Actually, it can be three things, or as I like to refer to them "The John Carpenter Trilogy of Greatness" (TJCTG): The Thing, Escape from New York, and Big Trouble in Little China in a three-way tie for first place.

Valerie Leon sets a high bar…

It's just like the old gypsy woman said!

Pat Robertson, at least that's what I recall reading.

Well, at least you didn't use a hash tag.

Black Swan Green is fantastic. While it is very different than Cloud Atlas or The Thousand Autumns, if you love is other works, I can't imagine that you won't love this one. It has a tight focus, which in some ways makes it even more resonant.

I love that song and always thought it was intended to be funny—at least that's how I respond to it: