the weird thing is how they focus on some of the lesser known elements of the book, again, like the yankee stadium masturbation guy. it’s like they understand some of the obscure details, but not the actual point of the story.

I love how literally every argument here is disingenuous. “Who will decide what is covered and what isn’t?” Well, who decides that now? Would you rather it be public servants who can be voted out or HMO execs answerable to literally no on but major shareholders? “Why would we think the federal government could get…

I’m sure the indigenous peoples of America are happy to have their slow, agonising genocide and loss of home put on the same level as the cancellation of a sitcom.

Oh, hey, good news everyone, it turns out there might actually be a black hole in our solar system, so none of this will matter.

I could quibble with this but...yes, essentially. Although probably less politically prepared to be president than Stein.

Watched episode 1 tonight, and good lord was it dumb. I knew in the first five minutes the writing was going to be average at best, but kept going because I’m a sucker for spaceship shows, but God damn.

in the world inhabited by these characters, i could imagine the following exchange:

“We’ve been visited by an alien species. We have a craft that can travel faster than light. We’re going to make first contact with these aliens... on their home turf. Now we need to find the right crew.”
“Got it. Let’s send the cast of…

That’s nothing! I’ve had five circumcisions. They gave up after realizing they were just making it mad.

So in other words, typical Alani Vargas reporting.

Not enough people have seen this for me to be able to intone “Leave. This. House.” as often as I’d like to.

This movie is very near and dear to my heart. I first saw it as a closeted college student in the late 90s on late night cable in my dorm room, the volume low. I remember the mixture of excitement I felt, that there was a whole world of other gay people, who lived openly and proudly, with a rich culture and so much to…

This club has everything: screaming monkeys; explosive vomiting and blood in abundance; a slow onset that guarantees a long wait before an all-clear for those potentially infected; hazmat suits and claustrophobia; Dan Cortez . . . 

A genderswapped “Peep Show?”  That’s Numberwang!

I’m a big fan of The Kids are Alright. I didn’t expect to like it but it ended up being the show I most look forward to each week. With that many kids in the cast, you’d think it’d be hard to keep track of them all, but they were each funny and weird enough in their own right to stand apart from one another. Sad to…

Is there a number I need to get at the counter to get in line to write for the NYT, or will they just call my name when it’s my turn?

This blog’s written in... NEE-YEW YAUWURK CITEH?!?!? 

My mother loved this movie. She passed away in October from a long hideous year of lung cancer. Whenever she was depressed, she’d ask for this movie and another oddly charming movie called Baghdad Cafe. Sometimes we’d play them two or three times a day for her. We thought it was odd, but they made her happy. For that,…

I was born barely able to see. Glasses and current science don’t help. I tell people that I have to hang a walking cane out of the window when I drive.

Me too. The OP is an idiot.

I view Ghostbusters very similar to Robocop in that- from concept, to its very title- it is ‘of it’s time’, and we should probably move on.