That's the part that always got me, too—the bird's mounting hysteria is like something out of a disaster or horror movie. And sure enough, she's immediately killed. Yikes.

At least you missed the bad one, though at six that probably broke your heart.

Don't agree, just put it as my favorite neglected Disney film from the 90's.

If you've never read P.L. Travers' book "Mary Poppins," do so immediately. There's a whole subplot involving a flighty neighbor woman named Miss Lark (who has a cameo in the movie) and her spoiled, fussed-over puppy Andrew who disappears one day, leaving her in hysterics. When he returns—notably roughed up and…

Excellent point. There are lots of scary Disney villains, but when you watch "Hellfire" you know you are seeing a seriously, seriously warped and screwed-up man. (And the sexual subtext—hell, it's not even subtext.)

I've wondered more than once if the reason "Wet Hot.." got such vicious reviews when it came out was because of all the critics who grew up at a time when they thought "Meatballs" was the highest order of comedy ever created (I distinctly remember my summer camp yelling "It JUST DOESN'T MATTER!" over and over), and to…

If you look closely, I think at least a couple of them are obviously dummies.

Anyone who thinks Jennifer Aniston isn't a brilliant comedienne needs to watch "Wanderlust" just for the scene in the morning with her husband, his brother, and her drinking mimosas (before eventually going straight to the champagne bottle). Sublime.

OK, 90's Disney: "The Lion King" was inexplicably the most popular film, "Beauty and the Beast" is the most critically acclaimed (first animated film up for an Oscar), and "Aladdin" is hands-down the funniest and most envelope-pushing for the studio. (The bit where the Genie turns into Pinocchio? Genius.) But for…

Good movie, but that last 5 minutes set to "You're So Vain" and the final twist with the sign? That's comic genius.

"HELLOOOOO, BROOKLYN!"

Isn't that the one with Peter Dinklage as the wedding planner? "HELLOOOO, BROOKLYN!!" It's worth seeing just to watch him run away with the movie for a few minutes.

"Radio Days" is sublime. Love it.

OMG, Omar Sharif was my mom's fantasy "exception f____" as well. She was born in '44, so "Lawrence of Arabia" was released when she was 18, "Dr. Zhivago" when she was 21, and "Funny Girl" when she was 24. (Oddly, my totally-straight father had a crush on young Streisand, so "Funny Girl" was a movie they both loved.)

He says of the AFI's #25 greatest film of all time, Sight and Sound's #3 best film of the 80's, the film that earned a 10-minute screaming standing ovation at Cannes, nominated for 9 Oscars and winner of 4, rapturous reviews nationwide including many of the toughest critics…

That's honestly the first diss I've ever heard about Pfeiffer. Someone at E! (Ted Casablanca?) called her "the nicest gal to ever come out of Orange County."

Michelle Pfeiffer going up and down a ladder in leather—and Maxwell Caulfield doing anything—are worth watching. (I've seen it several times myself.) I even taped the soundtrack off of vinyl.

Heh. Apropos of nothing, Rob, did you go to 7th grade in Tacoma? Just wondering if I knew you.

I think a lot of your comments are right on, but I still think Russell got lucky in his season drawing some jazz and contemporary numbers that he could learn with his hip-hop background (I don't think he ever had to do a Latin or ballroom number, for example), and thus his win over Jakob was somewhat suspect. And the…

THANK YOU! If the author had ever watched a movie or TV show in her time (instead of condescendingly dismissing such follies when we should apparently all be churning butter or winding skeins of wool), she would've instantly understood that the animated characters are not-so-loosely based on the physical attributes…