murch). I’ve watched that film ten times and it seems to whoosh by in 45 minutes every time. Read more

Yes. Best modern American war film that isn’t Apocalypse Now. Read more

I just don’t see how it can work on Skype.

Half these movies will have come and gone already by the time this page finally finishes loading.

The name "Sage Steele" rightfully belongs to the hardest-drinkin' high-desert honky-tonk guitarist you ever heard, and I'm not considering any arguments to the contrary. Thank you.

I blame Nigel's wingmen here.

Dogra has wildly overestimated Peterson's trade value Read more