I like Todd Solondz, and I've actually stuck with him the whole way… but I am still somewhat bewildered that he gets to keep making movies. His movies are aggressively anti-commercial, but he still gets bankrolled and frequently lands some real gets, acting-wise.

That's what they said after the first scandal, then-voila!-Carlos Danger.

Trying to identify Solondz's ethos is something I find very interesting but elusive. I don't think it's simply a hatred of corporate America and the suburbs, for instance. If I really had to nail it down I would say that the most consistent message in his movies is that Happy=Stupid, like, if you're a happy person…

I remember being in 4th grade and getting those Scholastic flyers where one could order books, i.e., the kids picked the books they wanted and tried to cajole their parents into ordering them. Point is, I remember "I Know What You Did Last Summer" being on the list for 4th graders. Years later, when the movie came…

I don't know why, but that scene in "Sunshine" where the other guy beats him up struck me as funny.

My favorite of the series. Part II just seems very realistic to me… and therefore very terrifying.

I'm usually disappointed in remakes/reboots of things I liked back in the day, but I thought "Bob and David" was pretty good. It didn't quite capture the glory days of "Mr. Show," but I think they were working with less resources… and this always sounds like a copout, but you may have to watch some episodes more than…

Even though it's done so in a stealth way (i.e., many people who use the lines probably don't know where they come from), the boot-camp part of FMJ has left a surprisingly lasting impression on the culture, IMO. E.g.: "What is your major malfunction!?" is probably the biggest instance, but there are many examples. My…

That method seemed to run throughout "Assault…," "Escape From New York," "The Warrioirs" i.e., portraying the thugs in a horror movie fashion, more like Michael Meyers.

Fortunately they were exempted from the old "Jeopardy!" rules, whereas had they acted in that manner, that man (Trebek) would've gone to commercial and punched their fucking jaws loose!

Just my subjective opinion, of course, but although I was never that interested in anything they'd done before or since, "Blood Sugar Sex Magik" was one of the best albums I ever owned. Be it the Rick Rubin production, haunted mansion recording sessions or how many songs were on the damn thing, it was just one of…

Thank you. This is a pretty entertaining show, but it's important to remember that it's no more real than any other reality show.

Well at least "The Simpsons" hasn't gotten gimmicky in its later years.

"The explanation is never as satisfying as the question."

Hey I'd rather have that creepy guy up there looking in my window than Crooked Hillary.
— Republican base.

A little at first, but then we just sort of collectively decided that sleeping in on weekends was better than eternal salvation.

I've heard many people make good attempts to unpack just what's so unpleasant about Cruz's appearance, e.g., his baby teeth, that his eyebrows slope in the opposite direction from everyone else's, that there's something vaguely reptilian about his mouth, etc.

Is it too obvious to praise her breakdown at the party? Although it was kind of a cliched BIG ACTING MOMENT!, it was pulled off so well it transcended the cliche. I mean, we saw that in the theater, and during that scene the audience was as uncomfortable as the characters watching her breakdown were supposed to be……

Although I had mixed feelings about YA, I did admire that ballsiness of that conceit, i.e., having the main character be an asshole throughout the movie and, really, even through the end of the movie.

Not intended as a swipe at Carvey, but I just never got this character.