And, since @facebook-1155331928:disqus didn't specify: yes, it's real. 4.5 stars.

I own a VHS copy of The Net. Any digital manifestation would be severely inappropriate.

I smell damning praise. James Earl Jones in a bee suit was memorable, though.

I'd rather hear them from one of those families on Frontier House.

Even if they were thinking of us, I'm pretty sure the phrase "non-sequituring dicks" didn't enter the conversation.

Fartin' Cunn Jim? Yeah, that's pretty bad. Mis-spelled, too.

Tucker Max?

Or, you know, he could go live in the 99.9999% of the world where paparazzi never really visit. Salinger went to city council meetings, and he was a "recluse".

But, Poca-shark-tus, if you love me you can become a real girl!

Oh, you think you're the only one to politicize Sharknado? Behold: Sharknado shows how out of touch Washington really is.

Delores, look, there's no need to hide here. We're all on the Internet. You read that shit, or last night I only half-watched that video about horny yoga instructors.

U2 first, then Radiohead; Arcade Fire next.

My response, on re-read, was a little too hostile for what you said. I joined twitter, I'll admit, just to follow Ellis, and my response to Imperial Bedrooms (didn't like it the first time, read it again to figure out what I'd missed) shows that my BEE fanboyism too out of control for me to be considered a reliable…

Yes. I was engaged at least when I watched Crash in the theatre, but Argo was dull even the first time. Watch out for its fall.

My wife is out of town this weekend, so I'll probably catch it at the 2nd-run theatre. She hated Spring Breakers so much that I couldn't convince her that Pain & Gain, which according to the trailers was the same thing with boys instead of girls, would be much of an improvement. I generally enjoy debauched Americana,…

The disgusted looks of people around me in the theatre really made it sing!

MORE MOVIE TRIVIA: Turns out that identically all movie characters are ghosts, phantoms made from nothing more than wisps of light…

Sorry, what? If you don't consider Lunar Park or Imperial Bedrooms "readable," that's a comment on your reading skills, not Ellis's writing. I happen to think Lunar Park is his weakest book (though many readers disagree), but let's save the insult unreadable for books that really aren't. As reading experiences, both…

Agreed that that's a good movie, but I don't think Depp is at his best when he's pretending to be an actual human being. Ed Wood attempts a sort of realism and does pretty well, considering, but I've always found Depp's ultra-mannered diction to work best when he's in roles that are at their core theatrical and don't…

Hey now. Haters be hatin', but now you be hatin' on Sweeny? Too far.