Usually not all that concerned about comparing book and film. I don’t know that I’ve ever read the book because I enjoyed the movie or vice versa. But here are three that come to mind...

Yeah, watching both movies with an eye to signs of the wake left by their recent wars is really interesting. Hawks focuses on the utopian teamwork of both the flight crew and the research team. Everybody’s competent, everybody acknowledges the contributions of others, and everybody defers to their chain of command.…

Rewatched The Descent last night for the 3rd or 4th time, and its was still unnerving—especially in the first half where it’s least gory. It’s among the best of the 2000s.

I love the crazy-Sam Neill trifecta of Possession, In the Mouth of Madness, and Event Horizon. Is there another actor who chews as much scenery as compellingly in horror films?

For a 60s style ghost story, check out the BBC’s 1968 “Whistle and I’ll Come To You” — both it and a 2010 remake with John Hurt are on Youtube. (The 2010 puts more emphasis on being “scary,” but I found the 1968 more enjoyable and just as haunting.)

I enjoy this story. I enjoy DR responding calmly, pleasantly, and Britishly. I enjoy you not harassing him. I enjoy your telling.

Had the same feeling about Adam Sandler in Punch Drunk Love. Got over it , and it was worth it. This will be too, when you’re ready.

The times they have a-change-ed.

BTW - I’m not saying BB should be any higher than it is. It rates being in the 31-35 section. I’ve loved it to pieces since I first saw it. But it has two cousins that could easily swap in as slighter better/more thematically interesting choices for this list: Repo Man and The Brother from Another Planet.

I appreciate the phrase “casually dense” to describe the mythology of Buckaroo Banzai. Almost effortlessly, they made it seem like this material was a serial property that had been around for years spawning comics, novels, and earlier films. Also glad to see it on this list.

A race Democrats might win? Rudy Ray Moore vs. Roy Moore. I’d watch the fuck out of that debate! RRM breathing down your neck, motherfucker. Also, “Man, move over and let me pass ‘fore they have be to pullin’ these Hush Puppies out your motherfuckin’ ass!”

Republican primary—not yet elected. It is Alabama, though, so odds are that whatever jackass has an -R by their name wins it. Democrats are now shifting their “2018 bellwether” eggs into this basket nonetheless, since it’s about the only game in town this fall.

Thanks O-kinja! I can’t for the life of me figure out how to edit the above. To clarify— “Silence” is the more humanistic of the two.

“I Saw the Devil” is so, so good. I get it’s not really an action movie, thus the passing mention in the article. But as a horrific thriller it is on par with “The Silence of the Lambs” (it’s much less humanistic cousin?).

and a smug little call back in “Force Awakens” that lets us know that JJ Abrams is a fanboy just like us, and isn’t it silly that the orig has that great line but botches unit of measurement, but we love it anyway, and you love that we love it, and you love having it come back, and it’s all for you, and ... much as I…

David Bowie. I was a straight-ahead 60-70 hard rock & prog fan as a kid. There are vast swaths of 70s rock that I just couldn’t get into because the sound was on the lite side to my ears: Steely Dan, Elton John, Chicago, Fleetwood Mac, and Bowie. In Bowie’s case, I think there was some close-mindedness about his…

I said, “don’t call me here.”

I always feel bad that "No New York" is on the ipod permanently docked in my wife's car. It seems like every 3rd time we ride together "Helen Forsdale" comes on.

I was writing a dissertation on Robert Ashley's "Perfect Lives" & related operas.

At least 3 of my last few texts were unsent. They read: Don't be an idiot.