Upvoted for Remains of the Day

I hadn't even thought of the 25th Hour similarities. That said, New York, New York was the most direct influence on La La Land's ending (and the whole movie, really).

Frankenweenie is actually pretty good. And I have a soft spot for Corpse Bride. What I'm saying is that Tim Burton should only make stop-motion animated films from now on.

Big Eyes is the perfect example of how one poor casting choice can ruin a movie. Christoph Waltz can be superb when the role and director are right, but he's so bad here. A more restrained (and American, since Walter Keane was American) actor would have at least partly saved the film. I love what the New Yorker wrote:…

Back when "viral" was strictly a medical term and Arianna Huffington was the wife of a closeted gay Republican, only one site knew what was hip and happening: Cool Site of the Day.

No, it was lame even then. But if you've got your own domain name, now we're talking.

What a weird career she had. Dick Van Dyke, then a few forgettable movies. The Mary Tyler Moore Show, then a couple flop TV series. Ordinary People and an Oscar nomination, then 33 years of small roles and failed TV vehicles. Flirting with Disaster is really the only notable thing she did since 1980, out of many, many…

A friend of mine was once a delivery boy in 1970s Los Angeles. One day he got a call to deliver a crate – yes, a crate – of champagne to Lucy's house. When he showed up, Lucy stuck her head out of the second story window and he was like, Whoa, it's the immortal Lucille Ball. What an honor! and then she just snapped,…

It also seems that studios, networks, etc. were way more lax about intellectual property laws back then.

She's almost 40. I have a feeling she'll get a ton of character actress work once she's an old lady, like an Angela Lansbury or Penelope Wilton type. Something about her face.

She and her husband Bradley Rust Gray have a Cure thing going on. Gray also directed a film (which Kim produced and edited) called The Exploding Girl, a riff off the Cure B-side "The Exploding Boy". Pretty twee.

I remember when they tried to market it to urban audiences in the 1970s as Jimmie Walker's Vagin-O-Mite!

Man, I remember when Jawbreaker was supposed to be the new Heathers, then it turned out totally lame.

Vegemite has always been Australia's favorite sex jam.

Please don't fix that autocorrect.

I've had sex with Enya. Super boring, by the way.

Impossible. Everybody knows how dour and serious the Australians are.

"I'd be more than happy to pen your obituary as well." That might be the best fucking takedown of all time.

Me too – I saw the poster and read the reviews at the time (I was a teenage film snob), and it sounded so cool. A few years later, I finally saw the film at the New Beverly… and I thought it was a stinker. Pretentious and boring as all get-out, with stilted acting and flat direction. Maybe I should revisit it, now…

I seriously gave your comment a few minutes' consideration. I think you're literally correct: '80s pop music and popcorn movies were phenomenal, and everything else from that decade was dire.