Pretty sure you're referring to MISTER WONDERFUL.

I think he's just referring to a trend in recent movie trailers where popular songs are given overwrought covers. I don't think I can top "haunted waif having a bummer day" as a description. Here's one good (awful) example:

I thought Julieta was great, too, though not one of Pedro's best. Just curious, how did you end up seeing nearly all of his work if you're not really a fan?

I'm sure I've pointed this out before, but Kevin Kline does something really subtle with his performance that I think is just great.

Fun fact (it took me three viewings to notice this)— in DARK HORSE, there's a scene in which Abe's parents are watching television. The voices we hear are those of Jason Alexander and Estelle Harris (George and Estelle Costanza from SEINFELD). But their dialogue wasn't familiar to me; a deleted scene, perhaps?

There were no utensils in Medieval Times, hence there are no utensils AT Medieval Times. Would you like a refill on that Pepsi?

Phillip Lopate wrote an excellent essay about the old Times Sq. and its debauched delights: "Renewing Sodom and Gomorrah," from his book "Bachelorhood."

"Gregor Sampson"

I haven't seen "Miles Ahead" yet, but it's not at all inconceivable that Rolling Stone would do a piece on Davis. Not only have they covered jazz, but by the 80s, Miles Davis was basically a rock star. He'd completely transcended any kind of jazz niche and become a legend, arguably more so than anyone else in the…

See, what bothers me about "The illusionist" is that it uses a digital effect to replicate an illusion (the rapidly growing orange tree) that has actually been performed in real life. That's a problem I have, generally, with movies about magic: the performance either couldn't happen in real life as seen onscreen (the…

Had the same thought.

Is there any similarity to Fassbinder? The description of this director's work and of "Beloved Sisters" in particular certainly brings him to mind.

Curious to hear more about your thoughts on how the film fell flat compared to the book. I, too, read it, though I'm not the biggest fan of Pynchon in general.

Am I crazy, or was this rated B- earlier today?

Oh, you.

Hard Boiled is pretty incredible.