"I absolutely cannot believe some seasoned killer just popped in and killed Hae". Why not? That's what seasoned killers do.

If Adnan were an overall good guy, he would have confessed to the murder long ago. Because that's what good people do: they feel guilt. I think it's much more likely that a psychopath did it, because they're exactly the sort of people to never come forward. I think everyone jumps on the ex-boyfriend bandwagon because…

How did Adnan do a crappy job covering it up? There is no physical evidence linking him to the crime. (Unless you count Jay knowing where the car is, which doesn't prove shit.) Are you seriously telling me a 17 year-old kid snapped and killed his ex-girlfriend, then did such a good job cleaning up afterwards that the…

*smashes plate*

Which YA mysteries? I keep thinking I should get back into that stuff now that I'm working in a bookstore and need to recommend shit.

American Gods is possibly my favorite thing Gaiman has written, eclipsing even Sandman. Interestingly, he believes that books have genders, and that American Gods is masculine, which I assume is determined by more than just the gender of the main character. One of my friends put it aside because she thought the women…

I've never figured out what the fuck happened to Rob Reiner. Did he just get so comfortable in his personal life that he stopped feeling the need to try at all artistically? His early films weren't just good; many of them (Spinal Tap, Princess Bride, Stand By Me) are stone-cold classics. But he hasn't made a good film…

Paths of Glory is one of Kubrick's best, and a perfect counterpoint to all the people who argue that his films are cold and emotionless. The only problem with it is that Kirk Douglas' character is a little bit too heroic to be believable. I've always felt that Kubrick is a perfect example of the best and the worst…

Graham Greene was really funny as the explosives expert on Red Green. I don't know if anyone aside from my immediate family and a few Canadians ever watched that show, but I found it very charming.

Annie Lennox could beat Nicki Minaj senseless with her eyes closed and while standing on one foot. She's one of my favorite pop singers, and I say that as somebody who really isn't a huge fan of the genre in general.

I found The Quiet Man kind of dozy and innocuous. It's hard to get too worked up about a film in which the characters are basically all nice people and the whole drama is about who's going to get paired off with who and settle into a quiet life in the Irish countryside surrounded by colorful characters. It's a…

I keep meaning to watch Our Friends in the North because it's on YouTube and—oh look, it's Christopher Eccleston! I watched Cracker just to see more of him and stopped after, um, well, you'll know what I'm talking about if you've seen it. If any of the streaming services over here ever start to carry Cucumber, I…

Finished Serial this week and god damn, do I have a lot to say about it. (SPOILERS, obviously.) First of all, Adnan is innocent. I don't mean that he's not guilty; I mean that he's innocent. I know that Sarah Koenig's job is to be as objective as possible, but my stance is that circumstantial evidence, no matter how…

Erich von Stroheim's ghost follows him around and tell him he's the greatest sitcom star of them all. It helps a little.

His interviews were better than those of any other late-night talk show host I can name, and he totally deserved that Peabody for the Desmond Tutu interview. I've actually never watched a full episode on his show, but I've seen plenty of interviews.

Well, Craig Ferguson is fucking awesome, so that's a good start.

Two geniuses running into each other in a place like this? Man, what are the odds?

It's debatable whether this is worse than "The Armageddon Factor". Actually, this one is probably worse. The best two, for me, are probably "The Ribos Operation" and "The Androids of Tara", with "The Pirate Planet" and "The Stones of Blood" occupying the middle range.

"[T]oo confusing to be offensive" is a reference to that episode, genius.

Black people had to give up their seats to them on the train.