I can't believe nobody has said the Beatles! I think it's because they swore off live performances for the majority of their career, but can you imagine if they had toured for Abbey Road? If there was a time machine that required you to give one limb to go back, and if the Beatles had been playing shows, I would give…

How did this series manage a B average? I'm a fan of Pete Holmes, but this show was just so…network-y. The biggest problem I have is the sheer cheesiness of much of the show's premise. Take, for example, the character of Leif. His whole ditsy, hippy, "I'm trying to help you, Pete!" conceit is straight out of a CBS…

I hate to be the old man in the room, but these days I just don't have faith in any large Hollywood blockbusters. When the X-Men movies came out, I remember being so impressed with how good they were. But then the burgeoning MCU came along and created this standard for hyper-formulaic, CGI-heavy, homogeneous content…

I'm personally intrigued with the idea. Whether or not this comes to fruition as a fan film, I have no doubt that Warner Bros will latch onto this idea immediately after the Fantastic Beasts series is completed. I will say, for the record, that I don't consider anything after the 7 books and 8 films to be canon.…

I'm surprised no Steely Dan made its way on to the list. "Reelin' in the Years" has a great solo that manages to stay in my head for days after I hear it.

Try as I might, I have not succeeded in seeing a single Harmony Korine movie. I've been hearing about "Kids" since I was . . . a kid in middle school, and it sounds intriguing, but I still have not seen in. I read the screenplay to "Spring Breakers", which was really good, but, alas, it was not playing in any theaters…

Ordinarily, I share the same sense of dread when it comes to a property I love (and I really did enjoy this book, even as someone who's never been a gamer), but I actually think Spielberg at the helm is a GOOD thing. Think about it. If it was Joss Whedon or, dare I say, Zak Snyder (ick), you could count on it being…

Damn…what an incredible loss. Cornell and his music, I've always felt, transcended the pigeonhole term Grunge. Superunknown, unlike much of the music from that era, does not sound dated, and still holds up marvelously today. You can say the same for Down on the Upside. He is a vocalist that remains in the echelon of…

Why do movie endings need to be explained? If you dug Birdman, then you probably respect the director's desire to have an open ending. Although I will admit that watching Mulholland Dr. while following the clues listed in the DVD case was positively thrilling. And the movie ended up making more sense (in a veeeery…

I think M. Night Shyamabob may have him beat. I would also say Tim Burton, but his descent took a bit longer. The latter is one of the biggest disappointments of my life.

I see your point. I didn't intend to get into a back and forth with a stranger, it just kind of happened that way. But it was also not as lengthy as I made it out to be. The whole exchange was probably 30 seconds.

This seems like a George Costanza/Larry David move to me. Seriously, can't you imagine Larry telling Jeff it didn't work out because she was texting during the movie? And then he would exclaim self-righteously that he is suing her to set an example for all the people who disrespect the movie going experience.

Has anyone read Mark Frost's book the Secret History of Twin Peaks? I can't say it was a super fascinating read, and it seemed slightly padded out, but there was some really interesting backstory to the goings-on in the series. An example is Andrew Packard's business dealings before his death, how he met Josie, etc.…

I suspect the author was not speaking to clinical depression, but rather the mopey, angst-ridden teenage "depression" that many people experience in their high school years. That line you quoted from the article actually made me smile because it, unfortunately, described me perfectly: sitting in my parents' basement,…